Actions: Communication Without words

Description

When someone communicates by means of something other than words (written or spoken); for example, the envelope full of money Boyd wants Ike to give his mistress, or the verbena that Drusilla leaves on Bayard's pillow.

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"A Justice", 348 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Without words
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
"Delta Autumn", 276 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Without words
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Misconduct
Themes and Motifs: Money›Filthy lucre
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
As I Lay Dying, 141 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Water moving / flowing | Public›Bridge
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Regret | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Flood imagery
As I Lay Dying, 144 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River | Weather›Flood
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Balance | Character›Cautious | Character›Recklessness | Time›Cyclical | Time›Measuring time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
As I Lay Dying, 171 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Pregnancy | Communication›Without words | Emotional›Cynicism | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Female | Violence›Language
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Absence/Loss›Substitute | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Philosophical›Nihilism
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Symbolism›Blood
As I Lay Dying, 27 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Hate | Mental›Channeling
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
As I Lay Dying, 27 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Deathbed
Actions: Communication›Without words | Mental›Channeling
Themes and Motifs: Death | Recurring Tropes›Door | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
As I Lay Dying, 39 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Communication›Without words | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Philosophical›Luck | Psychological›Motivation
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
As I Lay Dying, 43 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Carpentry | Domestic Space›Deathbed | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Communication›Without words | Emotional›Resentment | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Death
Relationships: Hierarchical›Doctor-patient
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate
As I Lay Dying, 51 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Without words | Verbal›Consoling | Verbal›Wishing
Themes and Motifs: Body›Pregnancy | Death›Of parent
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Temporal projection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 338 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Without words | Verbal›Renunciation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Misconduct
Themes and Motifs: Money›Filthy lucre | Morals›Dishonor
Intruder in the Dust, 162 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Communication›Without words | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Objects›Coffin | Objects›Shovel
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
The Mansion, 271 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Communication›And deafness | Communication›Without words | Economic›Factory labor
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | Health and Illness›Deafness | War›Draft | War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Letters
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Biloxi, Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Russia | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Reivers , 121 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Communication›Without words
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Sound and the Fury, 52 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Walking | Physical›Escape from confinement | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Objects›Fence | Recurring Tropes›Touch | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Social›Assailant-victim | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Unvanquished, 214 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Without words
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War as point of reference
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Cain | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Unvanquished, 216 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Without words
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Matthew | Allusion, Biblical›Sword | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Unvanquished, 216 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Without words | Interaction, Social›Shaking hands
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student