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"A Bear Hunt", 64 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Selling
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Economy›Poverty
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Great Depression
"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: 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", 347 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Violent›Poisoning | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Class›Power | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Sexuality›Desire | Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Renaming
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Native American | Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
"A Justice", 348 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Power | Food›Candy
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Naming›Indian name
"A Justice", 349 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Violent›Intimidation | Violent›Poisoning
Cultural Issues: Class›Power
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Character›Ruthless
"A Justice", 349 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Intimidation | Violent›Murder | Violent›Poisoning
Cultural Issues: Class›Power
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Character›Ruthless
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Doom becomes chief
"A Point of Law", 221 (Event)
Environment: Public›Court
Actions: Movement›Crossing | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Elite | Class›Power | Class›Professional | Economy›Wealth | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Truck | Objects›Wagon
"A Rose for Emily", 120 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age | Class›Respectability | Gender
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
"A Rose for Emily", 120 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Clothes›Women | Government›Generational reform | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Time›Watch
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Water | Genre Conventions›Gothic
"A Rose for Emily", 121 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gender stereotype | Olfactory›Decay
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Men vs women | Government›Generational reform | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Conflict | Romantic
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic
"A Rose for Emily", 123 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Health and Illness›Mental illness
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Psychological›Madness
"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
"A Rose for Emily", 124 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Buggy
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Reproduction | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
"A Rose for Emily", 125 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Pity | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Recurring Tropes›Gossip | Values›Dignity
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
"A Rose for Emily", 125 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Delivery | Economic›Purchase
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Body | Law›Regulation | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Appearance›Complexion | Objects›Poison
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Flag
"A Rose for Emily", 127 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Economic›Purchase
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Clothes | Gender›Clothing | Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Marital›Forced
"Ad Astra", 415 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Homosocial rivalry
"Ad Astra", 415 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite
"All the Dead Pilots", 515 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Rivalry
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | War›Aerial combat | War›Military awards | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Amiens, France | Allusion, Historical›Cambrai
"Appendix: Compson", 325 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Meteor shower | Natural›Woods | Place›Jefferson
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Economic›Trading
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Birthright | Class›French nobility | Cultural Identity›American | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | War›Refugee
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession | Inheritance›Property | Naming›Indian name | Naming›Renaming | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness | Recurring Tropes›Year the stars fell | Texts›Translation
Relationships: Familial›Foster family | Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Scotland | Allusion, Historical›Bonaparte, Napoleon | Figures of Speech›King and/or queen | Language›Fragments | Language›French | Recurring Episodes›Compson land acquired | Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom" | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
"Appendix: Compson", 326 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Alcohol›Ethnic / racial stereotypes about drinking | Class›Homelessness | Ethnicity›Native American | History›Indian Removal
Themes and Motifs: Death›Hearse | Exile›Dispossession | Exile›Indian Removal
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
"Appendix: Compson", 329 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Class consciousness | Government›Governor | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession | Home | Naming›Place name | Past›Family history | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Geographical›Scotland | Allusion, Historical›Battle of Culloden Moor
"Appendix: Compson", 329 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Borrowing | Economic›Selling land
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Economy›Banking | History›Reconstruction | War›Destruction
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Burning a town | Time›Future
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
"Appendix: Compson", 338 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Alcoholism | Class›Snopesism | Education›Trade school
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Home›Destroyed
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal discontinuity | Recurring Episodes›Benjy accosts schoolgirl | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"By the People", 131 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | History›Silver Shirts | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Character›Opportunism
Relationships: Social›Social organizations
"By the People", 138 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Race›Ku Klux Klan
Themes and Motifs: Character›Scoundrel | Story-telling›Explaining
"By the People", 86 (Event)
Environment: Place›Houses
Actions: Economic›Selling
Cultural Issues: Class›Middle | Gender›Lady's accoutrements | Gender›Women
"By the People", 86 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Class›Middle | Gender›All-male space
Themes and Motifs: Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"By the People", 88 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Predicting
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Politics›Democracy | Politics›Election
"By the People", 88 (Event)
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Cultural Issues: Class›Power | Class›Snopesism | Class›Town v. country/farm
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
"Centaur in Brass", 150 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Gossip | Work›Restauranteer
