Eula Varner Snopes

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Eula Varner Snopes is a central character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County saga, known as a powerful, sensual Southern woman whose marriage into the Snopes family symbolizes the clash between old aristocratic values and rising opportunism.

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Eula Varner Snopes canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf female character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn Snopes trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Mansion NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Town NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha County saga NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Frenchman’s Bend NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterTrait emotionally passive ⓘ
physically attractive ⓘ
sensual ⓘ
child Linda Snopes NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdBy William Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator William Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs powerful Southern woman ⓘ
sensual Southern woman ⓘ
familyName Varner NERFINISHED ⓘ
father Will Varner NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Yoknapatawpha County NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genre Southern Gothic ⓘ
hasMaidenName Varner NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Southern Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ
marriageSignificance represents alliance between Varner wealth and Snopes ambition ⓘ
marriedName Snopes NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf Snopes family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Varner family NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFunction embodies conflict between respectability and scandal ⓘ
links Varner landowning class to Snopes upstart class ⓘ
nationality American (fictional) ⓘ
relatedWork Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha novels NERFINISHED ⓘ
residesIn Frenchman’s Bend NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jefferson, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInWork central female figure of the Snopes trilogy ⓘ
object of desire for many male characters ⓘ
setIn Jefferson, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha County NERFINISHED ⓘ
sibling Jody Varner NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Flem Snopes NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolizes clash between old Southern aristocracy and rising opportunism ⓘ
economic and social transition in the New South ⓘ
sexual power ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Mansion → featuresCharacter → Eula Varner Snopes ⓘ
The Town → featuresCharacter → Eula Varner Snopes ⓘ