Maury Bascomb
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Display Name:
Maury Bascomb
Sort Name:
Bascomb, Maury L.
AKA:
Uncle Maury
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Middle Class
Rank:
Secondary
Vitality:
Alive
Family:
Compson
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Biography:
Maury Bascomb is the brother of Caroline Bascomb Compson. For much of the Compson children's early life he lives in their home and regularly partakes of their father's whiskey; by 1928 he has moved away, but continues regularly to ask his sister for money. Benjy was originally named "Maury" in his honor, though his behavior in the novel suggests how far from honorable he is. He also has an affair with the Compsons' next door neighbor, Mrs. Patterson. When the affair is revealed, Mr. Patterson beats Uncle Maury - or as Benjy puts it, "His eye was sick, and his mouth" (43).
Individual or Group:
Individual
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