Actions: Moral Secret

Description

This is the action of keeping a secret or deciding whether or not to keep a secret. It is not necessarily good or bad, rather keeping a secret is a type of moral choice. Since, this is a singular secret and not a protracted secret, as for example Linda Snopes's parentage, this is placed under moral actions and not themes. JB

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"Ambuscade", 5 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway
Actions: Moral›Secret | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Vicksburg | Recurring Episodes›Burying Sartoris silver
"Hair", 144 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Secret
"Retreat", 32 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Secret | Physical›Digging | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Silver
"There Was a Queen", 739 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Love letter
"There Was a Queen", 739 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Love letter
Absalom, Absalom!, 25 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Drinking | Economic›Paying | Emotional›Hurried | Emotional›Impatience | Mental›Calculation | Mental›Discovery | Mental›Realization | Mental›Speculation | Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Teetotaling | Economy›Poverty | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Slavery›Metaphorical
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lacking | Psychological›Motivation | Psychological›Obsession | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Running out | Values›Determination
Relationships: Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Personification | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Temporal discontinuity | Typography/Orthography›Dash
As I Lay Dying, 120 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Regret | Moral›Secret | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Time›Anticipation
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs | Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 131 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Milking | Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Appearance of
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Lamp or lantern
As I Lay Dying, 178 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Guilt | Moral›Confession | Moral›Praying | Moral›Secret | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Hypocritical
Themes and Motifs: Character›Coward | Death›Moment of | Meaning›Limitations of words / language
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gethsemane | Allusion, Biblical›Jesus
As I Lay Dying, 58 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Sawing | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Pregnancy | Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Worry | Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Gender›Labor | Health and Illness›Abortion | Health and Illness›Medical advice | Health and Illness›Obesity | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Themes and Motifs: Death›Liminal
Relationships: Social›Isolation
Flags in the Dust, 105 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Pipe smoke
Actions: Communication›Transcribing | Communication›Writing | Domestic›Cleaning | Moral›Blackmail | Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Gender›Work | Race›Native American stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Objects›Air gun | Objects›Letter | Objects›Phonograph
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Exoticism | Metafictional›Picture/image
Go Down, Moses, 194 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Hunter
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Go Down, Moses, 255 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Curiosity | Moral›Secret | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Sanctuary, 128 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Secret
Themes and Motifs: Values›Propriety
Sanctuary, 131 (Event)
Environment: Public›Jail | Public›Street
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Moral›Secret | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
The Mansion, 184 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Marriage | Military›Escape | Moral›Secret | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Government›Congress | History›American Revolution | Identity, Personal›Ancestral | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Change over time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Virginia | Allusion, Historical›Burgoyne, General John
The Reivers , 100 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Emotional›Anxiety | Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Education›Informal | Progress›Infrastructure
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity
The Reivers , 163 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Moral›Secret | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Religion›Mason
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Saddle
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
The Reivers , 206 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Hotel | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Domestic›Washing | Moral›Secret | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Revealing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Socks | Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Naming›Alias | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
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 , 279 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Barking | Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Nature | Olfactory›Flowers
Actions: Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Fish | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 279 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Office
Actions: Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee
The Reivers , 280 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Office
Actions: Moral›Secret | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
The Reivers , 289 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Mental›Remembering | Moral›Secret | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
The Unvanquished, 13 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Moral›Secret
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Mules | Animals›Pigs
The Unvanquished, 17 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway
Actions: Moral›Secret | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Silver | Objects›Silverware | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Vicksburg | Allusion, Historical›Vicksburg | Language›Shhhh | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Unvanquished, 70 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Orchard
Actions: Moral›Secret | Physical›Digging | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Silver