Themes and Motifs: Supernatural Ghost

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"Pantaloon in Black", 238 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Gender›Marriage | Race›Racial identity | Race›Segregated space | Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Funeral | Meaning›Profound | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Coworker
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Mannie's death
"Pantaloon in Black", 241 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Spectral | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Eating
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunting
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Absalom, Absalom!, 14 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom | Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Spectral | Atmospheric›Stillness | Domestic Space›Yard | Public›Street
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Age›Youth vs age | Class›Middle
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Objects›Fence | Past›Old days | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Vision | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Past
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Intergenerational›Conflict | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Cassandra | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Description›Tableau | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Voice | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Narrative›Pause
Absalom, Absalom!, 172 (Event)
Environment: Place›Graveyard
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunted house
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 28 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Perceptual›Watching | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Hat | Group Mentality›Community collective | Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Labor | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mosquitoes | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Fatality | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Absalom, Absalom!, 288 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Race | Region›The South | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Military defeat | Character›Principle | Recurring Tropes›Glory | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Gettysburg | Allusion, Geographical›University of Mississippi | Allusion, Historical›Pickett's Charge | Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh
Absalom, Absalom!, 3 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Heat | Atmospheric›Oppressive | Atmospheric›Stillness | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Haunting | Auditory›Quietness | Domestic Space›Office | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Old woman smell | Olfactory›Smelling death | Place›Office | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›September | Time of Year›Summer | Weather›Heat | Weather›Sun | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Bodily›Watching | Communication›Listening | Communication›Silence | Communication›Speaking | Emotional›Frustration | Emotional›Outrage | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Sensing the past | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Silence | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Age›Spinsterhood | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Garment female | Clothes›Mourning | Gender›Chastity / purity | Gender›Femininity | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Sparrow | Body›Voice | Objects›Chair | Objects›Windows | Objects›Wisteria | Past›Past in present | Psychological›Repression | Recurring Tropes›Dark house | Recurring Tropes›Odor | Recurring Tropes›Old insult (abiding affront) | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Story-telling›Reminiscence | Story-telling›Retelling | Story-telling›Story-telling passim | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Haunting | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Series of events experienced as long duration
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Description›Character portrait | Description›Color black | Description›Color yellow | Description›Grotesque | Description›Location portrait | Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Bloom | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Paint | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Voice | Figures of Speech›Water | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Metafictional | Narrative›Indeterminacy | Style›Long sentence | Style›Neologism | Style›Numerous adjectives | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Absalom, Absalom!, 4 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Haunted | Atmospheric›Spectral | Place›Plantation
Actions: Communication›Listening | Communication›Silence | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Internal argument | Mental›Uncertainty | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Garrulousness | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Repetition | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity | Education›Harvard | History›Civil War consequences | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Region›The South | Slavery›Labor | Violence
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Paternity | Memory›Haunted by past | Memory›Remembering | Past›Past in present | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Old insult (abiding affront) | Story-telling›Collaborative | Story-telling›Reminiscence | Story-telling›Retelling | Story-telling›Story-telling passim | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunting | Time›Past
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sister-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Diction›Neologism | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Voice | Genre Conventions›Ghost story | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Language›Grandiloquence | Narrative›Conversation with oneself | Narrative›Imagined conversation | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›House | Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Communication›Listening | Emotional›Waiting | Interaction, Private›Breaking marriage engagement | Movement›Buggy | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Speculation | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chivalry | Gender›Gentleman | Gender›Women | History›Civil War as point of reference | Region›The South | War›Civil War consequences | War›Destruction
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy | Determinism›Genetic | Inheritance›Hereditary culpability | Inheritance›Inheritance of wrong | Inheritance›Traits | Morals›Chivalry | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Open secret | Recurring Tropes›Scandal | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Story-telling›Audience response | Story-telling›Family oral tradition | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunting | Time›Anticipation
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession | Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult friends | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Skeleton | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Flash forward | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Frame | Narrative›Parentheses
Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Familiar | Atmospheric›Haunted | Auditory›Echoing
Actions: Mental›Misunderstanding | Mental›Remembering | Mental›Unaware | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Looking back
