Aesthetics: Interpretation

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"A Name for the City", 201 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Swamp
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Ambiguity
"A Name for the City", 201 (Event)
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Ambiguity
"Ad Astra", 414 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Ambiguity
"By the People", 89 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype | Race›White fear
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Explanatory passage
"Uncle Willy", 238 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Selling a house or place | Physical›Confining | Physical›Escape from confinement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Insanity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Debunking story | Narrative›Commentary
Absalom, Absalom!, 134 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Audience response
Aesthetics: Interpretation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 135 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Memory | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Supernatural›Phantom | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Values›Love
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Pilgrim | Interpretation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 136 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Requesting | Work›Gardening
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Marriage | Gender›Southern woman | Group Mentality›Community collective | War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Death | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Relationships: Familial›Orphan | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Divine intervention | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Figures of Speech›Thunderclap | Interpretation | 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!, 177 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Slavery›Racialism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Interpretation
Absalom, Absalom!, 215 (Event)
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Interpretation
Absalom, Absalom!, 268 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Interracial
Aesthetics: Interpretation | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 286 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Interpretation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 47 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Deathbed | Place›Plantation
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Requesting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Sister-sister
Aesthetics: Interpretation
Absalom, Absalom!, 5 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance | Memory | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Interpretation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 79 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Detachment | Mental›Discovery | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Futility
Relationships: Familial | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana | Figures of Speech›Scientific | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Interpretation | Metafictional›Signs | Narrative›Indeterminacy
Absalom, Absalom!, 95 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Interpretation
Absalom, Absalom!, 96 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Meaning | Values
Aesthetics: Interpretation
As I Lay Dying, 22 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Religion›Piety
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral
Relationships: Familial›Kinship | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Ambiguity
Go Down, Moses, 243 (Event)
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis | Interpretation
Go Down, Moses, 246 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Biblical curse
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Ham | Interpretation›Ambiguity | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
Go Down, Moses, 247 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Ledger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Judgment Day | Interpretation
Go Down, Moses, 253 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Domestic›Housekeeping | Violent›Suicide
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Interpretation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Requiem for a Nun, 163 (Event)
Relationships: Familial›Cohesion
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Theodicy
Requiem for a Nun, 5 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Communal story
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Debunking story