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"A Courtship", 369 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Physical›Hiding
Relationships: Social›Homoerotic
"A Courtship", 376 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Running | Physical›Rescuing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male body
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun
Relationships: Social›Homoerotic | Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"A Justice", 354 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Movement›Steamboat | Physical›Clearing land | Physical›Dragging
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
"A Justice", 355 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Physical›Jumping | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Intimidation | Violent›Killing of animals
"A Justice", 358 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Building
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"A Justice", 359 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Building
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"A Justice", 359 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Building | Physical›Jumping
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"A Justice", 359 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Food | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Emotional›Bewilderment | Emotional›Curious | Movement›Surrey | Physical›Cooking
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person
"A Name for the City", 208 (Event)
Environment: Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Actions: Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And race | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian
"A Point of Law", 215 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Actions: Moral›Deception | Movement›Walking | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Transporting
"A Point of Law", 217 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Actions: Moral›Deception | Physical›Hiding | Work›Law enforcement
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"A Rose for Emily", 123 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Pity | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Denial
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Death | Objects›Corpse | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Communal narrative
"Ambuscade", 10 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Fetching | Physical›Carrying
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun
"Ambuscade", 10 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Shots
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Movement›Running | Physical›Ambush | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
"Ambuscade", 3 (Event)
Environment: Place›Smokehouse | Place›Wellhouse | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Physical›Ambush | Play›Historical recreation | Work›Getting water
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes | Slavery›Resistance | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Friendship›Childhood friends | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial›Companions
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›First-person passim
"Ambuscade", 4 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
Actions: Physical›Running
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
"Ambuscade", 5 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Physical›Building
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Mules
"Ambuscade", 5 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Physical›Eating
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object
"An Error in Chemistry", 113 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Detachment | Physical›Building
Relationships: Familial›Father-son in law
"An Error in Chemistry", 122 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Protection | Physical›Pursuit
"An Error in Chemistry", 124 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Protection
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
"Appendix: Compson", 326 (Event)
Actions: Military›Escape | Physical›Escaping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tartan | Ethnicity›Scottish / Scots | Nationality›Immigration / immigrants | War›Jacobite Rebellion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Exile›Post-war | Objects›Sword
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Allusion, Geographical›Scotland | Allusion, Historical›Battle of Culloden Moor
"Appendix: Compson", 326 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frontier | Public›Pioneer settlement
Actions: Physical›Escaping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tartan | History›American Revolution | War›American Revolution | War›Jacobite Rebellion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Exile›Post-war
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Georgia | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Historical›Boone, Daniel | Allusion, Historical›Tarleton, Banastre
"Appendix: Compson", 329 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Physical›Camping
Themes and Motifs: Death
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tallahatchie River
"Appendix: Compson", 335 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Silence | Physical›Escaping
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
"Appendix: Compson", 341 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Easter
Actions: Physical›Escaping
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Money›Stolen
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away | Symbolism›Christian
"Appendix: Compson", 342 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Mental›Dreaming | Mental›Fantasizing | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Violence›Ambush
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
"Barn Burning", 13 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Idleness | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Washing clothes | Verbal›Begging | Verbal›Command | Work›Chopping wood
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Objects›Coffee | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›France | Allusion, Literary›Gulliver's Travels
"Barn Burning", 9 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Peace | Movement›Walking | Physical›Cooking
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Clothes›Apron | Clothes›Expensive | Race›Etiquette
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Honeysuckle | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›Conflict | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›First-person | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Beyond", 782 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Dressing
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›Master-servant
"Beyond", 783 (Event)
Environment: Otherworldly›Beyond living world passim
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Crowding
"Beyond", 789 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Showing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Books | Objects›Briefcase | Objects›Cigarette
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Voltaire
"Beyond", 790 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Riding
Cultural Issues: Religion›Church service
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Interspecies›Man-horse
"Beyond", 790 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Showing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Books | Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Beyond", 791 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Contempt | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Grief | Physical›Waiting | Physical›Walking | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Briefcase | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Photograph
Aesthetics: Language›Latin phrase | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Beyond", 795 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Crowding
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
"Beyond", 795 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Love | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Themes and Motifs: Death›Compared to living | Death›Response to
Aesthetics: Language›German | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Centaur in Brass", 161 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Deception | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Objects›Brass
"Centaur in Brass", 162 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Searching
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Objects›Brass
"Centaur in Brass", 162 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Moral›Deception | Physical›Ambush | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Disguise
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
"Centaur in Brass", 163 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Year›April
Actions: Physical›Ambush | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Vengeance
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Clothes›Disguise
Themes and Motifs: Objects›knife
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Centaur
