Aesthetics: Narrative

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"A Bear Hunt", 63 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Rural sales
Aesthetics: Narrative›Frame
"A Bear Hunt", 66 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Frame
"A Bear Hunt", 66 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Fighting
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Delayed revelation
"A Justice", 343 (Event)
Environment: Place›Farm | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Movement›Surrey
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility
Relationships: Familial›Kinship | Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
"A Justice", 345 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Indian name
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
"A Justice", 345 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Steamboat | Play›Gambling | Violent›Poisoning
Cultural Issues: Class›Dehumanization | Class›Power | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Character›Ruthless | Naming›Indian name
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Narrative›Reported narration | Narrative›Reported narration passim in section | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"A Justice", 346 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Steamboat
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Naming›Renaming
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"A Justice", 350 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Steamboat
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Steamboat
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Native American | Narrative›Reported narration passim in section
"A Justice", 358 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Building
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"A Justice", 359 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Building
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"A Justice", 359 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Building | Physical›Jumping
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"A Justice", 359 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Food | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Emotional›Bewilderment | Emotional›Curious | Movement›Surrey | Physical›Cooking
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person
"A Justice", 360 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person | Narrative›Temporal projection
"A Name for the City", 200 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Explorers | Narrative›Frame
"A Name for the City", 200 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Progress›Requirements
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"A Name for the City", 201 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Frontier life
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Iron box
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"A Name for the City", 201 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marketing
Cultural Issues: Progress›Ironies of
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Napoleon | Narrative›Parentheses
"A Name for the City", 201 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
"A Name for the City", 201 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frontier
Themes and Motifs: Values›Liberty
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration
"A Name for the City", 213 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Named for historical figure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Withholding
"A Name for the City", 213 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Government›Secrecy
Aesthetics: Narrative›Withholding
"A Point of Law", 214 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house | Domestic Space›Veranda | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Interaction, Private›Conversation | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Law›Sheriff | Mass Media›Telephone | Race›Etiquette | Race›Masquerade
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›Etiquette | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Conjectural narration
"A Rose for Emily", 123 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Pity | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Denial
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Death | Objects›Corpse | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Communal narrative
"Ad Astra", 407 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›American
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
"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", 521 (Event)
Actions: Military›Escape | Movement›Ambulance
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | War›Aerial combat
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
"All the Dead Pilots", 521 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age | War›Death
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Armistice Day | Narrative›Temporal projection
"Barn Burning", 24 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Hope | Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | War›Confederate Army | War›Mercenary
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Maturity | Money | Values›Greed
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Institutional›Military
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Barn Burning", 6 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"Barn Burning", 7 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | War›Mercenary
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"Barn Burning", 7 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Understanding
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Fire
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"Barn Burning", 8 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal issue
Themes and Motifs: Values›Justice | Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"Barn Burning", 9 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Peace | Movement›Walking | Physical›Cooking
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Clothes›Apron | Clothes›Expensive | Race›Etiquette
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Honeysuckle | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›Conflict | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›First-person | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Centaur in Brass", 149 (Event)
Environment: Public
Actions: Perceptual
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Monument | Narrative›Communal narrative
"Centaur in Brass", 160 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
"Centaur in Brass", 162 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Empathy | Emotional›Surprise | Moral›Deception
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person
"Centaur in Brass", 164 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Chasing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype mule
Themes and Motifs: Objects›knife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›First-person
"Centaur in Brass", 165 (Event)
Environment: Place›Ditch
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Objects›knife
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
"Centaur in Brass", 167 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Year›New Year
Actions: Economic›Paying | Moral›Defeat | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | Government›Audit | Law›Warrant | Politics›City government
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
"Death Drag", 185 (Event)
Environment: Public›Post office | Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Movement›Flight
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
"Death Drag", 195 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›August | Time of Year›January
Actions: Bodily›Shaking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
"Dry September", 173 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Class›Middle
Themes and Motifs: Body›Appearance-plain
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Intergenerational›Female
Aesthetics: Narrative›Indeterminacy
"Elly", 211 (Event)
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anti-climax
"Elly", 216 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Hysteria | Movement›Car | Movement›Getting closer
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
"Go Down, Moses", 258 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail | Place›Penitentiary | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Crime›Manslaughter
