Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography Dots

Description

This is for the occasions when Faulkner uses a series of dots as a feature of his prose - i.e. ". . ." or ". . . . . ." We can't call these dots ellipses, because they do not represent anything being left out of the text. The most disconcerting use of this technique is in "Miss Zilphia Gant." SR

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"An Error in Chemistry", 125 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Recurring Tropes›Illusion
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Knight's Gambit", 201 (Event)
Environment: Place›Memphis
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Perceptual›Watching
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Knight's Gambit", 202 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Perceptual›Spying
Themes and Motifs: Naming›False name
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 368 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Woods | Place›Tavern
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Stock trading | Economic›Trading | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Whiskey
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 372 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Terror | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Violence›Child abuse
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 373 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Cold | Weather›Mild | Weather›Rain
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control | Psychological›Paranoia
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 373 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Embarrasment | Emotional›Fear | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Strip searching | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Learning about | Sexuality›Puberty
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Past›Parental
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 375 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face
Relationships: Romantic›Fiance
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 375 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Attraction | Interaction, Private›Domineering
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 375 (Event)
Environment: Place›Lonelier parts of town
Cultural Issues: Economy›Buying a house
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 376 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Physical›Finding | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman
Themes and Motifs: Home›Home as prison
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Monk", 47 (Event)
Environment: Public›Court
Cultural Issues: Law›Trial
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" | Typography/Orthography›Dots | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Flags in the Dust, 197 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Physical›Dancing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Entertainment›Recital | Gender›Female stereotype | Gender›Separate spaces
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Baldness | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Piano | Texts›Love letter
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Parents-children | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Booth, William | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 206 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›June
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Playing music | Movement›Horse | Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Religion›Damnation
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Piano
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Interracial›Master-servant | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 232 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Staring | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Growth | Health and Illness›Indian medicine
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Cigar
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 243 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Hero worship | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 244 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›July
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Race›Division
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 248 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Auditory›Quietness | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›July
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Caring | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Monologue | Verbal›Reading aloud
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Convalescence
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Piano
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Simile-mask | Language›Ellipsis | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 254 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Quietness
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Reading aloud
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 256 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Coldness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 256 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Bodily›Trembling | Emotional›Terror | Mental›Nightmare | Verbal›Screaming
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 263 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Promising
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 269 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Jealousy | Work›Banking
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 292 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Possum
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Body›Eyes | Objects›Lamp or lantern
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 310 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Incomprehension
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Marital›Wedding
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 310 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage | Legal›Divorce | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Embrace / hugging
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Reno, Nevada | Allusion, Mythical›Lethe | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Tone›Overwrought | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 321 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›New Woman | Global›Travel | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Sexuality›Sexual passion
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 326 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Year›December
Actions: Violent›Destructive behavior
Themes and Motifs: Death›Car accident | Objects›Car | Objects›Cigarette
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Old Bayard's death | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 340 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Oppressive | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Cold
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper | War›Death | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bed
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 368 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas gift game | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 377 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Guilt | Movement›Train
Relationships: Marital›Divorce
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 377 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Progress›Consumerism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 378 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss
Aesthetics: Language›Archaic | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 394 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Violent›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Doom
Relationships: Sexual›Extramarital
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 396 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Gender›Separate spaces | Race›Segregation
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Ghost | Texts›Epitaph
Relationships: Familial›Dynasty
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Exodus | Recurring Episodes›Colonel Sartoris killed | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 402 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Bodily›Playing music
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Child's name | Recurring Tropes›Doom
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Battle of Ronceavaux Pass | Figures of Speech›Chess | Figures of Speech›Simile | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 44 (Event)
Environment: Place›Graveyard
Actions: Domestic›Making a bed | Domestic›Setting the table | Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: War›Return
Themes and Motifs: Character›Tenderness | Objects›Milk
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 58 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Movement›Truck | Verbal›Exaggeration | Violent›Killing in war | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Coffee | Objects›Machine gun | Objects›Medal | Objects›Steamboat
Relationships: Institutional›Military | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 104 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 152 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Courting | Mental›Fantasizing
Cultural Issues: Education›College life
Themes and Motifs: Texts›School book
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 157 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Violence›Sexual
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 164 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anger
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chivalry
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 165 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 177 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 196 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 201 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mice | Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Diction›Misogynistic wording | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 256 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Professional surveillance
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Violence›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 298 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Home›Home as prison | Home›Homecoming | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Texts›Magazine
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Shelley, Percy Bysshe | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 54 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Smoking
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 88 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Actions: Mental›Thinking
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 89 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Alimentary
Aesthetics: Language›Baby talk | Typography/Orthography›Dots
The Sound and the Fury, 82 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Suit
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Death›Wake | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Irony | Typography/Orthography›Dots
The Town, 207 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Bailing out | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Daring | Violent›Fighting | Work›Losing job | Work›Quitting job
Cultural Issues: Law›Frontier justice
Themes and Motifs: Body›Physical disability | Body›Prosthetic | Body›Stomach/belly
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
The Town, 96 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Wagner, Richard | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Self-correction | Typography/Orthography›Dots
The Unvanquished, 99 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Migration | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | History›Awareness of / Being in history | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Displacement
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Time›Long passage of time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jordan | Typography/Orthography›Dots