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"A Bear Hunt", 73 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Swearing | Emotional›Relief | Hunting›Racoon hunting | Interaction, Private›Conversation | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Walking | Play›Gambling | Play›Joking around | Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Hay | Health and Illness›Indian medicine | Progress›Agricultural
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Technological imagery
"A Bear Hunt", 78 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian mound
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Communication›Language barriers | Moral›Deception | Movement›Walking | Physical›Capture | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Revealing | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Lamp or lantern | Objects›Shotgun
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Native American languages | Language›Indian
"A Justice", 346 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi River
"A Justice", 347 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi River
"A Justice", 348 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Without words
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
"A Rose for Emily", 126 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter
Cultural Issues: Religion | Sexuality›Premarital
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Scandal
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
"Ad Astra", 418 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Newspaper article
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Death›Murder
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Marital›Adultery
"Ad Astra", 419 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Newspaper article
Cultural Issues: War›Military rank of general
"Ad Astra", 419 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype | Identity, Personal
"All the Dead Pilots", 512 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Censorship | Communication›Sending mail
Cultural Issues: Modernity | War
Themes and Motifs: Body›Physical disability
"All the Dead Pilots", 515 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Rivalry
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | War›Aerial combat | War›Military awards | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Amiens, France | Allusion, Historical›Cambrai
"All the Dead Pilots", 528 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Communication›Censorship | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War | Identity, Cultural›Yankee | War›Casualties of war | War›Cost of war | War›Homefront | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Physical disability | Death | Objects›Parcel | Texts›Letters
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Churchill, John, Duke of Marlborough | Diction›Racist term | Language›Slang, military
"An Error in Chemistry", 118 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Interaction, Social›Incarcerating | Work›Law enforcement
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
"An Error in Chemistry", 121 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Anxiety
"An Error in Chemistry", 123 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone
"An Error in Chemistry", 124 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Sympathy
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Matthew | Figures of Speech›Simile
"An Error in Chemistry", 126 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Instructing
"An Error in Chemistry", 126 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph
"Appendix: Compson", 333 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Censorship | Emotional›Worry
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Entertainment›Popular literature
Themes and Motifs: Values›Propriety
Relationships: Friendship›School classmates
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Forever Amber | Allusion, Literary›Jurgen | Allusion, Literary›Smith, Thorne | Allusion, Literary›Tom Jones
"Appendix: Compson", 335 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Silence | Physical›Escaping
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away
"Appendix: Compson", 337 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Communication›Censorship | Movement›Bus
Cultural Issues: Gender›Changing relationships | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | War›Displacement | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Home›Distance from home | Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Beyond", 789 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Death›Animal horse | Death›Corpse
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"By the People", 139 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Verbal›Teasing
Cultural Issues: Politics›Democracy
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Surrogate | Familial›Uncle-nephew
"Death Drag", 189 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Communication›Newspaper columns and notices | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Driving | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming | Region›Hospitality
"Death Drag", 190 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Limping | Communication›Newspaper columns and notices | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming | Food›Gum | Law›Aviation | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Coolidge, Calvin | Diction›Stereotypical Jewish accent | Language›German | Typography/Orthography›All caps
"Death Drag", 193 (Event)
Environment: Public›Barber shop | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Gossip
"Death Drag", 193 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›England
"Delta Autumn", 276 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Without words
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Misconduct
Themes and Motifs: Money›Filthy lucre
"Delta Autumn", 277 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Hope
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Relationships: Marital›Abandonment | Romantic›Extra-marital | Sexual›Inappropriate
"Elly", 211 (Event)
Environment: Place›Shrubbery | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Silence | Emotional›Rebelliousness | Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness
Relationships: Interracial›As rebellious
"Elly", 217 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Communication›And deafness | Communication›Writing | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Defiance | Interaction, Private›Domineering
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Racism | Race›Segregation
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›University of Virginia | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Go Down, Moses", 260 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Cultural Issues: Law›Trial
"Go Down, Moses", 262 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral arrangements
"Go Down, Moses", 263 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Olfactory›Old woman smell | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Biblical analogy | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation | Slavery›Music
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Eyes | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Historical›Roman senator | Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Language›Call and response | Narrative›Quotation as thought | Symbolism›Shared humanity | Typography/Orthography›Square brackets
"Hair", 143 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women
"Hair", 143 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Abortion | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
"Hair", 145 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Domestic›Housekeeping | Economic›Paying
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Visit
Themes and Motifs: Past›Family history | Texts›Accounts
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Embedded text, cursive
"Hair", 145 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Paying
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Substitute
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
"Hand upon the Waters", 79 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Knight's Gambit", 145 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Sitting room
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Play›Chess | Verbal›Threat
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
"Knight's Gambit", 150 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
"Knight's Gambit", 152 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Germany
"Knight's Gambit", 153 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Communication›Silence
"Knight's Gambit", 155 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends
Relationships: Marital›Honeymoon
"Knight's Gambit", 156 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Economic›Bootlegging
