National Repository of Grey Literature 1 records found  Search took 0.00 seconds. 

Family tragedy in William Styron's Lie Down in Darkness
Houdková, Veronika ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Grmela, Josef (referee)
This thesis deals with complicated family relationships of the main characters in William Styron's first novel Lie Down in Darkness. The Loftises only seemingly make a happy, perfect family. The main characters are Milton and Helen Loftis and their daughter, Peyton. The aim of the thesis to delve into the complicated family relationships and analyze the characters in order to discover the reasons behind this family's tragedy, namely Peyton's suicide. The thesis also introduces William Styron and his first novel that has unfortunately been virtually ignored in the Czech Republic.

Interested in being notified about new results for this query?
Subscribe to the RSS feed.