The Unvanquished, 214 (Event)
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Page Number:
214
Order within Page:
1
First 8-10 words of event:
I could almost hear him: "Ah, this unhappy land,
Page Event Ends:
214
Era:
Reconstruction (1866-1889)
Characters Present:
Narrative Status:
Hypothesized
Date:
Wednesday, October 1, 1873 to Thursday, October 30, 1873
Summary:
Bayard imagines what Professor Wilkins wishes to say to him about this "unhappy land," not yet ten years after the "fever" of the Civil War but one in which men must still kill one another, making a Biblical reference to having to "pay Cain's price in his own coin" (214).
Chronological Order:
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Keywords:
Allusion:Bible, Civil War, Fever, Killing, Death, Allusion:Cain
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Aesthetics:
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