Aesthetics: Tone Elegiac

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Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Familiar | Atmospheric›Haunted | Auditory›Echoing
Actions: Mental›Misunderstanding | Mental›Remembering | Mental›Unaware | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Looking back
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Lost Cause | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Informal | Group Mentality›Community collective | History›Civil War consequences | Region›Lost Cause | Region›The South | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Community›Alienation | Determinism›Lack of choice | Futility›Inability | Memory›Collective memory | Memory›Haunted by past | Naming›Importance of naming | Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Echo | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Supernatural›Ghost | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Medical / Surgical | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Military terminology | Figures of Speech›Personification | Narrative›Background | Narrative›Commentary | Tone›Elegiac
The Hamlet, 164 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Dream turns to dust
Aesthetics: Tone›Elegiac
The Hamlet, 175 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Tragic / tragedy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Futility›Illusion of success or victory
Aesthetics: Tone›Elegiac
The Town, 332 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Day›Night | 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