Mr. Coldfield
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Mr. Coldfield is a morally rigid, deeply religious Jefferson merchant in William Faulkner’s "Absalom, Absalom!" whose stern principles and withdrawal from society reflect the novel’s themes of guilt, complicity, and Southern decay.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ merchant ⓘ |
| appearsIn | novel ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | William Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
Southern decay
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Southern morality ⓘ complicity ⓘ guilt ⓘ religious hypocrisy ⓘ withdrawal from society ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
austere
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rigidly principled ⓘ stern ⓘ |
| connectedToCharacter |
Ellen Coldfield Sutpen
NERFINISHED
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Thomas Sutpen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedToPlace | Jefferson, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | William Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyRelation |
father of Ellen Coldfield Sutpen
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father-in-law of Thomas Sutpen ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Absalom, Absalom! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| moralCharacteristic | morally rigid ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
minor character
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symbolic figure ⓘ |
| occupation | merchant ⓘ |
| regionOfResidence | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousCharacteristic | deeply religious ⓘ |
| residence |
Jefferson
NERFINISHED
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Yoknapatawpha County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Civil War era South
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antebellum South ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | withdraws from society ⓘ |
| socialStatus | respectable townsman ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
complicity through inaction
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moral withdrawal ⓘ rigid Protestant morality ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1936 ⓘ |
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