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
"Knight's Gambit", 157 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Economic›Bootlegging
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Laws | Clothes›And class
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Values›Success
"Knight's Gambit", 161 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Communication›Silence | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
"Knight's Gambit", 166 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›New Year
Actions: Communication›Silence | Communication›Writing | Physical›Travel
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Letters
"Knight's Gambit", 167 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Communication›Telephone
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Mystery | Recurring Episodes›Harriss' death
"Knight's Gambit", 170 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Communication›Writing
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Objects›Cards | Objects›Letter
"Knight's Gambit", 176 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Work›Horse training
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy
"Knight's Gambit", 178 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Work›Horse training
"Knight's Gambit", 179 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Practicality | Work›Horse training
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Community›Stranger
"Knight's Gambit", 201 (Event)
Environment: Place›Memphis
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Narrative›Anticipation
"Knight's Gambit", 201 (Event)
Environment: Place›Memphis
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Perceptual›Watching
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Knight's Gambit", 202 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Perceptual›Spying
Themes and Motifs: Naming›False name
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Knight's Gambit", 207 (Event)
Environment: Place›Memphis
Actions: Communication›Telegraph
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Knight's Gambit", 208 (Event)
Environment: Place›Greenbury hotel
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
"Knight's Gambit", 212 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Movement›Driving | Work›Office
"Knight's Gambit", 214 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Labor›Translation
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Knight's Gambit", 214 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age | Entertainment›Movies | Law›Police
"Knight's Gambit", 222 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Spanish | Movement›Driving
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Riding
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
"Knight's Gambit", 222 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Spanish
Cultural Issues: Age›War | Education
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Power of literature
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Cervantes, Miguel de | Allusion, Literary›Don Quixote
"Knight's Gambit", 223 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Spanish | Interaction, Social›Noblesse oblige | Mental›Understanding
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Knight's Gambit", 225 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Spanish | Play›Betting | Work›Horse training
Cultural Issues: Economy›Wealth
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Cervantes, Miguel de | Language›Spanish | Narrative›Commentary | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Knight's Gambit", 229 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Spanish | Work›Horse training
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
"Knight's Gambit", 246 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age | Education›College
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Objects›Engagement ring
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
"Knight's Gambit", 247 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age | Education›College
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Letters | Texts›Translation
"Knight's Gambit", 247 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Movement›Driving
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Texts›Translation
Relationships: Romantic›Infidelity | Romantic›Multiple
Aesthetics: Language›German
"Knight's Gambit", 248 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age
Themes and Motifs: Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Romantic›Multiple
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
"Knight's Gambit", 251 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | Mass Media›Newspaper | War›Death
"Knight's Gambit", 255 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Story-telling›Collaborative
"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)
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Gaining weight | Communication›Letter | Emotional›Pity | Verbal›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Texts›Letters
"Monk", 50 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Newspaper article | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Law›Eyewitness
"Monk", 58 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Newspaper article
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper
"Mule in the Yard", 252 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Sending mail | Play›Prank
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 673 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Newspaper article
Cultural Issues: War›Unity
Relationships: Institutional›Military
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 687 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Sadness | Perceptual›Overhearing
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 688 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Messenger
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 688 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Perceptual›Overhearing
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Domestic labor | War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 690 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Movement›Mule
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 695 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Verbal›Command
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-correction
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 696 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth
Actions: Communication›Letter
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 696 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: War
"Race at Morning", 299 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Non-human | Movement›Horse | Physical›Pursuit
"Race at Morning", 305 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Silence
Actions: Communication›Non-human | Moral›Deception | Perceptual›Ambiguity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Point-of-view | Values›Good conduct
"Raid", 37 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Messenger | Domestic›Discipline
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Right
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Master-slave
"Raid", 52 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
"Raid", 52 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Miscommunication | Moral›Fraud
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees | Slavery›Re-enslavement | War›Profiting from war
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation
"Raid", 57 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Messenger
"Red Leaves", 336 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Hunting›Slave hunting
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
"Red Leaves", 337 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Swamp | Olfactory›Decay
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Emotional›Fear
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured | Race›Stereotype: smell
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
"Shall Not Perish", 101 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Field | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Grief | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Running | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Death›Denial
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity
"Shall Not Perish", 101 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Field | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Planting time
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Time›Permanence
Relationships: Ancestral
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Shall Not Perish", 101 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Field
Actions: Communication›Letter | Work›Farming
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
"Shall Not Perish", 101 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Letter | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Homefront
