Absalom, Absalom!, 12 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2017-11-30 15:24
Text: 
Absalom, Absalom!
Location: 
Sutpen Plantation in Absalom, Absalom! (Location)
Page Number: 
12
Order within Page: 
4
First 8-10 words of event: 
"No. I hold no brief for myself. I don't plead
Page Event Ends: 
13
Era: 
Civil War (1861-1865)
Characters Present: 
Rosa Coldfield
Thomas Sutpen
Characters Mentioned: 
Goodhue Coldfield
General Lee
Unnamed Confederate Generals
Narrative Status: 
Told
Date: 
Tuesday, January 1, 1861 to Monday, April 30, 1866
Summary: 

Rosa sets her willingness to marry Sutpen in the context of the Civil War. [SOURCE: Rosa]

Chronological Order: 
285.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
War:Civil, Loss, Heroism, South
Actions:
Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Refusal | Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues:
Class›Gentility | Economy›Poverty | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›War | Prejudice›Racism | Region›The South | War›Civil War consequences | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs:
Absence/Loss›War | Death›Of parent | Morals›Injustice | Objects›Sword | Values›Courage | Values›Family honor | Values›Honor | Values›Valor
Relationships:
Familial›Exigent circumstances | Familial›Orphan | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Language›Anaphora | Language›Biblical | Narrative›Argument | Narrative›Repetition | Style›List | Style›Long sentence | Symbolism›Fire | Tone›Apocalyptic | Tone›Ironic | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation

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