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Dewey Dell

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     Dewey Dell is the only daughter of Addie and Anse Bundren and has an inclination to seduce and flirt. She gets pregnant by Lafe and wants to go to Jefferson to get an abortion in addition to burying her mother. Each time she enters a pharmacy, her penetrating gaze strikes the men working.  Dewey Dell's abortion money is taken by Anse.  She exchanges sexual favors to get what she thinks is an abortion, but it is in fact pills filled with talcum powder.