Verbena

An Odor of Verbena was easier to follow along with than The Sound and The Fury, that’s for sure! In this short story I felt that Faulkner was writing about how the Old South was ending and the new beliefs were rising.  Also with Bayard’s character, I thought it was interesting that since he was educated in college his views had changed from those of his father’s.  To be honest I don’t think he ever planned on killing Redmond. Like the Bible says “Thou shall not kill” he believed in this.  I also think it took more courage for him to show up to the dual without any weapons.  He was very brave and wise, and knew that more bloodshed would not bring his father back. 

With Faulkner’s character Drusilla, I thought she was very wild and blood-thirsty.  She wanted Bayard to kill Redmond to revenge his father’s death.  I don’t think Drusilla even cared that her husband died, I think she was more concerned that Bayard carry on the old tradition to kill Redmond. She was stuck in a different time, and couldn’t move on to better things.