Actions: Moral Scheming

Description

Any action that plots or plans to gain a material or social advantage over someone through immoral means. This is separate from economic scheming, which is often directly tied to a commercial situation. It is also not like deception, because the deception has not happened yet. The specific example is Boon "scheming" to take out the car, but there are other instances of characters ratiocinating or plotting to do so. JB

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"A Bear Hunt", 70 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Emotional›Self-pity | Moral›Scheming | Play›Joking around | Play›Prank | Verbal›Joking
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Cure | Health and Illness›Indian medicine | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Invisibility | Time›Measuring time
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
"A Bear Hunt", 73 (Event)
Environment: Auditory | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Indian mound
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Questioning
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
"A Bear Hunt", 74 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian mound
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Laughing | Moral›Scheming | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
"A Bear Hunt", 78 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Moral›Deception | Moral›Scheming | Play›Prank | Verbal›Revealing | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Law›Revenue officer
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Explaining
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"A Justice", 354 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Moral›Scheming
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bargainer | Character›Power
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial | Marital›Husband-wife
"Appendix: Compson", 327 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Conspiracy | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Following | Play›Gambling | Work›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Crime›Sedition | Crime›Treason | Government›Right of secession | Health and Illness›Amputation | Health and Illness›Injury | History›Burr conspiracy | War›American Revolution | War›Recuperation
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Inheritance›Traits
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Geographical›Spain | Allusion, Historical›Wilkinson, James
"By the People", 137 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Point-of-view | Meaning›Mystery | Story-telling›Explaining
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Withholding | Tone›Humorous
"Death Drag", 189 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Communication›Newspaper columns and notices | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Driving | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming | Region›Hospitality
"Fool About a Horse", 119 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation | Emotional›Intuition | Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Character›Pride | Character›Provincialism | Character›Swagger | Determinism›Fated
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah
"Fool About a Horse", 124 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Woods
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Fool About a Horse", 124 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Anxiety | Moral›Scheming
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Character›Pride | Objects›Tobacco | Values›Honor
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Tone›Mock-heroic
"Gold Is Not Always", 233 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Sleepy | Emotional›Exhaustion | Moral›Scheming
"Gold Is Not Always", 233 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Banking | Moral›Scheming
Themes and Motifs: Money›Check | Money›Coin
"Retreat", 33 (Event)
Actions: Military›Escape | Moral›Scheming
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris escapes Yankees
"Uncle Willy", 235 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Moral›Scheming | Physical›Burial | Physical›Carrying
Cultural Issues: Alcohol
"Uncle Willy", 242 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Moral›Scheming | Movement›Car | Movement›Flight | Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Law›Aviation | Modernity›Speed
Go Down, Moses, 38 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Moral›Scheming | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Government›Inheritance | Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Justice | Philosophical›Luck
Relationships: Familial›Patriarch | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Go Down, Moses, 61 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Crime›Moonshining
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Husband-wife | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Requiem for a Nun, 22 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Moral›Scheming
Aesthetics: Narrative›Withholding
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, 228 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Moral›Scheming | Physical›Dressing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun | Objects›Mirror
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Mansion, 352 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Goose hunting | Moral›Scheming
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New York | Allusion, Historical›Cincinnatus
The Reivers , 123 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Race›Hierarchical | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules
Relationships: Commercial›Boss-underling | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Tone›Humorous
The Reivers , 131 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Race horse | Objects›Car | Objects›Gold tooth
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 154 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Scheming | Perceptual›Voyeurism
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
The Reivers , 162 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Moral›Scheming | Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 208 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Hotel | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Excitement | Moral›Scheming | Physical›Bathing | Verbal›Revealing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Clothes›Socks | Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›All caps
The Reivers , 213 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Hotel kitchen | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Sadness | Interaction, Private›Courting | Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Objects›Gold tooth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 215 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation | Public›Road
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Excitement | Moral›Scheming | Moral›Secret | Movement›Buggy | Physical›Driving
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Agriculture›Cotton | Clothes›Socks | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Race horse | Objects›Gold tooth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 220 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Moral›Scheming
The Reivers , 223 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 224 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Spring | Place›Spring
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Patch, Dan | Allusion, Historical›Sande, Earl | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 229 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Paddock
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Animals›Horses | Objects›Gold tooth
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity
