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"A Name for the City", 204 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Government›Right of secession
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
"Ambuscade", 16 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Impermanence
"Appendix: Compson", 341 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Easter
Actions: Physical›Escaping
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Money›Stolen
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away | Symbolism›Christian
"Beyond", 791 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Contempt | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Grief | Physical›Waiting | Physical›Walking | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Meaning›Absurdity | Objects›Briefcase | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Photograph | Philosophical›Existentialism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Ingersoll, Robert G. | Language›Latin phrase | Symbolism›Christian | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Delta Autumn", 273 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Values›Good conduct
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Symbolism›Blood
"Delta Autumn", 274 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Restlessness | Perceptual›Misreading
Cultural Issues: Race›Shadow of Negro
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Shadows
"Elly", 208 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda
Actions: Interaction, Private›Sexual
Cultural Issues: Gender›Flapper | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Shadows
"Elly", 210 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda
Actions: Interaction, Private›Courting
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Predatory
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Shadows
"Elly", 210 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Recoiling
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness | Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Psychological›Disembodiment
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Christian
"Elly", 220 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom
Actions: Emotional›Seduction | Violent›Domestic violence | Violent›Intent to kill
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Cleansing power of water
"Go Down, Moses", 263 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Olfactory›Old woman smell | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Biblical analogy | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation | Slavery›Music
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Eyes | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Historical›Roman senator | Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Language›Call and response | Narrative›Quotation as thought | Symbolism›Shared humanity | Typography/Orthography›Square brackets
"Knight's Gambit", 216 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Labor›Translation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses | Symbolism›Shadows
"Lion", 194 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Rain
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Injury | Hunting›Waiting | Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 375 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Work›Painting|Drawing
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Freudian
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 377 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Heartbeat | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Metaphorical elephant | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Home›Home as prison | Objects›Shotgun | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Marital›Separated
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Shadows
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 378 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Values›Faithfulness
Relationships: Marital›Separated
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 379 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Perceptual›Professional surveillance
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Texts›Letters
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Freudian
"Pantaloon in Black", 240 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Marital›Loving | Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire
"Pantaloon in Black", 240 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire
"Pantaloon in Black", 243 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Restlessness
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Shadows
"Race at Morning", 301 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Shooting | Hunting›Tracking
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Competition | War›As metaphor
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
"Race at Morning", 304 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Misreading
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Point-of-view
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
"The Bear", 290 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Age›Rite of passage | Hunting and Fishing›Ritual
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Recurring Tropes›Killing first deer/marked with blood
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Symbolism›Blood
"The Old People", 201 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Running | Emotional›Anxiety | Hunting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | Ritual›Initiation | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Story-telling
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
"The Unvanquished", 92 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Spring
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Impermanence | Tone›Humorous
"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
Absalom, Absalom!, 102 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Absurdity | Objects›Letter | Objects›Stove polish
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Figures of Speech›Scarecrow | Symbolism›Christian | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 12 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Refusal | Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Economy›Poverty | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›War | Prejudice›Racism | Region›The South | War›Civil War consequences | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Death›Of parent | Morals›Injustice | Objects›Sword | Values›Courage | Values›Family honor | Values›Honor | Values›Valor
Relationships: Familial›Exigent circumstances | Familial›Orphan | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Language›Anaphora | Language›Biblical | Narrative›Argument | Narrative›Repetition | Style›List | Style›Long sentence | Symbolism›Fire | Tone›Apocalyptic | Tone›Ironic | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Absalom, Absalom!, 145 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Hammer | Objects›Scythe
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Symbolism›Roman
Absalom, Absalom!, 148 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Scythe
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing | Symbolism›Time
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!, 15 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Stillness | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Domestic Space | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Mental›Contemplation | Mental›Dreaming | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Observing | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Art›Music | Meaning›Aesthetic experience | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Story-telling›Explaining | Texts | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Series of events experienced as long duration