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Education›Yale | Gender›Bachelor | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Femininity | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Advent | Body›Face | Character›Predatory | Recurring Tropes›Sexual power
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
"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
"Dry September", 174 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Peer group
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Body›Thinness | Character›Innocence | Community›Social life
Aesthetics: Style›Neologism
"Hair", 138 (Event)
Actions: Work›Barbering
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
"Knight's Gambit", 158 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Child care
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›New car
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
"Knight's Gambit", 161 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Communication›Silence | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
"Knight's Gambit", 162 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Community›Stranger | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding
"Knight's Gambit", 165 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Fox hunting | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Class consciousness | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
"Knight's Gambit", 168 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral
"Knight's Gambit", 192 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Breaking marriage engagement | Interaction, Social›Confrontation
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Gender›Female stereotype
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement | Romantic›Multiple
Aesthetics: Diction›Accent
"Monk", 41 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Defending
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Crime›Murder | Health and Illness›Mental limitations | Law›Alienating
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
"Monk", 61 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Divine plan | Psychological›Manipulation
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 674 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | War›Union Army
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 674 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Upstairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Prejudice›Socio-economic | Race›Stereotype eyes
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 675 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Bodily›Running | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 684 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Moral›Stealing
Cultural Issues: Class | War›Confederate Army | War›Mercenary | War›Spoils
Themes and Motifs: Values›Honor
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Rural vernacular
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 688 (Event)
Environment: Public›Supply house
Actions: Bodily›Eating
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 691 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Drive | Domestic Space›Library
Actions: Legal›Arrest | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Gender›Southern woman | War›Confederate Army
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Accent
"Race at Morning", 296 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Education›Illiteracy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
"Race at Morning", 308 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Planter vs farmer
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty
Relationships: Familial›Surrogate
"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
"Raid", 37 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Class›Homelessness | War›Homefront
"Raid", 38 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Cross dressing | Clothes›Hat | Slavery›Discipline | Slavery›Loyalty | War›Destruction
Themes and Motifs: Home›Destroyed | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Shall Not Perish", 103 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Shall Not Perish", 104 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Physical›Dressing
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Clothes›Sunday shoes
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Satchel
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
"Shall Not Perish", 106 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Climbing stairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
"Shall Not Perish", 106 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Town v. country/farm
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Chandlier | Objects›Flag | Objects›Medal | Objects›Musical instrument | Objects›Photograph | Objects›Pistol
"Shall Not Perish", 109 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor
Actions: Verbal›Consoling | Verbal›Dialogue
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
"Smoke", 17 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Code-switching / Change in dialect
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Education›Harvard | Law›County attorney
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Einstein, Albert
"Smoke", 4 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Death›Spousal
"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", 166 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country store
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Economy›Predatory practices
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
"Spotted Horses", 166 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Flight
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Relationships: Marital›Shotgun marriage
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem and Eula marry
"Spotted Horses", 168 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Auction | Emotional›Despair | Interaction, Social›Auction | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Washing clothes
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Clothes›Rural poverty | Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as disguise | Chaos/Order›Control | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Relationships: Marital›Abusive
Aesthetics: Diction›Western vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
"Spotted Horses", 171 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Gender›Chivalry
Relationships: Marital›Abusive
"Spotted Horses", 180 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin
"Spotted Horses", 180 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Morals›Injustice
"The Old People", 203 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cabin | Place›Farm | Place›Jefferson
Actions: Work›Blacksmith | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Class›Blood | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Metaphorical | Slavery›Persistence over time | Slavery›Quarters
Relationships: Hierarchical | Interracial›Indian-white
"The Tall Men", 46 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Government›As source of money | Identity, Cultural›Rural | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Tobacco
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"The Tall Men", 48 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"The Unvanquished", 74 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Economic›Stock trading
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
"The Unvanquished", 86 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Lending Money
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige
Themes and Motifs: Character›Self-reliance | Money›Cash | Texts›Ledger
"The Unvanquished", 93 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Communication›Letter | Mental›Believing
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Gender›Masculine woman
Themes and Motifs: Character›Greed
