Addie Bundren

Addie Bundren

Addie Bundren conjures up the central darkness derived from her death and directly or indirectly
causes actions in which each Bundren character takes advantage of Addie. With the character's actions
revolving around her death, William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying reveals the truth about the people who
surround a person may take advantage of him or her. The death of Addie Bundren shapes all of the
character's actions in life including Addie's final request before her death. Addie takes advantage of her
death by using it for revenge and inflicting final pains upon some characters, while the other characters use
her to get what they want for their personal needs.
Addie causes all the painful actions around her family either directly or indirectly. Addie is
foremost the prominent abuser of her upcoming death in As I Lay Dying. She predetermines her time to
die, and she makes sure that the people in her family whom she dislikes must experience her wrath before
she moves on to the next life. "Addie is the one who is dying, but she makes revenges run throughout the
family and extend beyond" (Wadlington 35). Inflicting pain mostly on Anse, Addie enjoys herself. Anse, a
lazy man, is forced by his wife to take her to Jefferson to be buried as her final request. Addie's revenge
on Anse was payback for all the times when he just sat around while Addie, her children, and sometimes
neighbors do all the hard work for him. Also "Addie reacts to Anse's arid...

Addie Bundren

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