Thomas Sutpen's Father
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Thomas Sutpen's Father
Sort Name:
Sutpen, Father of Thomas
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Poor White
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Family:
Sutpen
Family (new):
Occupation:
Farming
Specific Job:
Plantation Hand
First Mentioned:
Origin:
Virginia
Biography:
Sutpen's father moves back to coastal Virginia after his wife's death, where he works ("or maybe supposes" to work, 185) on a large Tidewater plantation. He is characterized mainly by his habitual drunkenness, and his "harsh" belief in "his own worth" and "his own physical prowess" (186) - virtues that he seeks to establish by "whupping" a slave from a neighboring plantation (187).
Individual or Group:
Individual
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