Absalom, Absalom! | Chapter 8 Summary and Analysis
New Characters:
Colonel John Sartoris: a Faulknerian figure, whom Thomas Sutpen replaced as commanding officer in the Civil War
Colonel Willow: the man who told Thomas Sutpen that his son Henry was wounded
Summary
In Chapter Eight, the main remembered “action” of Absalom, Absalom! is over. Faulkner has already described Thomas Sutpen’s early life, his arrival in Jefferson, his marriage to Ellen Coldfield, the friendship of Henry Sutpen and Charles Bon, the betrothal of Judith Sutpen and Charles Bon, and the two main murders—Henry’s murder of...
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