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
"Shall Not Perish", 102 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Newspaper columns and notices
Cultural Issues: War›Homefront
"Shall Not Perish", 102 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Friday | Time of Year›July
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Communication›Newspaper columns and notices | Emotional›Grief | Movement›Truck | Physical›Walking | Work›Churning butter
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Community›Social life | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Plane accident
"Shall Not Perish", 103 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Communication›Listening | Physical›Walking
Cultural Issues: War›World War II
"That Evening Sun", 298 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Haunting | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Singing | Communication›Telephone | Physical›Stalking
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women | Race›Racist child
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"The Hound", 156 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Physical›Whittling
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Community›Social life | Psychological›Paranoia | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
"The Hound", 158 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Physical›Whittling
Cultural Issues: Law›Jury
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Supernatural›Superstitions
Aesthetics: Narrative›African-American folk sayings
"The Unvanquished", 78 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Economic›Scamming
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | Slavery›Etiquette | Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Alias | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mottstown | Allusion, Geographical›Oxford, Mississippi | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"The Unvanquished", 93 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Communication›Letter | Mental›Believing
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Gender›Masculine woman
Themes and Motifs: Character›Greed
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Narrative›Narrative anomaly
"The Unvanquished", 95 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Emotional›Regret
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
"There Was a Queen", 735 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | Sexuality›Harassment
Themes and Motifs: Character›Integrity
Relationships: Familial›Orphan | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Narcissa's anonymous letters
"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
"Uncle Willy", 225 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Domestic›Housekeeping | Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Gender›Bachelor | Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Morals
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Conflict | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Narrative›First-person passim | Narrative›Parentheses
"Uncle Willy", 228 (Event)
Environment: Public›School | Time of Year›April Fool's
Actions: Communication›Joking
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student
"Uncle Willy", 228 (Event)
Actions: Communication | Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Uncle Willy", 229 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Physical›Capture | Physical›Transporting
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Texas
"Uncle Willy", 235 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Transcribing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Convalescence | Technology›Automobile
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
"Uncle Willy", 236 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Sexuality›Prostitution
"Uncle Willy", 236 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›July | Weather›Heat
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Clothing
Relationships: Marital›Elopement | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Uncle Willy", 237 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›July
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Economic›Asking for money | Physical›Meddling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Law›Wedding license
Themes and Motifs: Community›Stranger
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Language›Profanity
"Uncle Willy", 238 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Bankrupcy | Verbal›Ordering
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype | Religion›Rebirth
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
"Uncle Willy", 238 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Selling a house or place | Physical›Confining | Physical›Escape from confinement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Insanity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Death›Anticipation of death
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Interpretation›Debunking story | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Delayed revelation
"Uncle Willy", 244 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Race›Racial consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Interracial›White-black | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
"Uncle Willy", 245 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Betrayal | Mental›Remembering
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Epiphany
"Uncle Willy", 245 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Moral›Deception | Physical›Walking
Cultural Issues: Technology›Race
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
"Uncle Willy", 246 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Guilt | Emotional›Mourning | Movement›Car | Physical›Holding
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Death›Hearse
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-Reflective
"Wash", 542 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Hero worship | Mental›Imagining
Cultural Issues: Religion›Apotheosis
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism | Objects›Scythe
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
Absalom, Absalom!, 100 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Movement›Surrey
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Appearance›Similarity | Body›Face | Community›Social life | Death›Burial | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Loom | Figures of Speech›Skull | Figures of Speech›Stone | Narrative›Self-Reflective
Absalom, Absalom!, 102 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Verbal›Speculation
Relationships: Romantic›Fiance
Absalom, Absalom!, 106 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Movement›Mule
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Absalom, Absalom!, 139 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Messenger
Themes and Motifs: Death
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 141 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Coma
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 161 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic
Actions: Communication›Without words | Physical›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous | Race›Colorism
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Mirror
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Absalom, Absalom!, 170 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Yellow fever
Themes and Motifs: Death›Deathbed | Death›Epitaph
Absalom, Absalom!, 172 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Ledger
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 208 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Education›College
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi River | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Allusion, Mythical›Djinn | Metafictional›Signs
Absalom, Absalom!, 215 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Absalom, Absalom!, 229 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Birth / Being born | Communication›Messenger
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Absalom, Absalom!, 229 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Physical›Delivering
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse
Absalom, Absalom!, 248 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Communication›Writing | Economic›Scheming | Mental›Calculation
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Incest
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 261 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Messenger | Emotional›Longing
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Absalom, Absalom!, 265 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Lack of communication | Verbal›Silence
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Absalom, Absalom!, 265 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›September