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Jailbreak | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Quotation as thought
"Go Down, Moses", 259 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Narrative›Quotation as thought
"Go Down, Moses", 259 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Noon | Weather›Heat
Actions: Emotional›Indecision
Aesthetics: Narrative›Quotation as thought
"Go Down, Moses", 260 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Heat
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Moral›Lying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Gender›Traits | Law›Execution | Mass Media›Newspaper | Race›Division | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Coffin | Death›Corpse | Inheritance›Traits | Money›Expenses
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Quotation as thought
"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 | Typography/Orthography›Square brackets
"Go Down, Moses", 266 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Newspapers
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Imitation | Narrative›Imagined conversation
"Go Down, Moses", 266 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Quotation as thought
"Hair", 131 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype
Relationships: Familial›Orphan | Familial›Uncertain relationship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration passim
"Hair", 137 (Event)
Actions: Work›Traveling salesman
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Work clothes
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Alabama | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi | Narrative›Parentheses
"Hair", 138 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Courting
Cultural Issues: Economy›Savings
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
"Hair", 139 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
"Hair", 139 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Selling
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Birmingham, Alabama | Narrative›Parentheses
"Hair", 144 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
"Hair", 148 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Visit
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
"Knight's Gambit", 202 (Event)
Environment: Place›Greenbury hotel
Aesthetics: Narrative›Adage
"Lion", 184 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps | Place›Library | Place›Plantation
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›First-person passim
"Lion", 185 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Future
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"Lion", 188 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Bodily›Drinking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"Lion", 192 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread | Natural›Wilderness | Place›Hunting camps | Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Actions: Emotional›Fear
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Objects›Compass | Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conversation with oneself | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Lion", 193 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Reported narration
"Lion", 194 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Movement›Swimming | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Animal predatory behavior | Violent›Killing of animals
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"Lion", 194 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Injury | Mental›Realization
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
"Lion", 195 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Injury | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Values›Courage | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Reported narration
"Lion", 196 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Injury | Violent›Killing of animals
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Animal bear | Objects›knife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"Lion", 196 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Reported narration
"Lion", 196 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Present-time reference
"Lion", 199 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Woods | Place›Grave | Time of Year›Summer | Weather›Heat
Actions: Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mosquitoes | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Past›Recent past
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 371 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Confined living quarters | Place›Grocery | Place›Vacant lot
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds
Aesthetics: Narrative›Communal narrative | Narrative›Temporal projection
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 371 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Discovering
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Sexuality›Appearance of
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"Monk", 41 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental limitations
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Power of literature | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Metafictional | Narrative›First-person passim
"Monk", 43 (Event)
Environment: Place›Gallows
Actions: Physical›Hanging
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Health and Illness›Mental limitations
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"Monk", 44 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Verbal›Gossip
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
"Monk", 45 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Gossip
Relationships: Familial›Kinless | Familial›Orphan
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Narrative›Delayed revelation
"Monk", 45 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Law›Execution
Relationships: Familial›Mentorship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"Monk", 47 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Legal›Confession
Cultural Issues: Law›Justice of the Peace
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-Reflective
"Monk", 47 (Event)
Environment: Place›Gallows
Cultural Issues: Law›Execution
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-Reflective | Narrative›Temporal projection
"Monk", 48 (Event)
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" | Narrative›Conjectural narration
"Monk", 52 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Education›Mentorship
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable | Psychological›Motivation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Self-Reflective
"Monk", 53 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
"Monk", 56 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
"Mule in the Yard", 252 (Event)
Environment: Public›Railroad tracks | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Violent›Killing of animals
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 667 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Verbal›News
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 670 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Moral›Deception | Physical›Digging | Physical›Hiding
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Dulcimer | Objects›Heirloom | Objects›Silver
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 672 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Freedom
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 672 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Region›Lost Cause | War›Unity
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Freedom
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 677 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Institutional›Military
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 679 (Event)
Relationships: Romantic
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 683 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 695 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Verbal›Command
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-correction
"Race at Morning", 296 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Year›Hunting season
Actions: Movement›Boat | Perceptual›Moment of vision
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular passim
"Race at Morning", 305 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
"Race at Morning", 306 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Time of Day›Twilight
