Mr. Coldfield

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Mr. Coldfield is a morally rigid, deeply religious Jefferson merchant in William Faulkner’s "Absalom, Absalom!" whose stern principles and withdrawal from society reflect the novel’s themes of guilt, complicity, and Southern decay.

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Mr. Coldfield canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
appearsIn novel ⓘ
appearsInWorkBy William Faulkner ⓘ
associatedWithTheme Southern decay ⓘ
Southern morality ⓘ
complicity ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
religious hypocrisy ⓘ
withdrawal from society ⓘ
characterTrait austere ⓘ
rigidly principled ⓘ
stern ⓘ
connectedToCharacter Ellen Coldfield Sutpen ⓘ
Thomas Sutpen ⓘ
connectedToPlace Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
countryOfResidence United States ⓘ
creator William Faulkner ⓘ
familyRelation father of Ellen Coldfield Sutpen ⓘ
father-in-law of Thomas Sutpen ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Absalom, Absalom! ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
moralCharacteristic morally rigid ⓘ
narrativeRole minor character ⓘ
symbolic figure ⓘ
occupation merchant ⓘ
regionOfResidence American South ⓘ
religiousCharacteristic deeply religious ⓘ
residence Jefferson ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
setting Civil War era South ⓘ
antebellum South ⓘ
socialBehavior withdraws from society ⓘ
socialStatus respectable townsman ⓘ
symbolizes complicity through inaction ⓘ
moral withdrawal ⓘ
rigid Protestant morality ⓘ
workPublicationYear 1936 ⓘ

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Absalom, Absalom! → featuresCharacter → Mr. Coldfield ⓘ
Rosa Coldfield → uncle → Mr. Coldfield ⓘ