Anse In William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying

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The conclusion of As I Lay Dying is as twisted as the rest of novel. In the final section, it is revealed that Anse married the woman he borrowed the spades from. (Hence why Cash referred to the house as Mrs. Bundren’s house.) Anse is certainly the most detestable character in the novel, and his final action in the story only solidifies that opinion. He met his new wife while looking for some tools to bury his first wife! Anse has moved on from Addie faster than the family was able to bury her. Furthermore, the new Mrs. Bundren seems to be just as wacky as the rest of the family. Not only does she agree to marry a man she just met, but she also is okay with the fact that he buried his first wife the previous day! By all the measures, the new