Quentin Compson
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Quentin Compson
Sort Name:
Compson, Quentin
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Upper Class
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Dead
Family:
Compson
Family (new):
First Mentioned:
Cause of Death:
Suicide
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Biography:
A major figure in Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha fiction, Quentin Compson is the first born son of Caroline and Jason Compson. As this novel mentions in its very passing account of him, he "drowned himself at Harvard" (354).
Individual or Group:
Individual
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