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Narrative›Narrative anomaly
"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", 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", 734 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Relationships: Marital›Entrapment
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Narcissa marries Bayard
"There Was a Queen", 734 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash
Themes and Motifs: Values›Honor
Relationships: Intergenerational›Obligation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
"There Was a Queen", 736 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Bodily›Recoiling | Emotional›Anger
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Ethnicity›Jewish | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›Women as gentler sex / delicate | Identity, Cultural›South vs North
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Watch
"Tomorrow", 109 (Event)
Environment: Place›Memphis | Public›Highway
Actions: Emotional›Love | Movement›Driving | Verbal›Dialogue
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Economy›Wealth | Education›Mentorship
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bugs | Body›Flesh | Memory | Objects›Car | Philosophical›Human nature | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Recurring Tropes›Going fast | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Mentorship | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Shakespeare
"Tomorrow", 90 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Place›Rural
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Relationships: Social›Assailant-victim
"Tomorrow", 94 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Mental›Contemplation | Movement›Driving
Cultural Issues: Class›Working | Law›Testimony
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
"Uncle Willy", 226 (Event)
Environment: Public›Drugstore
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Class consciousness | Health and Illness›Drugs
Themes and Motifs: Past›Personal past
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
"Vendee", 110 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Feeling pain | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Time›Measuring time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
"Vendee", 97 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Freedom
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Eulogy | Objects›Umbrella
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
"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", 536 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Economy›Property | Slavery›Loyalty | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Diction›Rural vernacular
"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!, 10 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Face
Absalom, Absalom!, 10 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Absalom, Absalom!, 107 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Emotional›Contempt | Movement›Buggy | Violent›Dehumanization
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice | Objects›Tobacco
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Satan | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 108 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Place›Plantation
Actions: Movement›Buggy
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Crime›Murder
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 11 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Marriage
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Respectability
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wedding license | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Absalom, Absalom!, 136 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Requesting | Work›Gardening
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Marriage | Gender›Southern woman | Group Mentality›Community collective | War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Death | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Relationships: Familial›Orphan | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Divine intervention | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Figures of Speech›Thunderclap | Interpretation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 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!, 149 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Bodily›Drinking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Class›Class consciousness | Class›Status, low | Food
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Jug | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 149 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Class
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Demijohn | Objects›Hammock | Past›Old days
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 149 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Fury
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Class›Disruption
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Objects›Jug
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Washington, D.C. | Allusion, Historical›Lincoln, Abraham | Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 15 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Gallop | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Movement›Carriage | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class | Race›Stereotype: teeth | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Djinn | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Face | Figures of Speech›Replica | Figures of Speech›Tornado
Absalom, Absalom!, 150 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Physical›Carrying
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Class›Disruption
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 150 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Horse | Work
Cultural Issues: Class | War›Civil War | War›Going to war | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding | Values›Loyalty | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | 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!, 158 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Class | Clothes›Mourning | Race
Absalom, Absalom!, 179 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Interracial
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Class›Class consciousness | Economy›Property | Economy›Wealth
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Absalom, Absalom!, 181 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Drinking | Physical›Travel
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Class›Class consciousness | Race›Racial consciousness | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial
Absalom, Absalom!, 183 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Mental›Disorientation
Cultural Issues: Class | Slavery›Big house vs quarters | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits
Absalom, Absalom!, 184 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Voyeurism
Cultural Issues: Class›Power | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Clothes›Shoes | Economy›Wealth | Race›Racial consciousness | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 186 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Carriage | Movement›Walking | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites | Violence›Interracial | Violence›Lynching
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Absalom, Absalom!, 188 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Cave
Actions: Mental›Internal argument | Mental›Thinking
Cultural Issues: Class›Planter vs farmer | Violence›Imagined
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 19 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Triumph
