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"A Point of Law", 214 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house | Domestic Space›Veranda | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Interaction, Private›Conversation | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Law›Sheriff | Mass Media›Telephone | Race›Etiquette | Race›Masquerade
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›Etiquette | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Conjectural narration
"A Point of Law", 216 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Mass Media›Telephone | Race›Masquerade
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Senegambia | Diction›Racist term | Intertextuality›Shakespeare | Style›Character portrait
"Dry September", 175 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Clothes›Dress | Mass Media›Movies | Sexuality›Unattractiveness
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Romantic›Courtship | Social›Isolation | Social›Neighbor
"Dry September", 181 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Emotional›Laughing | Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Mass Media›Fantasy | Mass Media›Movies
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
"Dry September", 182 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Auditory›Silence | Natural›Moon | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Magazines | Violence›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
"Elly", 214 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Telephone | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Home›Getting away | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
"Go Down, Moses", 259 (Event)
Environment: Place›Newspaper office | Time of Day›Noon
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering | Crime›Murder | Health and Illness›Obesity | Law›Execution | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Alias | Texts›Census
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Chicago | Diction›Racist term
"Go Down, Moses", 260 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Heat
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Moral›Lying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Crime›Numbers | Gender›Traits | Law›Execution | Mass Media›Newspaper | Race›Division | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Coffin | Death›Corpse | Determinism›Genetic | Inheritance›Traits | Money›Expenses
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Quotation as thought
"Go Down, Moses", 262 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Heat
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Political solidarity | Group Mentality›Racial solidarity | Mass Media›Advertising | Mass Media›Newspaper | Progress›Trains | Race›Segregation | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Corpse | Death›Funeral | Home›Homecoming | Money›Expenses | Objects›Flowers | Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Square brackets
"Go Down, Moses", 266 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Newspapers | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Imitation | Narrative›Imagined conversation
"Hair", 140 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Curious | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper comics / funny paper
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nicknames
"Knight's Gambit", 251 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | Mass Media›Newspaper | War›Death
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 370 (Event)
Environment: Place›Seedy parts of town
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | Mass Media›Magazines | Mass Media›Movies
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Allusion, Mythical›Vestal
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 378 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Evoking memory
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Communication›Newspaper columns and notices | Communication›Writing | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Reading
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Marital›Vicarious wedding
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Allusion, Biblical›Mary
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 379 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Evoking memory
Actions: Mental›Imagining | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Discovering
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper
"Monk", 58 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Newspaper article
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper
"Shall Not Perish", 103 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Bodily›Eating supper | Domestic›Cleaning | Domestic›Milking | Physical›Starting fire
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Radio
"There Was a Queen", 729 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›White trash | Clothes›Shoes | Food›Race | Mass Media›Magazines
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-correction
"Tomorrow", 90 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Place›Memphis
Actions: Communication›Newspaper article | Legal›Claim
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Law›Inheritance | Law›Property | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wedding license
Relationships: Marital›Alleged | Marital›Husband-wife
"Two Soldiers", 81 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Education | Health and Illness›Deafness | Mass Media›Radio | War›Aerial combat | War›World War II
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular passim
"Two Soldiers", 82 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Cold
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Worry | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Radio
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling | Social›Neighbor
"Two Soldiers", 82 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Bodily›Idleness | Emotional›Worry | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Withholding | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Radio
"Two Soldiers", 82 (Event)
Environment: Place›Farm
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Verbal›Withholding | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Radio | War›World War II
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›MacArthur, Douglas | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Two Soldiers", 89 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Paying | Economic›Trading | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls | Identity, Cultural›Rural | Mass Media›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Objects›knife
Relationships: Civic›child protection | Familial›Sibling | Social›Adversarial | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Tone›Humorous
"Two Soldiers", 93 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Place›Office
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Telephone | War›Deployment
Themes and Motifs: Objects›knife | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
"Two Soldiers", 95 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Love | Physical›Kissing | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming life | Mass Media›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Determinism›Lack of choice | Time
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
"Two Soldiers", 98 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming life | Mass Media›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Coffee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Absalom, Absalom!, 58 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Envisioning
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Fantasy
Themes and Motifs: Time›Future
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Butterfly | Metafictional›Painting | Metafictional›Picture/image
Absalom, Absalom!, 6 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic
Actions: Bodily›Starvation | Communication›Writing | Interaction, Social›Gossip | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper | Region›Lost Cause | War›Confederate Army
Themes and Motifs: Art›Poetry
As I Lay Dying, 226 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Mass Media›Telephone | Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Death›Burial | Death›Respect | Philosophical›Reduction / summing up | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
As I Lay Dying, 235 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Music | Public›Street
Actions: Economic›Borrowing | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Graphophone
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Phonograph | Recurring Tropes›Secret
As I Lay Dying, 258 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Music | Public›Street
Actions: Emotional›Impatience
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Graphophone
As I Lay Dying, 260 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Asking for money | Emotional›Surprise
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute | Law›Compensation | Mass Media›Graphophone
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
As I Lay Dying, 261 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Music | Domestic Space›House
Actions: Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Law›Compensation | Mass Media›Graphophone
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Flags in the Dust, 131 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Bandage | Health and Illness›Medicine | Mass Media›Advertising
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Sewing machine
Flags in the Dust, 169 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Monologue
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Taste | Mass Media›Magazines | War›Peace
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Character›Duty | Naming›Nickname | Texts›Letters
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Arlen, Michael | Allusion, Historical›Dreiser, Theodore | Allusion, Historical›Sabatini, Rafael | Allusion, Literary›Romance | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Narrative›Free indirect discourse
Flags in the Dust, 181 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Tea
Actions: Interaction, Social›Hosting | Play›Tennis | Work›Lawyering
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sports | Mass Media›Newspaper | Sexuality›Virginity | War›Draft | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
Themes and Motifs: Art›Poetry | Objects›Books
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana | Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Allusion, Historical›Caesar, Julius | Allusion, Mythical›Atalanta | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Flags in the Dust, 187 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Playing music | Physical›Kissing | Play›Tennis
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Sports | Gender›Men vs women | Mass Media›Magazines
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Ugliness | Objects›Car | Objects›Gun | Objects›Tea
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›South America | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Flags in the Dust, 26 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Trees | Place›Graveyard | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Callousness | Play›Card playing | Verbal›Chatter | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Apron | Food›Ice-cream | Land-Use›Loss of flora | Land-Use›Loss of wildlife | Mass Media›Magazines | Sexuality›Harassment | War›Death | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Body›Weight | Objects›Cigar | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New York | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Flags in the Dust, 292 (Event)
Actions: Non-human›Animal senses
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Toddy | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Cigar
Relationships: Familial
Flags in the Dust, 340 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Oppressive | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Cold
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper | War›Death | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bed
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 37 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Voices | Natural›Moon | Olfactory›Cigar | Olfactory›Locust | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Domestic›Food preparation | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Train | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Health and Illness›Deafness | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Crickets | Animals›Fox | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile | Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Flags in the Dust, 81 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Emotional›Worry
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper | Modernity›Speed
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Objects›Car
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Dumas, Alexandre
Go Down, Moses, 355 (Event)
Environment: Place›Newspaper office | Time of Day›Noon
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Health and Illness›Obesity | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Collective memory | Texts›Telegram
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Chicago | Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 356 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Sun
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Domestic›Teaching | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Crime›Murder | Gender›Lady's accoutrements | Law›Trial | Mass Media›Newspaper | Slavery›Family | Slavery›Persistence over time
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Determinism›Genetic
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Interracial›Pseudo-family
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Racist term
Go Down, Moses, 364 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Values›Family honor
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Imitation | Narrative›Imagined conversation
Intruder in the Dust, 78 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall | Olfactory›Smoke
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Emotional›Rage | Mental›Deduction
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Requiem for a Nun, 88 (Event)
Environment: Place›City
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Civic events | Mass Media›Radio | Progress›Air travel | Progress›Technological
Aesthetics: Style›Index
Sanctuary, 172 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Train | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Searching
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
The Hamlet, 123 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Thanksgiving
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Football | Mass Media›Newspaper
The Mansion, 426 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Law›Police | Mass Media›Newspaper | Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Civic records
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
The Reivers , 191 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Immodest female clothing | Gender›Changing relationships | Gender›Femininity | Mass Media›Advertising
The Sound and the Fury, 107 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Fireplace|Mantel