Actions: Communication›Lack of communication
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 265 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Mental›Thinking | Mental›Uncertainty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 269 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Scheming | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 271 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Verbal›Interruption
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Convalescence | Slavery›Miscegenation | War›Civil War | War›Wound
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Relationships: Familial›Interracial | Familial›Mother-son | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Corinth, Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Mexico | Allusion, Geographical›Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Revision
Absalom, Absalom!, 273 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Lack of communication | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: History›1860 Election of Lincoln | History›Confederacy / Confederate States of America / C.S.A. | War›Going to war
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Oxford, Mississippi | Allusion, Historical›Fort Sumter
Absalom, Absalom!, 273 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Military›Enlistment | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: War›Going to war
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy | Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Absalom, Absalom!, 273 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Combat sounds
Actions: Communication›Lack of communication | Emotional›Anguish | Mental›Thinking | Military›Combat
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Incest | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Morality
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 277 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Military›Retreat
Cultural Issues: Religion›Damnation | Sexuality›Incest | War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Illusion
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Duke John of Lorraine | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 278 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Military›Retreat
Cultural Issues: Religion›God | War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 278 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Lack of communication | Emotional›Longing
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Character›Inherited traits
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 279 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Messenger
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 5 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Messenger
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Handwriting
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
Absalom, Absalom!, 64 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Legal›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Death | Objects›Bible
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 64 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Speech
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bible
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Military analogy
Absalom, Absalom!, 65 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering | Crime›Looting | Food | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Art›Poetry
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Absalom, Absalom!, 69 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Mental›Discovery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Absalom, Absalom!, 80 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Domestic›Polish
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Veil | Clothes›Wedding dress
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 83 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Love | Movement›Horse | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Absalom, Absalom!, 83 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Friendship | Romantic›Courtship
Absalom, Absalom!, 85 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Absalom, Absalom!, 98 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: History›Battle of Shiloh|Pittsburg Landing | War›Civil War | War›Wound
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
As I Lay Dying, 112 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Public›Bridge | Public›Store porch | Time of Day›Sunset | Weather›Flood
Actions: Bodily›Decomposition | Communication›Gossip | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›News
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
As I Lay Dying, 141 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Water moving / flowing | Public›Bridge
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Regret | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Flood imagery
As I Lay Dying, 144 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River | Weather›Flood
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Balance | Character›Cautious | Character›Recklessness | Time›Cyclical | Time›Measuring time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
As I Lay Dying, 171 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Pregnancy | Communication›Without words | Emotional›Cynicism | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Female | Violence›Language
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Absence/Loss›Substitute | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Philosophical›Nihilism
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Symbolism›Blood
As I Lay Dying, 214 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Listening | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Religion›Consolation
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Psychological›Madness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
As I Lay Dying, 27 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Hate | Mental›Channeling
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
As I Lay Dying, 27 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Deathbed
Actions: Communication›Without words | Mental›Channeling
Themes and Motifs: Death | Recurring Tropes›Door | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
As I Lay Dying, 39 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Communication›Without words | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Philosophical›Luck | Psychological›Motivation
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
As I Lay Dying, 43 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Carpentry | Domestic Space›Deathbed | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Communication›Without words | Emotional›Resentment | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Death
Relationships: Hierarchical›Doctor-patient
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate
As I Lay Dying, 51 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Without words | Verbal›Consoling | Verbal›Wishing
Themes and Motifs: Body›Pregnancy | Death›Of parent
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Temporal projection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Flags in the Dust, 101 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›May
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Communication›Writing | Physical›Burning | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Flags in the Dust, 105 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Pipe smoke
Actions: Communication›Transcribing | Communication›Writing | Domestic›Cleaning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Objects›Air gun | Objects›Letter | Objects›Phonograph
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Exoticism
Flags in the Dust, 146 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Communication›Telephone | Domestic›Sewing | Mental›Imagining | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Monologue
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Entertainment›Traditional music | Gender›Chivalry
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Objects›Car
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Simile
Flags in the Dust, 178 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Flags in the Dust, 273 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity
Flags in the Dust, 320 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Cold
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Movement›Car
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Flags in the Dust, 323 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Grayness | Time of Year›December
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Disgust with sex
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Disembodiment | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Sexual›Desertion
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Flags in the Dust, 370 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Flowers | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Writing
