the sound and the fury second semester: week one
TRANSCRIPT
Macbeth's soliloquy
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to dayTo the last syllable of recorded time,And all our yesterdays have lighted foolsThe way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!Life's but a walking shadow, a poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stageAnd then is heard no more: it is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing.
Use whichever analysis tool you
prefer to get a firm understanding of
this piece of literature.
Research
Create an entry in your journal. Where was it being written? Who was writing this type of literature? When was it being written? What did this type of writing entail? Why were these authors writing this type of literature? How did they most often get their message across?
A modernist novel. What does that mean?
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/timeline/
modernism.html
These are the characters you will be getting
to know:
Benjy Compson
Quentin Compson
Jason Compson
Caddy Compson
Dilsey
Mrs. Compson
Mr. Compson
Shreve MacKenzie
Quentin Compson (Jr.)
Chapter One
1. April 7, 1928. Benjy and Luster look for golf balls and quarters.
2. December 23, 1908. Benjy and Caddy take the letter to Mrs. Patterson.
3. 1912 or 1913: Family trip to cemetery.4. 1908: The day Benjy gives a letter to
Mrs. Patterson.5. 1900: The day Damuddy dies.6. April 25, 1910: The day T.P. and Benjy
drink "sassprilluh." Also Caddy’s wedding.
7. June 2, 1910: Quentin’s suicide8. 1912: Father’s death. 9. 1915: The day Roskus dies.10.1906: The day Caddy gives perfume to
Dilsey.11.1908 – 1910: Caddy and Charlie in the
swing.12.Spring 1910: A day after Caddy has left.
The day Benjy chases the girls.13.1900: Benjy’s name change; Quentin
fights at school14.1908 or 1909: Caddy’s loss of virginity
Highlight these 14 sections in your book with different colors
so that they contrast with each other? Some will
repeat.