Actions: Perceptual Looking

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"A Rose for Emily", 127 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Sexuality›Premarital
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Scandal
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
"A Rose for Emily", 128 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Time of Year›December
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Age›Maturing | Government›Generational reform | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Art›Painting
Relationships: Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Monument
"A Rose for Emily", 129 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Olfactory›Decay
Actions: Bodily›Grinning | Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Formal
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Objects›Corpse | Objects›Crystal | Objects›Silver | Objects›Toilet set | Time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Tomb | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Inscription
"Centaur in Brass", 151 (Event)
Environment: Place›Grocery
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Gossip | Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Government | Group Mentality›Community collective | Politics›City government
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Character›Predatory | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Economical | Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow
"Centaur in Brass", 152 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Moral›Deception | Perceptual›Looking | Work›Fireman
Cultural Issues: Clothes | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Gender›Clothing | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Character›Predatory | Objects›Brass
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Water
"Fool About a Horse", 133 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Cooking | Physical›Sleeping
"Shall Not Perish", 110 (Event)
Environment: Public›Art museum
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Art›Power of
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 71 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Violent›Shooting
"The Bear", 285 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Hunting | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Woodpecker|Lord-to-God | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
"The Bear", 286 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Mental›Understanding | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"The Bear", 288 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Nature | Place›Hunting camps | Time of Day›Daybreak | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Hunting›Tracking | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Food›Breakfast | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Snake | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Compass | Past›Old days | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Endurance
"The Bear", 291 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›November
Actions: Bodily›Trembling | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-bear
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Train / locomotive imagery
"Tomorrow", 109 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Emotional›Love | Perceptual›Looking | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cattle | Animals›Mules | Naming›Nickname
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Uncle Willy", 237 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›July
Actions: Movement›Driving | Movement›Hurrying | Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype | Gender›Woman smoking | Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Absalom, Absalom!, 122 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Domestic›Cooking | Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Body›Blood | Objects›Mirror | Recurring Tropes›Echo | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 131 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Work›Gardening
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 132 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Mental›Submission / Acquiescence | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Marriage proposal
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hand / Palm | Objects›Ring | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Touch | Time›Frozen / Static
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Stone | Metafictional›Signs | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 14 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom | Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Spectral | Atmospheric›Stillness | Domestic Space›Yard | Public›Street
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Age›Youth vs age | Class›Middle
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Objects›Fence | Past›Old days | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Vision | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Past
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Intergenerational›Conflict | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Cassandra | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Description›Tableau | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Voice | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Narrative›Pause
Absalom, Absalom!, 17 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Drive | Time of Day›Sunday
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Mental›Realization | Movement›Carriage | Movement›Racing | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Kicking | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Screaming
Cultural Issues: Gender›Inversion | Gender›Men vs women | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Purchase
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as presence | Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Character›Assertive | Objects›Phaeton | Recurring Tropes›Paradox
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Face | Figures of Speech›Metonym | Figures of Speech›Negation | Narrative›Delayed revelation
Absalom, Absalom!, 170 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Tombstone
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Inscription | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 23 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Peaceful | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bells | Place›Blacksmith shop | Place›Church | Place›Hotel | Place›Livery stable | Place›Saloon | Public›Courthouse | Public›Store | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Sunday morning | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Interaction, Social›Church | Mental›Curiosity | Movement›Crossing | Movement›Horse | Movement›Riding | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Calling by name
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Economy›Commerce | Gender›Femininity | Gender›Lady | Group Mentality›Community collective | Group Mentality›Creating an Other | Race›Etiquette | Religion›Church service | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Community›Crowd | Community›Opinion | Community›Stranger | Naming›Importance of naming | Objects›Fan | Objects›Parasol | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Time›Past
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Institutional›Church-Town | Interracial›Master-servant | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ancient Greek Chorus | Description›Character portrait | Description›Location portrait | Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Musical imagery | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Revision | Recurring Episodes›Sutpen's arrival | Style›List | Style›Long sentence | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 236 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory | Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Library | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flowers | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Picture/image