Themes and Motifs: Exile
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Byron | Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn" | Language›Ellipsis
Flags in the Dust, 371 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Moral›Deception
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Flags in the Dust, 373 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Sending mail
Aesthetics: Language›Archaic | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Flags in the Dust, 379 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mexico
Flags in the Dust, 384 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›California
Flags in the Dust, 389 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Movement›Car
Flags in the Dust, 389 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Movement›Flight | Violent›Airplane crash
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Young Bayard's death
Flags in the Dust, 392 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Communication›Telegraph
Themes and Motifs: Death›Plane accident | Texts›Newspapers
Flags in the Dust, 394 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Violent›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Doom
Relationships: Sexual›Extramarital
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 67 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Movement›Hot-air balloon | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: War›Death
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Community›Carnival
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Flags in the Dust, 72 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Communication›Letter | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: War›Draft | War›Homefront
Relationships: Civic›Charity
Flags in the Dust, 90 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Communication›Writing | Physical›Crawling
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Death
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›In childbirth | Objects›Skull | Past›Family history
Go Down, Moses, 211 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Silence | Hunting›Bear hunting | Mental›Understanding | Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Go Down, Moses, 246 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Biblical curse
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Ham | Interpretation›Ambiguity | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
Go Down, Moses, 247 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Ledger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Judgment Day | Interpretation
Go Down, Moses, 248 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Domestic›Housekeeping | Physical›Building | Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Amelioration | Slavery›Housing | Slavery›Ownership | Slavery›Purchase
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Go Down, Moses, 249 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Verbal›Naming self
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Manumission | Slavery›Naming slaves | Slavery›Purchase
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Ledger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Forrest, Nathan Bedford | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 253 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Self-emancipation
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 253 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Domestic›Housekeeping | Violent›Suicide
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Interpretation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 256 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Slavery›Family | Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Persistence over time
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Handwriting
Go Down, Moses, 259 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Money›Inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Go Down, Moses, 260 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And class | Clothes›And race | Identity, Cultural›Northerner | Identity, Cultural›Yankee | Race›Behaving "white"
Relationships: Interracial›Pseudo-family
Go Down, Moses, 263 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Travel
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 267 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Mental›Imagining | Verbal›Naming self
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Aesthetics: Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 292 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Economic›Accounting | Economic›Indebtedness
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 338 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Without words | Verbal›Renunciation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Misconduct
Themes and Motifs: Money›Filthy lucre | Morals›Dishonor
Go Down, Moses, 341 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Money›Filthy lucre
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, 359 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Intruder in the Dust, 162 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Without words | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Intruder in the Dust, 176 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Movement›Truck
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Intruder in the Dust, 48 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Engrave | Perceptual›Sensing the past
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | History›Civil War
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
Intruder in the Dust, 49 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Engrave | Interaction, Social›Marriage
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War
Intruder in the Dust, 75 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Listening | Emotional›Anxiety | Mental›Deduction
Intruder in the Dust, 78 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Speaking
Light in August, 233 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Domestic Space›Porch | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›Saturday | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Bodily›Standing | Communication›Writing | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Shirt
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Furniture
Light in August, 233 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Receiving mail | Communication›Sending mail | Communication›Writing | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Legal›Will | Mental›Learning | Verbal›Giving advice
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Racial solidarity
Relationships: Social›Mentorship
Light in August, 250 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter
Relationships: Marital›Wedding
Light in August, 256 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Eating supper | Bodily›Gaining weight | Communication›Note | Emotional›Curious | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Rage | Mental›Curiosity | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Concealing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Fantasy | Sexuality›Interracial | Sexuality›Learning about | Sexuality›Perverse | Sexuality›Sexual passion
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Furniture
Relationships: Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Beardsley | Allusion, Historical›Petronius | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 267 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Shaving | Communication›Note | Mental›Thinking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Changing clothes
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bed
Light in August, 269 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Communication›Note | Economic›Bootlegging | Emotional›Anticipation | Emotional›Bewilderment | Emotional›Fear | Physical›Whistling | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Changing clothes
Relationships: Economical›Partnership | Sexual
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 273 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Communication›Note | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Taunt | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Hitting
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bed | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Lamp or lantern
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 280 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Looking | Communication›Note | Verbal›Praying | Verbal›Refusing
Light in August, 294 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Instructing
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 295 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Outrage | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Light in August, 326 (Event)
Environment: Place›Church | Time of Day›Eight o'clock a.m.
