What best describes the tone of Faulkner's speech in the audio recording of his Nobel Prize address?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The tone of Faulkner's speech in his Nobel Prize address is reflective and philosophical, as he discusses the role of the artist in society and the power of literature to endure. There is a sense of reverence and introspection in his words.

Answer 3

Rhetorical question (question that is not meant to be or cannot be answered): "There is only the question: When will I be blown up?"

Parallelism (phrases in the sentence mirror each other stylistically): "He writes not of the heart but of the glands."

Polysyndeton (the use of several conjunctions in close succession): "...by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past."

Answer 4

The purpose of William Faulkner's famous Banquet Speech was to give inspiration to young writers. In the speech, Faulkner provides words of encouragement to young people and to let them know that he faced plenty of struggles before winning the Nobel Prize.

Answer 5

Some of his major points are (1) modern tragedies are not good; (2) a writer must embrace the "truths of the heart" ("love and honor and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice") for his or her writing to have substance; (3) he believes that man will not simply endure but prevail due to possessing a soul, and (4) that the poet's duty is to understand the soul of man, reminding that "the poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail." A good poet can do more than just entertain.

Answer 6

I'm not doing your homework for you.

Answer 7

too difficult...