Relationships: Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Ambiguity | Description›Color yellow | Interpretation›Explanatory passage | Metafictional | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Self-Reflective | Symbolism›Time
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!, 201 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cruelty | Emotional›Fear | Violent›Vengeance
Cultural Issues: Slavery | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Character›Greed | Character›Innocence | Recurring Tropes›Doom
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
Absalom, Absalom!, 203 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race | Religion›Voodoo | Slavery›Revolt
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
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!, 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!, 4 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Thunder | Olfactory›Sulfur
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Riding | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Clearing land | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Sitting | Work›Architect | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Labor›Racialized | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Racial consciousness | Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Art›Painting | Body›Hair | Body›Hand / Palm | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Objects›Ax | Objects›Shovel | Recurring Tropes›Paradox
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Description›Character portrait | Description›Stage direction | Description›Tableau | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›Chains | Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Thunderclap | Metafictional›Painting | Recurring Episodes›Architect captured | Recurring Episodes›Sutpen's arrival | Style›Long sentence | Symbolism›Hamsa | Tone›Overwrought
Absalom, Absalom!, 4 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Garden | Natural›Dirt / Earth | Place›Plantation
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Visualize | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Building | Physical›Clearing land | Physical›Dragging | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: History›Plantation culture | Progress›Clearing the land | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor | Violence
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order | Chaos/Order›Creation | Chaos/Order›Order | Naming›Place name | Objects›Cards | Objects›Table | Past›As explanatory | Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Design
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis | Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament | Description›Landscape | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Personification | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Language›Grandiloquence | Style›Long sentence | Style›Neologism | Style›Numerous adjectives | Symbolism›Hamsa | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 6 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Note | Communication›Writing | Mental›Deciding | Mental›Realization | Mental›Reinterpretation | Mental›Speculation | Mental›Thinking | Mental›Understanding | Perceptual›Ambiguity | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War | History›Civil War consequences | Region›Lost Cause | Region›The South | Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Godhead | Religion›Providence | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Military defeat | Absence/Loss›War | Inheritance›Traits | Meaning›Paternity | Memory›Haunted by past | Past›As explanatory | Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Old insult (abiding affront) | Story-telling›Audience response | Story-telling›Explaining | Texts›Note | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Intergenerational›Obligation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Divine intervention | Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Water | Language›Biblical | Narrative›Self-correction | Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 66 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house
Actions: Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Appearance›Cosmetics | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Death›Deathbed | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Supernatural›Place
Relationships: Familial›Sister-sister
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people | Figures of Speech›Butterfly | Figures of Speech›Moth | Symbolism›Blood
Absalom, Absalom!, 68 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Defining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Southern woman
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Chamber pot | Objects›Parasol | Objects›Trunk
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Vampire | Narrative›Irony | Symbolism›Blood
Absalom, Absalom!, 82 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Supernatural›Phantom
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow | Symbolism›Blood
As I Lay Dying, 169 (Event)
Environment: Public›School
Actions: Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Longing | Violent›Whipping
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, 171 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Pregnancy | Communication›Without words | Emotional›Cynicism | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Female | Violence›Language
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Absence/Loss›Substitute | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Philosophical›Nihilism
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Symbolism›Blood
As I Lay Dying, 175 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Breastfeeding | Domestic›Cleaning
Themes and Motifs: Death›Preparing for death | Meaning›Interpretation of symbol | Meaning›Maternity | Meaning›Meaninglessness
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
As I Lay Dying, 84 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Fish | Death›Response to
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Symbolism
As I Lay Dying, 92 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Care | Domestic›Child care | Hunting›Fishing | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Religion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Fish
Relationships: Familial›Childlessness | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Flags in the Dust, 7 (Event)
Environment: Place›Farm | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Movement›Carriage | Movement›Sneaking | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Nationality›Foreigners | War›World War I | War›Wound
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Psychological›Trauma
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Symbolism›Shadows
Go Down, Moses, 100 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Rage
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Genealogy | Familial›Patriarch
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
Go Down, Moses, 105 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Law›Inheritance refusal
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 106 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth
Actions: Hunting›Hounds
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Gender›Masculinity | Race›Stereotype: smell
Themes and Motifs: Death›In childbirth
Relationships: Familial›Genealogy | Friendship›Childhood friends | Interracial›Mammy-child
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Fire
Go Down, Moses, 110 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Gender›Masculinity | Government›Usurpation | Race›Etiquette | Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Genealogy | Friendship›Childhood friends
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
