Notably, Addie’s sexuality is referenced during Addie’s point of view when she describes her affair as “I would think of the sin as garments which we would remove […] I merely took the precautions that he thought necessary for his sake” (Faulkner 761). Addie, while thinking the act is a sin, is not overly worried about it. Addie takes the precautions that the minister feels necessary, but Addie is striving to take a stand, get a hold of her sexuality because it is something solely hers. She is fully aware of her sexuality and embraces it; however, she is unable to act on it aside from this one affair due to her marriage and role in
Notably, Addie’s sexuality is referenced during Addie’s point of view when she describes her affair as “I would think of the sin as garments which we would remove […] I merely took the precautions that he thought necessary for his sake” (Faulkner 761). Addie, while thinking the act is a sin, is not overly worried about it. Addie takes the precautions that the minister feels necessary, but Addie is striving to take a stand, get a hold of her sexuality because it is something solely hers. She is fully aware of her sexuality and embraces it; however, she is unable to act on it aside from this one affair due to her marriage and role in