Compson estate
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The Compson estate is the decaying family home and grounds of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," symbolizing the decline of Southern aristocracy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Compson estate canonical | 1 |
| Compson family house | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional estate
ⓘ
literary location ⓘ symbolic setting ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Benjy Compson
ⓘ
surface form:
Benjy’s section of The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
surface form:
Dilsey’s section of The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
surface form:
Jason’s section of The Sound and the Fury
Quentin’s section of The Sound and the Fury ⓘ The Sound and the Fury ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Benjy Compson
ⓘ
Caddy Compson ⓘ Dilsey Gibson ⓘ Jason Compson IV ⓘ Quentin Compson ⓘ |
| createdBy | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Reconstruction and Jim Crow era South
ⓘ
post-Civil War American South ⓘ |
| describedAs |
decaying
ⓘ
once-grand ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Compson estate
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Compson family house
carriage house or outbuildings ⓘ kitchen quarters ⓘ yard and grounds ⓘ |
| hasThemeRelation |
Southern Gothic
ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ |
| linkedToEvent |
Caddy’s exile from the family
ⓘ
Jason’s financial exploitation of the family ⓘ sale of Benjy ⓘ sale of Compson land ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
emblematic example of the ruined Southern plantation home
ⓘ
key symbol in American modernist fiction ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional |
Jefferson, Mississippi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
central setting for Compson family history
ⓘ
spatial anchor for shifting timelines ⓘ |
| ownedByFictional | Compson family ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Yoknapatawpha saga
ⓘ
surface form:
Yoknapatawpha County saga
|
| relatedWorkContext |
Yoknapatawpha saga
ⓘ
surface form:
Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County mythos
|
| symbolizes |
decay of traditional Southern values
ⓘ
decline of Southern aristocracy ⓘ disintegration of the Compson family ⓘ economic decline ⓘ loss of social status ⓘ moral decay ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| undergoesChange |
loss of family wealth
ⓘ
parceling and sale of land ⓘ physical deterioration ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.