Go Down, Moses, 111 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Gender›Masculinity | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Childhood friends
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
Go Down, Moses, 114 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Money›Expenses
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Marital›Divorce
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Fire
Go Down, Moses, 114 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Patriarch
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 125 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure | Objects›Metal detector
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›Mammy-child | Marital
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical | Symbolism›Fire
Go Down, Moses, 132 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Marital›Loving | Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire
Go Down, Moses, 132 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire
Go Down, Moses, 135 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Restlessness
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Shadows
Go Down, Moses, 15 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Horse | Physical›Evasion | Physical›Pursuit | Play›Betting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chivalry | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Past›Old days
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Go Down, Moses, 158 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Betrayal
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Slavery›Biblical curse | Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness
Relationships: Familial›Cousin
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Ham | Narrative›Perspective | Symbolism›Blood | Symbolism›Cage
Go Down, Moses, 161 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Labor›Racialized | Slavery›Metaphorical
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
Go Down, Moses, 169 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
Go Down, Moses, 169 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Age›Rite of passage
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
Go Down, Moses, 198 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Age›Rite of passage | Hunting and Fishing›Ritual
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Killing first deer/marked with blood
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Symbolism›Blood
Go Down, Moses, 235 (Event)
Environment: Place›Grave
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Eulogy | Death›Funeral
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Fire
Go Down, Moses, 245 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Indian Removal | Slavery›Curse
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal | Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
Go Down, Moses, 279 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Accounting | Economic›Share-cropping|Tenantry
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Ownership | Slavery›Southern curse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
Go Down, Moses, 333 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Hunting›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Age›Rite of passage | History›Civil War as point of reference | Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Memory›Remembering | Past›Grander than present | Recurring Tropes›Killing first deer/marked with blood | Values›Good conduct
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Recurring Episodes›De Spain creates camp | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 335 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Restlessness | Perceptual›Misreading
Cultural Issues: Race›Shadow of Negro
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Diction›Double entendre | Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery | Symbolism›Shadows
Go Down, Moses, 361 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Hearth | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Symbolism›Shared humanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 46 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Jealousy | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Race›Black family working for white | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Racial identity
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›Mammy-child | Marital›Jealousy
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Fire
Go Down, Moses, 46 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Interracial›Mammy-child
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Fire
Go Down, Moses, 47 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Mental›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Fire
Go Down, Moses, 47 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Bodily›Breathing | Emotional›Jealousy | Mental›Planning | Mental›Remembering | Violent›Intent to kill
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Marital›Jealousy
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Fire | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 48 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Breastfeeding | Emotional›Rage | Mental›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Interracial›Mammy-child | Marital›Jealousy
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Fire | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 50 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Mental›Remembering | Violent›Intent to kill
Cultural Issues: Economy›Savings | Gender›Masculinity | Race›Equal rights | Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance | Objects›Razor
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Fire
Go Down, Moses, 54 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Violent›Intent to kill
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Inheritance›Traits | Objects›Pistol | Objects›Razor
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Competitive
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 56 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Domestic›Cooking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›Mammy-child
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 57 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Domestic›Child care
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And race | Clothes›Shoes | Gender›Masculinity | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Stereotype black women's sexual promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Marital›Jealousy
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Fire | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 69 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Thinking
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Requiem for a Nun, 10 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Government›National authority
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Interpretation of symbol | Objects›Padlock
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Requiem for a Nun, 126 (Event)
Environment: Place›Official office
Actions: Verbal›Interruption
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Contested | Narrative›Theatrical effect | Symbolism›Created by characters | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Requiem for a Nun, 32 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Building
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Requiem for a Nun, 38 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Unseen voice | Public›Court | Public›Courtroom | Time of Day›Five o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›November
Actions: Legal›Pronouncing sentence | Verbal›Announcing | Verbal›Praying
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, 89 (Event)
