Squire

Submitted by rlcoleman@usout... on Mon, 2014-04-07 23:55
Text: 
The Sound and the Fury
Character Key: 
Squire
Display Name: 
Squire
Sort Name: 
Squire
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Administrative
Specific Job: 
Magistrate
First Mentioned: 
Cambridge Inset: Town Center in The Sound and the Fury (Location)
Biography: 

The man referred to as "Squire" (139) who hears the complaint against Quentin involving Julio's sister is a local justice or magistrate. His courtroom is "a bare room smelling of stale tobacco" and "a scarred littered table," the book in which he enters Quentin's name is a "huge dusty" one, and he himself has "a fierce roach of iron gray hair" and wears "steel spectacles" (142). He fines Quentin but releases him without a formal charge.

Note: 
Judicial System, Courtroom
Social Status: 
has influential social contacts (family, business, political)
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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