"Death Drag", 185 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›January
Actions: Bodily›Limping | Physical›Driving | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cap | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Suit | Entertainment›Barnstorming
"Delta Autumn", 271 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Delta
Actions: Physical›Building
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Aboriginal
Themes and Motifs: Death›Indian burial practices
Relationships: Ancestral›Indian
"Dry September", 179 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Probing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules
"Dry September", 179 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Natural›Moon
Actions: Bodily›Choking | Movement›Car | Movement›Limping | Physical›Jumping
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
"Dry September", 179 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust
Actions: Movement›Car | Movement›Limping | Physical›Hiding | Violent›Lynch mob
"Dry September", 180 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Trembling | Interaction, Social›Gossip | Physical›Dressing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Health and Illness›Fever
"Elly", 219 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Undressing
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Objects›Clock
"Fool About a Horse", 120 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation | Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Deception | Physical›Sitting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Character›Pride
Relationships: Marital›Conflict
"Gold Is Not Always", 226 (Event)
Environment: Place›Commisary
Actions: Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Race›Inequalities
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Ledger
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant
"Gold Is Not Always", 227 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Finding
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references
Themes and Motifs: Money›Coin
"Gold Is Not Always", 229 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules
"Gold Is Not Always", 229 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Mental›Reinterpretation | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | Race›Behaving "black" | Race›Race as a form of behavior
"Gold Is Not Always", 229 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Economy›Evaluate exchange value
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Livestock | Animals›Mules
"Gold Is Not Always", 229 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
"Gold Is Not Always", 230 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
"Gold Is Not Always", 230 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Physical›Discovering | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol
"Gold Is Not Always", 234 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Physical›Digging | Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Law›Bill of sale | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Race›Black property ownership | Race›Stereotype lower intelligence
Themes and Motifs: Money›Silver dollar | Objects›Coin | Psychological›Manipulation
"Hand upon the Waters", 71 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Physical›Travel
Relationships: Familial›Surrogate
"Hand upon the Waters", 76 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Hiding
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
"Hand upon the Waters", 77 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Searching
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one
"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", 180 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Riding
Relationships: Familial›Stepparent-child
"Knight's Gambit", 185 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Emotional›Fear | Legal›Locking up | Physical›Protection | Work›Lawyering
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype
"Knight's Gambit", 190 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Social›Competition | Physical›Riding | Play›Sport-fencing
"Knight's Gambit", 212 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Driving | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Going fast
"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", 239 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Understanding | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
"Lion", 193 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Lion", 194 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Movement›Swimming | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Animal predatory behavior | Violent›Killing of animals
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"Lion", 194 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion
"Lion", 194 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Movement›Crossing | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Death›Animal Dog | Objects›Boat
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Lion", 195 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Hunting›Injury | Physical›Carrying
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Appearance›Scruffiness | Body›Blood
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Lion", 195 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Injury | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Values›Courage | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Reported narration
"Lion", 199 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Landmark | Natural›Woods | Weather›Sun
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Fury | Mental›Realization | Physical›Hammering | Physical›Repair
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Squirrel | Objects›Gun | Past›Recent past | Time›Living in the present
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 136 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Digging
Themes and Motifs: Money›Hidden | Money›Treasure | Recurring Tropes›Searching
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 136 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Dipping snuff | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Physical›Digging
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 136 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Physical›Building
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Objects›European in U.S. | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Old Frenchman's arrival
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 137 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Domestic›Feeding | Physical›Digging
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 142 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Economic›Indebtedness | Economic›Scamming | Economic›Scheming | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Digging
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Soil quality | Economy›Poverty | Labor›Domestic | Labor›Farming
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 143 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Impatience | Perceptual›Dowsing | Physical›Searching
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Folk customs
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 150 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Mental›Discovery | Physical›Digging
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 150 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Digging | Physical›Searching
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 369 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Pistol
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 370 (Event)
Environment: Place›Seedy parts of town
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | Mass Media›Magazines | Mass Media›Movies
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Allusion, Mythical›Vestal
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 371 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Discovering
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Sexuality›Appearance of
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 373 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Cold | Weather›Mild | Weather›Rain
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control | Psychological›Paranoia
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 374 (Event)
Environment: Place›Lonelier parts of town
Actions: Movement›Return | Movement›Walking | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 374 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Woods | Place›Lonelier parts of town
Actions: Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Sexuality›Appearance of | Sexuality›Puberty
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 374 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing
Themes and Motifs: Home›Home as prison | Time›Long passage of time
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 375 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Intrusion | Work›Painting
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 376 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Physical›Finding | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman
Themes and Motifs: Home›Home as prison
