Unnamed Southern Lady
Character Key Number:
3808
Display Name:
Unnamed Southern Lady
Sort Name:
Unnamed Southern Lady
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
Mr. Compson creates this profile of "a Southern lady" in Absalom, Absalom! while telling Quentin about Rosa Coldfield's behavior after her sister Ellen dies (68). According to his misogynistic generalization, the "Southern lady" is "like a vampire" in the way she will feed herself and her idea of what she is entitled to off the lives of her relatives or in-laws (68).