Unnamed Judge

Submitted by sfr on Tue, 2014-03-18 15:11
Text: 
Sanctuary
Character Key: 
Unnamed Judge 1
Display Name: 
Unnamed Judge
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Judge
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Administrative
Specific Job: 
Judge
First Mentioned: 
Jefferson Courthouse and Square in Sanctuary (Location)
Biography: 

In Sanctuary the judge who presides over Lee's trial is never individualized at all. He is not even called 'judge' by the narrative, just "the Court" (270, 282, etc.). (Similarly, throughout the trial the prosecuting attorney, who has already been carefully characterized by name as Eustace Graham, is not called anything but "the District Attorney" [283, etc.]. It is a curious elision on Faulkner's part.) We identify him as "upper class" based on the status of the title "Judge" in Faulkner's other fiction.

Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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