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minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up39·2 days agoNo, it’s a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoVery different plotline, though. Faulkner’s story is about redemption Somehow I don’t see that here
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 days agoI’m not sure what the Faulkner is in reference to. The quote is from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, who, on realizing he has lost everything in his life, is saying that life is meaningless.
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThe Sound and The Fury is one of Faulkner’s classics. A must-read and you will probably cry. Yes the line comes from Shakespere So does “Brave new world”, but nobody gets confused over that novel’s authorship
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoyes good point well made but if the quote was ‘Oh wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! Oh brave new world, That has such people in’t.’ I hope I could be forgiven for not spotting the Huxley reference
minus-squarenoodles@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoThe Sound and the Fury is a Faulkner novel? It’s been too long though and IDK if it quotes Macbeth past the title.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoI’m pretty sure it’s an episode of Transformers: Animated.
minus-squareAmidFuror@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoToo many remakes and reboots. Write something novel, Faulkner.
No, it’s a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Very different plotline, though.
Faulkner’s story is about redemption
Somehow I don’t see that here
I’m not sure what the Faulkner is in reference to. The quote is from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, who, on realizing he has lost everything in his life, is saying that life is meaningless.
The Sound and The Fury is one of Faulkner’s classics. A must-read and you will probably cry.
Yes the line comes from Shakespere So does “Brave new world”, but nobody gets confused over that novel’s authorship
yes good point well made
but if the quote was
I hope I could be forgiven for not spotting the Huxley reference
The Sound and the Fury is a Faulkner novel? It’s been too long though and IDK if it quotes Macbeth past the title.
I’m pretty sure it’s an episode of Transformers: Animated.
Too many remakes and reboots. Write something novel, Faulkner.