Actions: Verbal Explaining

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"A Bear Hunt", 78 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Curious | Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Revealing
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Motivation
"A Bear Hunt", 79 (Event)
Environment: Public›Church
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic | Physical›Burning | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Revealing | Violent›Interracial
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Past | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Delayed revelation
"Beyond", 784 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Hurried | Movement›Driving | Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Death›Car accident
"Beyond", 789 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Pony | Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Beyond", 789 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Politics›Democrat | Politics›Republican
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Morals›Faith | Recurring Tropes›Solitary
"Beyond", 790 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Invalid
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Master-servant
"Beyond", 790 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Marriage | Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
"Beyond", 790 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Explaining
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Beyond", 790 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Physical›Riding | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ancestral
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Objects›Books | Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Beyond", 795 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Love | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Death›Compared to living | Death›Response to | Objects›Tombstone | Philosophical›Existentialism
Aesthetics: Language›German | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Beyond", 795 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Pony
"Hand upon the Waters", 84 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Bandage
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Detective fiction
"Knight's Gambit", 228 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Waiting | Play›Betting | Play›Chess | Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Chess | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"Knight's Gambit", 255 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Paris
"Shall Not Perish", 109 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Consoling | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Going to war | War›World War I
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son
"Shall Not Perish", 109 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Consoling | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: War›Going to war
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Temporal projection
"Shall Not Perish", 113 (Event)
Environment: Public›Alley | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Shaking | Emotional›Embarrassment | Physical›Trembling | Verbal›Consoling | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Ordering
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Alcohol›Beer | War›Civil War | War›Civil War consequences
Relationships: Familial›Patriarch
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Ah-h-h | Language›Hah
"Smoke", 25 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
"Uncle Willy", 247 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Emotional›Guilt | Moral›Aiding and abetting | Moral›Confession | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Memory›Haunted by past | Recurring Tropes›Dream turns to dust | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
Intruder in the Dust, 105 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Four o'clock a.m.
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Legal›Exhumation order | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Socks | Clothes›Underclothes, male | Food›Breakfast
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Intruder in the Dust, 127 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Intruder in the Dust, 215 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Worry | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
Intruder in the Dust, 219 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Crime›Fratricide | Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Mystery | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Detective fiction
Intruder in the Dust, 222 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Tripping | Verbal›Explaining
Intruder in the Dust, 222 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Pursuit | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Repetition | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Glove | Clothes›Handbag | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Shoes | Crime›Fratricide
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Moving a dead body | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Intruder in the Dust, 46 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Explaining
Light in August, 153 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Hungering | Bodily›Weakness | Emotional›Peace | Physical›Eating | Physical›Emptying | Verbal›Calling by name | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Refusing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Lamp or lantern
Relationships: Familial›Adoptive | Familial›Mother-son
Light in August, 18 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Romantic›Sexual
Light in August, 18 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Light in August, 184 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Menstruation | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Sexuality›Desire
Light in August, 19 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Light in August, 20 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Light in August, 20 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation
Light in August, 248 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history | Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bed
Light in August, 25 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Light in August, 298 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Study | Olfactory›Bad smell | Olfactory›House | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Tuesday
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Gossip
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 369 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Study
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Shouting
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 371 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial identity | Religion›Fanaticism | Religion›God with human characteristics
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Light in August, 373 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Light in August, 374 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Light in August, 375 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Sunday clothes
Light in August, 408 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Mental›Confusion | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Marriage proposal
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Child's name
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 499 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Teasing
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 87 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Study
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Explaining
Requiem for a Nun, 110 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Violent›Murder
Aesthetics: Narrative›Revisionary | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 114 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Violence›Shooting
Requiem for a Nun, 118 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Guilt | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Crime›Blackmail | Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Texts›Love letter | Values›Evil
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood | Marital›Social respectability
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Requiem for a Nun, 127 (Event)
Environment: Place›Official office
