THE SHAPES OF CHARACTERS’ LANGUAGE IN PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPTH (IN THE EXAMPLE OF “THE SOUND AND THE FURY” BY WILLIAM FAULKNER)
Abstract
This article examines the role of character language in creating psychological depth in William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. Instead of presenting inner life through direct explanation, Faulkner allows the structure, rhythm, vocabulary, and limitations of each voice to reveal a particular state of mind. The study focuses on four important voices: Benjy, Quentin, Jason, and Dilsey. Benjy's sensory and repetitive speech suggests a consciousness shaped by memory and loss; Quentin's broken syntax reflects pressure, guilt, and a failing sense of order; Jason's sharp and hostile diction exposes resentment and emotional poverty; and Dilsey's steady speech gives the novel a moral counterweight. The analysis shows that the psychological force of the novel is not separate from its language. Rather, Faulkner turns language itself into the main medium through which trauma, obsession, bitterness, and endurance become visible.
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