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1. Be able to identify the following different interpretations of  The Sound and the Fury.

·        Religious imagery

·        Family dysfunction

·        Freud’s theory of personality development

·        History and spiritual unrest in 1920’s American history and the decline of the south

·        Jungian theory of the collective unconscious / archetypal memories

2.     Be able to identify five significant juxtapositions in the first three sections.

3.     Identify quotes and conflicting attitudes of all three brothers towards :

·        their father

·        Caddy

·        the family

·        Benjy

·        death

·        repeating motifs- shadows, flowers, honeysuckle, time, funerals, wedding, branch,

gasoline, red tie, quarter, etc.

4.     Identify the historical events that gave rise to modernism in literature, Faulkner’s personal history                                       and the reasons he gave for writing and structuring the novel the way he did.

5.     Be able to place on a timeline the significant events in the novel

Damuddy’s funeral, Benjy’s birthday, Caddy’s wedding, Quentin’s suicide, Father’s death, Caddy’s return, Caddy leaving, Quentin (girl) leaving, theft of Jason’s money, final visit to the graveyard, Easter Sunday service, Quentin and Caddy’s suicide pact, 

6.     Identify discuss the following mental illnesses, be aware of their symptoms and apply them to the

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8.     of the novel

·        manic-depression

·        schizophrenia (spelling is important)

·        psychosomatic illnesses

·        autism

·        alcoholism / addiction

·        obsessive-compulsive disorder

9.     Identify the following characters:  Luster, T.P., Versh, Frony, Quentins, Caddy, Jason. Benjy, Earl , Lorraine , Quenie, Mr. Mrs. Patterson, Reverand Shugg, Gerald Bland, S

10. hreve, Spoade , the ages of the children