Absalom, Absalom!, 240 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Time›Lost time
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Tomb
Absalom, Absalom!, 243 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Time of Day›Midnight | Weather›Snow
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creation | Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Story-telling›Collaborative
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Voice | Metafictional›Signs
Absalom, Absalom!, 26 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory | Place›Jefferson | Public›Town Square
Actions: Mental›Discovery | Mental›Realization | Movement›Driving | Movement›Mule | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Community›Local legends | Time›Anticipation | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Running out | Values›Determination | Values›Durability
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Delayed revelation | Narrative›Parentheses
Absalom, Absalom!, 266 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Saddle
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 267 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 3 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Heat | Atmospheric›Oppressive | Atmospheric›Stillness | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Haunting | Auditory›Quietness | Domestic Space›Office | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Old woman smell | Olfactory›Smelling death | Place›Office | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›September | Time of Year›Summer | Weather›Heat | Weather›Sun | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Bodily›Watching | Communication›Listening | Communication›Silence | Communication›Speaking | Emotional›Frustration | Emotional›Outrage | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Sensing the past | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Silence | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Age›Spinsterhood | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Garment female | Clothes›Mourning | Gender›Chastity / purity | Gender›Femininity | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Sparrow | Body›Voice | Objects›Chair | Objects›Windows | Objects›Wisteria | Past›Past in present | Psychological›Repression | Recurring Tropes›Dark house | Recurring Tropes›Odor | Recurring Tropes›Old insult (abiding affront) | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Story-telling›Reminiscence | Story-telling›Retelling | Story-telling›Story-telling passim | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Haunting | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Series of events experienced as long duration
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Description›Character portrait | Description›Color black | Description›Color yellow | Description›Grotesque | Description›Location portrait | Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Bloom | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Paint | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Voice | Figures of Speech›Water | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Metafictional | Narrative›Indeterminacy | Style›Long sentence | Style›Neologism | Style›Numerous adjectives | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Absalom, Absalom!, 34 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation | Public›Road | Time of Year›April
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Movement›Horse | Movement›Riding | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat | Crime›Vigilantism | Group Mentality›Community collective | Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Law›Sheriff
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Community›Posse | Community›Preserving order | Objects›Basket | Objects›Portmanteau | Objects›Tarpaulin
Relationships: Civic | Institutional›Police-arrestee | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Anti-climax | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Withholding
Absalom, Absalom!, 34 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel | Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Mental›Believing | Movement›Horse | Movement›Riding | Movement›Stopping | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Talking | Work›Hotel employee
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Character›Power | Character›Ruthless | Character›Swagger | Objects›Basket | Objects›Portmanteau | Objects›Tarpaulin
Relationships: Civic | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›John L. Sullivan | Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Face | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 4 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Garden | Natural›Dirt / Earth | Place›Plantation
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Visualize | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Building | Physical›Clearing land | Physical›Dragging | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: History›Plantation culture | Progress›Clearing the land | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor | Violence
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order | Chaos/Order›Creation | Chaos/Order›Order | Naming›Place name | Objects›Cards | Objects›Table | Past›As explanatory | Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Design
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis | Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament | Description›Landscape | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Personification | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Language›Grandiloquence | Style›Long sentence | Style›Neologism | Style›Numerous adjectives | Symbolism›Hamsa | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 6 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Heat | Atmospheric›Oppressive | Atmospheric›Stillness | Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›House | Place›Houses | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›September | Weather›Heat
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation | Emotional›Waiting | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Obeying / obedience | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Age›Generation gap | Age›Old age | Age›Youth vs age | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Garment female | Clothes›Lace | Clothes›Mourning | Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Home›Home as prison | Home›Neglect | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Dark house | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Duration of time | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Intergenerational›Obligation
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Color black | Description›Location portrait | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Personification | Figures of Speech›Tomb | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Narrative›Parentheses | Style›Numerous adjectives
Absalom, Absalom!, 82 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Suspicion | Perceptual›Investigating | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana
As I Lay Dying, 49 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Carpentry | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Sawing | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Death›Deathbed
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
As I Lay Dying, 94 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Taunt
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Animals›Buzzards | Death›Response to | Philosophical›Existentialism | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Flags in the Dust, 254 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Quietness
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Smoking | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Flirting | Verbal›Reading aloud
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Mirror
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Go Down, Moses, 191 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Smelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Woodpecker|Lord-to-God