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 376 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Freeing | Verbal›Promising
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Chivalry | Psychological›Madness
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 376 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Freeing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Morals›Chivalry | Objects›Eyeglasses
Relationships: Romantic›Fiance
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 378 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Values›Faithfulness
Relationships: Marital›Separated
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
"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)
Environment: Olfactory›Evoking memory
Actions: Mental›Imagining | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Discovering
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 380 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Evoking memory
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Healing | Bodily›Insomnia | Bodily›Pregnancy | Bodily›Waking | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Recovery | Physical›Dreaming
Themes and Motifs: Futility›When will it stop | Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Texts›Letters
"Monk", 43 (Event)
Environment: Place›Gallows
Actions: Physical›Hanging
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Health and Illness›Mental limitations
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"Monk", 44 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Hiding
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Objects›Corpse
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Orphan
"Monk", 44 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Physical›Ambush | Physical›Digging | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
"Monk", 48 (Event)
Environment: Place›Classroom
Actions: Physical›Reading
"Monk", 55 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Reading
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Mule in the Yard", 253 (Event)
Environment: Place›Crime scene | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Year›April
Actions: Physical›Finding | Violent›Homicide | Violent›Killing of animals
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge
"Mule in the Yard", 254 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Actions: Physical›Chase | Physical›Running | Verbal›Shouting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"Mule in the Yard", 255 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cellar | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Physical›Chase | Physical›Running | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Cows | Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"Mule in the Yard", 256 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Ammonia | Olfactory›Sweat
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Running
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"Mule in the Yard", 257 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Physical›Burning
"Mule in the Yard", 257 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda | Public›Store
Actions: Physical›Sitting | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol
"Mule in the Yard", 257 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Hoofbeats | Domestic Space›Cellar | Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Morning | Weather›Fog
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Bodily›Smelling | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Running
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Mule in the Yard", 260 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Domestic›Milking | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Scamming | Physical›Sitting | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Negotiation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
"Mule in the Yard", 262 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Paying | Economic›Scamming | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Realization | Moral›Exploitation | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Eating | Physical›Sitting | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Gallic
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 669 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic
Actions: Moral›Deception | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Self-emancipation | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Silver
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 670 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Moral›Deception | Physical›Digging | Physical›Hiding
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Dulcimer | Objects›Heirloom | Objects›Silver
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 677 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Outhouse
Actions: Physical›Searching | Verbal›Shouting
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 679 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Summer house
Actions: Physical›Dressing
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 687 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Digging
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 695 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Physical›Reading
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 695 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Library
Actions: Physical›Curtsy
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
"Pantaloon in Black", 240 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Physical›Repair
Themes and Motifs: Home›Improvements
Relationships: Marital
"Pantaloon in Black", 245 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Throwing | Work›Sawmilling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Character›Superhuman strength
"Race at Morning", 299 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Pursuit
"Race at Morning", 299 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Non-human | Movement›Horse | Physical›Pursuit
"Race at Morning", 301 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place
Actions: Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Sentience
"Race at Morning", 305 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Sentience | Home›Homebound
"Raid", 37 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Walking
Cultural Issues: Gender›Lady's accoutrements
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Note
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
"Raid", 37 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Physical›Wagon|Car maintenance
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Note
"Raid", 42 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Running
Cultural Issues: Gender›Lady's accoutrements
"Raid", 52 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat
Actions: Physical›Sleeping
"Red Leaves", 321 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Physical›Hiding
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Slipper
"Red Leaves", 336 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Hunting›Slave hunting | Physical›Pursuit
"Red Leaves", 337 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Swamp
Actions: Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bugs
"Red Leaves", 338 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Swamp | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Bodily›Singing | Physical›Apprehending
"Retreat", 18 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Digging
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure | Objects›Silver
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
"Retreat", 19 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Carrying
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
"Retreat", 19 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Locking a door
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Labor
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Retreat", 23 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous
Actions: Physical›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
"Retreat", 24 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Woods
Actions: Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Ambush | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft
"Retreat", 26 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Woods
Actions: Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | War›Violence against civilians
"Retreat", 26 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
"Retreat", 28 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Hiding
"Retreat", 32 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Running
Themes and Motifs: Home›Distance from home
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text
"Retreat", 32 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Secret | Physical›Digging | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Silver
"Retreat", 33 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Time of Day›Dinner
Actions: Physical›Building
Themes and Motifs: Home›Attacked
"Shall Not Perish", 101 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Field | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Grief | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Running | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Homefront
