On one hand, Faulkner depicts strong and independent women. The narrative voice explores white women's complicity within the appropriate socio-ideological context, acknowledging Minnie Cooper as both victimizer and victim. (Faulkner, 180). Faulkner's view of women is not condescending or painful. It focuses on Faulkner's layered critique of the "miscegenation complex." 5 pgs. Bibliography lists 7 sources.