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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 Justice", 345 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Steamboat | Play›Gambling | Violent›Poisoning
Cultural Issues: Class›Dehumanization | Class›Power | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Character›Ruthless | Naming›Indian name
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Narrative›Reported narration | Narrative›Reported narration passim in section | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"A Justice", 347 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi River
"An Error in Chemistry", 113 (Event)
Actions: Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Northerner | Identity, Cultural›South vs North
"Appendix: Compson", 327 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Conspiracy | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Following | Play›Gambling | Work›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Crime›Sedition | Crime›Treason | Government›Right of secession | Health and Illness›Amputation | Health and Illness›Injury | History›Burr conspiracy | War›American Revolution | War›Recuperation
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Inheritance›Traits
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Geographical›Spain | Allusion, Historical›Wilkinson, James
"Appendix: Compson", 328 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian agency
Actions: Economic›Earning Money | Play›Gambling | Work›Government | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Government›US Bureau of Indian Affairs
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
"Go Down, Moses", 258 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country vs city | Place›Jail
Actions: Play›Gambling | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Crime›Breaking and entering
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Memory›Remembering
"Lion", 186 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Social›Leadership | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Poker game | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Religion›Godhead
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Ownership
Relationships: Interracial›Competitive | Interracial›White-black | Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Aztec tribes | Allusion, Historical›Polynesian tribes | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people | Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Pantaloon in Black", 240 (Event)
Environment: Place›Mill
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Play›Gambling | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Land-Use›Logging | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Money›Earned | Values›Success
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
"Pantaloon in Black", 250 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Cheating | Play›Gambling | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Interracial | Violent›Murder | Violent›Suicide
Cultural Issues: Gender›All-male space
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Dice | Objects›Razor
"Pantaloon in Black", 253 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Cheating | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Past›Repetition
"Red Leaves", 317 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Movement›Boat | Play›Gambling
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Ambitious | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Values›Honor
Relationships: Friendship | Sexual
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
Absalom, Absalom!, 11 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Body of water | Natural›River | Public›Road
Actions: Mental›Calculation | Mental›Deciding | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Riding | Movement›Steamboat | Physical›Clearing land | Play›Gambling | Work›Building structure | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Class›Birthright | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Class›Social mobility | Economy›Consumption | Economy›Gambling | Identity, Personal›Background | Identity, Personal›On frontier | Law›Frontier justice | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Character›Opportunism | Character›Recklessness | Determinism›Vs human agency | Money›As motive | Money›Ill-gotten | Objects›Steamboat | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi River | Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana | Allusion, Geographical›Virginia | Figures of Speech›Face | Figures of Speech›Gambling imagery | Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›Metonym | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Parentheses
Absalom, Absalom!, 13 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom | Place›Church | Public›Street
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Moral›Judgmental | Play›Card playing | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Class›Respectability | Crime›Gambling | Law›Wedding license | Region›The South | Religion›Institutional | Religion›Methodism | Slavery›Manumission | Slavery›Southern curse | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Character›Teetotaler | Determinism›Fated | Inheritance›Hereditary culpability | Inheritance›Inheritance of wrong | Meaning | Past›Historical wrong | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Fatality | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Sister-sister | Friendship | Marital›Arrangements | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Divine intervention | Allusion, Biblical›Heaven | Description›Character portrait | Figures of Speech›Gambling imagery | Interpretation›Theodicy | Language›Anaphora
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!, 30 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Empty room | Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Home | Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Plantation house | Natural›Swamp | Place›Plantation
Actions: Agricultural›Planting | Agricultural›Plowing | Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Sitting | Domestic›Camping | Economic›Borrowing | Economic›Lending Money | Hunting›Deer hunting | Mental›Calculation | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Building | Physical›Clearing land | Physical›Wrestling | Play›Card playing | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Whiskey | Class›Respectability | Economy›Dowry | Gender›All-male space | Gender›Marriage | Gender›Women | Slavery›Ownership | Slavery›Violence | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Home›Improvements | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Withholding
Absalom, Absalom!, 31 (Event)
Environment: Public›Church | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Actions: Economic›Buying | Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Surprise | Interaction, Social›Church | Mental›Believing | Mental›Knowing | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Building | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Economy›Dowry | Gender›Marriage | Gender›Women | Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Methodism | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Buying slaves | Slavery›Commodity
