Absalom, Absalom!, 260 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Sun, 2017-12-10 10:29
Text: 
Absalom, Absalom!
Location: 
University of Mississippi in Absalom, Absalom! (Location)
Page Number: 
260
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
Because he never had to worry about the love
Page Event Ends: 
261
Era: 
Antebellum (1831-1860)
Characters Present: 
Charles Bon
Characters Mentioned: 
Abraham
Rosa Coldfield
Ellen Coldfield Sutpen
Henry Sutpen
Judith Sutpen
Thomas Sutpen
Narrative Status: 
Told
Date: 
Sunday, September 25, 1859 to Thursday, May 31, 1860
Summary: 

Shreve describes Bon's thoughts about Judith from "those three months between that September and that Christmas" to being back in school the next spring (260); in this account, he takes both Judith and even the idea of incest for granted. [SOURCE: Shreve-Quentin]

Chronological Order: 
178.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Allusion:Biblical, Misquotation:Biblical, Italics, Desire:Incestuous, Disinterest, Italics
Cultural Issues:
Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs:
Values›Love
Relationships:
Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Biblical›Abraham | Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Figures of Speech›Fertilise / Fertility imagery | Typography/Orthography›Italics

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