because of their previous actions, although their actions are different from each other (Scholes 197). King David has an affair with Bathsheba, a married woman, and Sutpen mocks Southern society by achieving his quick development of a plantation and his aristocratic social ranking that tradition says should be passed down from generation to generation (Serafin 353). These events that have taken place in the lives of David and Sutpen have caused them to be the "outcastes" of society. By alluding to the Biblical story of King David, Faulkner is better able to characterize Thomas Sutpen.
             Another way that Faulkner uses the Biblical allusion is to portray the life of Charles Bon by comparing him to Amnon. Charles Bon's life is likened to that of Amnon in the Bible in their relationships with their brother and sister. The relationships that they hold with their brother and sister are not pure nor are they loving. In comparison to Amnon, Charles is a man who is possessed by his incestuous feelings towards his half-sister Jud
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