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Absalom, Absalom!, 190 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Hungering | Domestic›Washing | Mental›Internal argument | Mental›Thinking
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Labor›Menial | Violence›Imagined
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Monument | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 194 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Learning | Verbal›Reading aloud
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | Class›Planter vs farmer | Economy›Wealth | Education
Themes and Motifs: Character›Self-reliance | Texts
Absalom, Absalom!, 20 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Outrage | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Class›Power | Gender›Inversion | Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Racialism | Slavery›Southern curse | Slavery›Violence | Violence›Interracial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Absalom, Absalom!, 210 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Character›Constitutive moment | Meaning›Interpretation of symbol | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Running out
Absalom, Absalom!, 212 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Deception | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Race›Mixed race
Absalom, Absalom!, 225 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Race | Religion›Apotheosis | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 227 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Overhearing | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Faith
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Absalom, Absalom!, 228 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Sewing
Cultural Issues: Class
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!, 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!, 27 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Perceptual›Watching | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Objects›Pistol | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Shadow
Absalom, Absalom!, 276 (Event)
Actions: Military›Retreat
Cultural Issues: Class›Caste system | Region›The South | War›Civil War | War›Defeat
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Alabama | Allusion, Geographical›Georgia | Allusion, Geographical›South Carolina | Allusion, Historical›Battle of Atlanta | Allusion, Historical›Battle of Chickamauga | Allusion, Historical›Battle of Corinth | Allusion, Historical›Battle of Franklin | Allusion, Historical›Battle of Vicksburg | Allusion, Historical›Bertrand du Guesclin | Allusion, Historical›Richard I of England | Allusion, Historical›Roland of Roncesvalles
Absalom, Absalom!, 288 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Race | Region›The South | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Military defeat | Character›Principle | Recurring Tropes›Glory | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Gettysburg | Allusion, Geographical›University of Mississippi | Allusion, Historical›Pickett's Charge | Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh
Absalom, Absalom!, 29 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Place›Livery stable | Place›Plantation | Place›Slave Quarters | Place›Smokehouse
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Economic›Borrowing | Emotional›Patience | Hunting›Deer hunting | Perceptual›Watching | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Rumor | Violent›Fighting | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Whiskey | Class›Respectability | Gender›Inversion | Gender›Masculinity | Group Mentality›Community collective | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Turkey | Chaos/Order | Meaning›Mystery | Money›Dowry | Money›Gold | Objects›Footprint | Recurring Tropes›Solitude | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Absalom, Absalom!, 31 (Event)
Environment: Public›Church | Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Surprise | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Sabbath
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ruthless | Meaning›Mystery
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Electricity | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 32 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Greeting | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Hat | Group Mentality›Community collective
Absalom, Absalom!, 33 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Emotional›Resentment | Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Crime | Government›Uncle Sam | Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Godhead | Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Oxen | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Chandlier | Objects›Crystal | Objects›Furniture
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
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!, 35 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Community›Posse | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Absalom, Absalom!, 37 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Crying
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Law›Bail | Ritual
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Values›Conscience
Relationships: Marital›Father in law-son in law
Absalom, Absalom!, 39 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Crying
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Class consciousness | Class›Respectability | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Character›Vanity | Community›Wedding | Objects›Wedding license
Relationships: Marital
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 | Class›Ambition
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Meaning›Mystery | Past
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Seed | Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 41 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Crying
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Scandal | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Marital›Father in law-son in law
Absalom, Absalom!, 46 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Claustrophobic
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Emotional›Hate
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Respectability | Gender
Themes and Motifs: Death›In childbirth
Relationships: Familial
Absalom, Absalom!, 5 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Class›Professional | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Education›Harvard
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Philosophical›Power of literature
Relationships: Intergenerational
Absalom, Absalom!, 53 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Complexion | Character›Regal | Recurring Tropes›Performance
Relationships: Familial›Sister-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Figures of Speech›Personification
Absalom, Absalom!, 56 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Power | Economy›Wealth | Materialism›Status
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Performance
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Stage manager | Figures of Speech›Woodpile
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!, 71 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Love | Moral›Renounce
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright
Relationships: Familial
Absalom, Absalom!, 72 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Library | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Moral›Renounce | Verbal›Denial
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright
Themes and Motifs: Values›Honor | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Thunderclap
