Judith Sutpen

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Judith Sutpen is a central figure in William Faulkner's novel "Absalom, Absalom!", embodying the tragic complexities of Southern aristocracy, family legacy, and doomed relationships in the post–Civil War American South.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Absalom, Absalom!
appearsInGenre Southern Gothic
modernist literature
associatedWithPlace Jefferson, Mississippi
Yoknapatawpha County
associatedWithResidence Sutpen's Hundred
linked to: Sutpen’s Hundred
centralToPlotOf Absalom, Absalom!
characterRole central character
tragic heroine
countryOfWorkPublication United States
createdBy William Faulkner
familyName Sutpen
linked to: Sutpen family
gender female
hasBrother Henry Sutpen
hasFather Thomas Sutpen
hasFiancé Charles Bon
hasHalfBrother Charles Bon
hasMother Ellen Coldfield Sutpen
hasRelative Charles Bon
Ellen Coldfield Sutpen
Henry Sutpen
Rosa Coldfield
Thomas Sutpen
languageOfWork English
literaryMovementOfWork American modernism
narrativeFunction embodiment of Southern aristocracy
figure of doomed relationships
symbol of family legacy
nationality American
partOfFictionalUniverse Yoknapatawpha County saga
linked to: Yoknapatawpha saga
publicationContext Absalom, Absalom! (1936 novel)
linked to: Absalom, Absalom!
publisherOfWork Random House
relatedWork The Sound and the Fury
setInPeriod American Civil War era
Antebellum American South
linked to: Antebellum period

Reconstruction era
themeAssociated decline of the Old South
family curse
fatalism
gender roles in the South
incest
race and miscegenation

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Absalom, Absalom! mainCharacter Judith Sutpen
Sutpen family hasMember Judith Sutpen
Clytie Sutpen relatedTo Judith Sutpen
Charles Bon hasHalfSibling Judith Sutpen
Charles Bon romanticallyInvolvedWith Judith Sutpen