Absalom, Absalom!, 126 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Tue, 2017-12-05 11:11
Text: 
Absalom, Absalom!
Location: 
Sutpen Plantation in Absalom, Absalom! (Location)
Page Number: 
126
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
It was winter soon and already soldiers were beginning
Page Event Ends: 
127
Era: 
Civil War (1861-1865)
Characters Present: 
Clytemnestra
Rosa Coldfield
Judith Sutpen
Unnamed Strangers Passing through Yoknapatawpha
Characters Mentioned: 
Charles Bon
Henry Sutpen
Thomas Sutpen
Unnamed Wives or Mistresses of Southern Soldiers
Narrative Status: 
Told
Date: 
Friday, December 1, 1865 to Sunday, December 31, 1865
Summary: 

Winter arrives, along with returning soldiers and other "stragglers" (126); Rosa, Judith and Clytemnestra fear and feed them while talking of Bon, Henry and Sutpen (126). [SOURCE: Rosa]

Chronological Order: 
385.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Return-from-War, Defeat, Metaphor:Rape, Rebuilding, Italics
Environment:
Atmospheric›Devastation | Place›Grave | Time of Year›Winter
Actions:
Domestic›Feeding | Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues:
War›Civil War | War›Defeat | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs:
Character›Ruthless | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Aesthetics:
Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Rape | Typography/Orthography›Italics

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