Macbeth

William Faulkner won the Nobel Prize for literature (1949? 1950?) for the body of his work, but principly for his novel, The Sound and the Fury. The protagonist, Benjy, was a moron--in the legal sense, he was an adult with the mind of a small child. Faulkner took the title from MacBeth, Act V, Scene 5:

Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

Look at the last two lines--in his title, which refers to this passage, Faulkner is telling you that his novel is a tale told by an idiot (Benjy) and that it signifies nothing.

There's a start for you.

jj

Wow, deja vu.

I had just written this before I saw this thread. http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=50502&start=110

I am resisting the temptation to download the dialogue between the King and the Duke in the Royal Nonsuch Shakespearian Production.

If anyone has a better search engine and a bit more energetic astringency.....

Steinbeck

the subject is based loosely on WWII

you must do work yourself. Our job isnt spoonfeeding kids.

Have you looked up the net? There are a lot of literary sites available.