Unnamed Nephews and Nieces of Ratliff
Character Key Number:
2620
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Unnamed Nephews and Nieces of Ratliff
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Unnamed Nephews and Nieces of Ratliff
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
When Mink is jailed in Jefferson in The Hamlet, Ratliff invites Mink's wife and two children to stay in the house owned by him and his sister. The two Snopes children are "dressed in cast-off garments of his [Ratliff's] nephews and nieces" (288) when their mother takes them to visit their father in jail.