Gail Hightower
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Gail Hightower is a disgraced former Presbyterian minister in William Faulkner’s novel "Light in August," haunted by his family’s violent past and obsessed with Civil War heroism.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gail Hightower canonical | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Light in August NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Byron Bunch
NERFINISHED
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Joe Christmas NERFINISHED ⓘ Lena Grove NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American author ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
Southern history
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guilt ⓘ redemption ⓘ religious failure ⓘ |
| createdBy | William Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| familyBackground | descendant of a Confederate cavalryman ⓘ |
| genreContext | modernist American literature ⓘ |
| hauntedBy | family’s violent past ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Southern Gothic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | provides alternative moral perspective on events ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| obsessedWith | Civil War heroism ⓘ |
| occupation | Presbyterian minister ⓘ |
| psychologicalState |
guilt-ridden
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isolated ⓘ obsessive ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
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surface form:
Presbyterianism
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| residence | Jefferson, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
moral observer
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supporting protagonist ⓘ |
| setting | Yoknapatawpha County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | disgraced minister ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
obsession with Confederate mythology
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spiritual decline ⓘ |
| themeEmbodiment |
burden of the past
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conflict between faith and failure ⓘ decay of Southern ideals ⓘ |
| timeOfPublicationContext | 1932 novel ⓘ |
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