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity
"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: Community›Social life
"Shall Not Perish", 103 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Communication›Listening | Physical›Walking
Cultural Issues: War›World War II
"Shall Not Perish", 104 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Physical›Bathing
"Shall Not Perish", 104 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Physical›Dressing
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Clothes›Sunday shoes
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Satchel
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
"Shall Not Perish", 106 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Physical›Bathing | Physical›Dressing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Stockings | Clothes›Sunday shoes
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Objects›Bottle | Objects›Satchel | Objects›Towel
"Shall Not Perish", 106 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Climbing stairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
"Shall Not Perish", 107 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Walking
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reliability
"Shall Not Perish", 108 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Time of Year›July
Actions: Physical›Holding | Verbal›Consoling | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Instructing | Verbal›Tirade
Cultural Issues: War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Handkerchief | Objects›Pistol | Objects›Satchel | Objects›Towel
"Shall Not Perish", 108 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Parlor
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Physical›Holding
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flag | Objects›Medal | Objects›Photograph | Objects›Pistol
"Shall Not Perish", 111 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Stockings | Clothes›Sunday shoes
Themes and Motifs: Character›Principle
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Neighbor
"Shall Not Perish", 111 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Hearth | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Physical›Jumping | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | War›Civil War
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Forrest, Nathan Bedford | Allusion, Historical›Grant, Ulysses S. | Allusion, Historical›Lincoln, Abraham | Allusion, Historical›Morgan, John Hunt | Allusion, Historical›Van Dorn, Earl | Intertextuality›Faulkner text
"Shall Not Perish", 112 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Shaking | Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Waking | Physical›Escaping | Verbal›Shouting | Verbal›Warning
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Entertainment›Movies | War›Civil War
"Shall Not Perish", 113 (Event)
Environment: Public›Alley | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Shaking | Emotional›Embarrasment | Physical›Trembling | Verbal›Consoling | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Ordering
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | War›Civil War | War›Civil War consequences
Relationships: Familial›Patriarch
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Ah-h-h | Language›Hah
"Shingles for the Lord", 27 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Physical›Riding | Work›Farming
"Shingles for the Lord", 28 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Horse | Physical›Praying | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Religion›God
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 39 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Fire
Actions: Physical›Extinguishing fire
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injury
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
"Smoke", 25 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Travel
Themes and Motifs: Objects›European in U.S.
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
"Spotted Horses", 168 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Auction | Emotional›Despair | Interaction, Social›Auction | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Washing clothes
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Clothes›Rural poverty | Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as disguise | Chaos/Order›Control | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Relationships: Marital›Abusive
Aesthetics: Diction›Western vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
"Spotted Horses", 174 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Undressing
Cultural Issues: Economy›Rural sales
"Spotted Horses", 176 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Dressing
"Spotted Horses", 177 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Confused din
Actions: Physical›Pursuit | Verbal›Screaming
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos
"Spotted Horses", 180 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Pursuit
"That Evening Sun", 295 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Protection
Cultural Issues: Race
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Hierarchical›Employer-employee
"That Evening Sun", 296 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Haunting | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Singing | Physical›Stalking
Cultural Issues: Race›Self-abnegation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"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
"That Evening Sun", 306 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Singing | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Stalking | Verbal›Speculation
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Terror
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Evening Sun", 308 (Event)
Environment: Place›Ditch
Actions: Physical›Stalking
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sibling
"That Will Be Fine", 265 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Excitement | Physical›Bathing
Themes and Motifs: Values›Greed
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›First-person passim
"That Will Be Fine", 269 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation | Movement›Buggy | Physical›Running | Verbal›Yelling
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 270 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Movement›Carriage | Physical›Driving | Verbal›Questioning
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 275 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Physical›Confining | Physical›Watching
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
"That Will Be Fine", 276 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Uncle-nephew
"That Will Be Fine", 276 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Economic›Transactional | Physical›Confining | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
"That Will Be Fine", 279 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Physical›Eating | Play›Fireworks | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›As anaesthetic
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 279 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Physical›Confining | Physical›Escape from confinement | Play›Fireworks | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Character›Greed
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Extramarital
"That Will Be Fine", 281 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Movement›Buggy | Physical›Escape from confinement | Play›Fireworks | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Extramarital
"That Will Be Fine", 283 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Bodily›Drooling | Physical›Holding | Play›Fireworks | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Threatening
Themes and Motifs: Character›Greed
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Extramarital
"That Will Be Fine", 285 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Physical›Carrying | Physical›Running | Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Homicide | Violent›Vengeance
"That Will Be Fine", 286 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Emotional›Mourning | Movement›Walking | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Singing
Relationships: Interracial›Mammy-child | Interracial›Master-servant
"That Will Be Fine", 287 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Physical›Running | Verbal›Ordering | Verbal›Yelling
Relationships: Interracial›Mammy-child
"The Hound", 156 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Physical›Whittling
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Community›Social life
"The Hound", 158 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Physical›Whittling
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Supernatural›Superstitions
"The Hound", 159 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Economic›Shopping | Physical›Finding
Cultural Issues: Law›Property
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Shotgun
"The Hound", 162 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Movement›Car | Movement›Flat tire | Physical›Wagon|Car maintenance | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Law›Police
Relationships: Institutional›Police-arrestee