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Compass | Values›Good conduct
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Monument | Narrative›Epiphany
"Race at Morning", 309 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Etiquette | Education›Need to be educated | Identity, Cultural›Mankind | Progress›Education
Themes and Motifs: Values›Moral authority
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reconstructed
"Red Leaves", 329 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Indian medicine
Themes and Motifs: Death
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conversation with oneself
"Red Leaves", 331 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Watching | Hunting›Slave hunting
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conversation with oneself
"Red Leaves", 334 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Non-human›Attack
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Frogs | Animals›Snake
Aesthetics: Narrative›Epiphany
"Red Leaves", 335 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Slave hunting | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Obesity
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Slipper | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
"Shall Not Perish", 101 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Field | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Letter | Work›Farming
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
"Shall Not Perish", 109 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Consoling | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: War›Going to war
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Temporal projection
"Shingles for the Lord", 28 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Borrowing | Hunting›Fox hunting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deaf
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Construction tools
Aesthetics: Language›Grammatically incorrect | Narrative›Reported narration
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 58 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Identity, Personal›Soldier | Politics›Voting | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering passim
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Conflict
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 63 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip | Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shawl | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Southern woman | Region›Lost Cause
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Parasol | Objects›Surrey
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-Reflective
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 64 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Embarrasment | Interaction, Social›Gossip | Movement›Running away | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Reproduction
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Body›Hair
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Narrative›Self-Reflective
"Spotted Horses", 165 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Confused din
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Chaos/Order›Disorder
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›First-person vernacular passim
"Spotted Horses", 167 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Narrative›Communal narrative
"Spotted Horses", 174 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Pause
"That Evening Sun", 289 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Labor›Menial | Modernity | Race
Themes and Motifs: Community | Time›Past
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›First-person passim
"The Old People", 201 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Year›Fall | Weather›Rain
Actions: Hunting
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
"The Old People", 209 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Hunting›Blowing horn | Hunting›Teaching | Verbal›Honor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer
Relationships: Ancestral›Indian | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Aesthetics: Language›Indian | Narrative›Epiphany
"The Old People", 210 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Hunting›Tracking
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anti-climax
"The Tall Men", 48 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall
Actions: Moral›Corrupting
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
"The Tall Men", 58 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Nature | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Hall
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Amputation
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
"There Was a Queen", 727 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Interracial›Siblings
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
"There Was a Queen", 729 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›White trash | Clothes›Shoes | Food›Race | Mass Media›Magazines
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-correction
"There Was a Queen", 729 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Nature | Domestic Space›Garden | Olfactory›Flowers | Time of Year›June
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | Race›Etiquette
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Narrative›Parentheses
"There Was a Queen", 731 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Symbolism›Blood
"There Was a Queen", 733 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation | Emotional›Anger
Cultural Issues: Food›Race | Race›Race as a form of behavior
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Parentheses
"Tomorrow", 89 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
"Tomorrow", 89 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Fall
Cultural Issues: Law›Mistrial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-correction
"Tomorrow", 95 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Law›Hung jury
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›Heidelberg, Germany | Description›Character portrait | Narrative›Collaborative narration
"Tomorrow", 97 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sawmill | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Storytelling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration
"Tomorrow", 98 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Cleaning | Domestic›Cooking | Domestic›Milking | Domestic›Nursing | Domestic›Washing | Mental›Discovery | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Rural poverty
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Goat | Naming›False name | Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Collaborative narration
"Two Soldiers", 81 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Education | Health and Illness›Deaf | Mass Media›Radio | War›Aerial combat | War›World War II
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular passim
"Wash", 536 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Bad smell
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›White trash | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Objects›Scythe | Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
"Wash", 542 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Hero worship | Mental›Imagining
Cultural Issues: Religion›Apotheosis
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism | Objects›Scythe
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
"Wash", 544 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Overhearing
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
"Wash", 546 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Narrative›Anticipation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 100 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Movement›Surrey
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Appearance›Similarity | Body›Face | Community›Social life | Death›Burial | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Loom | Figures of Speech›Skull | Figures of Speech›Stone | Narrative›Self-Reflective
Absalom, Absalom!, 113 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Dream
Aesthetics: Narrative›Fantasy | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 115 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Fantasy | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 140 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Mystery | Recurring Tropes›Fixation | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Narrative›Delayed revelation
Absalom, Absalom!, 143 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Starvation | Emotional›Outrage | Verbal›Marriage proposal | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Class›Respectability | Class›White trash | Crime›Murder | History›Stealing Indian land | Region›Reconstruction | Slavery›Emancipation | War›Civil War | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Mausoleum | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Beelzebub | Allusion, Historical›Davis, Jefferson | Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Allusion, Literary›Faustus | Allusion, Mythical›Agamemnon | Allusion, Mythical›Cassandra | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Allusion, Mythical›Pyramus and Thisbe | Figures of Speech›Creditor | Figures of Speech›Jackal | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Scythe | Narrative›Summary | Tone›Shift
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!, 151 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Class›Dehumanization | Class›Status, low
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Death | Objects›Horsewhip
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Scythe | Narrative›Perspective
Absalom, Absalom!, 152 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Wind
Actions: Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues: Class
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Psychological›Peace | Supernatural›Eternity
Relationships: Friendship | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Narrative›Fantasy | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 168 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Clothes | Race›Colorism | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Allusion, Biblical›Gethsemane | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Indeterminacy | Symbolism›Christian | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 171 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Tombstone
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Narrative›Revision | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 175 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Buggy
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Mystery
Aesthetics: Narrative›Suspense
Absalom, Absalom!, 193 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Figures of Speech›Gambling imagery | Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 198 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Confederate uniform | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment
Absalom, Absalom!, 199 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 199 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Design
Relationships: Marital›Divorce
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 199 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Design | Story-telling
Relationships: Marital›Divorce
Aesthetics: Language›French | Narrative›Gaps
Absalom, Absalom!, 201 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Detachment | Emotional›Fear
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Revolt | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling | Time›Being in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Gaps
Absalom, Absalom!, 205 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Forgetting | Objects›Letter | Objects›Pipe
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
Absalom, Absalom!, 214 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery
Actions: Emotional›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Design | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Narrative›Irony
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!, 229 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Perceptual›Hearing | Verbal›Insulting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Similarity | Memory›Uncertain
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective
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!, 230 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Movement›Walking
Aesthetics: Narrative›Gaps
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
Absalom, Absalom!, 237 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Incest
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Revision
Absalom, Absalom!, 24 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Community | Meaning›Mystery
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 24 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 241 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 241 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 241 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Economy›Wealth | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 242 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Moral›Exploitation
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Coke upon Littleton | Allusion, Historical›Sabine people | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 243 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Emotional›Hate | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Psychological›Manipulation | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sabine people | Figures of Speech›Military analogy | Figures of Speech›Technological imagery | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 244 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Physical›Burning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Mourning | Ethnicity›Language barrier
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter
Aesthetics: Language | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 246 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Resignation
Cultural Issues: Education›College
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 247 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Uncertainty
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 247 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Fire | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 248 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Communication›Writing | Economic›Scheming | Mental›Calculation
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Incest
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 248 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Packing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 248 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Education
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›University of Mississippi | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 249 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women
Relationships: Marital›Abandonment
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 25 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Economy›Poverty
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 250 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Steamboat
Themes and Motifs: Meaning | Objects›Letter | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 251 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Character›Inherited traits | Meaning›Paternity
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College companions / classmates
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 251 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Moral›Exploitation
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 251 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Crime›Blackmail
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 252 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Blushing | Bodily›Drinking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›Male-male relationship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 253 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Values›Love
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Narrative›Communal narrative | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 253 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Hate | Mental›Thinking
Cultural Issues: Gender›Feminine man
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Character›Inherited traits | Recurring Tropes›Imitation | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College companions / classmates
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 255 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Thinking
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming | Recurring Tropes›Fairy-tale
