The Confessions of Nat Turner | Characters
What Styron has attempted to do in The Confessions of Nat Turner is to re-enact the growth of Nat Turner's mind and heart in an historical context. Turner grows up in the benevolent household of his white owner, Samuel Turner, who not only allows him to learn to read and write but promises him freedom at the age of twenty-one. However Turner is forced to sell him, and Nat, betrayed, turns to hate and vengeance. He slowly plans his rebellion, but it fails, and he is summarily jailed and executed.
Turner is constantly plagued with doubt and uncertainty about his actions. He...
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