Dynastic Fathers and Disinherited Sons in Absalom, Absalom!
Dynastic Fathers and Disinherited Sons in Absalom, Absalom!

Dynastic Fathers and Disinherited Sons in Absalom, Absalom!

Summary/Abstract: William Faulkner’s novel is concerned with the tragic implications of racial thinking in the antebellum South while here the downfall of the protagonist epitomizes the breakdown of a whole social and cultural order. My paper examines the way in which the destiny of the main character is ruined by the absolute fetish of blood and racial purity. This will lead to several acts of rejection within the family and will trigger the downfall of the ‘patriarch’s dynastic plans as well as the personal tragedy of all those involved.

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