Addie’s Inner Torment and Struggle in William Faulkner’s as I Lay Dying
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As I Lay Dying is one of the greatest classics written by American novelist William Faulkner. In this novel, Faulkner created a female character Addie, who had suffered a lot in her whole life. Addie’s inner heart was full of torment and she got a complicated personality, which is the root of her tragic life. This paper analyzes the causes of Addie’s torment in her inner heart from three aspects: her solitary character, her rational and emotional conflicts and her intertwined love and hatred. The paper also expounds the heroine’s relationship with her husband, her children and other people, revealing the personality conflict between them, which is a concrete form of Addie’s suffering. At the end of this paper, the author gives a brief account on Addie’s Struggle to illustrate Faulkner’s expectation and real praise of American women. © 2016 AESS Publications. All Rights Reserved.
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