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Go Down, Moses, 195 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Go Down, Moses, 233 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Go Down, Moses, 235 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Breaking camp | Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›All-male space | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Animal Dog | Death›Respect | Story-telling›Hunting
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
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, 123 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Intruder in the Dust, 230 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Saturday morning
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Violent›Suicide
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Objects›Car | Objects›Truck | Past›Recent past
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Intruder in the Dust, 59 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Economic›Paying | Emotional›Exasperation | Legal›Counsel | Perceptual›Looking | Violent›Lynch mob | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Law›Eyewitness | Law›Miscarriage of justice
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 197 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Moral›Stealing | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Calling by name | Verbal›Lying
Themes and Motifs: Money›Expenses
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 239 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Yard | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Denial | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Looking away | Perceptual›Seeing | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Changing clothes | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Overalls | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Shirt
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 287 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Movement›Car | Movement›Truck | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Discovering | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Showing | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Responding | Verbal›Speculation | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Killing | Violent›Sexual assault
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Group Mentality›Racial solidarity | Race›Negro-lover | Religion›Apotheosis | Religion›Fanaticism
Themes and Motifs: Body›Throat | Death›Corpse | Death›Moving a dead body
Relationships: Social›Assailant-victim | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 301 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Study
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Discussion
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Light in August, 408 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Perceptual›Looking
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Light in August, 468 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›Supper table | Olfactory›Rain | Time of Year›October | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Heart beating | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Insomnia
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Light in August, 470 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Emotional›Proud | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Light in August, 505 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Bodily›Standing | Emotional›Calm | Emotional›Proud | Movement›Truck | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Riding | Physical›Waiting
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 506 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Breastfeeding | Emotional›Surprise | Movement›Truck | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Light in August, 7 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›August | Weather›Heat
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Sitting
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Series of events experienced as long duration
Sanctuary, 11 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Disgust | Perceptual›Looking
Sanctuary, 166 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph | Objects›Bed | Objects›Chair | Objects›Towel | Objects›Watch
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Sanctuary, 227 (Event)
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello | Public›Drugstore | Time of Day›Five o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Bribing | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Professional surveillance
Cultural Issues: Technology›Public telephone
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Sanctuary, 261 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Sanctuary, 37 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Self-consciousness | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Driving to Goodwin's
Sanctuary, 91 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Shame | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Running | Verbal›Screaming
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Pain
The Mansion, 225 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Looking back | Physical›Carrying
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
The Mansion, 36 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Ordering
Cultural Issues: Economy›Prices | Entertainment›Movies
The Sound and the Fury, 131 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Place›Road
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Searching | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Home | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
The Sound and the Fury, 134 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Lifting | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Touching
Cultural Issues: Gender›Body | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood
Relationships: Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual
Aesthetics: Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 134 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River | Place›Road | Place›Stone wall
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Climbing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Food›Bread
Themes and Motifs: Home | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
The Sound and the Fury, 136 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Mental›Disapproval | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Dancing | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Misspeaking
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Dress | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Hips | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic | Sexual
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 137 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Moss | Natural›River | Public›Bridge
Actions: Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Gender›Male body
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Beavers | Animals›Horses | Appearance›Nakedness | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Body›Chins | Body›Male body | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Figures of Speech›Simile
The Sound and the Fury, 147 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Sky | Olfactory›Oversweet organic
