"Appendix: Compson", 329 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Wed, 2018-05-23 10:48
Text: 
"Appendix: Compson"
Location: 
Compson Place in "Appendix: Compson" (Location)
Page Number: 
329
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
known as the Compson Domain then, since now
Page Event Ends: 
329
Era: 
Antebellum (1831-1860)
Characters Present: 
Governor Quentin MacLachan Compson
Characters Mentioned: 
Quentin MacLachan Compson
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Wednesday, January 1, 1840 to Monday, December 31, 1860
Summary: 

The "Compson Domain" seems worthy of its name: a realm "fit to breed princes," and the home of an actual Governor of Mississippi (329). It also seems capable of "avenging the dispossessed Compsons" from the past (329).

Chronological Order: 
15.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Cultural Issues: Progress Themes and Motifs: Home Themes and Motifs: Past: Avenged
Cultural Issues:
Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Class consciousness | Government›Governor | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs:
Exile›Dispossession | Home | Naming›Place name | Past›Family history | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Geographical›Scotland | Allusion, Historical›Battle of Culloden Moor

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