Absalom, Absalom!, 76 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Love | Moral›Renounce | Movement›Horse | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Clothes›Cloak | Clothes›Gown | Clothes›Hat | Gender›Cross-dress | Group Mentality›Community collective | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Character›Maturity | Character›Provincialism | Character›Sophistication | Recurring Tropes›Imitation
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male attraction
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›University of Mississippi | Allusion, Literary›Arabian Nights | Figures of Speech›Talisman
Absalom, Absalom!, 81 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing
Themes and Motifs: Art›Objet d'art | Recurring Tropes›Performance
Absalom, Absalom!, 84 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Moral›Renounce | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Group Mentality›Community collective | Slavery›Big house vs quarters | Slavery›Traditions
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Absalom, Absalom!, 84 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Emotional›Love | Moral›Renounce | Movement›Boat | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Values›Loyalty
Absalom, Absalom!, 9 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Respectability | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Objects›Pistol
Absalom, Absalom!, 9 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence
Relationships: Familial | Romantic
Absalom, Absalom!, 99 (Event)
Environment: Place›Fishing camp
Actions: Work›Gardening
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Hunting and Fishing | Labor
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Absalom, Absalom!, 99 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Class›Status, low
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Demijohn
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
As I Lay Dying, 11 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Rural poverty | Clothes›Shoes
As I Lay Dying, 170 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Care | Interaction, Private›Courting | Interaction, Social›Marriage
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Economy›Property
Relationships: Familial›Kinless | Familial›Kinship
As I Lay Dying, 198 (Event)
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Emotional›Embarrasment | Emotional›Resentment | Emotional›Sympathy | Moral›Judgmental
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Gender›Menstruation / menstrual cycle | Gender›Sexual double standard | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Health and Illness›Abortion | Health and Illness›Quackery | Religion›Consolation | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Community›Stranger | Meaning›Paternity | Morals›Responsibility
As I Lay Dying, 203 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Public›Street
Actions: Emotional›Outrage
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Health and Illness›Medical treatment | Law›Marshal
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
As I Lay Dying, 215 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Olfactory›Decay
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Curious | Emotional›Hope | Mental›Discovery
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Objects›Train
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, 229 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Public›Clock tower
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Emotional›Shock | Mental›Misunderstanding | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Apology | Verbal›Insulting | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Race›Inverting a stereotype
As I Lay Dying, 241 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Coercion | Interaction, Private›Interrogation | Moral›Exploitation | Moral›Fraud | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Health and Illness›Abortion | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Medicine | Sexuality›Attractiveness | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
As I Lay Dying, 7 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Power
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth
Flags in the Dust, 137 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Frogs | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Movement›Car | Violent›Violence against animals
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Class›Class consciousness | Labor›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Geese
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 166 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility
Relationships: Social›Snobbery
Flags in the Dust, 166 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility | Migration›Intraregional migration
Relationships: Social›Snobbery
Flags in the Dust, 178 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Snoring | Work›Lawyering
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Flags in the Dust, 234 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Nightmare
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Etiquette
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Flags in the Dust, 235 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Bodily›Idleness | Bodily›Staring | Emotional›Fear | Physical›Stalking
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy | Objects›Train
Flags in the Dust, 24 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture
Actions: Economic›Frugality
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Materialism›Status
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flowers
Go Down, Moses, 105 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Law›Inheritance refusal
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 106 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Marriage
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming | Class›Town v. country/farm
Relationships: Familial›Genealogy | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Go Down, Moses, 210 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Caste system | Ethnicity›Native American
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 210 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Non-human›Attack | Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Livestock | Class›Class consciousness
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Go Down, Moses, 212 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Watching | Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Go Down, Moses, 213 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shame | Mental›Fatalism
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Hunting | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
Go Down, Moses, 223 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›All-male space | Region›Hospitality
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Go Down, Moses, 223 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Identity, Personal›Hunter | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Interspecies›Man-mule
Go Down, Moses, 235 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Breaking camp | Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›All-male space | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Animal Dog | Death›Respect | Story-telling›Hunting
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Go Down, Moses, 257 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Understanding
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Aesthetics: Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption
Go Down, Moses, 286 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Building
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing
Go Down, Moses, 301 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Hounds
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Class›Caste system | Clothes›Hunting clothes | Land-Use›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Time›Past