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Religion›Relationship with God
Themes and Motifs: Body›Pregnancy | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Marital›As atonement
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 136 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Theatrical effect
Sanctuary, 164 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Gender›Chivalry
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 181 (Event)
Environment: Public›Jail
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Values›Charity
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
The Mansion, 107 (Event)
Environment: Place›Official office | Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Escape from confinement | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Threat
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Letters
The Mansion, 47 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Mental›Curiosity | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal advice | Law›Parole
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 51 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining | Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Law›Insanity plea
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 73 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
The Mansion, 98 (Event)
Environment: Place›Official office | Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Naming›False name
The Reivers , 114 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Economic›Trading | Movement›Hurrying | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Car | Objects›Gold tooth
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 116 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 118 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cats | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Animals›Rat
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
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 , 152 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Education›Informal
Themes and Motifs: Past›Innocence
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 , 185 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 228 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Class›Equality | Politics›Democracy
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 229 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Politics›Democracy
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 261 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Economy›Banking | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi
The Sound and the Fury, 96 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Streetlamp | Natural›Hills
Actions: Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Town, 121 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Regret | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Helen of Troy
The Town, 170 (Event)
Environment: Public›Cafe
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Food›Ice-cream | Sexuality›Pornography | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Character›Naivety
The Town, 182 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Law›Evidence | Law›Revenue officer
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 182 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Emotional›Suspicion | Moral›Scheming | Perceptual›Investigating | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Government›Civic officials | Law›Clue | Law›Legal issue | Sexuality›Pornography
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 215 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Bribing | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Grammatically incorrect
The Town, 232 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Economic›Paying | Economic›Trading | Interaction, Social›Shopping | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Materialism›Status | Progress›Consumerism
Themes and Motifs: Money
Relationships: Ancestral | Marital›Husband-wife
The Town, 237 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Economic›Barter | Mental›Misunderstanding | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance | Recurring Tropes›"Wait" | Recurring Tropes›Open secret
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
The Town, 241 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›First-person passim throughout section | Narrative›Frame
The Town, 259 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Law›Lawsuit
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Money›Payoff | Psychological›Manipulation
Aesthetics: Diction›Malapropism | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Town, 268 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Believing | Mental›Discovery | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Misspeaking
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes | Economy›Evaluate exchange value | Education›College | Education›Female education
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Grammatically incorrect
The Town, 274 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: History›Frontier outlawry | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic | Money›As motive | Morals›Morality
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Violent in figurative sense | Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
The Town, 3 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Cousin | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person | Narrative›Frame | Narrative›Temporal projection
The Town, 3 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Global›Exoticism | Global›Travel
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Surrogate
The Town, 338 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: Migration
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Renaming
The Town, 338 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Migration | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Past›Family history | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›First settlers arrive | Recurring Episodes›Old Frenchman's arrival
The Town, 339 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Bribing | Interaction, Social›Shopping | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Clothes›Garment female | Entertainment›Beach resort
Themes and Motifs: Money›Gift of money
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
The Town, 339 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Importance of naming
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-correction
The Town, 340 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Economic›Transactional | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: Education›Female education
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
The Town, 340 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Empathy | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
The Town, 340 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history | Verbal›Refusing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Fur coat / suit
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
The Town, 341 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Will | Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
The Town, 342 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Explaining | Work›Lawyering
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
The Town, 343 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Will | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Explaining
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
The Town, 344 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Interaction, Social›Elopement | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Law›Bill of sale
Relationships: Marital›Adultery | Sexual›Adultery
The Town, 345 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Suppression / trying not to think | Mental›Unaware | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Speculation
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy
Relationships: Sexual›Inappropriate
The Town, 371 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Texts›Letters
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Military analogy
The Town, 8 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Scheming | Economic›Trading | Emotional›Vengeful | Moral›Deception | Physical›Digging | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift | Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness | Values›Bad conduct | Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual