- Quentin Compson
Quentin Compson is a
fictional character created byWilliam Faulkner . He is an intelligent, introspective son of the Compson family. He is featured in Faulkner classics such as "The Sound and the Fury " and "Absalom, Absalom! " and also appears in a Faulkner short story, "That Evening Sun ". Some of his thoughts are articulated with Faulkner's innovative stream-of-consciousness technique. In "Absalom, Absalom! ", he attempts to solve and reflect on a tragedy/mystery in the past. The passage in gives more information about the character.After moving North to study at
Harvard College , Compson eventually commitssuicide .A plaque on the
Larz Anderson Bridge over theCharles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts, commemorates his life and death. The small brass plaque, located on the brick wall of the bridge about eighteen inches from the bottom in an alcove near theWeld Boathouse , reads:"Quentin Compson.
Drowned in the odour of honeysuckle.
1891-1910"Quentin Compson is also the name of his niece, the illegitimate daughter of his sister Candace (Caddy).
Sources
* Bombardieri, Marcella. "Bridging Fact and Fiction Marker a Nod to Faulkner." The Boston Globe. January 19, 2001.
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