Thomas Sutpen's Brother 3
Character Key Number:
256
Display Name:
Thomas Sutpen's Brother 3
Sort Name:
Sutpen, Brother of Thomas 3
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Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
Absalom! does not make clear how many siblings Thomas Sutpen has. "The two older boys" - Sutpen's older brothers - have left the family before it moves to the Virginia plantation (181), but they are not his only male siblings: Quentin tells Shreve that, because of the "dampness" and heat in the Tidewater, "sisters and brothers" get sick "after supper and die before the next meal" (184). Even allowing for hyperbole, this implies that there must have been at least one or two brothers besides the two older ones.