Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2026, 9(3); doi: 10.25236/AJHSS.2026.090312.
Zhang Fen1, Leng Hailian2
1School of Humanities and Law, Fuzhou Technology and Business University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
2School of Humanities and Law, Fuzhou Technology and Business University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
The Grass Is Singing was published in 1950 and attracted great attention of literary critics. William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury tells the story of the Compson’s family that is going to decay and collapse. This essay takes feminism as the background. It analyzes the reasons that result in the tragedies of Mary and Caddie through the description of their growing environment and social status, revealing the inequality between men and women in that society.
feminism; Mary; Caddie; social status; tragedy
Zhang Fen, Leng Hailian. An Analysis of the Heroines in The Grass Is Singing and The Sound and the Fury from the Perspective of Feminism. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2026), Vol. 9, Issue 3: 81-86. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2026.090312.
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