ENG 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Class Discrimination, Nigger, William Faulkner

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 1120
• Professor: Natalie Taylor

Document Summary

Class 7 was cancelled see hand out given by professor. Set in the deep south of the united states. First published in 1930 must be set before that. Society in transition into the modern era, there are gas stations but still some. Superficial level: there is a mystery about this house. Deeper level: writing used as a tool to see how a character can become the way they are (psychologically). Design element: repetition why does the author keep on using the same word or invoke the same image? (bells should ring when reading the story) subliminal messages. Faulkner uses the image of a corpse when first describing her. Instead of saying her body type he writes skeleton . The repetition of the word tarnished (gilt fake gold, gold money and wealth) Tarnish: impure, worn downed, dulled, scandal, betrayal, reputation. In the first description of emily it leaves the impression that she is tarnished.