"The Old People", 208 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Hunting›Waiting | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Mules
"The Tall Men", 54 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Movement›Walking | Physical›Building
"The Tall Men", 59 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Kissing | Physical›Burial
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | War›Going to war | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Philosophical›Individualism | Values›Family values
"The Unvanquished", 74 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Building
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
"The Unvanquished", 74 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Building
"The Unvanquished", 77 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Building
"The Unvanquished", 81 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | Region›Hapless Yankees
"The Unvanquished", 83 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place
Actions: Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype | Slavery›Etiquette | Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home
"The Unvanquished", 87 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Drawing
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
"There Was a Queen", 728 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Care | Movement›Carriage | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Travel
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride
"There Was a Queen", 737 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Travel
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood
"There Was a Queen", 740 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Blackmail | Physical›Protection
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Love letter
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"There Was a Queen", 741 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Outrage | Moral›Blackmail | Physical›Burning
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women | Sexuality
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism
"Tomorrow", 100 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Domestic›Sewing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Handmade | Clothes›Rural poverty | Politics›Taxes
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Naming›Named for historical figure
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" | Allusion, Historical›Longstreet, James | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Tomorrow", 104 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Dying | Emotional›Love | Legal›Marriage | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Pride
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Sibling | Marital›Desertion
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"Tomorrow", 105 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Feeding | Domestic›Nursing | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Law›Custody | Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Complexion
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Tomorrow", 106 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Economic›Paying | Movement›Walking | Physical›Apprehending | Physical›Hitting | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority
Themes and Motifs: Money›Filthy lucre | Objects›Ax
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Tomorrow", 93 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Legal›Deliberating | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Hill country | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Premarital
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Named for historical figure | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Marital›Bigamy
"Two Soldiers", 86 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Domestic›Feeding | Physical›Kissing
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Character›Pride | Objects›Bible
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
"Two Soldiers", 95 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Love | Physical›Kissing | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming life | Mass Media›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Determinism›Lack of choice | Time
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
"Uncle Willy", 226 (Event)
Environment: Public›Drugstore
Actions: Physical›Eating | Play
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Entertainment›Baseball | Health and Illness›Drugs
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
"Uncle Willy", 226 (Event)
Environment: Public›Church | Public›Drugstore
Actions: Physical›Eating
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Drugs | Religion›Church service
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
"Uncle Willy", 228 (Event)
Environment: Public›Church
Actions: Emotional›Bewilderment | Emotional›Despair | Movement›Car | Physical›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Drugs
"Uncle Willy", 229 (Event)
Environment: Public›Drugstore
Actions: Physical›Capture | Physical›Escaping
"Uncle Willy", 229 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Physical›Capture | Physical›Transporting
"Uncle Willy", 229 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Confining
"Uncle Willy", 229 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Escape from confinement
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Drugs
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
"Uncle Willy", 230 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Physical›Capture
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
"Uncle Willy", 230 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Confining
"Uncle Willy", 230 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Confining
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Drugs
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Sacrificial Animal | Language›Biblical
"Uncle Willy", 234 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Movement›Walking | Physical›Sitting
"Uncle Willy", 235 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Carrying
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Adversarial
"Uncle Willy", 235 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Burial | Physical›Carrying
Cultural Issues: Alcohol
"Uncle Willy", 235 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Addiction
"Uncle Willy", 236 (Event)
Environment: Public›Drugstore
Actions: Physical›Escaping
"Uncle Willy", 237 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›July
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Physical›Meddling
Themes and Motifs: Community›Stranger
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity
"Uncle Willy", 238 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Selling a house or place | Physical›Confining
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Insanity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Debunking story
"Uncle Willy", 239 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Earning Money | Physical›Gardening
"Uncle Willy", 241 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Camping
"Uncle Willy", 242 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car | Physical›Camping | Physical›Waiting
"Uncle Willy", 245 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Physical›Walking
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
"Uncle Willy", 246 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Movement›Flight | Physical›Holding | Physical›Running | Violent›Airplane crash
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Master-servant
"Uncle Willy", 246 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Mourning | Movement›Car | Physical›Holding
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child
"Vendee", 101 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Pursuit
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Alabama | Allusion, Geographical›Grenada, Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
"Vendee", 102 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Arson | Violent›Assault | Violent›Whipping
"Vendee", 102 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›New Year | Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Snow
Actions: Movement›Mule | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Ducks | Animals›Geese | Time›Measuring time
"Vendee", 106 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation | Mental›Reinterpretation | Physical›Pursuit
"Vendee", 110 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Rain
Actions: Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Violence›Killing animal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Hog
"Vendee", 97 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Freedom
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Eulogy | Objects›Umbrella
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
"Vendee", 99 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Livestock pen | Time of Year›December
Actions: Movement›Horse | Physical›Pursuit
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Absalom, Absalom!, 100 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter
Relationships: Romantic›Fiance
Absalom, Absalom!, 101 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Reading
