Compson family
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The Compson family is a fictional Southern aristocratic family at the center of William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," emblematic of moral and social decline in the post–Civil War American South.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Compson family canonical | 19 |
| Compson household | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Southern aristocratic family
ⓘ
fictional family ⓘ literary character group ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
A Justice
ⓘ
Absalom, Absalom! ⓘ Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
surface form:
Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County stories
Flags in the Dust ⓘ That Evening Sun ⓘ The Sound and the Fury ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| firstMajorAppearance | The Sound and the Fury ⓘ |
| hasAncestralHome | Compson estate in Jefferson ⓘ |
| hasMatriarch | Caroline Compson ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Benjy Compson
ⓘ
surface form:
Benjamin "Benjy" Compson
Caddy Compson ⓘ
surface form:
Candace "Caddy" Compson
Caroline Compson ⓘ Dilsey Gibson ⓘ Jason Compson III ⓘ Jason Compson IV ⓘ Miss Quentin Compson ⓘ Quentin Compson ⓘ
surface form:
Quentin Compson III
|
| hasPatriarch | Jason Compson III ⓘ |
| hasServant |
Dilsey Gibson
ⓘ
Froney Gibson ⓘ Luster Gibson ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Southern Gothic
ⓘ
modernism ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse |
Yoknapatawpha saga
ⓘ
surface form:
Yoknapatawpha County cycle
|
| narrativeFocusOf | The Sound and the Fury ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Yoknapatawpha saga
ⓘ
surface form:
Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga
|
| setIn |
Jefferson, Mississippi
ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ |
| stateOfFictionalSetting | Mississippi ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
decline of the Southern aristocracy
ⓘ
moral decay in the post–Civil War American South ⓘ social disintegration ⓘ |
| theme |
breakdown of traditional values
ⓘ
family decline ⓘ loss of honor ⓘ memory and time ⓘ race and class in the American South ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| undergoes |
financial decline
ⓘ
fragmentation of family structure ⓘ loss of land ⓘ |
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jason Compson III
this entity surface form:
Compson household