Actions: Communication›Note | Hunting›Tracking | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Warning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Relationships: Institutional›Police-arrestee
Light in August, 379 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Exhaustion | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 380 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Domestic Space›House | Time of Year›December
Actions: Communication›Letter
Cultural Issues: Crime›Kidnapping
Light in August, 433 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Communication›Note | Movement›Running | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Race›Aunt as term for black woman
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Light in August, 479 (Event)
Environment: Place›Seminary
Actions: Communication›Note | Emotional›Love | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Escaping | Verbal›Discussion
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 58 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Building | Physical›Drawing
Themes and Motifs: Values›Charity
Light in August, 72 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Communication›Note | Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Refusing | Violent›Beating | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Race›Ku Klux Klan
Light in August, 92 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Legal›Will | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging | Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Requiem for a Nun, 11 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Unsent message
Requiem for a Nun, 168 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Graffiti
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Historical
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Texts›Graffiti
Requiem for a Nun, 179 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Progress›As loss
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Requiem for a Nun, 7 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Social›Social protest
Cultural Issues: History›Indian Removal
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Indian Removal
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
Requiem for a Nun, 75 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Mental›Changing one's mind
Themes and Motifs: Values›Truth/Lies
Requiem for a Nun, 77 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Perceptual›Eavesdropping
Requiem for a Nun, 9 (Event)
Actions: Communication›By sound | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Government›National authority | Progress›Frontier times
Requiem for a Nun, 9 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Swearing | Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Sanctuary, 104 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 106 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Double standard
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Texts›Telegram
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Divorce | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 117 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Cultural Issues: Technology›Public telephone
Sanctuary, 129 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Suspicion | Interaction, Private›Courting
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Letters | Values›Evil
Aesthetics: Language›Grandiloquence | Recurring Episodes›Looking upon evil | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Sanctuary, 179 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Movement›Taxi | Verbal›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 186 (Event)
Environment: Public›Barber shop
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion
Sanctuary, 191 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Communication›Miscommunication | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars | Sexuality›Vicarious
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Character›Naivety
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 202 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Music | Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 208 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Communication›Note | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Money›Stingy with money | Texts›Note
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Reba's
Sanctuary, 257 (Event)
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Communication›Censorship | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Sexuality›Perverse
Sanctuary, 260 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Olfactory›Coffee | Time of Day›Sunrise
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Shaving | Communication›Writing | Domestic›Making coffee | Emotional›Exhaustion
Themes and Motifs: Community›Alienation | Texts›Letters
Relationships: Marital›Divorce
Sanctuary, 265 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Communication›Writing | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Sanctuary, 268 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 298 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Numbness | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Food›Candy | Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Home›Home as prison | Home›Homecoming | Objects›Books | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Texts›Magazine
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Shelley, Percy Bysshe | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 309 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Writing | Physical›Travel
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
The Hamlet, 130 (Event)
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Communication›Letter | Verbal›Writing
The Mansion, 218 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Post card
Cultural Issues: Education›Female education | Global›Travel
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Europe
The Mansion, 220 (Event)
Actions: Communication›And deafness | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: History›Spanish Civil War | Progress›Air travel | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Texts›Poetry
Relationships: Familial›Physical resemblances | Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Donne, John | Allusion, Literary›Herrick, Robert | Allusion, Literary›Suckling, John | Allusion, Mythical›Valhalla | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 228 (Event)
Actions: Communication›And deafness | Hunting›Quail hunting
The Mansion, 236 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Language barriers
Cultural Issues: Economy›Labor unions | Government›Depression-era programs | History›Russian Revolution | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants
Aesthetics: Language›Foreign language
The Mansion, 239 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Communication›And deafness
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift | Gender›Women
The Mansion, 244 (Event)
Environment: Place›Fishing camp
Actions: Communication›And deafness
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime›Bootlegging | Law›Legal document
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 245 (Event)
Actions: Communication›And deafness
Cultural Issues: Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Values›Propriety
The Mansion, 246 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor
Actions: Communication›And deafness
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Language barrier | History›Communism | Politics›Conservative | Progress›Social | Race›Equal rights
The Mansion, 246 (Event)
Environment: Public›School
Actions: Communication›And deafness
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Racism | Race›Negro-lover | Segregation›Educational
The Mansion, 250 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town hall
Actions: Communication›And deafness
Cultural Issues: Education›Negro education | Race›Integration | Region›North
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 262 (Event)
Actions: Communication›And deafness | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Love | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human experience | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Europe | Allusion, Geographical›New York | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 267 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Scheming | Moral›Deception | Verbal›Writing
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal Bureau of Investigation | History›Anti-Communism|McCarthy Era
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Mississippi | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Misspelling
The Mansion, 270 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Race›Integration | Religion›Sunday school
The Mansion, 271 (Event)
Actions: Communication›And deafness | Economic›Factory labor
Cultural Issues: History›Anti-Communism|McCarthy Era | War›Draft | War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Letters
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Biloxi, Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Russia | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 273 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Letters
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 273 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 276 (Event)
Actions: Communication›And deafness
Relationships: Romantic›Potential
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 281 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Communication›Telephone