Environment: Place›Official office | Time of Day›Two o'clock a.m. | Time of Year›March
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And class | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Fur coat / suit | Clothes›Glove | Clothes›Handbag | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit
Themes and Motifs: Naming›And caste | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Cigarette lighter | Objects›Furniture | Past›As explanatory
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Theatrical effect | Symbolism›Theatrical | Tone›Sarcastic
Sanctuary, 135 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Verbal›Revealing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Christian | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 223 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Hallucinated
Actions: Mental›Hallucinating
Cultural Issues: Violence›Imagined
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Sexual symbol
Sanctuary, 3 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Cars passing | Natural›Creek bottom | Natural›Spring | Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Four o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›May
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Smoking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat, straw | Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Suit
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder | Objects›Books
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Symbolism›Reflection
Sanctuary, 84 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Reflection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Hamlet, 238 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›January
Actions: Economic›Borrowing
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Money›Lacking | Psychological›Motivation
Relationships: Marital›Marriage vs freedom | Marital›Wedding
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
The Mansion, 170 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Selling
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Class›Social mobility
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
The Mansion, 292 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Military | Religion›Preacher / Minister | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging | War›World War II
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Pacific islands | Allusion, Geographical›Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | Symbolism›Christian | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 444 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Law›Chain gang | Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Train | Philosophical›Freedom
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
The Sound and the Fury, 102 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Reassurance | Emotional›Shame | Emotional›Worry | Interaction, Private›Courting | Moral›Deception | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Salt lick | Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Death | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Values›Honor | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 104 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Frustration
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Supernatural›Eternity | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Running out
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Angel | Figures of Speech›Gull | Figures of Speech›Invisible wire | Symbolism›Christian
The Sound and the Fury, 107 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Fireplace|Mantel
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Bribing | Economic›Gifting | Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Economic›Lending Money | Economic›Offering to buy | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Hurting | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Interaction, Social›Shaking hands | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Learning | Moral›Cheating | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Physical›Intrusion | Physical›Travel | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Flattery | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Revealing | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Education›College or school traditions | Education›Harvard | Education›Life after graduation | Education›School year | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Widow | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper comics / funny paper | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Premarital | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Character›Bookishness | Character›Honesty | Character›Integrity | Memory›Remembering | Money›As motive | Money›Bill | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigar | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Values›Devotion | Values›Honor | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Fiance | Sexual›Extramarital | Social›Adversarial | Social›Fellow alumni of a college or university
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›Havana, Cuba | Allusion, Literary›Galahad | Diction›Double entendre | Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech›Parrot | Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 112 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Body of water | Natural›Cavern / Grotto | Natural›Sea / Ocean
Actions: Bodily›Healing
Cultural Issues: Progress›Smoke stack | Religion›Resurrection
Themes and Motifs: Death›Bones | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Objects›Flat-iron | Psychological›Peace | Time›Awareness of time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Judgment Day | Allusion, Literary›Coleridge, Samuel | Allusion, Literary›Dickinson, Emily | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Kubla Khan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Literary›The Tempest | Symbolism›Sexual symbol
The Sound and the Fury, 115 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Water | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Lichen / fungi | Natural›River | Natural›Rocks / stones | Natural›Sky | Public›Bridge
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Sensing
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Return to present time
Aesthetics: Description›Color gray | Figures of Speech›Stone | Symbolism›Reflection
The Sound and the Fury, 116 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Body of water | Natural›Leaf / leaves | Natural›River | Public›Bridge
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Religion›Resurrection
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fish | Animals›Insects mayflies | Appearance›Depth / deepness | Appearance›Surface | Body›Eyes | Death›Afterlife | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Bones | Death›Compared to sleep | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Objects›Flat-iron | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Judgment Day | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Allusion, Mythical›Narcissus | Figures of Speech›Arrow | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Simile | Symbolism›Christian
The Sound and the Fury, 128 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Full moon | Atmospheric›Harvest moon | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Otherworldly›Moon / Lunar | Time of Year›Lunar month / cycle
Actions: Emotional›Attraction | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Lust | Interaction, Social›Concealment
Cultural Issues: Gender›Body | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Menstruation / menstrual cycle | Gender›Women as gentler sex / delicate | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Sexuality›Birth control | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Disgust with sex | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Sensuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Body›Foot / Feet | Body›Hips | Body›Pregnancy | Body›Thighs | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Recurring Tropes›Father said
