Absalom, Absalom!, 224 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2017-12-08 15:10
Text: 
Absalom, Absalom!
Location: 
Sutpen Plantation in Absalom, Absalom! (Location)
Page Number: 
224
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
It broke down, it vanished into that old impotent
Page Event Ends: 
224
Era: 
Reconstruction (1866-1889)
Characters Present: 
Rosa Coldfield
Thomas Sutpen
Characters Mentioned: 
Ellen Coldfield Sutpen
Narrative Status: 
Told
Date: 
Friday, June 1, 1866 to Saturday, June 30, 1866
Summary: 

Mr. Compson describes the scene where Sutpen, clinging to the "old impotent logic" that had already betrayed him, insults Rosa and sends her rushing back to town (224). [SOURCE: Father; Narrator]

Chronological Order: 
398.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Italics, Morality, Betrayal, Words, Insult, Rage, Self-Justification
Actions:
Emotional›Outrage | Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Marriage proposal
Cultural Issues:
Age›Growing old
Themes and Motifs:
Morals›Morality | Time›Running out
Aesthetics:
Figures of Speech›Fertilise / Fertility imagery | Figures of Speech›Technological imagery | Typography/Orthography›Italics

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