Themes and Motifs: Body›Voice | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
Absalom, Absalom!, 117 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Burial
Cultural Issues: Gender
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Naming | Objects›Photograph | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Seed | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 120 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Morals›Faith | Morals›Honor | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 121 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Calm | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Burial | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Rebel yell | Work›Carpenter
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral | Recurring Tropes›Echo | Recurring Tropes›Mediation | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 123 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Domestic›Sewing | Hunting | Physical›Waiting | Work›Chopping wood | Work›Gardening
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation | Slavery›Civil War | War›Deprivation | War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 123 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Burial
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 136 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Requesting | Work›Gardening
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Marriage | Gender›Southern woman | Group Mentality›Community collective | War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Death | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Relationships: Familial›Orphan | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Divine intervention | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Figures of Speech›Thunderclap | Interpretation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 150 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Physical›Carrying
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Class›Disruption
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 150 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Pursuit
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 159 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Travel
Cultural Issues: Race
Relationships: Familial›Orphan
Absalom, Absalom!, 159 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Travel
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Character›Inexperience | Time›Permanence
Relationships: Familial›Orphan
Aesthetics: Language›French
Absalom, Absalom!, 161 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Washing | Physical›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Race›Colorism | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Orphan
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!, 164 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Ambiguity | Physical›Dancing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Gambling
Absalom, Absalom!, 177 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Escape from confinement
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling
Absalom, Absalom!, 177 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Absalom, Absalom!, 177 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Absalom, Absalom!, 178 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Movement›Horse | Movement›Walking | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Race | Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Absalom, Absalom!, 180 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Travel
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›James River, Virginia | Allusion, Geographical›Jamestown, Virginia | Allusion, Geographical›Old Bailey
Absalom, Absalom!, 181 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Drinking | Physical›Travel
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Class›Class consciousness | Race›Racial consciousness | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial
Absalom, Absalom!, 193 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Story-telling
Absalom, Absalom!, 194 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling
Absalom, Absalom!, 197 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering | Story-telling
Absalom, Absalom!, 200 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Plantation
Actions: Physical›Burning
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Revolt
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Absalom, Absalom!, 203 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Discovering
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race | Slavery›Revolt
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse
Absalom, Absalom!, 206 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Capture | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Health and Illness›Injury | Race›Stereotype cannibalism | Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›Racialism
Absalom, Absalom!, 207 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Physical›Capture | Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Slavery›Violence
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›French | Recurring Episodes›Architect captured
Absalom, Absalom!, 215 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Verbal›Invitation
Themes and Motifs: Character›Conviction
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Absalom, Absalom!, 215 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Absalom, Absalom!, 216 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Physical›Travel | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race
Relationships: Familial
Absalom, Absalom!, 229 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Physical›Delivering
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse
Absalom, Absalom!, 229 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Finding | Physical›Pursuit
Absalom, Absalom!, 230 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Physical›Screaming | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Apotheosis | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Faith
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›Technological imagery | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 244 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Physical›Burning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Mourning | Ethnicity›Language barrier
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter
Aesthetics: Language | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 262 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Year›June
Actions: Physical›Dancing
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Premarital
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mockingbird | Art›Music | Home›Belonging | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 263 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Travel
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Trousseau
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Engagement
Absalom, Absalom!, 266 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Physical›Touching
Themes and Motifs: Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 278 (Event)
Actions: Military›Retreat | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Military defeat
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 281 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Embrace / hugging
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation | War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Reunion
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Shiloh | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 286 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Hearing | Physical›Carrying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›Marriage
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 298 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 299 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Physical›Burning | Verbal›Howling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Fire
Absalom, Absalom!, 43 (Event)
Environment: Public›Church
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Physical›Throwing | Violent
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Ritual | Slavery›Loyalty
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Character›Vanity | Community›Wedding | Objects›Pine knots | Values›Dignity
Relationships: Marital | Social›Conflict
Aesthetics: Diction | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Absalom, Absalom!, 64 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Speech
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bible
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Military analogy
Absalom, Absalom!, 71 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Discovering
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 77 (Event)
Actions: Hunting | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Riding
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Figures of Speech›Bloom | Figures of Speech›Butterfly | Metafictional›Projection
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
Absalom, Absalom!, 82 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Burial
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse
