Requiem for a Nun (by William Faulkner) is a journey through the dark night of the soul with a hint of dawn beyond. Its characters do not have the stature for tragedy, yet it is dense with guilt, pity and terror, and it frequently grips the audience in its palm like sinners in the hands of an angry God.
"Yes, Lawd. Guilty, Lawd. Thank you, Lawd," says Nancy Mannigoe, lifting her eyes serenely above the Mississippi bar of justice at which she stands condemned for throttling a six-month-old infant to death in its crib....
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