Addie Bundren
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Addie Bundren is the deceased matriarch of the Bundren family in William Faulkner’s Southern Gothic novel, whose death and complex inner life drive the story’s exploration of identity, suffering, and family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Addie Bundren canonical | 12 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ novel character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | As I Lay Dying ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
death
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family dysfunction ⓘ identity ⓘ isolation ⓘ motherhood ⓘ religion and hypocrisy ⓘ suffering ⓘ the inadequacy of language ⓘ |
| causeOfJourney | desire to be buried in Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
emotionally distant
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introspective ⓘ resentful of her marriage ⓘ skeptical of words and language ⓘ |
| child |
Cash Bundren
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Darl Bundren ⓘ Dewey Dell Bundren ⓘ Jewel Bundren ⓘ Vardaman Bundren ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| drivesPlotElement | funeral journey to Jefferson ⓘ |
| familyName | Bundren ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | As I Lay Dying ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
Southern Gothic
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modernist literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Addie ⓘ |
| hasChapterFromViewpoint | one interior monologue section in As I Lay Dying ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American modernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | embodiment of Faulkner’s critique of language and social conventions ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
catalyst for the plot
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central character ⓘ |
| positionInFamily | matriarch of the Bundren family ⓘ |
| relationshipWithAnse | loveless marriage ⓘ |
| relationshipWithJewel | favored child ⓘ |
| settingOfLife | rural Mississippi ⓘ |
| spouse | Anse Bundren ⓘ |
| statusAtBeginningOfNovel | dying ⓘ |
| statusForMostOfNovel | deceased ⓘ |
| symbolicRole |
center of the Bundren family’s disintegration
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symbol of suffering and endurance ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century American South ⓘ |
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