aewriter4: Mississippi, 1840. Plantation: Sutpen’s Hundred. Clytie is kept nude for the Master’s use
aewriter4: Mississippi, 1840. Plantation: Sutpen’s Hundred. Clytie is kept nude for the Master’s use in a small wooden cabin in back of the Big House. But she is happy that Marster Henry has bred her. “Does Marster Henry treat me like a naked animal? He all the time do!”, admits Clytie. “But diss is still bettah than pickin’ cotton!” Clytie—Clytemnestra—is actually Master Henry’s own daughter. By his obedient and naked black slave-girl Beulah. “This is MY plantation!”, Henry Sutpen growls—“I do what I want here! Understand?” -- source link