Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Mon, 2022-07-18 13:53
Text: 
Absalom, Absalom!
Location: 
Courthouse and Square in Absalom, Absalom! (Location)
Page Number: 
7
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
a part of the town's - Jefferson's - eighty years' heritage
Page Event Ends: 
7
Era: 
Antebellum (1831-1860)
Characters Present: 
Ellen Coldfield Sutpen
Henry Sutpen
Judith Sutpen
Thomas Sutpen
Characters Mentioned: 
Rosa Coldfield
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Saturday, June 1, 1833 to Thursday, September 30, 1909
Summary: 

The way Sutpen arrived in Jefferson as a complete stranger, created his plantation "apparently out of nothing," married and had children whose lives were defined by a mysterious killing - this story was still part of the town's "heritage" 80 years later (7).

Chronological Order: 
42.10
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Environment:
Atmospheric›Familiar | Domestic Space›House | Place›Jefferson | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Day›Sunday | Time of Day›Sunday morning | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›September
Actions:
Bodily›Breathing | Economic›Purchase | Legal›Marriage | Movement›Riding | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues:
Economy›Property | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Widow | Group Mentality›Communal story | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Law›Legal ownership | Law›Property | Ritual›Wedding | Violence›Retribution
Themes and Motifs:
Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Community›Local legends | Death›Future | Death›Spousal | Determinism›Fated | Home›New home | Meaning›Mystery | Meaning›Paternity | Memory›Collective memory | Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Time›Duration of time | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Past | Values›Justice
Relationships:
Familial›Conflict | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Biblical›Genesis | Figures of Speech›Breath | Narrative›Background | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Origin | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Summary

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