Mother
Text:
Character Key:
Display Name:
Mother
Sort Name:
Compson, Mrs. Jason
AKA:
Caroline Bascomb Compson
Race:
White
Gender:
Female
Class:
Upper Class
Rank:
Secondary
Vitality:
Alive
Family:
Compson
Family (new):
First Mentioned:
Real?:
No
Biography:
The woman referred to only as "Mother" in this story is named Caroline elsewhere. She opposes her husband's decision to allay Nancy's fears that Jesus is waiting to harm her by accompanying Nancy to her cabin. As the narrator, her son Quentin never describes his mother, but her spoken words characterize her as the querulous, self-centered person readers meet in The Sound and the Fury (1929): "You'll leave me alone, to take Nancy home?" she complains (293).
Individual or Group:
Individual
Character changes class in this text:
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