Cultural Issues: Economy›Prices | War›Going to war
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Pearl Harbor | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 282 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone
The Mansion, 38 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Train sound | Auditory›Unseen voice
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Emotional›Regret | Mental›Thinking | Work›Railroad workers
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Race›Racial resentment
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Train | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 398 (Event)
Actions: Communication›And deafness | Communication›Writing
Themes and Motifs: Values›Idealism
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 40 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Train sound
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Communication›Telegraph
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 404 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Los Angeles
The Mansion, 408 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›September
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking | Communication›And deafness | Mental›Planning | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drink recipe | Alcohol›Moonshine | Government›State government | Law›Incarceration | Law›Parole
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Philosophical›Human nature | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
The Mansion, 413 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Movement›Hitch-hiking
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Batesville, Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Chicago | Allusion, Geographical›Clarksdale, Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana | Allusion, Geographical›Tutwiler, Mississippi | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 424 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Government›Civic officials
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Historical›Cincinnatus
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 Mansion, 428 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Waiting | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Politics›Campaigning
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 434 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone
The Mansion, 464 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Shock | Interaction, Social›Spectate
Cultural Issues: Technology›Jaguar
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Entropy
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 469 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone
The Mansion, 55 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Agricultural›Incompetent farming | Communication›Letter
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 121 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Communication›Without words
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 123 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Race›Hierarchical | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules
Relationships: Commercial›Boss-underling | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Tone›Humorous
The Reivers , 131 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Race horse | Objects›Car | Objects›Gold tooth
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 181 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Law›Corruption | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Law
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
The Reivers , 184 (Event)
Environment: Place›Medical practice
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Physical›Intrusion | Verbal›Rumor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 209 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Hotel
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Vengeful
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Entertainment›Horse race | Violence›Rape
Aesthetics: Language›Haw haw | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 212 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Ladies parlor | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Communication›Post card | Moral›Reform
Cultural Issues: Education›Parenting
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Alias | Values›Refinement
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Chattanooga, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Language›Profanity
The Reivers , 215 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation | Public›Road
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Excitement | Moral›Scheming | Moral›Secret | Movement›Buggy | Physical›Driving
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Agriculture›Cotton | Clothes›Socks | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Race horse | Objects›Gold tooth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 234 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Communication›Letter | Legal›Arrest | Movement›Surrey | Verbal›Joking
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Entertainment›Horse race | Law›Corruption | Law›Custody | Politics›Democracy | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Segregation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Nashville, Tennessee | Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 249 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Outrage | Emotional›Rage | Emotional›Shock | Movement›Buggy | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation | Crime›Vagrancy | Health and Illness›Nursing | Health and Illness›Stroke | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Violence›Gendered
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Morals›Chivalry | Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hardwick, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Nashville, Tennessee | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 272 (Event)
Actions: Communication›By sound | Communication›Car horn | Communication›Telegraph | Moral›Reform | Movement›Car | Violent›Animal abuse
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling | Law›Incarceration | Violence›Gendered
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Money›Won | Values›Honor
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 289 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Mental›Remembering | Moral›Secret | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
The Reivers , 61 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Moral›Lying | Moral›Stealing | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Grist mill | Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Religion›African American | Religion›Sabbath
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Neologism | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 9 (Event)
Environment: Place›Lot
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Interaction, Social›Noblesse oblige
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 96 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Bordello
Actions: Communication›Telegraph
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gold tooth | Values›Decorum | Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses
The Sound and the Fury, 101 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Dressed up | Education›Psychology class | Religion›Hinduism | Ritual›Sati or suttee
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral pyre / cremation | Objects›Books | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flat-iron | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Semiramis | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Sacrifice | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Irony | Tone›Sarcastic
The Sound and the Fury, 105 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River | Natural›Tide flat / marsh | Natural›Trees | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Weather
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Anxiety | Mental›Contemplation | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige | Entertainment›Boat race | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Traits | Gender›Women | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Art›Photograph | Character›Inherited traits | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Boat | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Evil
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Romantic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New London, Connecticut | Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 106 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Flowers | Place›Sawmill
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Mental›Imagining | Moral›Scheming | Physical›Meddling | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Throwing downstairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›British nobility | Class›Elite | Clothes›Silk | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Divinity school | Food›Pumpkin pie | Gender›Bitch | Gender›Lady | Gender›Maternal impulse | Gender›Southern woman | History›Confederacy / Confederate States of America / C.S.A. | Race›Black family working for white | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Region›The South | Slavery›Galley slave