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Color yellow | Diction›Double entendre | Figures of Speech›Periodical filth | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Water | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype
The Sound and the Fury, 136 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Barn | Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Hogwallow | Natural›Mud | Olfactory›Animal / stable | Olfactory›Hog / pig pen | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Physical›Jumping | Physical›Rolling / wallowing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Shirt | Gender›Dirty girl | Health and Illness›Pneumonia | Sexuality›Learning about
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Hair | Body›Waist
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic | Sexual
Aesthetics: Description›Color yellow | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 137 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Domestic Space›Hogwallow | Natural›Mud | Olfactory›Hog / pig pen | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Sweetness | Perceptual›Tasting | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Touching | Physical›Turning away | Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Sensuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Face | Body›Fingers | Body›Legs | Body›Lips | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Freudian | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 138 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Wetness | Natural›Grass | Natural›Mud | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Feeling pain | Bodily›Panting | Domestic›Washing | Emotional›Caring | Violent›Scratching
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Blood | Body›Forehead
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Description›Color pink | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 149 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Light | Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Heartbeat | Auditory›Insect sounds | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Creek | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›Sand | Natural›Sky | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Rain | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Heart beating | Bodily›Panting | Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Lying | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Starting over | Physical›Touching | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Skirt | Clothes›Wet clothes | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Sensuality | Sexuality›Sex and death | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Insects crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Hips | Body›Knee | Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Objects›Fence | Objects›Willow tree | Objects›knife | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Romantic›Sexual | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Description›Color gray | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Island of silence | Figures of Speech›Mirror | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Language›no no | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Cleansing power of water | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 152 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Death›Murder | Death›Suicide | Objects›knife
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 152 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Oversweet organic
Actions: Emotional›Fear
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Sensuality
Themes and Motifs: Body›Breast | Death›Murder | Death›Suicide
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Description›Color gray | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 169 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Smelling water | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Physical›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Insomnia
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Shadows
The Sound and the Fury, 171 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Auditory›Clock ticking
Actions: Communication›Letter
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Objects›Gasoline | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Watch
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Diction›Racist term | Symbolism›Blood
The Sound and the Fury, 176 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Natural›Cedar trees | Natural›Sea / Ocean | Olfactory›Perfume smell
Actions: Bodily›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Sexuality›Disgust with sex
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Pigs | Supernatural›Eternity | Time›Awareness of time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Clean flame | Symbolism›Blood
The Sound and the Fury, 293 (Event)
Environment: Place›Church
Actions: Verbal›Code-switching / Change in dialect | Verbal›Preaching
Cultural Issues: Religion›African American | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Religion›Sermon
Themes and Motifs: Body›Voice | Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Symbolism›Blood
The Sound and the Fury, 296 (Event)
Environment: Place›Church
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Mental›Realization | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Religion›African American | Religion›Church service | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Religion›Resurrection | Religion›Sermon | Ritual›Easter
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Salvation | Philosophical›Suffering
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Bible verse on children | Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Allusion, Biblical›Mary | Allusion, Biblical›New Testament Book of Revelation | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Epiphany | Symbolism›Blood | Symbolism›Christian
The Sound and the Fury, 34 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Atmospheric›Night | Auditory›Howling | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Pasture | Domestic Space›Servants' home | Natural›Creek | Olfactory›Smelling death | Place›Ditch | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Dressing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Pigs | Death›Bones | Death›Response to
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Narrative›Unreliable narrator | Symbolism›Shadows
The Sound and the Fury, 37 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Snake | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Christian
The Sound and the Fury, 38 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Parlor | Natural›Dew | Natural›Grass | Natural›Trees
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Measles
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Death›Wake | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype
The Sound and the Fury, 38 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Tree / leaves | Domestic Space›Parlor | Natural›Trees
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Climbing tree
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Symbolism›Archetype
The Sound and the Fury, 4 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Fence | Objects›Nail
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow | Symbolism›Shadows
The Sound and the Fury, 45 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Sitting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fireflies | Animals›Lightning bugs | Character›Independence | Character›Innocence | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Objects›Furniture | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Values›Courage
