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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Judith Sutpen canonical 5

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

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 ⓘ