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flower orchid | Objects›Handkerchief | Objects›Shotgun | Recurring Tropes›Sole owner and proprietor | Recurring Tropes›Twilight | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Interracial›Master-servant | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Canada | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Genre Conventions›Melodrama | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Tone›Overwrought | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 12 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Place›Barn | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Carrying
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Horses | Animals›Pigs | Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 141 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Chicken coop / hen house | Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Indignation | Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Picnic | Legal›Arrest | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Movement›Procession | Physical›Climbing | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Beating | Violent›Kidnapping | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Veil | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Law›Custody | Law›Marshal | Technology›Automobile | Violence›Child abuse | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Body›Foot / Feet | Memory›Forgetting
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Diction›Malapropism | Figures of Speech›Glove | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Profanity
The Sound and the Fury, 142 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Olfactory›Tobacco | Public›Town hall
Actions: Communication›Pen and ink well | Legal›Arraign | Legal›Charge/accuse | Legal›Hearing | Legal›Pronouncing sentence | Legal›Record keeping | Legal›Release of prisoner | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Procession | Violent›Kidnapping | Work›Leaving work
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Ethnicity›Italian | Labor | Law›Corruption | Law›Evidence | Law›Eyewitness | Law›Hearing | Law›Justice of the Peace | Law›Legal document | Law›Legal fine | Law›Marshal | Law›Testimony | Nationality›Foreigners | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants | Nationality›U.S. citizenship | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Body›Nose | Chaos/Order›Order in a courtroom | Money›Payoff | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Stove | Objects›Table | Recurring Tropes›Door | Texts›Citizenship papers | Texts›Map | Texts›Plat
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Institutional›Police-arrestee | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Description›Color gray | Description›Color yellow | Language›Foreign accent / dialect
The Sound and the Fury, 146 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Place›Houses | Public›Bridge | Public›Street
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Garment female | Clothes›Hat cap | Clothes›Motoring clothes | Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Body›Arm
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›England | Description›Color pink
The Sound and the Fury, 171 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Auditory›Clock ticking
Actions: Communication›Letter
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Objects›Gasoline | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Watch
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Diction›Racist term | Symbolism›Blood
The Sound and the Fury, 171 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking
Actions: Communication›Letter
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Watch
The Sound and the Fury, 174 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Cavern / Grotto
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Communication›Marriage announcement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Community›Wedding | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Suicide | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Peace
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 178 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Clock chiming
Actions: Communication›Letter
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Vest
Themes and Motifs: Death›Preparing for death | Death›Suicide | Objects›Gasoline | Objects›Mirror | Objects›Watch | Time›Running out | Values›Propriety
The Sound and the Fury, 189 (Event)
Environment: Public›Post office
Actions: Communication›Receiving mail
The Sound and the Fury, 189 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Communication›Letter | Emotional›Suspicion | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Labor›Racialized | Prejudice›Racism | Ritual›Easter
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Insect boll weevil | Money›Check | Objects›Farming tools | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Narrative›African-American folk sayings
The Sound and the Fury, 192 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Economic›Investing | Economic›Stock trading
Cultural Issues: Economy›Economic speculation | Ethnicity›Jewish | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Telegram
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New York
The Sound and the Fury, 193 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Burning
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Letters
Relationships: Romantic›Sexual
The Sound and the Fury, 193 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Telephone | Economic›Paying
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Beer | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Romantic›Sexual | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
The Sound and the Fury, 194 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Selling | Moral›Reform | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Farming tools
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Heaven | Diction›Racist term
The Sound and the Fury, 201 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Receiving mail | Economic›Asking for money
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
The Sound and the Fury, 210 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Communication›Letter | Economic›Scheming | Perceptual›Surveillance
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Money›Money order
The Sound and the Fury, 211 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Receiving mail | Economic›Asking for money | Moral›Lying | Moral›Stealing | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement
Themes and Motifs: Money›Gift of money
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece
The Sound and the Fury, 217 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Economic›Investing | Economic›Stock trading
Cultural Issues: Economy›Economic speculation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth
The Sound and the Fury, 221 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Communication›Letter | Economic›Asking for money | Economic›Scheming | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson as synonym for state insane hospital | Language›Grandiloquence
The Sound and the Fury, 243 (Event)
Environment: Public›Telegraph office
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Economic›Investing | Moral›Stealing
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Economy›Economic speculation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
The Sound and the Fury, 284 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Money›Stolen
The Sound and the Fury, 52 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Walking | Physical›Escape from confinement | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Objects›Fence | Recurring Tropes›Touch | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Social›Assailant-victim | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 77 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Flowers
Actions: Communication›Marriage announcement | Movement›Running | Verbal›Announcing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Flowers Roses | Objects›Mirror | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Caddy's wedding | Symbolism›Reflection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 81 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Feeling pain | Bodily›Shaving | Communication›Addressing for mail delivery | Communication›Letter | Communication›Writing | Domestic›Packing | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Dressing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Suit | Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Keys | Objects›Paper | Objects›Trunk | Objects›Watch | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption
The Sound and the Fury, 82 (Event)
Environment: Public›Post office
Actions: Communication›Addressing for mail delivery | Communication›Letter | Communication›Sending mail | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Government›US Post Office
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
The Sound and the Fury, 89 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Streetcar sound | Natural›Body of water | Olfactory›Smelling water | Public›Street
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Streetcar | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Touching
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Clothes›Collar | Clothes›Hat, straw | Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Work clothes
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Gulls | Body›Knee | Objects›Basket | Objects›Pipe | Objects›Ship | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Charles River |