Publication Date
8-1968
Advisor(s) - Committee Chair
Hugh Agee, William McMahon, Addie Hilliard
Degree Program
Department of English
Degree Type
Master of Arts
Abstract
It is the intent of this thesis to describe and analyze the various aspects of the fall motif in five novels of William Golding: Lord of the Flies, The Inheritors, Pincher Martin, Free Fall, and The Spire The fall motif shall be defined, in part, to mean an allusion to a lapse of mankind from innocence or goodness into a state of innate sinfulness through willingly succumbing to temptation-- symbolic of the Biblical fall from the Garden of Eden.
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | English Language and Literature | Literature in English, British Isles
Recommended Citation
Miller, Timothy Jr., "The Fall Motif in the Novels of William Golding" (1968). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 2627.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2627