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control | Character›Ruthless | Community›Knowledge | Community›Opinion | Meaning›Mystery | Money›Dowry | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Values›Decorum | Values›Honor | Values›Justice | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Institutional›Church-Town | Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Electricity | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Technological imagery | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Withholding | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 77 (Event)
Actions: Hunting | Physical›Riding | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Big house vs quarters | Slavery›Music | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Themes and Motifs: Art›Music
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male attraction | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Flags in the Dust, 104 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house
Actions: Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Gender›All-male space | Gender›Work | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Relationships: Marital›Bachelor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Semiramis
Go Down, Moses, 131 (Event)
Environment: Place›Mill
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Play›Gambling | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Land-Use›Logging | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Money›Earned | Values›Success
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Go Down, Moses, 144 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Cheating | Play›Gambling | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Interracial | Violent›Murder | Violent›Suicide
Cultural Issues: Gender›All-male space
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Dice | Objects›Razor
Go Down, Moses, 354 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country vs city
Actions: Play›Gambling | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Crime›And race | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Migration›Intraregional migration
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Light in August, 36 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sawmill
Actions: Play›Gambling | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls
Themes and Motifs: Naming›False name
Requiem for a Nun, 156 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Emotional›Grief | Mental›Thinking | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Ritual›Funeral | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Burial | Objects›Razor
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Mannie's death | Recurring Episodes›Rider in jail
Sanctuary, 232 (Event)
Environment: Place›Speakeasy | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Physical›Dancing | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Entertainment›Dancing | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Impotence
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Art›Jazz music
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 240 (Event)
Environment: Place›Speakeasy
Actions: Physical›Dancing | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Dragging
Cultural Issues: Crime›Gambling | Crime›Kidnapping
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Dice | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Sanctuary, 262 (Event)
Environment: Place›Livery stable
Actions: Play›Gambling | Play›Poker
The Hamlet, 149 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Elopement | Play›Gambling
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Style›Character portrait
The Hamlet, 150 (Event)
Actions: Play›Gambling | Verbal›Rumor
Themes and Motifs: Money›Hidden
Relationships: Sexual›Extramarital
The Hamlet, 234 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Paying | Play›Gambling
Themes and Motifs: Money›Won
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
The Mansion, 134 (Event)
Actions: Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry | Religion›Church service
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Delilah | Allusion, Biblical›Samson | Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Mansion, 203 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Ditches
Actions: Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Sobriety | Crime›Gambling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Dice
The Mansion, 208 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Drinking | Play›Gambling
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
The Mansion, 310 (Event)
Environment: Place›Church | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Day›Sunday
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Interaction, Social›Charity | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Integration | Religion›Church service
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home
The Mansion, 328 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Play›Gambling | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Violence›Interracial
Relationships: Social›Gang
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Mansion, 81 (Event)
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Sexuality›Having sex | Sexuality›Male vitality | Sexuality›Prostitution | Sexuality›Voyeurism
The Mansion, 92 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Actions: Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Male vitality
Themes and Motifs: Values›Conscience
The Reivers , 106 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Olfactory›Food | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Hysteria | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Banishment | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Insulting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Beer | Alcohol›Gin | Alcohol›Race | Crime›Bribe
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Gamecock | Animals›Horses | Animals›Race horse | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 10 (Event)
Actions: Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Education›West Point | Politics›Election | War›Spanish American War | War›Wound
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Scar
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Cuba
The Town, 33 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sawmill
Actions: Play›Gambling | Work›Accident | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Race›White savior
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Character›Fool|Foolishness
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Collaborative narration | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 55 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek | Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Cold
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Hunting›Rabbit hunting | Physical›Jumping | Play›Children playing | Play›Gambling | Play›Playing in water | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Economy›Gift
Themes and Motifs: Character›Naivety | Death | Objects›Ice | Objects›Shotgun
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends | Friendship›Interracial | Interracial›Competitive | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses