Brother Fortinbride

Submitted by jjoiner@keuka.edu on Sat, 2015-05-02 18:55
Text: 
"Vendee"
Character Key: 
Brother Fortinbride
Display Name: 
Brother Fortinbride
Sort Name: 
Fortinbride
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Farming
First Mentioned: 
Jefferson Cemetery in "Vendee" (Location)
Other Texts: 
"The Unvanquished"
The Unvanquished
Biography: 

"Brother" Fortinbride first appears in "The Unvanquished," the story that precedes "Vendee" in the series that became The Unvanquished. In the earlier story readers learn that he was a private in Sartoris' regiment until he was seriously wounded in battle at the start of the Civil War. Back in Yoknapatawpha, though a farmer and a Methodist, he conducts the irregular Episcopal services at which Rosa distributes money and mules to the county's poor. He continues in that role in "Vendee" as the no-nonsense officiant at Rosa's funeral.

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

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