Absalom, Absalom!, 203 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2022-01-20 09:48
Text: 
Absalom, Absalom!
Location: 
Sutpen's Stable in Absalom, Absalom! (Location)
Page Number: 
203
Order within Page: 
5
First 8-10 words of event: 
whom Grandfather himself had seen fight naked chest to chest
Page Event Ends: 
204
Era: 
Antebellum (1831-1860)
Characters Present: 
General Compson
Thomas Sutpen
Unnamed Twenty Original Sutpen Slaves
Characters Mentioned: 
Ellen Coldfield Sutpen
Narrative Status: 
Told
Date: 
Wednesday, January 1, 1834 to Monday, December 31, 1855
Summary: 

General Compson remembers watching Sutpen "fight naked chest to chest" with his "wild niggers," both before his house was finished and after he was married (203). [SOURCE: Grandfather-Quentin]

Chronological Order: 
61.60
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Actions:
Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues:
Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs:
Recurring Tropes›Design
Relationships:
Hierarchical›Master-slave

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