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169:, though Temple is formally known as "Mrs. Gowan Stevens", she still calls herself by her maiden name. Phillips stated that internally she still perceives herself to be "an irresponsible adolescent" and undeserving of a reputation of being a responsible wife. In regards to the sequel novel Degenfelder stated that the author formed, in Temple, "an essentially different woman from the same base, without sensing any contradiction." Degenfelder argued that the 1961 film does not have a consistent Temple as it tried but failed to reconcile the two different Temples from the novels, and that the resulting character was "weak". In addition, while that film was, according to the reviewer, trying to have a dual nature like with the first film, she felt that Temple was "unconvincing" in the "vamp" role. 17: 112:, a criminal. Corrupted by her experience in a house of prostitution, she lies in a court, resulting in an innocent man being lynched for a murder. In the second novel, she plans on leaving her family and going back to a criminal lifestyle until her maid kills her child to return her mind to clarity. In the first film, Temple tells the truth on the witness stand and reveals her sordid past. The second film uses elements of both novels, but in that film she does not attend a court hearing. 35: 178:
century perceived Temple as a "victim of the various social pressures" inflicted on young women while earlier ones blamed her for the sexual assault she undergoes. Muhlenfeld argued that the earlier characterizations of Temple needed re-evaluation. Philip G. Cohen, David Krause, and Karl F. Zender, who wrote an article about Faulkner's works for
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of Loyola University of Chicago wrote that she is "better" morally than the novel character. Miriam Hopkins stated : "That Temple Drake, now, there was a thing. Just give me a nice un-standardized wretch like Temple three times a year! Give me the complex ladies, and I'll interpret the daylights
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Joseph R. Urgo, author of an encyclopedia article on Temple Drake, wrote that the character is an "intersection" of "female agency", "pornographic representation", "the social construction of feminity" and other 20th century "major feminist issues". According to Urgo, audiences in the late 20th
190:, Philip M. Weinstein, and Judith Bryant Wittenberg as writers who view Temple in a positive light, while she categorized Calvin S. Brown, Robert L. Mason, Sally R. Page, and Olga Vickery as critics who regard the character as "a symbol of moral decay or evil". 144:" characterization to Temple in the novel. The reviewer added that "Faulkner sees woman as the instrument who instigates and perpetuates this pattern of evil" and that the use of Temple was "attacking the chivalric code of the South". 186:" by Diane Luce Cox, Muhlenfeld's article "persuades more", and that Muhlenfeld's stance on needing a different viewpoint on Temple agrees with that of Urgo; Muhlenfeld counted Urgo, 147:
Degenfelder wrote that her characterization in the first film differs from that of the novel version, and that the film gives her a "dual nature" of a dark and light aspects.
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Urgo also argued that Temple's actions differ wildly based on varying "social (and antisocial) situations" that the character lacks a unified "integral being".
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argued that Temple, Popeye, and lawyer Horace Benbow were all main characters even though the work presented itself as mainly being about Temple.
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Urgo, Joseph R. "Drake, Temple." In: Hamblin, Robert W. and Charles A. Peek (editors)
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Degenfelder, E. Pauline (Winter 1976). "The Four Faces of Temple Drake: Faulkner's
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Cohen, Philip G., David Krause, and Karl F. Zender. "William Faulkner." In:
272:(Summer 1973). "Faulkner And The Film: The Two Versions Of "Sanctuary"". 287: 261: 234: 93: 38: 34: 226: 242:
Muhlenfeld, Elisabeth (1986). "Bewildered Witness: Temple Drake in
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Miriam Hopkins: Life and Films of a Hollywood Rebel
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419:Fiction, Film, and Faulkner: The Art of Adaptation 499:Volume 2. Duke University Press, 1990. Start: p. 408: 328: 326: 140:Degenfelder wrote that the author mainly gave a " 124:, who wrote "Bewildered Witness: Temple Drake in 696: 379: 377: 441: 307: 305: 323: 152:out of them." Allan R. Ellenberger, author of 533: 374: 302: 725:Fictional characters from the 20th century 540: 526: 390:. University Press of Kentucky. p.  268: 33: 15: 466: 464: 462: 715:Literary characters introduced in 1931 697: 108:student who is kidnapped and raped by 521: 482:, 9780313298516. Start and CITED: p. 120:According to Elisabeth Muhlenfeld of 474:. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999. 459: 282:(2). Salisbury University: 263–273. 54:is a fictional character created by 384:Ellenberger, Alan R. 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Index


Miriam Hopkins
The Story of Temple Drake

Lee Remick
Sanctuary
William Faulkner
Sanctuary
Requiem for a Nun
Requiem for a Nun
The Story of Temple Drake
Sanctuary
Miriam Hopkins
Lee Remick
University of Mississippi
Popeye
Florida State University
Worcester Public Schools
flat
Gene D. Phillips
Miriam Hopkins: Life and Films of a Hollywood Rebel
Cleanth Brooks
American Quarterly
doi
10.2307/2712288
JSTOR
2712288
Faulkner Journal
JSTOR
24907753

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