Absalom, Absalom!, 4 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2017-11-30 10:56

Text:

Absalom, Absalom!

Location:

Coldfield House in Absalom, Absalom! (Location)

Page Number:

4

Order within Page:

3

First 8-10 words of event:

Then hearing would reconcile and he would

Page Event Ends:

5

Era:

Turn of the Century (1890-1913)

Characters Present:

Quentin Compson

Characters Mentioned:

Ellen Coldfield Sutpen

Unnamed Twenty Original Sutpen Slaves

Narrative Status:

Narrated+Consciousness

Date:

Monday, September 6, 1909

Summary:

In a kind of dialogue with himself, Quentin tries to understand the Sutpen story that, as a southerner, he has inherited. [SOURCE: Narrator; Rosa, Quentin]

Chronological Order:

478.00

Indeterminate Date Range:

Keywords:

Italics, Internal_Dialogue, Southern_Identity, Threshold

Environment:

Atmospheric›Haunted | Atmospheric›Spectral | Place›Plantation

Actions:

Communication›Listening | Communication›Silence | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Internal argument | Mental›Uncertainty | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Garrulousness | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Repetition | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking

Cultural Issues:

Cultural Identity | Education›Harvard | History›Civil War consequences | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Region›The South | Slavery›Labor | Violence

Themes and Motifs:

Meaning›Paternity | Memory›Haunted by past | Memory›Remembering | Past›Past in present | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Old insult (abiding affront) | Story-telling›Collaborative | Story-telling›Reminiscence | Story-telling›Retelling | Story-telling›Story-telling passim | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunting | Time›Past

Relationships:

Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sister-sister

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