Sanctuary (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: William Faulkner
- First Published: 1931
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Melodrama
- Time of Work: 1929
- Setting: Mississippi and Memphis, Tennessee
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Melodrama
- Subjects: Crime or criminals, Murder or homicide, South or Southerners, 1920’s, Trials, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Violence, Tennessee, Lawyers, Lynching, Corruption, Kidnapping, Gangsters, Organized crime
- Locales: Memphis, TN, Yoknapatawpha County (fictive)
Characters Discussed
Popeye, a cruel, passionless killer who is symbolic of the ruthless, sterile, and materialistic exploitation that destroyed the antebellum social order of the South. Ironically, he is executed for a murder he did not commit.
Temple Drake, a college girl of good family who is attacked by Popeye and then sent to live the life of a prostitute in a bawdy house in Memphis. Her family removes her from the house of ill repute, but her life has been ruined.
Lee Goodwin, a moonshiner who tries to protect Temple from a group of bootleggers and who is...
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