Absalom, Absalom!, 242 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Sat, 2017-12-09 13:34
Text: 
Absalom, Absalom!
Location: 
New Orleans, Louisiana in Absalom, Absalom! (Location)
Page Number: 
242
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
(he would have known about the octoroon and
Page Event Ends: 
243
Era: 
Antebellum (1831-1860)
Characters Present: 
Charles Bon
Mrs. Charles Bon|Octoroon Mistress
Mrs. Thomas Sutpen(1)
Unnamed Lawyer
Characters Mentioned: 
Rosa Coldfield
Thomas Sutpen
Narrative Status: 
Told
Date: 
Monday, January 1, 1855 to Friday, December 31, 1858
Summary: 

Shreve suggests the lawyer arranged for "the octoroon" to be Bon's mistress, while sordidly scheming how to make the most money from the Sutpen story (242). [SOURCE: Shreve]

Chronological Order: 
147.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Materialism, Exploitation, Scheming
Actions:
Economic›Scheming | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Moral›Exploitation
Cultural Issues:
Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs:
Money›As motive | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Relationships:
Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Historical›Coke upon Littleton | Allusion, Historical›Sabine people | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics

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