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!, 94 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Hope | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Commodity | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fatality
Relationships: Friendship | Interracial›Marriage
Absalom, Absalom!, 95 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Interpretation
Absalom, Absalom!, 96 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Character›Trust | Morals›Faith | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 97 (Event)
Actions: Military›Enlistment | Movement›Hiding | Movement›Horse | Physical›Dancing
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Group Mentality›Community collective | War›Going to war
Themes and Motifs: Art›Music
Relationships: Friendship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Priapus | Figures of Speech›Sacrifice | Narrative›Conjectural narration
As I Lay Dying, 103 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Imagining | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Obeying / obedience | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Gender›Reproduction | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
As I Lay Dying, 105 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Laughing | Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Obeying / obedience
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Community›Opinion | Death›Dying wish | Death›Respect | Morals›Honor | Morals›Hypocrisy | Psychological›Madness | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
As I Lay Dying, 114 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Meddling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Death›Dying wish | Philosophical›Human nature | Story-telling›Retelling
As I Lay Dying, 117 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Sleeping | Verbal›Persuasion
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
As I Lay Dying, 121 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Emptying oneself
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
As I Lay Dying, 144 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River | Weather›Flood
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Despair | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Balance | Character›Cautious | Character›Recklessness | Time›Cyclical | Time›Measuring time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
As I Lay Dying, 147 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River | Weather›Flood
Actions: Emotional›Betrayal | Mental›Calculation | Movement›Crossing | Movement›Mule | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Death by water / Drowning
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 15 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Carpentry
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Physical›Waiting | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Religion›Challenge
Themes and Motifs: Death
As I Lay Dying, 153 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Watching | Physical›Running | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Coffin | Objects›Wagon
As I Lay Dying, 156 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Recovery | Movement›Swimming | Physical›Repair | Physical›Searching | Play›Betting | Verbal›Arguing | Violent›Violence against animals
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Broken bones | Health and Illness›Injured | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Body›Breast | Death›Coffin | Objects›Construction tools | Philosophical›Luck
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate | Description›Character portrait | Figures of Speech›Simile
As I Lay Dying, 194 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Counting | Physical›Protection
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Broken bones | Health and Illness›Medicine
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Character›Forbearance | Death›Coffin | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Fish
As I Lay Dying, 204 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Law›Marshal
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Arrivals/Departures›Return
As I Lay Dying, 217 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Physical›Discovering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Recurring Tropes›Secret
As I Lay Dying, 218 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Moonlit
Actions: Bodily›Running | Emotional›Anger | Physical›Burning | Physical›Dragging | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Arson | Violent›Violence against animals
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Modernist style
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Character›Superhuman strength | Death›Coffin
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Style›Cubism
As I Lay Dying, 223 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Burning
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Infection | Health and Illness›Injury | Health and Illness›Medicine | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Death›Coffin | Philosophical›Metaphysics
As I Lay Dying, 235 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Music
Actions: Economic›Borrowing | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Graphophone
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Phonograph | Recurring Tropes›Secret
As I Lay Dying, 250 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Absence/Loss›Substitute | Animals›Cows | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people | Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
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, 52 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Rain
Actions: Physical›Repair | Verbal›Announcing
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident | Death | Supernatural›Insight
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 65 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Interaction, Private›Interrogation | Physical›Confining | Work›Carpenter
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Relationships: Familial
As I Lay Dying, 65 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Sympathy | Physical›Confining
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Death›Coffin
As I Lay Dying, 66 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Sawing
Actions: Physical›Confining | Verbal›Denial
Cultural Issues: Religion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Death›Response to | Philosophical›Existentialism | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
As I Lay Dying, 73 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Sympathy | Physical›Freeing | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Religion›Challenge | Religion›Divine judgment
Relationships: Familial›Childlessness
As I Lay Dying, 73 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Sympathy | Physical›Confining | Physical›Escape from confinement
Themes and Motifs: Death›Coffin | Death›Corpse
As I Lay Dying, 86 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Rain
Actions: Physical›Repair | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Community | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Picture/image
As I Lay Dying, 96 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Worry | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Cursing | Work›Carpenter
Themes and Motifs: Character›Precision
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments
As I Lay Dying, 97 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Bad smell | Olfactory›Decay
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Impatience | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder | Character›Cautious | Death›Coffin
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate
As I Lay Dying, 98 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fury | Movement›Hurrying | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Cursing
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Style›Cubism
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›Deaf
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Flags in the Dust, 13 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Spectral | Auditory›Bugle | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Movement›Horse | Physical›Ambush | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: War›Capture | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Objects›Anchovies | Objects›Coffee
Relationships: Institutional›Military
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Centaur | Figures of Speech›Simile
Flags in the Dust, 139 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Water | Natural›Creek | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Movement›Car | Physical›Wagon|Car maintenance
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bats
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
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, 176 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Physical›Travel
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Education›Oxford | Education›Rhodes Scholar | Religion›Episcopal
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Romantic›Sexual
Flags in the Dust, 187 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Playing music | Physical›Kissing | Play›Tennis
