Actions: Verbal Self-justifying

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"Elly", 212 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Self-justifying | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Work | Health and Illness›Deafness
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Newspapers
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Marital›Forced
"Uncle Willy", 245 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Comforting | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Self-justifying | Verbal›Swearing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Race›Black foresight | Race›Racial consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Loyalty | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Delayed revelation
"Vendee", 110 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Feeling pain | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Time›Measuring time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
As I Lay Dying, 188 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Confession | Moral›Exploitation | Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Bargaining
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Death›Corpse | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
As I Lay Dying, 195 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay
Actions: Bodily›Feeling pain | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Medicine
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Animals›Fish | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Death›Denial | Meaning›Maternity
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Mother-son | Interspecies›Man-fish | Interspecies›Man-horse
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 237 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Self-doubt | Mental›Discovery | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Self-justifying | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental illness | Violence›Ambush
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Capture as loss | Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Delayed revelation
As I Lay Dying, 255 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Asking for money | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Coercion | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Hierarchical›Parent-child
As I Lay Dying, 261 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Music | Domestic Space›House
Actions: Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Law›Compensation | Mass Media›Graphophone
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Light in August, 458 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Law›Plead guilty/not guilty | Law›Sheriff
Requiem for a Nun, 121 (Event)
Environment: Public›Courtroom
Actions: Emotional›Apathy | Legal›Testifying | Legal›Trial | Mental›Remembering | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Law›Trial
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Temple testifying
Sanctuary, 180 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Religion›Baptist | Religion›Uncharitable
Themes and Motifs: Money›Bill | Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 238 (Event)
Environment: Place›Speakeasy
Actions: Bodily›Kissing | Physical›Dancing | Verbal›Begging | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Desire
Aesthetics: Language›ah ah ah
Sanctuary, 37 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Self-consciousness | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Driving to Goodwin's
Sanctuary, 57 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Self-justifying
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Rationalizing
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
Sanctuary, 57 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Contempt | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Clothes›Hat
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter
The Unvanquished, 175 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses