Piggybacking from my last post, Temple Drake resembles the downfall of the "high class" southern society. Her father is a judge which makes her a privileged young woman. yet, her flaws are obvious,especially with her behavior. Faulkner provides no background as to why Temple is the way she is.
What's interesting to me is once again Faulkner does away with the character that readers are supposed to sympathize with(personally, I felt a little sorry for Temple). He did not make her crazy,sending her to an insane asylum nor did he kill her. Instead, she ended up in Paris with her father. I do not think this was the family's way of hiding their shameful daughter. I think that this is a way of Temple coping with what happened to her, or simply moving on with her life.
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