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Sensuality | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Knee | Body›Throat | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 149 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Light | Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Heartbeat | Auditory›Insect sounds | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Creek | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›Sand | Natural›Sky | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Rain | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Heart beating | Bodily›Panting | Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Lying | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Starting over | Physical›Touching | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Skirt | Clothes›Wet clothes | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Sensuality | Sexuality›Sex and death | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Insects crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Hips | Body›Knee | Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Objects›Fence | Objects›Willow tree | Objects›knife | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Romantic›Sexual | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Description›Color gray | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Island of silence | Figures of Speech›Mirror | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Language›no no | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Cleansing power of water | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 45 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Sitting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fireflies | Animals›Lightning bugs | Character›Independence | Character›Innocence | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Objects›Furniture | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Values›Courage
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype
The Sound and the Fury, 51 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Weather›Rain
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Waiting | Legal›Marriage | Movement›Sneaking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 52 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Hurried | Emotional›Moaning | Movement›Running | Movement›Running away | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Home›Home as prison | Objects›Booksatchel | Objects›Fence | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing | Recurring Episodes›Benjy accosts schoolgirl
The Sound and the Fury, 53 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Domestic Space›Garden | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Weed | Public›Golf course
Actions: Economic›Offering to sell | Economic›Taking without paying | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Misunderstanding | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Play›Sports Golf | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lost | Objects›Fence | Objects›Flag | Objects›Golf ball | Objects›Jimson weed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Shadows | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 56 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Renaming | Objects›Fire | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 66 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Economic›Borrowing | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Searching | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Body›Eyes | Body›Mouth | Money›Lost | Objects›Chair | Objects›Fire | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 69 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Creepy | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Eating | Hunting›Possum | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Slavery›Naming slaves | Slavery›Religion
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Death›Corpse | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Past›Family history | Past›Old days | Story-telling›Old days | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Ghost story | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Genre Conventions›Horror story | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 69 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›Upstairs
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Shame | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Pushing away
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Body›Eyes | Character›Innocence | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 71 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Supper table | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Throwing | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Fighting
Themes and Motifs: Body›Arm | Body›Mouth | Objects›Drinking glass | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Description›Color red | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 73 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Natural›Grass | Natural›Trees
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Running away | Movement›Sneaking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Escape from confinement
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Nightgown | Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Surgical castration | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Body›Testicles | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Windows | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 83 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Sitting room | Natural›Grass | Public›Store | Time of Year›September
Actions: Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Moral›Lying | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Repair | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning | Work›Jeweler
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Boat race | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Objects›Clock | Objects›Jeweler's loupe / magnifying glass | Objects›Watch | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations
The Sound and the Fury, 85 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Atmospheric›Wind | Auditory›Clock ticking | Natural›Body of water | Public›Store window | Time of Year›December
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Perceptual›Looking | Work›Jeweler
Cultural Issues: Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Baldness | Body›Hair | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Objects›Watch | Philosophical›Nihilism | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Supernatural›Folk customs | Supernatural›Superstitions | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Measuring time | Time›Timelessness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Philosopher Bergson, Henri | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Drained marsh | Figures of Speech›Gull | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Water | Narrative›African-American folk sayings
The Sound and the Fury, 86 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Auditory›Bells | Natural›Mountains | Natural›Mud | Natural›Sky | Public›School | Public›Town Square | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December | Time of Year›New Year
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Waiting | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Train | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Passing from sight
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Blanket | Clothes›Pants | Education›Primary school | Entertainment›Fireworks | Food›Candy | Health and Illness›Gastrointestinal discomfort | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Prejudice›Infantilizing of blacks | Prejudice›White supremacy | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Uncle as term for black man | Race›White race | Ritual›Christmas gift game | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Technology›Steam locomotive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Body›Stomach/belly | Character›Childlike | Character›Reliability | Home›Homebound | Memory›Remembering | Money›Quarter coin | Objects›Toys | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Time›Frozen / Static
Relationships: Interracial›White-black | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Rabbit | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Skeleton | Style›Long sentence | Style›Numerous adjectives
The Town, 138 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Attraction | Emotional›Surprise | Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha | Time›Awareness of time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
The Town, 86 (Event)
Environment: Public›Court
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Legal›Arraign | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment