Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary

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"Ad Astra", 411 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Actions: Emotional›Anger
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injury | Nationality | War›Prisoner
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Tobacco | Philosophical›Human nature
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Antony and Cleopatra | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
"All the Dead Pilots", 524 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Play›Prank | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Changing clothes | Clothes›Uniform
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Gilbert and Sullivan | Language›French | Tone›Humorous
"Appendix: Compson", 329 (Event)
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Work›Lawyering
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Class›Social decline | Government›Governor
Themes and Motifs: Death›Eulogy | Memory›Forgetting | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Boone, Daniel | Allusion, Literary›Cataline / Catiline | Allusion, Literary›Classical rhetoric | Allusion, Literary›Horace | Allusion, Literary›Livy | Allusion, Literary›Robinson Crusoe | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Language›Satire
"Appendix: Compson", 333 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Censorship | Emotional›Worry
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Entertainment›Popular literature
Themes and Motifs: Values›Propriety
Relationships: Friendship›School classmates
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Forever Amber | Allusion, Literary›Jurgen | Allusion, Literary›Smith, Thorne | Allusion, Literary›Tom Jones
"Appendix: Compson", 333 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Public›Store
Actions: Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Cultural Issues: Age›Agelessness | Age›Spinsterhood | Agriculture›Cotton | Agriculture›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Class›Social decline | Class›Social mobility | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession | Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Popular magazines
"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
"Beyond", 785 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shock | Mental›Accepting | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Religion›Atheism
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Suicide | Morals›Faith | Philosophical›Metaphysics
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Ingersoll, Robert G. | Allusion, Literary›Paine, Thomas | Allusion, Literary›Voltaire | Language›Ellipsis
"Beyond", 788 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Internal argument | Mental›Remembering | Mental›Skepticism | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Imagined | Morals›Faith | Philosophical›Metaphysics
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Historical›Ingersoll, Robert G. | Allusion, Literary›Montesquieu | Allusion, Literary›Paine, Thomas | Allusion, Literary›Voltaire
"Beyond", 789 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Showing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Books | Objects›Briefcase | Objects›Cigarette
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Voltaire
"Go Down, Moses", 257 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Wind | Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Education›Heidelberg | Labor›Translation | Law›Missing person | Slavery›Biblical analogy | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Texts›Bible | Texts›Translation
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Sibling | Interracial›Networks
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals
"Go Down, Moses", 263 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Olfactory›Old woman smell | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Biblical analogy | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation | Slavery›Music
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Eyes | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Historical›Roman senator | Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Language›Call and response | Narrative›Quotation as thought | Symbolism›Shared humanity | Typography/Orthography›Square brackets
"Go Down, Moses", 264 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Panic | Movement›Flight | Verbal›Apology
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation | Slavery›Music
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Interracial›Pseudo-family
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Language›Call and response
"Hair", 144 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Paying | Interaction, Private›Rejection | Verbal›Speculation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Don Quixote
"Knight's Gambit", 171 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›House
Actions: Bodily›Blushing | Perceptual›Seeing
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Shelley, Percy Bysshe
"Knight's Gambit", 190 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Smoking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And class | Gender›Lady's accoutrements
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William
"Knight's Gambit", 222 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Spanish
Cultural Issues: Age›War | Education
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Power of literature
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Cervantes, Miguel de | Allusion, Literary›Don Quixote
"Knight's Gambit", 225 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Spanish | Play›Betting | Work›Horse training
Cultural Issues: Economy›Wealth
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Cervantes, Miguel de | Language›Spanish | Narrative›Commentary | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Knight's Gambit", 252 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: War›Going to war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Robinson Crusoe | Description›Landscape
"Knight's Gambit", 256 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Themes and Motifs: Time›Past
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Conrad, Joseph
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 135 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Peaceful | Place›Decayed plantation | Place›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ben-Hur | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 370 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Money›Owed
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Coleridge, Samuel
"The Bear", 293 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Place›Plantation
Actions: Emotional›Pity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Diminishment / fading | Art›Poetry | Character›Pride | Morals›Honor | Morals›Justice | Texts›Poetry | Values›Courage | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
"The Bear", 294 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Teaching | Mental›Reinterpretation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft | Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Character›Humility | Character›Pride | Values›Liberty
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interracial›Indian-white | Interracial›White-black | Interspecies›Man-bear | Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn" | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Absalom, Absalom!, 129 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Fury | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Time›Running out | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carcassonne | Allusion, Literary›Camelot | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Ripple | Figures of Speech›Shell | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 138 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Forgiveness
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Interpretation | Metafictional›Picture/image | Metafictional›Projection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 142 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›North vs South
Themes and Motifs: Death | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Guinevere
Absalom, Absalom!, 142 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Violence›Language
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Fixation | Recurring Tropes›Performance
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hamlet
Absalom, Absalom!, 145 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Values›Justice
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Beelzebub | Allusion, Literary›Faustus
Absalom, Absalom!, 145 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | History›Dispossessing Indians | Progress›Building structure | Race›Native American stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Furniture
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Faustus
Absalom, Absalom!, 148 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Imagining
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Class
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Importance of naming | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Dream turns to dust | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Faustus | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Allusion, Mythical›Dragon's teeth | Figures of Speech›Creditor | Figures of Speech›Scythe | Narrative›Summary | Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 148 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Store owner
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Adult-adolescent
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Interracial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Faustus
Absalom, Absalom!, 156 (Event)
Environment: Place›Graveyard
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Mourning | Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Widow | Race
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Tombstone
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Wilde, Oscar | Metafictional›Theatrical setting
Absalom, Absalom!, 176 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Cold
Actions: Bodily›Smoking
Cultural Issues: Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Objects›Pipe | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ben-Hur
Absalom, Absalom!, 224 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Narrative›Collaborative narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 23 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Naming›Importance of naming | Time›Past
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ancient Greek Chorus | Narrative›Revision
Absalom, Absalom!, 231 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Class›Planter vs farmer | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Narrative›Gaps | Recurring Episodes›Wash kills Sutpen
Absalom, Absalom!, 256 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Lancelot | Allusion, Literary›Romance | Narrative›Perspective
Absalom, Absalom!, 256 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Shame
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Character›Inherited traits
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Launcelot | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 298 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›College dormitory
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Silence
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poe, Edgar Allan
Absalom, Absalom!, 47 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Vengeful | Emotional›Vindictive
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Gender
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Bluebeard | Figures of Speech›Face | Figures of Speech›Tornado
Absalom, Absalom!, 48 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Naming slaves
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Art›Music | Objects›Piano
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Greek tragedy | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Mask
Absalom, Absalom!, 58 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Envisioning
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Character›Swagger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Allusion, Mythical›Phoenix | Ambiguity
Absalom, Absalom!, 68 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Defining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Southern woman
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Chamber pot | Objects›Parasol | Objects›Trunk
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Vampire | Narrative›Irony | Symbolism›Blood
Absalom, Absalom!, 76 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Love | Moral›Renounce | Movement›Horse | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Clothes›Cloak | Clothes›Gown | Clothes›Hat | Gender›Cross-dress | Group Mentality›Community collective | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Character›Maturity | Character›Provincialism | Character›Sophistication | Recurring Tropes›Imitation
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male attraction
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›University of Mississippi | Allusion, Literary›Arabian Nights | Figures of Speech›Talisman
Absalom, Absalom!, 81 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Education›Law school
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Imitation
Relationships: Friendship | Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Lothario
Absalom, Absalom!, 85 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Love | Mental›Discovery | Mental›Fatalism | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Gender
Themes and Motifs: Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male attraction
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Don Juan | Figures of Speech›Shadow
Flags in the Dust, 165 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Cave
Actions: Work›Glassblowing
Themes and Motifs: Art›Artistic creation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›A Midsummer Night's Dream | Figures of Speech›Simile
Flags in the Dust, 169 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Monologue
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Taste | Law›Lawyers | Mass Media›Magazines | War›Peace
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Character›Duty | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Books | Texts›Letters
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Arlen, Michael | Allusion, Historical›Dreiser, Theodore | Allusion, Historical›Sabatini, Rafael | Allusion, Literary›Romance | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Narrative›Free indirect discourse
Flags in the Dust, 221 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Acrid
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Physical›Burning | Verbal›Singing | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hunting clothes | Education›Princeton | Hunting and Fishing›Trophy
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bible | Objects›Photograph | Past›Relics | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals
Flags in the Dust, 33 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Movement›Carriage | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Eloquence | Verbal›Tirade
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Boots | Health and Illness›Deafness | History›Prohibition
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Objects›Books | Objects›Keys | Objects›Locks | Objects›Silver
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Demosthenes | Allusion, Literary›Dumas, Alexandre | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Reported narration
Flags in the Dust, 370 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Flowers | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Writing
Themes and Motifs: Exile | Texts›Letters
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Byron | Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn" | Language›Ellipsis
Go Down, Moses, 270 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Interruption
Cultural Issues: Government›Bureaucracy | Race›White race | Slavery›Southern curse
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 282 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Poetry | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn" | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 352 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Wind | Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Education›Heidelberg | Law›Missing person | Race›Aunt as term for black woman | Slavery›Biblical analogy
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Bible | Texts›Translation
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Description›Character portrait
Go Down, Moses, 362 (Event)
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Exodus | Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Language›Call and response
Go Down, Moses, 362 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Verbal›Singing
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Language›Call and response
Intruder in the Dust, 190 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Imagining
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Time›Anticipation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Gettysburg | Allusion, Historical›Columbus, Christopher | Allusion, Literary›Barnes, Djuna | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 191 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Physical›Undressing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Furniture
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Romeo and Juliet
Light in August, 193 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Undressing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Insulting
Cultural Issues: Food›Candy | Race›Racial identity
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bed | Objects›Furniture
Relationships: Romantic›Sexual | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Romeo and Juliet | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 211 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Smoking | Movement›Running | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Beating
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Kimono | Race›Racial identity
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Luggage
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Romeo and Juliet | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 318 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Study
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Mental›Suppression / trying not to think | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Books | Objects›Windows
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Tennyson, Alfred | Style›Present tense
Light in August, 479 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Bodily›Sitting
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hamlet | Style›Present tense
Requiem for a Nun, 121 (Event)
Environment: Place›City
Actions: Emotional›Apathy | Emotional›Recovery | Mental›Remembering | Physical›Travel
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Past›Freedom from it | Texts›Novel
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hemingway, Ernest | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 122 (Event)
Environment: Place›Official office
Actions: Verbal›Interruption
Cultural Issues: Education›Virginia
Themes and Motifs: Character›Vanity
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hollywood | Allusion, Literary›Hemingway, Ernest | Narrative›Contested
Requiem for a Nun, 124 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Church | Place›Country club
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Domestic›Housekeeping | Interaction, Social›Partying | Interaction, Social›Peer group | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Sharing confidences
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Respectability | Class›Status, low | Health and Illness›Hangover | Modernity›Interwar years | Religion›Catholicism
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hemingway, Ernest | Description›Stage direction | Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 132 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Imagining | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Blackmail
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive
Relationships: Romantic›Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hemingway, Ernest | Allusion, Mythical›Damocles sword | Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Perspective | Narrative›Theatrical effect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 189 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Indignation | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Lost Cause | Entertainment›Movies
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Gone With the Wind | Narrative›Parentheses
Requiem for a Nun, 192 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Modern fashions | Economy›Advertising | Economy›Industrialization | Entertainment›Radio | History›Great Migration | Progress›Consumerism
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Popular magazines
Requiem for a Nun, 198 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Murmur | Place›Jail
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Perceptual›Sensing the past
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›North vs South
Themes and Motifs: Past›Discovering it
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Gone With the Wind | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Present-time reference | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 206 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail | Time of Day›Ten o'clock a.m. | Time of Year›March
Actions: Bodily›Miscarriage | Moral›Forgiveness | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Garrulousness | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype: smell | Religion›Religious faith | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Violence›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Salvation | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›Mammy-child | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Description›Stage direction | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 32 (Event)
Actions: Work›Architect
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Lilliput | Narrative›Parentheses
Requiem for a Nun, 62 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Old vs new selves
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Cigarette lighter | Past›Past in present | Values›Honor | Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hamlet | Description›Stage direction | Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 114 (Event)
Environment: Public›Jail
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial spheres
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Sanctuary, 123 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chivalry
Themes and Motifs: Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 126 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Public›Jail | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial spheres
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals
Sanctuary, 29 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Saturday evening
Actions: Interaction, Social›Dances | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Dancing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Education›College life
Themes and Motifs: Art›Jazz music
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Home Sweet Home
Sanctuary, 298 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Numbness | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Food›Candy | Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Home›Home as prison | Home›Homecoming | Objects›Books | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Texts›Magazine
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Shelley, Percy Bysshe | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 6 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Sand | Olfactory›Smelling black | Place›Road
Actions: Physical›Walking
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Modernist style
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Exile›Alienation from nature
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Madame Bovary | Genre Conventions›Gothic
The Hamlet, 133 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Violence›Sexual
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Futility›Inability
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Washington Irving
The Hamlet, 218 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Economy›Poverty | Education›College
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Naming›Child's name | Values›Idealism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Launcelot
The Mansion, 148 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Judith | Allusion, Biblical›Lilith | Allusion, Literary›Francesca | Allusion, Literary›Tristan and Isolde | Allusion, Mythical›Helen | Allusion, Mythical›Paris | Allusion, Mythical›Semiramis
The Mansion, 163 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Stock trading
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William
The Mansion, 199 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Progress›Air travel | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Thackeray | Narrative›First-person
The Mansion, 205 (Event)
Actions: Military›Demotion | Verbal›Teasing
Cultural Issues: Region›Lost Cause
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›France | Allusion, Literary›East Lynne
The Mansion, 210 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Relationships: Marital›Arranged
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Cooper, James Fenimore | Recurring Episodes›Bayard and the lost generation | Recurring Episodes›Narcissa marries Bayard
The Mansion, 216 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Education›Harvard | Education›Heidelberg
Relationships: Marital›Wedding
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Milton, John | Allusion, Literary›Spenser, Edmund
The Mansion, 216 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Crime›Bootlegging | Education›Female education
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Horace
The Mansion, 220 (Event)
Actions: Communication›And deafness | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: History›Spanish Civil War | Progress›Air travel | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Texts›Poetry
Relationships: Familial›Physical resemblances | Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Donne, John | Allusion, Literary›Herrick, Robert | Allusion, Literary›Suckling, John | Allusion, Mythical›Valhalla | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 225 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
The Mansion, 231 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Travel
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Paris | Allusion, Literary›Fitzgerald, F. Scott
The Mansion, 239 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Economic›Banking
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness | Ritual›Holiday dinner
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Caesar, Julius | Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn" | Style›Address to reader
The Mansion, 241 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Ancient Greeks | Allusion, Literary›Bacon, Francis | Allusion, Literary›Marlowe, Christopher | Allusion, Literary›Pushkin, Alexander
The Mansion, 242 (Event)
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Bath, England | Allusion, Geographical›Tunbridge Wells, England | Allusion, Literary›Dickens, Charles | Allusion, Literary›Fielding, Henry | Allusion, Literary›Smollett, Tobias | Description›Eyes
The Mansion, 254 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Religion›Christianity | Religion›Sunday school | Segregation›Religious
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Folklore
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mesopotamia | Allusion, Geographical›Scandanavia | Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
The Mansion, 259 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal Bureau of Investigation | History›Anti-Communism|McCarthy Era | History›Communism | History›Spanish Civil War | Law›Warrant
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New York | Allusion, Geographical›Washington, D.C. | Allusion, Literary›Robinson Crusoe
The Mansion, 281 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Uniform
Relationships: Marital›Wedding
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Russia | Allusion, Literary›Thackeray
The Mansion, 391 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Thackeray
The Mansion, 74 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Planning | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Crime›Blackmail | Sexuality›Impotence | Sexuality›Interracial | Sexuality›Pornography
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph | Texts›Letters
Relationships: Familial›Uncertain relationship | Marital›Jealousy
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Sherlock Holmes | Allusion, Literary›Uncle Tom's Cabin | Typography/Orthography›Italics
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 , 170 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Alcohol | Olfactory›Sweat
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Sheriff | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Morals›Chivalry | Naming›Nickname | Past›Innocence
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Lord Fauntleroy | Allusion, Literary›Uncle Remus | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Ha ha ha | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 177 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Education›Informal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Uncle Remus | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Hee hee hee | Language›Heh heh heh | Language›Profanity
The Reivers , 255 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Movement›Buggy
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Socks | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Literary›Uncle Remus | Narrative›Conjectural narration
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 , 59 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›May | Time of Year›Planting time
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Faustus | Diction›Neologism
The Sound and the Fury, 105 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Trees
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Kimono
Themes and Motifs: Body›Arm | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Apple tree | Objects›Bed | Objects›Curtains | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Garden of Eden | Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 105 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River | Natural›Tide flat / marsh | Natural›Trees | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Weather
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Anxiety | Mental›Contemplation | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige | Entertainment›Boat race | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Traits | Gender›Women | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Art›Photograph | Character›Inherited traits | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Boat | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Evil
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Romantic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New London, Connecticut | Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 107 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Fireplace|Mantel
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Bribing | Economic›Gifting | Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Economic›Lending Money | Economic›Offering to buy | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Hurting | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Interaction, Social›Shaking hands | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Learning | Moral›Cheating | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Physical›Intrusion | Physical›Travel | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Flattery | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Revealing | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Education›College or school traditions | Education›Harvard | Education›Life after graduation | Education›School year | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Widow | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper comics / funny paper | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Premarital | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Character›Bookishness | Character›Honesty | Character›Integrity | Memory›Remembering | Money›As motive | Money›Bill | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigar | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Values›Devotion | Values›Honor | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Fiance | Sexual›Extramarital | Social›Adversarial | Social›Fellow alumni of a college or university
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›Havana, Cuba | Allusion, Literary›Galahad | Diction›Double entendre | Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech›Parrot | Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 111 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Natural›River | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Mental›Unaware | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Physical›Meddling | Physical›Protection | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Sick as euphemism for pregnancy | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Cousin | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Allusion, Literary›Antony and Cleopatra | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Gods | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 112 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Body of water | Natural›Cavern / Grotto | Natural›Sea / Ocean
Actions: Bodily›Healing
Cultural Issues: Progress›Smoke stack | Religion›Resurrection
Themes and Motifs: Death›Bones | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Objects›Flat-iron | Psychological›Peace | Time›Awareness of time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Judgment Day | Allusion, Literary›Coleridge, Samuel | Allusion, Literary›Dickinson, Emily | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Kubla Khan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Literary›The Tempest | Symbolism›Sexual symbol
The Sound and the Fury, 112 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Streetlamp
Actions: Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Apple tree
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Garden of Eden | Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 116 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Body of water | Natural›Leaf / leaves | Natural›River | Public›Bridge
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Religion›Resurrection
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fish | Animals›Insects mayflies | Appearance›Depth / deepness | Appearance›Surface | Body›Eyes | Death›Afterlife | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Bones | Death›Compared to sleep | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Objects›Flat-iron | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Judgment Day | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Allusion, Mythical›Narcissus | Figures of Speech›Arrow | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Simile | Symbolism›Christian
The Sound and the Fury, 116 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom | Otherworldly›Hellfire
Actions: Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Shame | Moral›Punishment | Moral›Purification | Physical›Burning | Physical›Pointing
Cultural Issues: Religion›Damnation | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Suicide | Recurring Tropes›Beyond | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Luke | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Literary›Dante's Inferno | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" | Figures of Speech›Clean flame | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 122 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bees | Place›Stone wall
Actions: Hunting›Fishing | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Insects butterflies | Supernatural›Spell
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Description›Color yellow | Figures of Speech›Ants | Figures of Speech›Simile
The Sound and the Fury, 122 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Despair
Cultural Issues: Gender›Reproduction | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Philosophical›Metaphysics | Philosophical›Progenitive / Self-reproductive | Recurring Tropes›Father said
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service" | Diction›Neologism | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 123 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Time of Year›August | Weather
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Nostalgia | Emotional›Sadness | Perceptual›Familiarity
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Death›Preparing for death | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Human experience | Philosophical›Human nature | Philosophical›Nihilism | Philosophical›Reduction / summing up | Philosophical›Tedious / tedium | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Figures of Speech›Chess imagery stalemate | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 125 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Olfactory›Baking / bread
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Caring | Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Charity | Moral›Judgmental | Moral›Stealing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Jewish | Ethnicity›Offensive terminology | Food›Bread | Food›Cake | Food›Coffee | Gender›Femininity | Gender›Masculine woman | Gender›Stereotype librarian / school teacher | Mass Media›Newspaper | Nationality›American | Nationality›Foreigners | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants | Prejudice
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Librarian look | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Money›Nickel coin | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Coffee | Objects›Ring | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Civic›Charity | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem/song "The Star-Spangled Banner" | Description›Color gray | Diction›Ethnic slur | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Toy bear / teddybear | Genre Conventions›Parody | Tone›Sarcastic
The Sound and the Fury, 135 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Auditory›Rodent sounds | Domestic Space›Barn | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Physical›Dancing | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Holding | Physical›Lifting | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Misspeaking
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Orgasm
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Rat
Relationships: Romantic | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Language›Oh Oh Oh Oh | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 148 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Physical›Winking | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female body | Gender›Male body | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Disgust with sex | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Objects›Oars | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Othello | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Abduction myths | Allusion, Mythical›Euboeleus / Eubuleus | Allusion, Mythical›Persephone | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›Coupled | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Swine | Language›Fragments | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 148 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Cedar trees | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Otherworldly›Hellfire
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Confession | Moral›Punishment | Moral›Purification | Physical›Burning | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Pointing | Physical›Starting over
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Class›Class consciousness | Religion›Damnation | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Orgasm | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Character›Responsibility | Death›Afterlife | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Luke | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Literary›Dante's Inferno | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" | Figures of Speech›Affirmation | Figures of Speech›Clean flame | Figures of Speech›Locked | Figures of Speech›Wild breath | Language›Fragments | Language›yes Yes Yes yes | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Bricolage | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 149 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Light | Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Heartbeat | Auditory›Insect sounds | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Creek | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›Sand | Natural›Sky | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Rain | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Heart beating | Bodily›Panting | Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Lying | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Starting over | Physical›Touching | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Skirt | Clothes›Wet clothes | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Sensuality | Sexuality›Sex and death | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Insects crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Hips | Body›Knee | Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Objects›Fence | Objects›Willow tree | Objects›knife | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Romantic›Sexual | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Description›Color gray | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Island of silence | Figures of Speech›Mirror | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Language›no no | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Cleansing power of water | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 43 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Contempt | Emotional›Crying | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Hay | Agriculture›Matched team of horses or mules | Alcohol | Health and Illness›Injured | Prejudice›White supremacy | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Philosophical›Nihilism | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Horace | Allusion, Literary›Latin pastoral poetry | Allusion, Mythical›Arcadia | Tone›Humorous | Tone›Sarcastic
The Sound and the Fury, 71 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Domestic Space›Library | Olfactory›Smelling trees