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Sports | Gender›Men vs women | Mass Media›Magazines
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Ugliness | Objects›Car | Objects›Gun | Objects›Tea
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›South America | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Flags in the Dust, 19 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Dancing
Aesthetics: Diction›Imitation | Figures of Speech›Simile
Flags in the Dust, 197 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Physical›Dancing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Entertainment›Recital | Gender›Female stereotype | Gender›Separate spaces
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Baldness | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Piano | Texts›Love letter
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Parents-children | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Booth, William | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 232 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Burning
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Holly Springs, Mississippi | Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 235 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Bodily›Idleness | Bodily›Staring | Emotional›Fear | Physical›Stalking
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy | Objects›Train
Flags in the Dust, 245 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Reading | Verbal›Interruption
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Growth | Health and Illness›Indian medicine
Themes and Motifs: Time›Being on time / punctuality
Flags in the Dust, 263 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Reading
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Love letter
Aesthetics: Language›Misspelling
Flags in the Dust, 287 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Physical›Gardening
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flowers Roses | Time›Future
Flags in the Dust, 299 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Kissing
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Doom
Flags in the Dust, 299 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Hunting | Physical›Cuddling
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Doom
Flags in the Dust, 310 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage | Legal›Divorce | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Embrace / hugging
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Reno, Nevada | Allusion, Mythical›Lethe | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Tone›Overwrought | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 317 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Watching | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Shopping | Physical›Tripping | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable | Body›Eyes
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Flags in the Dust, 37 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Voices | Natural›Moon | Olfactory›Cigar | Olfactory›Locust | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Domestic›Food preparation | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Train | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Health and Illness›Deaf | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Crickets | Animals›Fox | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile | Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Flags in the Dust, 37 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Burial
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Slavery›Loyalty
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Silver
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Burying Sartoris silver
Flags in the Dust, 381 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Physical›Gardening | Verbal›Garrulousness
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Art›Painting | Character›Recklessness
Flags in the Dust, 50 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Gender›War | War›Civil War
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Flags in the Dust, 51 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner
Actions: Physical›Eating | Work›Gardening
Themes and Motifs: Character›Laziness | Community›Wedding | Naming›Child's name
Flags in the Dust, 52 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Callousness | Physical›Mimicking | Verbal›Command | Work›Gardening
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Military
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Flags in the Dust, 62 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Movement›Car | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Tirade
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Racism | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Love letter
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Vardaman, James K. | Recurring Episodes›Narcissa's anonymous letters
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, 10 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Slave hunting | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Race
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Past›Old days
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew
Go Down, Moses, 103 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance | Migration›North
Relationships: Familial›Genealogy
Go Down, Moses, 11 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Jewelry | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Gender›Southern woman | Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bumble-bee | Body›Teeth | Objects›Fan | Past›Old days
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew | Romantic›Courtship
Go Down, Moses, 113 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Eating
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Go Down, Moses, 119 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Monday
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Missing | Animals›Mules
Go Down, Moses, 120 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Finding
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Apron
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Metal detector
Relationships: Interracial›Mammy-child
Go Down, Moses, 131 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Physical›Repair
Themes and Motifs: Home›Improvements
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Go Down, Moses, 138 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Throwing | Work›Sawmilling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Character›Superhuman strength
Go Down, Moses, 14 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Past›Old days
Go Down, Moses, 15 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Horse | Physical›Evasion | Physical›Pursuit | Play›Betting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chivalry | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Past›Old days
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Go Down, Moses, 17 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Physical›Escape from confinement | Play›Betting | Verbal›Planning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Go Down, Moses, 18 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Fox-horn
Go Down, Moses, 18 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Frustration | Physical›Evasion | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Fox-horn
Go Down, Moses, 19 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Surprise | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Running | Verbal›Ordering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses
Go Down, Moses, 20 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Escaping | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Walking
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
Go Down, Moses, 21 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Screaming
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
Go Down, Moses, 212 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Sleeping
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Hunting
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Go Down, Moses, 22 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Physical›Eating | Verbal›Storytelling
Go Down, Moses, 22 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Physical›Capture | Play›Betting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | Slavery›Slave trading
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Marital›Social respectability | Romantic›Unrequited
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery
Go Down, Moses, 226 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River
Actions: Movement›Swimming | Perceptual›Hearing | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion
Go Down, Moses, 236 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Refusal | Physical›Panting
Cultural Issues: Education›Missing school
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Loyalty
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Go Down, Moses, 248 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Domestic›Housekeeping | Physical›Building | Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Slavery