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 255 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Silence | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 256 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 256 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Sensuality
Themes and Motifs: Art›Objet d'art | Recurring Tropes›Imitation
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Weaponry imagery | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 256 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 256 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Lancelot | Allusion, Literary›Romance | Narrative›Perspective
Absalom, Absalom!, 257 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Planning
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Fish | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 258 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Values›Love
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 258 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Incest
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Fertilise / Fertility imagery | Figures of Speech›Food and drink imagery | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 26 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Hat | Crime›Waistcoat | Slavery›Forced migration
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Money›Gold | Money›Loot
Aesthetics: Narrative›Revision
Absalom, Absalom!, 261 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 262 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Horse
Relationships: Familial | Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 262 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Confederate uniform | Clothes›Dress | Cultural Identity›Lost Cause
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mockingbird | Community›Decoration Day | Home›Homecoming | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Objects›Medal | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 262 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Year›June
Actions: Physical›Dancing
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Premarital
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mockingbird | Art›Music | Home›Belonging | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 263 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Thinking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana | Allusion, Geographical›St. Louis | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 263 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 263 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Rumor
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 263 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Thinking
Themes and Motifs: Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Perspective | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 264 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Kissing | Emotional›Surprise
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 264 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Realization
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 264 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Longing | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Horse | Movement›Steamboat | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 265 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›September
Actions: Communication›Lack of communication
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 265 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Mental›Thinking | Mental›Uncertainty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 266 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 266 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 266 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Disappointment | Mental›Thinking
Themes and Motifs: Values›Love
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Perspective | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 266 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Physical›Touching
Themes and Motifs: Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 266 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Saddle
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 267 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Interaction, Social›Celebration | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Big house vs quarters
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Home›Estranged | Story-telling›Collaborative
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 267 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Movement›Steamboat
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Home›Estranged | Story-telling›Collaborative
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 267 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 268 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Drawing room
Actions: Bodily›Laughing
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Body›Skin | Character›Naivety | Home›Homecoming | Story-telling›Collaborative | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 268 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Interracial
Aesthetics: Interpretation | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 268 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Suppression / trying not to think
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College companions / classmates
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 268 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 268 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Believing
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Race›Miscegenation | War
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Imitation
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Interracial | Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 269 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Mental›Calculation | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Economy›Ledger | Gender›Chivalry | Violence›Dueling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun | Psychological›Manipulation | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Values›Honor
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 269 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Mental›Discovery
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 269 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Scheming | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 269 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 271 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Verbal›Interruption
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Convalescence | Slavery›Miscegenation | War›Civil War | War›Wound
Themes and Motifs: Death›Murder | Money›As motive | Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial›Interracial | Familial›Mother-son | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Corinth, Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Mexico | Allusion, Geographical›Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Revision
Absalom, Absalom!, 271 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery
Themes and Motifs: Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 271 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Incest
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 272 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Demanding
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Incest
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 272 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Mental›Disorientation
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Sex
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Interracial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 272 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Uncertainty | Military›Enlistment | Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Incest | War›Going to war
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 273 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative anomaly
Absalom, Absalom!, 273 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Steamboat
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Incest | War›Going to war
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 273 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory
Actions: Verbal›Interruption
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
Absalom, Absalom!, 274 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anguish | Military›Marching | Military›Promotion | Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Incest