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Mental›Studying | Moral›Punishment | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Burning | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Lifting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Body›Mouth | Body›Shoulder | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Chair | Objects›Cushion | Objects›Fire | Objects›Mirror | Objects›Paper | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 76 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Defeat | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Meaning›Absurdity | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Watch | Philosophical›Nihilism | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Mausoleum | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Classical rhetoric | Language›Latin phrase | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Hyphen | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 76 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›Thursday
Actions: Mental›Contemplation | Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Curtains | Objects›Watch | Past›Family history | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being in time | Time›Watch
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Joyce, James | Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
The Sound and the Fury, 77 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›June | Weather
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Idleness | Mental›Thinking
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Boat race
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being in time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Adam | Allusion, Biblical›Eve | Allusion, Biblical›Garden of Eden | Allusion, Geographical›New London, Connecticut | Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Figures of Speech›Breath | Figures of Speech›Voice | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 79 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bells | Auditory›Clock chiming
Actions: Non-human›Bird flying | Non-human›Bird watching a human | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Sparrow | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Objects›Clock | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-bird
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Bible verse on sparrows | Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Luke | Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Matthew | Allusion, Historical›Saint Francis | Allusion, Literary›Hymn "His Eye Is on the Sparrow"
The Sound and the Fury, 80 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Body of water
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Sadness | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Realization | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Seeing | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Resurrection | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Preventing or avoiding sex | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Death›Bones | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Suicide | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Objects›Flat-iron | Philosophical›Existentialism | Philosophical›Nihilism | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Long passage of time | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Judgment Day | Allusion, Biblical›New Testament Book of Revelation | Allusion, Literary›Coleridge, Samuel | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Kubla Khan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 81 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Feeling pain | Bodily›Shaving | Communication›Addressing for mail delivery | Communication›Letter | Communication›Writing | Domestic›Packing | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Dressing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Suit | Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Keys | Objects›Paper | Objects›Trunk | Objects›Watch | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption
The Sound and the Fury, 81 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Domestic Space›Porch | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Flowers
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Champagne | Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Undressing | Clothes›Veil | Clothes›Vest | Clothes›Wedding dress
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Flowers Roses | Objects›Mirror | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Figures of Speech›Armor | Figures of Speech›Cloud | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 85 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store | Public›Street
Actions: Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Mental›Learning | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Education›Harvard
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Condition of heaviness | Death›Preparing for death | Death›Suicide | Meaning›Absurdity | Objects›Flat-iron | Philosophical›Human experience | Philosophical›Human nature | Recurring Tropes›Father said
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Latin pastoral poetry | Description›Weight / Burden | Language›Fragments | Language›Latin phrase | Narrative›Foreshadowing
The Sound and the Fury, 88 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Body›Bowels | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Past›Personal past | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Door | Supernatural›Signs / Omen | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Conflation of several possible sources | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Isaiah | Allusion, Literary›Hopkins, Gerard Manley | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Windhover" | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Language›Archaic | Language›Biblical | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 90 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Twinkling | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Cavern / Grotto | Natural›River | Natural›Sea / Ocean | Public›Bridge | Public›Drawbridge | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Seeing | Play›Sports Crew / rowing
Cultural Issues: Education›Being well read / erudite | Entertainment›Boat race
Themes and Motifs: Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Preparing for death | Death›Suicide | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Flat-iron | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Archimedes | Allusion, Literary›Coleridge, Samuel | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Latin pastoral poetry | Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Kubla Khan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Breath | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Language›Latin phrase | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 92 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Marriage announcement | Economic›Banking | Economic›Selling | Emotional›Contempt | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Mental›Distrust | Mental›Learning | Movement›Car | Movement›Limousine | Physical›Driving | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Clothes›Garter | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Harvard | Entertainment›Circus | Gender›Marriage | Region›The South | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Elephants | Animals›Fleas | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Teeth | Character›Inherited traits | Character›Reputation | Community›Wedding | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Inheritance›Traits | Memory›Remembering | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Honor | Objects›Candle | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Supernatural›Spell | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College roommate | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Fiance | Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual | Social›Adversarial | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›South Bend, Indiana | Allusion, Literary›Byron | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Don Juan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Marmion" | Allusion, Literary›Scott, Walter | Figures of Speech›Puppy | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Long sentence | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 96 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Public›Sidewalk
