Benjy Fenwick

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Fictional Character
gptkbp:adaptation Film adaptations
gptkbp:appearsIn gptkb:The_Sound_and_the_Fury
gptkbp:artMovement gptkb:Southern_Gothic
Symbolism
Iconic character in modernist literature
gptkbp:associatedWith His mother
His siblings
His caregivers
gptkbp:birthDate 1900
gptkbp:characterArc Minimal character arc
gptkbp:characterDevelopment Static character
gptkbp:characterTraits Intellectually disabled
gptkbp:conflict Internal conflict
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:William_Faulkner
gptkbp:criticalReception Analyzed in literary criticism
gptkbp:culturalImpact Significant in literary studies
Influence_on_Southern_literature
gptkbp:culturalSignificance Representation of disability
gptkbp:deathDate 1960
gptkbp:depictedIn Stage adaptations
gptkbp:depicts Tragic figure
gptkbp:description Multi-dimensional character
gptkbp:family Compson family
gptkbp:firstAppearance 1929
gptkbp:historicalContext Post-Civil War South
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Benjy Fenwick
gptkbp:humanInteraction Confusion
Mental illness representation
gptkbp:impact Literary modernism
gptkbp:influence American_literature
gptkbp:influenceOn Subsequent authors
gptkbp:inspiration Search for identity
Real-life individuals
gptkbp:intelligence Childlike perspective
gptkbp:motif The sound of bells
gptkbp:narrativeStyle Isolation
Protagonist
Stream of consciousness
Fragmented narrative
Nonlinear narrative
gptkbp:portrayedBy Various adaptations
Complex character
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Quentin_Compson
gptkb:Jason_Compson
gptkb:Dilsey_Gibson
Caddy Compson
gptkbp:relationship With nature
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Yoknapatawpha_County
gptkbp:symbol The past
gptkbp:symbolizes Loss of innocence
gptkbp:thematicElement Family dynamics
gptkbp:theme Time and memory
gptkbp:userDemographics Evokes_empathy
gptkbp:wrote Enduring legacy in literature
Subject of many essays