Napoleon

Submitted by ekp23@cornell.edu on Sun, 2018-05-20 07:13
Text: 
"Appendix: Compson"
Character Key: 
Napoleon
Display Name: 
Napoleon
Sort Name: 
Napoleon
AKA: 
Napoleon Bonaparte
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Dead
Occupation: 
Administrative
Specific Job: 
Emperor of France
First Mentioned: 
Compson Place in "Appendix: Compson" (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Tuesday, August 15, 1769
Origin: 
Corsica
Biography: 

Napoleon's driving ambition, as Emperor of France, was to expand France's domain in Europe. The allusion to him here, at the beginning of the "Appendix," serves as a template for several of the characters Faulkner will create: dictatorial leaders driven to expand their holdings at all costs.

Ontological Status: 
Historical/Real
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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