In William Faulkner's novel The Sound and The Fury, he explicitly spawns Caroline Compson in order to allow her character to make a strong impression on everyone drive. . With this engendering, it gives a seemingly abortive significance to its importance to the novel. Granted that she appears as a negative character throughout the novel, if we look closely, she makes a notable gyration in receiving sympathy from readers, due to her great confusion as to what is expected of her. Even though Caroline is an unsympathetic character who exhibits selfish behavior, selfish behaviors, and lack of affection, with a different perspective, one could extract more compassion and understanding towards her by realizing a perplexity she was expected to be in. William Faulkner deliberately crafts Caroline Compson to be portrayed as a non-maternalistic character in The Sound and The Fury. A colossal moment in which this manifests itself is the feeling of selfishness she exerts. The way she describes selfishness is her use of guilt specifically towards her family and the Gibson family, with the intention of receiving remorse from them. “It’s all my fault. I’ll be gone soon…” (Faulkner 39). Caroline's goal in this quote is to gain comfort from everyone around her to ensure that she is always wanted and increase her lack of self-esteem. Mrs. Compson also verifies to readers that she feels that giving birth to her son, Benjamin, was punishment from a vengeful God: “I thought Benjamin was punishment enough for all the sins I have committed. I thought he was my punishment for putting aside my pride and marrying a man who stood above me, I'm not complaining, I loved him more than all because of that because my duty ... in the middle of a paper... I should have. Mrs. Compson will always be stuck in the role she should have in life and, unfortunately, that's all she cares about. She will never find her true soul and Caroline didn't want to search for it, she just expects to be cared for and desired by others who can never fulfill her true desires. Works Cited Castille, Philip Dubuisson. "Dilsey's Easter Conversion in Faulkner's The Sound and The Fury." EBSCO host. Internet. May 8. 2013. Faulkner, William. The sound and the fury. Ed. David Minter. New York: WW Norton & Company, Inc: 1994. Print.Padgett, John B. William Faulkner on the Web. University of Mississippi, 2001. Web. May 5. 2014.Weinstein, Phillip M. “If I Could Say Mother”: Constructing the Unspeakable on Falknerian Motherhood. In Faulkner, William The Sound and the Fury. Ed. David Minter. New York, WW Norton & Company, Inc: 1994. Print.