The Reivers , 230 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Temporal projection
The Reivers , 232 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Actions: Legal›Arrest | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Horse | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Law›Corruption
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gold tooth
The Reivers , 247 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Breakfast | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Domestic›Washing | Legal›Locking up | Moral›Scheming | Physical›Washing clothes
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Clothes›Dirty | Entertainment›Horse race | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Abuse of office
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 275 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Evening | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling
Themes and Motifs: Money›Won | Values›Honor
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 282 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Scheming | Moral›Stealing
Cultural Issues: Crime›Extortion
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Money›Owed
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 285 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Moral›Scheming | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Objects›Car
The Reivers , 285 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 285 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Hierarchical
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Delayed revelation
The Reivers , 286 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Reform | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Solidarity
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
The Reivers , 293 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Alcohol | Olfactory›Benzene | Olfactory›Shaving lotion | Olfactory›Starch | Olfactory›Tobacco | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Fear | Moral›Confession | Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Clothes›Jewelry | Education›Parenting
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 296 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Money›Won
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 33 (Event)
Environment: Place›Livery stable | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Progress›New replacing old | Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 33 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 44 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Walking
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 45 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shame | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Progress›Cars | Progress›Trains
Themes and Motifs: Death›Deathbed | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Objects›Car | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 49 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Moral›Scheming | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Education›Informal | Modernity›Speed | Progress›Trains
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 51 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Elite | Class›Respectability
Themes and Motifs: Values›Moral authority
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
The Reivers , 52 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Emotional›Hurried | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Car | Physical›Driving
Cultural Issues: Education›Informal
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 53 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Lying | Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Values›Virtue
Relationships: Hierarchical›Child as authority
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Faustus | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
The Reivers , 54 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Dinner
Actions: Moral›Deception | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical | Technology›Car
Themes and Motifs: Values›Virtue
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 54 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Blinking | Moral›Deception | Moral›Lying | Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Race›Naming
Themes and Motifs: Values›Virtue
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Hee hee hee
The Reivers , 56 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Moral›Lying | Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Recreation
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin
The Reivers , 57 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Law›Motor vehicle
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 64 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Carriage house | Domestic Space›Garage | Olfactory›Gasoline
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
The Sound and the Fury, 102 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Reassurance | Emotional›Shame | Emotional›Worry | Interaction, Private›Courting | Moral›Deception | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Salt lick | Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Death | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Values›Honor | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 106 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Flowers | Place›Sawmill
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Mental›Imagining | Moral›Scheming | Physical›Meddling | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Throwing downstairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›British nobility | Class›Elite | Clothes›Silk | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Divinity school | Food›Pumpkin pie | Gender›Bitch | Gender›Lady | Gender›Maternal impulse | Gender›Southern woman | History›Confederacy / Confederate States of America / C.S.A. | Race›Black family working for white | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Region›The South | Slavery›Galley slave
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flower orchid | Objects›Handkerchief | Objects›Shotgun | Recurring Tropes›Sole owner and proprietor | Recurring Tropes›Twilight | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Interracial›Master-servant | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Canada | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Genre Conventions›Melodrama | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Tone›Overwrought | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Town, 182 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Suspicion | Moral›Scheming | Perceptual›Investigating
Cultural Issues: Government›Civic officials | Law›Clue | Law›Legal issue | Sexuality›Pornography
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 213 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Planning | Moral›Scheming
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Objects›Tobacco
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Campion, Thomas | Allusion, Literary›Herrick, Robert | Allusion, Literary›Jonson, Ben
The Town, 215 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Bribing | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city
Aesthetics: Language›Grammatically incorrect
The Town, 221 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Moral›Scheming
The Town, 23 (Event)
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry | Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Collaborative narration
The Town, 25 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Town, 274 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Banking | Mental›Discovery | Moral›Scheming
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
The Unvanquished, 72 (Event)
Actions: Military›Escape | Moral›Scheming
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris escapes Yankees