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Lost Cause | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Informal | Group Mentality›Community collective | History›Civil War consequences | Region›Lost Cause | Region›The South | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Community›Alienation | Determinism›Lack of choice | Futility›Inability | Memory›Collective memory | Memory›Haunted by past | Naming›Importance of naming | Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Echo | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Supernatural›Ghost | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Medical / Surgical | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Military terminology | Figures of Speech›Personification | Narrative›Background | Narrative›Commentary | Tone›Elegiac
Absalom, Absalom!, 8 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Haunted | Atmospheric›Oppressive | Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Listening | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Outrage | Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Speculation | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Forgiveness | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Monologue | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Age›Youth vs age | Gender›Female body | Gender›Women | Religion›Damnation | Religion›Forgiveness
Themes and Motifs: Body›Flesh | Body›Voice | Death›Response to | Objects›Photograph | Past›Past in present | Psychological›Obsession | Psychological›Trauma | Recurring Tropes›Dark house | Recurring Tropes›Old insult (abiding affront) | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Story-telling | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunting | Supernatural›Monster / monstrous | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Duration of time | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sister-sister | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Allusion, Mythical›Niobe | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Voice | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Narrative›Parentheses | Style›Long sentence | Style›Numerous adjectives | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Flags in the Dust, 110 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Movement›Car | Verbal›Singing | Work›Gardening
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Class›Declasse | Modernity›Speed | Slavery›Nostalgia | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 221 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Acrid
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Physical›Burning | Verbal›Singing | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hunting clothes | Education›Princeton | Hunting and Fishing›Trophy
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bible | Objects›Photograph | Past›Relics | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals
Flags in the Dust, 3 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory
Actions: Communication›And deafness | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls
Themes and Motifs: Body›Teeth | Memory›Haunted by past | Objects›Pipe | Past›Prehistory | Supernatural›Ghost
Flags in the Dust, 396 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Gender›Separate spaces | Race›Segregation
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial society | Death›Epitaph | Supernatural›Ghost | Texts›Epitaph
Relationships: Familial›Dynasty
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Exodus | Recurring Episodes›Colonel Sartoris killed | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 4 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Theatricality | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Green eyeshade | Progress
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Death›Afterlife | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Pipe | Past›Anxiety about|Resistance to change | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Interracial›White-black | Interspecies›Man-horse
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech›Simile
Flags in the Dust, 56 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Domestic›Cleaning
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Haunted by past | Objects›Piano | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›England
Flags in the Dust, 86 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Spectral | Olfactory›Must
Actions: Non-human›Decay
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Confederate uniform | Clothes›Lace | War›Civil War | War›Mexican | War›Spanish American War | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Objects›Bible | Objects›Pipe | Objects›Sword | Past›Family history | Past›Relics | Supernatural›Ghost | Time›Past
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Old Bailey
Go Down, Moses, 129 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Gender›Marriage | Race›Racial identity | Race›Segregated space | Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Funeral | Meaning›Profound | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Coworker
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Mannie's death
Go Down, Moses, 134 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Spectral | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Eating
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunting
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
The Sound and the Fury, 33 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Howling | Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Moaning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Death›Burial | Death›Funeral | Death›Hearse | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunting | Supernatural›Phantom | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 90 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Twinkling | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Cavern / Grotto | Natural›River | Natural›Sea / Ocean | Public›Bridge | Public›Drawbridge | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Seeing | Play›Sports Crew / rowing
Cultural Issues: Education›Being well read / erudite | Entertainment›Boat race
Themes and Motifs: Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Preparing for death | Death›Suicide | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Flat-iron | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Archimedes | Allusion, Literary›Coleridge, Samuel | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Latin pastoral poetry | Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Kubla Khan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Breath | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Language›Latin phrase | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Town, 248 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Actions: Movement›Chasing | Movement›Mule | Physical›Pursuit | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Demanding
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Mules | Money›As motive | Money›Owed | Objects›Broom | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Scientific | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Comedy | Narrative›Reported narration
The Unvanquished, 66 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Military›Escape | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Military | Slavery›Minstrelsy | War›Capture | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Objects›Pistol | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Recurring Episodes›Sartoris captures Yankees | Tone›Humorous