Absalom, Absalom!, 41 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2017-12-01 16:02
Text: 
Absalom, Absalom!
Location: 
Sutpen Plantation in Absalom, Absalom! (Location)
Page Number: 
41
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
that unsleeping care which must have known that
Page Event Ends: 
41
Era: 
Antebellum (1831-1860)
Characters Present: 
Unnamed Aunt of Rosa Coldfield
Goodhue Coldfield
Ellen Coldfield Sutpen
Thomas Sutpen
Unnamed Twenty Original Sutpen Slaves
Characters Mentioned: 
Unnamed Jefferson Townspeople
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Tuesday, May 1, 1838 to Thursday, May 31, 1838
Summary: 

Mr. Compson speculates on Sutpen's state of mind as the date of the wedding approaches, and his anxiety about the size of the wedding. [SOURCE: Father]

Chronological Order: 
101.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Anxiety, Self-Consciousness, Propriety
Actions:
Bodily›Crying
Cultural Issues:
Class›Respectability
Themes and Motifs:
Character›Ambitious | Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Scandal | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Relationships:
Marital›Arrangements | Marital›Father in law-son in law

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