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Shiloh | Figures of Speech›Military analogy | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 275 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Interruption
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Wound
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Revision | Narrative›Unreliable narrator
Absalom, Absalom!, 275 (Event)
Actions: Military›Rescue
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Wound
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Revision
Absalom, Absalom!, 276 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Longing | Mental›Thinking | Mental›Uncertainty | Military›Retreat
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Alabama | Allusion, Geographical›Georgia | Allusion, Geographical›Richmond, Virginia | Allusion, Geographical›South Carolina | Allusion, Historical›Johnston, Joseph E. | Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 277 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Military›Retreat
Cultural Issues: Religion›Damnation | Sexuality›Incest | War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Illusion
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Duke John of Lorraine | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 278 (Event)
Actions: Military›Marching | Military›Retreat
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Richmond, Virginia | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 278 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Lack of communication | Emotional›Longing
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Character›Inherited traits
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 278 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Military›Retreat
Cultural Issues: Religion›God | War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 279 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Messenger
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 279 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Terror | Verbal›Warning | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Race
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Mausoleum | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Story-telling›Retelling | Supernatural›Haunted house
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative shift
Absalom, Absalom!, 286 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Horse | Violent›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Gaps
Absalom, Absalom!, 286 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Hearing | Physical›Carrying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›Marriage
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 289 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 29 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 291 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Religion›Apotheosis | Religion›God
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Faith
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective
Absalom, Absalom!, 296 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Narrative›Gaps
Absalom, Absalom!, 3 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Auditory›Haunting | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Mourning | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wisteria | Past›Past in present | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Voice | Figures of Speech›Water | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Metafictional | Narrative›Indeterminacy | Style›Long sentence
Absalom, Absalom!, 301 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Verbal›Howling | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Death | Psychological›Trauma | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 34 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Objects›Basket | Objects›Portmanteau | Objects›Tarpaulin
Relationships: Civic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Narrative›Anti-climax
Absalom, Absalom!, 40 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Class›Ambition
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Past
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 40 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Parentheses
Absalom, Absalom!, 40 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Class›Ambition
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Meaning›Mystery | Past
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Seed | Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 55 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Trousseau
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Narrative›Summary
Absalom, Absalom!, 63 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Health and Illness›Obesity
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 64 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Legal›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Death | Objects›Bible
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 67 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Renounce
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Doom
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Moth | Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity | Group Mentality›Community collective | Health and Illness›Fever | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Chaos/Order›Creation | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Disease | Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chivalry | History›Civil War as point of reference | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Past | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Skeleton | Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 71 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Discovering
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 73 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Objects›Photograph
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 77 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Love | Violent›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Futility | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Friendship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 79 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Murder
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
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!, 97 (Event)
Actions: Military›Enlistment | Movement›Hiding | Movement›Horse | Physical›Dancing
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Group Mentality›Community collective | War›Going to war
Themes and Motifs: Art›Music
Relationships: Friendship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Priapus | Figures of Speech›Sacrifice | Narrative›Conjectural narration
As I Lay Dying, 169 (Event)
Environment: Public›School
Actions: Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Longing
Themes and Motifs: Character›Violent | Death›And inheritance | Death›Anticipation of death | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative anomaly | Symbolism›Blood
As I Lay Dying, 176 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Praying | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Salvation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
As I Lay Dying, 181 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay
Actions: Domestic›Care | Emotional›Gratitude
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Narrative shift | Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 213 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Paternity
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition | Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 214 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Listening
Cultural Issues: Religion›Consolation
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Psychological›Madness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
As I Lay Dying, 226 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Mass Media›Telephone | Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Death›Burial | Death›Respect | Philosophical›Reduction / summing up | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
As I Lay Dying, 237 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anti-climax
As I Lay Dying, 237 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Self-doubt | Mental›Discovery | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental illness | Violence›Ambush
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Capture as loss | Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Delayed revelation
