Roskus

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Roskus is a servant in the Compson household in William Faulkner's novel "The Sound and the Fury," known for his superstitious nature and weary outlook.

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Roskus canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
servant ⓘ
appearsIn The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
appearsInWorkBy William Faulkner ⓘ
associatedWithFamily Compson family ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
associatedWithTheme decay of the Southern aristocracy ⓘ
race relations in the American South ⓘ
suffering ⓘ
superstition ⓘ
countryOfFictionalResidence United States ⓘ
createdBy William Faulkner ⓘ
employedBy Compson family ⓘ
Compson household ⓘ
linked to: Compson family
fictionalUniverse The Sound and the Fury universe ⓘ
firstPublicationDateOfWorkAppearedIn 1929 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearedIn Southern Gothic ⓘ
modernist novel ⓘ
hasCharacteristic fatalistic ⓘ
superstitious ⓘ
weary ⓘ
hasEthnicity African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
narrativeFunction commentator on family’s decline ⓘ
narrativeRole minor character ⓘ
occupation servant ⓘ
setInPeriod early 20th century American South ⓘ
speaksLanguage English ⓘ

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