How do the other characters’ interactions with and reactions to Flem Snopes reveal who they are as characters?

The Hamlet is considered a rural novel, with its focus on poor white sharecroppers in a small community. How is the natural landscape portrayed within the novel, and how do these descriptions influence the other themes and messages of the novel?

The Hamlet sets up many of the character dynamics that William Faulkner expands upon in The Town, the second novel in what became known as the Snopes trilogy. What literary devices does Faulkner use to establish the social ecosystem of Frenchman’s Bend?