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Touching | Physical›Trampling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat
Themes and Motifs: Body›Heels | Death›Bones | Objects›Watch | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Return to present time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Symbolism›Shadows
The Sound and the Fury, 97 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Suspicion | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Moral›Deception | Physical›Saluting | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | Verbal›Code-switching / Change in dialect | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Rumor | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Racial|Regional stereotypes about drinking | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Uniform | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Divinity school | Education›Graduation | Education›Harvard | Ethnicity›Italian | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes | Race›Rules / norms for addressing whites | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Race›Uncle Tom | Ritual›Holiday | War›Grand Army of the Republic / G.A.R. | War›Military rank of general
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Community›Columbus Day | Community›Parade | Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Hypocrisy | Objects›Luggage | Recurring Tropes›Gossip | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black | Social›Mentorship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Princeton University | Allusion, Historical›Columbus, Christopher | Allusion, Historical›Lincoln, Abraham | Allusion, Historical›Women's Christian Temperance Union / W.C.T.U. | Allusion, Literary›Stowe, Harriet Beecher | Allusion, Literary›Uncle Tom's Cabin | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing
The Town, 106 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Helen of Troy | Allusion, Literary›Guinevere | Allusion, Literary›Lancelot | Allusion, Literary›Romeo and Juliet | Allusion, Literary›Tristan and Isolde
The Town, 143 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Reproduction | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bugs | Animals›Insects lice | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Uncertain relationship | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Housman, A.E. | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 152 (Event)
Environment: Place›Playground | Public›School
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Marriage proposal | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility | Clothes›Suit | Education›Graduation | History›Civil War | Progress›Cars | Progress›Consumerism
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance | Money›Inheritance | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Nickname
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Battle of Chickamauga | Allusion, Historical›Battle of Lookout Mountain | Allusion, Literary›Gulliver's Travels | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Delayed revelation | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 187 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Alcohol›Whiskey | Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Community›Stranger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana | Allusion, Literary›Horace | Allusion, Literary›Virgil | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 190 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Boxing | Work›Mechanic
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Clothes›Tie | Sexuality›Learning about | Technology›Car
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Objects›Pipe
Relationships: Familial›Twins
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Cicero | Description›Character portrait | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 193 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner | Time of Day›Lunch | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Communication›Car horn | Emotional›Anger | Movement›Car | Movement›Running | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Religion›Church service
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Cicero
The Town, 198 (Event)
Environment: Public›Drugstore | Time of Year›Friday
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Books
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Donne, John
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, 214 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Helen of Troy | Allusion, Historical›Messalina | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 216 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Waiting
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S.
The Town, 332 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Emotional›Tragic / tragedy
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Body›Hair | Death | Futility
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Barnes, Djuna | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Tone›Elegiac
The Town, 341 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth | Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Physical›Reading
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›North vs South | Education›College | Education›Need to be educated
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Fire
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Donne, John | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 381 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Calling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Kidnapping | Economy›Insurance | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Loss of animal companion | Meaning›Misinterpretation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Lao Tse (Laozi) | Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia
The Unvanquished, 15 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Listen
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Discipline
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Bonaparte, Napoleon | Allusion, Historical›Coke upon Littleton | Allusion, Historical›Mississippi Reports | Allusion, Literary›Cooper, James Fenimore | Allusion, Literary›Dumas, Alexandre | Allusion, Literary›Josephus, Flavius | Allusion, Literary›Koran | Allusion, Literary›Scott, Walter | Allusion, Literary›Taylor, Jeremy | Narrative›Parentheses