Unnamed Mother of Clytemnestra
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262
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Unnamed Mother of Clytemnestra
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Unnamed Mother of Clytemnestra
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
According to Mr. Compson in Absalom! Clytemnestra's mother is one of the two women among the twenty slaves that Sutpen brought with him to Yoknapatawpha. The novel does not describe her, nor try to represent the relationship between her and Sutpen, the white man who claims to own her.