As I Lay Dying, 259 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Transactional
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
As I Lay Dying, 3 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Sawing | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Time of Year›July
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming life
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Life as repetition
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration | Narrative›First-person passim | Style›Cubism
As I Lay Dying, 40 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom | Time of Day›Sunset
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Obesity
Themes and Motifs: Death
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Temporal projection
As I Lay Dying, 49 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Rain
Actions: Verbal›Calling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Accident
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Figures of Speech›Flood imagery | Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 51 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Consoling | Verbal›Wishing
Themes and Motifs: Body›Pregnancy
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Temporal projection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Flags in the Dust, 169 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Monologue
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Taste | Mass Media›Magazines | War›Peace
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Character›Duty | Naming›Nickname | 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, 172 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Grave
Actions: Mental›Dreaming
Cultural Issues: Age›Baby | Age›Childhood | Gender›Maternal impulse
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Free indirect discourse
Flags in the Dust, 187 (Event)
Actions: Play›Tennis
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Experience
Themes and Motifs: Art›Poetry
Aesthetics: Language›Archaic | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Flags in the Dust, 20 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Remembering | Military›Escape | Movement›Limping | Verbal›Shouting | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Boots | Slavery›Loyalty | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Gun | Objects›Pipe
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Reported narration
Flags in the Dust, 211 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Mental›Nightmare | Movement›Tractor | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: War›Return from war | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Free indirect discourse
Flags in the Dust, 219 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Free indirect discourse
Flags in the Dust, 220 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injury | War›Wound
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Flags in the Dust, 220 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›World War I | War›Wound
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Flags in the Dust, 256 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Coldness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | 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, 33 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Movement›Carriage | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Eloquence
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Boots | Health and Illness›Deaf | 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, 333 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Guilt
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Flags in the Dust, 343 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Oppressive | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Shaking | Emotional›Despair
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Insomnia | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Suicide | Objects›Shotgun
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Flags in the Dust, 373 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Sending mail
Aesthetics: Language›Archaic | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Flags in the Dust, 375 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Work song
Aesthetics: Language›Archaic | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Flags in the Dust, 377 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Progress›Consumerism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money
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, 70 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Horse | Movement›Hot-air balloon
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shabby | Health and Illness›Poisoning
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Character›Violent
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Free indirect discourse
Go Down, Moses, 19 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 36 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 42 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 72 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian mound
Actions: Emotional›Impatience
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Suspense
Go Down, Moses, 81 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 81 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Hunting›Tracking
Cultural Issues: Race›Race as a form of behavior
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Intruder in the Dust, 11 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Time›Anticipation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
Intruder in the Dust, 11 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Realization
Themes and Motifs: Time›Anticipation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
Intruder in the Dust, 25 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Relief | Emotional›Shame
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Narrative›Imagined conversation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Intruder in the Dust, 48 (Event)
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›Communal narrative
Intruder in the Dust, 56 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Relief
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative shift | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Requiem for a Nun, 110 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Revisionary
Requiem for a Nun, 112 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Smoking
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
Requiem for a Nun, 117 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Voyeurism
Aesthetics: Narrative›Contested
Requiem for a Nun, 122 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Education›Virginia
Themes and Motifs: Character›Vanity
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hollywood | Narrative›Contested
Requiem for a Nun, 123 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Contested
Requiem for a Nun, 126 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Contested | Narrative›Theatrical effect | Symbolism›Created by characters
Requiem for a Nun, 130 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety
Cultural Issues: Religion›Relationship with God
Themes and Motifs: Body›Pregnancy
Relationships: Marital›As atonement
Aesthetics: Narrative›Theatrical effect
Requiem for a Nun, 132 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Crime›Blackmail
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive
Relationships: Romantic›Sexual
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Narrative›Theatrical effect
Requiem for a Nun, 136 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Aesthetics: Narrative›Theatrical effect
Requiem for a Nun, 136 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Command
Aesthetics: Narrative›Theatrical effect
Requiem for a Nun, 153 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Kneeling
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Theatrical effect
Requiem for a Nun, 156 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Handkerchief
Aesthetics: Narrative›Pause
Requiem for a Nun, 164 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Narrative›Origin
Requiem for a Nun, 17 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money | Religion›Social welfare as substitute
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Requiem for a Nun, 183 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Progress›Ironies of