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Bribing | Economic›Gifting | Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Economic›Lending Money | Economic›Offering to buy | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Hurting | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Interaction, Social›Shaking hands | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Learning | Moral›Cheating | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Physical›Intrusion | Physical›Travel | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Flattery | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Revealing | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Education›College or school traditions | Education›Harvard | Education›Life after graduation | Education›School year | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Widow | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper comics / funny paper | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Premarital | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Character›Bookishness | Character›Honesty | Character›Integrity | Memory›Remembering | Money›As motive | Money›Bill | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigar | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Values›Devotion | Values›Honor | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Fiance | Sexual›Extramarital | Social›Adversarial | Social›Fellow alumni of a college or university
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›Havana, Cuba | Allusion, Literary›Galahad | Diction›Double entendre | Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech›Parrot | Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 112 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Natural›Trees | Place›Road
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Physical›Trampling
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Advertising | Progress›Smoke stack
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New England
The Sound and the Fury, 125 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Olfactory›Baking / bread
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Caring | Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Charity | Moral›Judgmental | Moral›Stealing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Jewish | Ethnicity›Offensive terminology | Food›Bread | Food›Cake | Food›Coffee | Gender›Femininity | Gender›Masculine woman | Gender›Stereotype librarian / school teacher | Mass Media›Newspaper | Nationality›American | Nationality›Foreigners | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants | Prejudice
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Librarian look | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Money›Nickel coin | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Coffee | Objects›Ring | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Civic›Charity | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem/song "The Star-Spangled Banner" | Description›Color gray | Diction›Ethnic slur | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Toy bear / teddybear | Genre Conventions›Parody | Tone›Sarcastic
The Sound and the Fury, 130 (Event)
Environment: Public›Post office | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Food›Bread | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Law›Marshal | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
The Sound and the Fury, 147 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Trees | Olfactory›Perfume smell | Place›Stone wall | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hysteria | Emotional›Laughing | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Sadness | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Mental›Suppression / trying not to think | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Car | Movement›Swimming | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Touching | Physical›Wave / waving | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Chatter
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wine | Alcohol›Wine hamper | Class›Gentility | Ethnicity›Italian | Food›Bread | Gender›Dirty girl | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Knee | Body›Throat | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›Coal dust | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence
The Sound and the Fury, 255 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Year›Easter
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Emotional›Cruelty | Emotional›Sulking | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Locking a door | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Smallpox | Mass Media›Newspaper | Religion›Divine judgment | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Character›Self-righteousness | Death›Longing for death | Objects›Fire | Objects›Mirror | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Uncle-niece
The Sound and the Fury, 65 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Play | Work
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos | Psychological›Madness | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 66 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Economic›Borrowing | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Searching | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Body›Eyes | Body›Mouth | Money›Lost | Objects›Chair | Objects›Fire | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 86 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street
Actions: Mental›Self-consciousness | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Streetcar | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat, derby | Clothes›Shoes | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Mass Media›Newspaper | Race›Colored people as acceptable terminology | Race›Race as a form of behavior | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Racial identity | Region›North | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Objects›Cigar
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Self-Reflective | Symbolism›Reflection
The Town, 128 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Communication›Newspaper columns and notices | Emotional›Curious | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Mass Media›Advertising
Themes and Motifs: Character›Sophistication | Objects›Camera | Objects›Tea
The Town, 135 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Economic›Ascent | Economic›Delivery | Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Money
The Town, 14 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Interaction, Social›Leadership
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Movies
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car
Relationships: Social›Fame
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Grable, Betty | Allusion, Historical›Harlow, Jean | Allusion, Historical›Monroe, Marilyn | Figures of Speech›Personification | Tone›Absurdist
The Town, 164 (Event)
Environment: Public›Cafe
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Hysteria | Moral›Stealing | Perceptual›Investigating | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning | Work›Doctor / medical care
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Drugs | History›Civil War as point of reference | Law›Police | Mass Media›Newspaper
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Einstein, Albert | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Scientific | Figures of Speech›Simile
The Town, 223 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Telephone | Technology›Typewriter
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Letters
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 230 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Sitting room
Actions: Verbal›Banter / small talk
Cultural Issues: Class›Etiquette | Class›Snopesism | Clothes›Dress | Food›Coffee | Mass Media›Advertising | Mass Media›Magazines
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Objects›Furniture
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 381 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Calling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Kidnapping | Economy›Insurance | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Loss of animal companion | Meaning›Misinterpretation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Lao Tse (Laozi) | Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia