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that aspires to those achievements. Nearly every reader agreed that Caddy Compson was a key, though critics differ in how prominent her role should be. However, she was a tragic character. Her tragedy pierced through the whole story. We have to have a pity for her. Just because of her family and the backward feudal serf system and the traditional, idealized south code, Caddy became a promiscuous, degenerate woman from a pure girl. In the novel, Quentin’s struggle to reconcile Caddy’s actions with his own traditional Southern value system reflects Faulkner’s broader concern with the clash between the old South and the modern world. Like a medieval code of chivalry, the old South’s ideals were based on a society that has largely disappeared. From Caddy’s tragedy, we can see that women only had fewer rights at that time, women got only fewer legal economical, political, and educational rights, they could not enjoy equal rights with men and they were not respected by society. However, at present, the statuses of women have already improved in many aspects, but some women are still treated unfairly. So, we must pay more attention to women’s status, no matter in the past or in the modern society, women’s rights are always an important matter. We believe that a cooperative society based on social economic principles would respect the rights of women. Bibliography [1] ChangYaoxin. A Survey of American Literature[M]. Tianjin: Nankai University Press, 1990. [2] Fabb, Nigel and Alan Durant. How to Write Essays Dissertations And Theses In Literature Studies[M]. Chengdu: Sichuan University Press, 2003. [3] He Muying and Du Ping. A Brief History and the Selected Readings of American Literature[M]. Chengdu: Sichuan University Press, 2001. [4] Faulkner William. The Sound and the Fury[M]. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, October7, 1929. [5] Wang Fengxin. Western Literature Critic in 20th Century[M]. Sichuan: Sichuan University Press,2004. [6] Wang Yukuo. Caddy’s Feminine Identity and Maculine Perspective[J]. Tianjin: Nankai University Press,2003. [7] Wu Yueming. Interpretation of Caddy in The Sound and the Fury[J]. Xuchang: Xuchang University Press, 2002. [8] Zhao Nan. Degradation in Struggling--Further Analysis of Caddy’s Tragedy in The Sound and the Fury[J]. Harbin: Harbin University Press, 2003. [9] 常耀信．美国文学简史[M]．天津：南开大学出版社，1990． [10] 高威． 50部必读的外国文学经典[M]．北京：北京工业大学出版社，2006，1． [11] 黄运亭，谢占杰，段汉武．世界文学经典导读在喧哗与骚动中沉思[M]．海南：海南出版社,1999． [12] 金莉，秦亚青．美国文学[M]．北京：外语教学与研究出版社，1999． [13] 李文俊. 喧哗与骚动[M]．上海：上海译文出版社，2004，4． [14] 李宜燮，常耀信．美国文学选读[M]．天津：南开大学出版社，2002． [15] 新编英美概况编委会．新编英美概况[M]．汕头：汕头大学出版社，2004．