Isaac McCaslin

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Isaac McCaslin is a central character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga, best known as the morally reflective heir who grapples with his family’s legacy of slavery and land ownership in the novel "Go Down, Moses."

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Carothers McCaslin 4
Ike McCaslin 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
protagonist
alsoKnownAs Ike McCaslin NERFINISHED
appearsIn Delta Autumn NERFINISHED
Go Down, Moses NERFINISHED
Go Down, Moses (short story) NERFINISHED
Pantaloon in Black NERFINISHED
The Bear NERFINISHED
The Fire and the Hearth NERFINISHED
The Old People NERFINISHED
Was
Yoknapatawpha saga NERFINISHED
associatedWith land ownership
plantation culture
slavery
wilderness hunting
centralTheme legacy of racism in the American South
moral responsibility for slavery
relationship between humans and wilderness
repudiation of inherited land
creator William Faulkner NERFINISHED
familyName McCaslin NERFINISHED
father Theophilus McCaslin (Buck) or Amodeus McCaslin (Buddy) (family line, depending on interpretation) NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Yoknapatawpha County NERFINISHED
firstPublicationContext Go Down, Moses (1942) NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Isaac NERFINISHED
grandfather Carothers McCaslin NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
literaryPeriod Southern Renaissance NERFINISHED
majorRelationship Boone Hogganbeck NERFINISHED
Carothers Edmonds NERFINISHED
Lion (hunting dog) NERFINISHED
Sam Fathers NERFINISHED
memberOf McCaslin family NERFINISHED
moralCharacteristic guilt-ridden
idealistic
reflective
nationality American (fictional)
notableAction renounces his inheritance of the McCaslin plantation
studies the McCaslin plantation ledgers to uncover family history
occupation carpenter
hunter
woodsman
residence Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi (fictional) NERFINISHED
setInPeriod post–American Civil War South
uncle Buck McCaslin NERFINISHED
Buddy McCaslin NERFINISHED

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McCaslin family exploredThroughCharacter Isaac McCaslin
this entity surface form: Ike McCaslin
Go Down, Moses featuresCharacter Isaac McCaslin
Go Down, Moses featuresCharacter Isaac McCaslin
this entity surface form: Carothers McCaslin
McCaslin family hasMember Isaac McCaslin
this entity surface form: Carothers McCaslin
McCaslin family hasMember Isaac McCaslin
this entity surface form: Ike McCaslin
Lucas Beauchamp hasRelative Isaac McCaslin
this entity surface form: Carothers McCaslin
McCaslin family originatesFromCharacter Isaac McCaslin
this entity surface form: Carothers McCaslin