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype
The Sound and the Fury, 46 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Natural›Grass | Natural›Trees
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Bodily›Hiding | Physical›Searching
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Shadows
The Sound and the Fury, 48 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Atmospheric›Wind | Domestic Space›Backyard | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Weed | Public›Golf course | Weather›Sun | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Private›Courting | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Spying | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Searching | Play›Sports Golf | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Age | Clothes›Tie | Entertainment›Magic trick | Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Deafness | Health and Illness›Mute | Ritual›Birthday | Sexuality›Birth control | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Body›Hair | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Mouth | Futility | Money›Lost | Objects›Condom | Objects›Fence | Objects›Fire | Objects›Flag | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Golf ball | Objects›Jimson weed | Objects›Poison | Objects›Swing | Objects›Windows | Psychological›Learning disability | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Symbolism›Christian | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 53 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Domestic Space›Garden | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Weed | Public›Golf course
Actions: Economic›Offering to sell | Economic›Taking without paying | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Misunderstanding | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Play›Sports Golf | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lost | Objects›Fence | Objects›Flag | Objects›Golf ball | Objects›Jimson weed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Shadows | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 54 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Trees
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Cruelty | Emotional›Crying | Mental›Misunderstanding | Play | Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental limitations
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bottle | Objects›Flowers | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow | Symbolism›Shadows
The Sound and the Fury, 62 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Library | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Olfactory›Rain
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Carrying | Play›Children playing | Verbal›Complaining | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Class consciousness | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Nickname | Naming›Renaming | Objects›Chair | Objects›Cushion | Objects›Dolls | Objects›Fire | Objects›Mirror | Objects›Scissors | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Narrative›Unreliable narrator | Symbolism›Reflection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 77 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Confession | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Objects›Flowers Dogwood | Objects›Flowers Milkweed | Objects›Flowers Roses | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Narrative›Imagined conversation | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 77 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Flowers
Actions: Communication›Marriage announcement | Movement›Running | Verbal›Announcing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Flowers Roses | Objects›Mirror | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Caddy's wedding | Symbolism›Reflection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 86 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street
Actions: Mental›Self-consciousness | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Streetcar | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat, derby | Clothes›Shoes | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Mass Media›Newspaper | Race›Colored people as acceptable terminology | Race›Race as a form of behavior | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Racial identity | Region›North | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Objects›Cigar
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Self-Reflective | Symbolism›Reflection
The Sound and the Fury, 92 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Theatricality | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Khaki | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Silk | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Memory›Remembering | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Description›Color blue | Description›Color bronze | Description›Color brown | Diction›Misogynistic wording | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 96 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Public›Sidewalk
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Touching | Physical›Trampling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat
Themes and Motifs: Body›Heels | Death›Bones | Objects›Watch | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Return to present time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Symbolism›Shadows
The Town, 208 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store | Public›Store window | Time of Year›May
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Social›Shopping | Verbal›Planning
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Education›Graduation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Objects›Suitcase | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Twins
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Narrative shift | Symbolism›Reflection | Typography/Orthography›Handwriting
The Town, 266 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Emotional›Frustration | Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Killing of animals | Violent›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice | Objects›Fire
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses | Symbolism›Fire
The Town, 280 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Worry | Interaction, Social›Civic dispute
Themes and Motifs: Money›As symbol | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Adage | Symbolism›Created by characters
The Town, 3 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jefferson
Actions: Mental›Understanding
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Monument | Figures of Speech›Negation | Narrative›Self-correction | Symbolism
The Town, 307 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country store
Actions: Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Adultery | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Imagined conversation | Symbolism›Created by characters | Typography/Orthography›Dash
The Town, 353 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Looking
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing | Economy›Civic boosterism
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
The Town, 360 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Physical›Burial
Cultural Issues: War›Spanish American War
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Doom
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Cuba | Allusion, Historical›Spanish-American War | Symbolism›Created by characters
The Unvanquished, 148 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Spring
Actions: Verbal›Swearing
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Impermanence | Tone›Humorous
The Unvanquished, 35 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Symbolism›Impermanence