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Requiem for a Nun, 184 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Mule
Cultural Issues: War›Return from war
Relationships: Marital›Wedding
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Requiem for a Nun, 203 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Values›Imagination
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Emperor Maximilian | Allusion, Historical›Lind, Jenny | Allusion, Historical›Mark Twain | Allusion, Historical›Mistinguett | Allusion, Mythical›Erinys | Narrative›Alternative story | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Requiem for a Nun, 22 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Moral›Scheming
Aesthetics: Narrative›Withholding
Requiem for a Nun, 24 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier to civilization
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Requiem for a Nun, 32 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Requiem for a Nun, 32 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment
Requiem for a Nun, 36 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Education›Female education | Progress›Building structure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Requiem for a Nun, 38 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Values›Durability
Aesthetics: Narrative›Present-time reference
Requiem for a Nun, 38 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Unseen voice | Public›Court
Actions: Legal›Pronouncing sentence
Cultural Issues: Law›Trial
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order | Death›Death sentence | Death›Murder
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Theatrical effect | Symbolism›Theatrical
Requiem for a Nun, 4 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Civic boosterism | Progress›Ironies of
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Promotional
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Napoleon | Narrative›Chronological enjambment
Requiem for a Nun, 5 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Indeterminacy
Requiem for a Nun, 86 (Event)
Actions: Military›Destruction of enemy property
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction | War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Texts›Civic records | Texts›Military reports
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Requiem for a Nun, 9 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Swearing | Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Sanctuary, 3 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Perceptual›Voyeurism
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal discontinuity
The Reivers , 10 (Event)
Environment: Place›Livery stable | Place›Pond
Actions: Emotional›Sulking | Interaction, Private›Courting | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Reconstructed
The Reivers , 10 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Time›Continuity
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 106 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Politics›Conservative | Politics›Democrat | Politics›Liberal | Politics›Republican
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Temporal projection
The Reivers , 106 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Olfactory›Food | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Hysteria | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Banishment | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Insulting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Beer | Alcohol›Gin | Alcohol›Race | Crime›Bribe
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Gamecock | Animals›Horses | Animals›Race horse | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 114 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Economic›Trading | Movement›Hurrying | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Car | Objects›Gold tooth
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 116 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 118 (Event)
Environment: Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules
Relationships: Familial›Interracial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 118 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cats | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Animals›Rat
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 121 (Event)
Environment: Place›Grave | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation
Actions: Physical›Race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 121 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Backyard | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Crime›Theft
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 13 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Public›Alley | Time of Year›May
Actions: Violent›Shooting
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›All caps | Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia
The Reivers , 130 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed | Tone›Overwrought
The Reivers , 14 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Law›Sheriff
Themes and Motifs: Time›Continuity
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 14 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Legal›Bonding | Verbal›Insulting
Cultural Issues: Law›Informal arrangement | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Law
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 14 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Jumping | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical | Violence›Shooting
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 141 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Murmur | Olfactory›Urine | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Worry | Movement›Train | Physical›Loading
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Agriculture›Husbandry | Progress›Infrastructure | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses | Tone›Overwrought | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 151 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Attic | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Emotional›Homesickness | Perceptual›Voyeurism
Cultural Issues: Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 154 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Emotional›Indignation | Emotional›Respect | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Stabbing
Cultural Issues: Labor›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›knife
Aesthetics: Language›French | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 16 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Economy›Wages
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
The Reivers , 162 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Moral›Scheming | Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 163 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Actions: Economic›Offering to buy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lytle, Horace | Allusion, Mythical›Damocles sword | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 165 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Education›Informal | Religion›Baptist | Religion›Catholicism | Religion›Islam
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Americans for Democratic Action | Allusion, Historical›Goldwater, Barry | Allusion, Historical›Roosevelt, Eleanor | Allusion, Historical›White Citizens' Council | Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 168 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Insulting | Violent›Intimidation | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Law›Sheriff | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Law
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Hand grip
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 17 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Class›Elite | Race›Genealogy | Race›Mixed race
Relationships: Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 170 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Alcohol | Olfactory›Sweat
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Homesickness | 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 , 18 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name | Time›Continuity
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 18 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps | Place›River-bottom | Time of Year›Hunting season
Actions: Movement›Buggy | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Law›Property