Quentin Compson
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Quentin Compson is a tormented, introspective member of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga, best known for his obsessive concern with time, honor, and his sister Caddy.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Quentin Compson canonical | 17 |
| Quentin Compson III | 8 |
| Quentin MacLachan Compson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Quentin Compson Context triple: [The Sound and the Fury, mainCharacter, Quentin Compson]
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Benjy Compson
Benjy Compson is a cognitively disabled, emotionally sensitive member of the Compson family whose fragmented, non-linear perspective opens William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury."
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B.
Ashley Wilkes
Ashley Wilkes is a central fictional character in Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind," portrayed as the honorable yet emotionally conflicted Southern gentleman who is the object of Scarlett O'Hara's unrequited love.
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C.
Sartoris
Sartoris is William Faulkner’s first published novel, introducing the fictional Yoknapatawpha County and the Sartoris family that recur throughout his later works.
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D.
Silas Phelps
Silas Phelps is a kindly but morally conflicted Southern farmer and slave owner who appears as Tom Sawyer’s uncle in Mark Twain’s novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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E.
Teddy Daniels
Teddy Daniels is the troubled U.S. Marshal protagonist of the psychological thriller film "Shutter Island," known for his investigation of a mysterious disappearance at a remote mental institution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Quentin Compson Target entity description: Quentin Compson is a tormented, introspective member of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga, best known for his obsessive concern with time, honor, and his sister Caddy.
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A.
Benjy Compson
Benjy Compson is a cognitively disabled, emotionally sensitive member of the Compson family whose fragmented, non-linear perspective opens William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury."
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B.
Ashley Wilkes
Ashley Wilkes is a central fictional character in Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind," portrayed as the honorable yet emotionally conflicted Southern gentleman who is the object of Scarlett O'Hara's unrequited love.
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C.
Sartoris
Sartoris is William Faulkner’s first published novel, introducing the fictional Yoknapatawpha County and the Sartoris family that recur throughout his later works.
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D.
Silas Phelps
Silas Phelps is a kindly but morally conflicted Southern farmer and slave owner who appears as Tom Sawyer’s uncle in Mark Twain’s novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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E.
Teddy Daniels
Teddy Daniels is the troubled U.S. Marshal protagonist of the psychological thriller film "Shutter Island," known for his investigation of a mysterious disappearance at a remote mental institution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Absalom, Absalom!
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The Sound and the Fury ⓘ Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
surface form:
Yoknapatawpha County stories
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| associatedWithAuthorCycle | Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
guilt-ridden
ⓘ
honor-bound ⓘ introspective ⓘ melancholic ⓘ obsessive ⓘ tormented ⓘ |
| childOf |
Caroline Compson
ⓘ
Jason Compson III ⓘ |
| creator | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| education |
Harvard University
ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard University (fictional student)
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| familyName | Compson ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | Harvard freshman (unspecified studies) ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Quentin Compson (niece) ⓘ |
| influences | interpretations of Southern Gothic fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Modernist literature ⓘ |
| majorThemeAssociation |
Southern identity
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family decline ⓘ honor ⓘ incestuous desire ⓘ time ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| memberOf | Compson family ⓘ |
| methodOfSuicide | drowning ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
unreliable narrator
ⓘ
viewpoint character ⓘ |
| narrativeSection | first section of The Sound and the Fury ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| notableAction | commits suicide ⓘ |
| obsessionWith |
his sister Caddy
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the passage of time ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Charles River
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surface form:
Charles River (fictionalized)
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| placeOfOrigin |
Jefferson, Mississippi
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surface form:
Jefferson, Mississippi (fictional)
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| setInUniverse | Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ |
| sibling |
Benjy Compson
ⓘ
surface form:
Benjamin "Benjy" Compson
Caddy Compson ⓘ
surface form:
Candace "Caddy" Compson
Jason Compson IV ⓘ |
| symbolicAssociation |
breakdown of traditional Southern values
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obsession with lost Southern honor ⓘ |
| timeOfDeath | June 2, 1910 (in-text date) ⓘ |
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Subject: Quentin Compson Description of subject: Quentin Compson is a tormented, introspective member of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga, best known for his obsessive concern with time, honor, and his sister Caddy.
Referenced by (26)
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