Miss Quentin

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female character fictional character literary character

Miss Quentin is a rebellious and troubled young woman in William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," whose defiance highlights the decay and dysfunction of the Compson family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf female character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
ageGroup adolescent ⓘ
appearsIn The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
associatedWith carnival ⓘ
characterTrait defiant ⓘ
disrespectful toward authority ⓘ
rebellious ⓘ
resentful ⓘ
troubled ⓘ
conflictsWith Jason Compson IV ⓘ
createdBy William Faulkner ⓘ
defies Compson family expectations ⓘ
social conventions of Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
familyName Compson ⓘ
familyStatus illegitimate child ⓘ
fullName Quentin Compson ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Quentin ⓘ
isAffectedBy Caddy Compson’s ostracism ⓘ
Compson family dishonor ⓘ
isMemberOf Compson family ⓘ
isRaisedBy Jason Compson IV ⓘ
isRaisedInContextOf financial exploitation by Jason Compson IV ⓘ
isSubjectOf Jason section conflict in The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
isVictimOf emotional neglect ⓘ
financial control by Jason Compson IV ⓘ
languageOfCharacter English ⓘ
literaryMovementContext Southern Gothic ⓘ
modernist fiction ⓘ
maternalGrandfather Jason Compson III ⓘ
maternalGrandmother Caroline Compson ⓘ
maternalUncle Benjy Compson ⓘ
Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Quentin Compson ⓘ
surface form: Quentin Compson III
mother Caddy Compson ⓘ
narrativeFunction embodies generational rebellion ⓘ
The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
surface form: intensifies family dysfunction in The Sound and the Fury
nationality American (fictional) ⓘ
relatedWork Absalom, Absalom! ⓘ
surface form: Absalom, Absalom! (shared Compson family context)
residesIn Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
surface form: Jefferson, Mississippi (fictional)
romanticInvolvementWith a carnival worker ⓘ
sharesNameWith Quentin Compson ⓘ
surface form: Quentin Compson III
symbolizes decay of the Compson family ⓘ
moral and social decline of Southern aristocracy ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century American South (fictional setting) ⓘ

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

Dilsey Gibson → caresFor → Miss Quentin ⓘ
The Sound and the Fury → hasCharacter → Miss Quentin ⓘ
Caddy Compson → motherOf → Miss Quentin ⓘ
subject surface form: Jason Compson III