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Go Down, Moses, 359 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige | Gender›Chivalry
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Burial | Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Civic›Charity
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Go Down, Moses, 44 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Building
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing
Themes and Motifs: Home›Improvements
Intruder in the Dust, 132 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Prejudice›White supremacy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Intruder in the Dust, 155 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Mental›Remembering | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Intruder in the Dust, 176 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Movement›Car | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Intruder in the Dust, 191 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Regret
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Race›Racial spheres | Slavery›Metaphorical | War›World War I
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Intruder in the Dust, 23 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride
Intruder in the Dust, 91 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Driving | Movement›Horse | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Race›Division
Light in August, 3 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Shoes
Themes and Motifs: Home | Memory
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Requiem for a Nun, 102 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Smoking
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Education›Virginia | Gender›Chivalry
Requiem for a Nun, 33 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Prejudice›Racism | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Slavery›Labor
Requiem for a Nun, 35 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Slavery›Growth of
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Requiem for a Nun, 50 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Sobriety | Class›Gentility
Requiem for a Nun, 88 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Barksdale | Allusion, Historical›Claiborne | Allusion, Historical›Dickson | Allusion, Historical›Humphries | Allusion, Historical›Lamar | Allusion, Historical›McLaurin | Allusion, Historical›Prentiss | Metafictional›Merging history and fiction
Requiem for a Nun, 96 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shame | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Sanctuary, 111 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Sanctuary, 111 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Music
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Entertainment›Music
Sanctuary, 128 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure
Sanctuary, 14 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Sanctuary, 161 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Class›Class consciousness
Sanctuary, 172 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Searching
Sanctuary, 177 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 202 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Music
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy
Sanctuary, 203 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Insect sounds | Place›Gate
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Moral›Blackmail
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Sanctuary, 207 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Crime›Prostitution
Sanctuary, 209 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Sanctuary, 209 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Sanctuary, 261 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Crime›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Hypocrisy
Sanctuary, 29 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Sanctuary, 291 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Law›Conviction | Law›Miscarriage of justice
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home
Sanctuary, 297 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Social mobility | Gender›Chivalry
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming
Sanctuary, 30 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Clothes›Garment female
Sanctuary, 32 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Class›Class consciousness | Education›College life
Sanctuary, 54 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Smoking
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 55 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Child care
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Education›College life
Sanctuary, 57 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Sanctuary, 58 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
The Hamlet, 10 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Homelessness
The Hamlet, 16 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | Prejudice›White supremacy
The Hamlet, 17 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
The Hamlet, 24 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Crime›Blackmail
The Hamlet, 30 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
The Hamlet, 56 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›And identity | Gender›Women
The Hamlet, 59 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Risque
The Hamlet, 64 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›And class
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Hamlet, 64 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Parentheses
The Hamlet, 66 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
The Hamlet, 68 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Raising|shipping cattle | Economic›Banking
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Health and Illness›Hospitalization|Operation
The Hamlet, 68 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Spitting
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
The Hamlet, 68 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Blacksmithing
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Language›Abundance or flow of words
The Hamlet, 73 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Between planting and harvesting
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Progress›Building structure
The Hamlet, 74 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
The Hamlet, 74 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Raising|shipping cattle | Bodily›Eating
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Livestock | Class›Snopesism | Economy›Contract | Health and Illness›Hospitalization|Operation | Health and Illness›Recuperation
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 , 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
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Deer | Animals›Panther | Animals›Wolf | Time›Past
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›De Spain creates camp
The Reivers , 20 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Movement›Mule
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | History›Civil War | Hunting and Fishing›Annual
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends | Interspecies›Man-mule
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 21 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Hunting season
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
The Reivers , 228 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Class›Equality | Politics›Democracy
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 25 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Progress›Country to city
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Familial›Clan
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Moses
The Reivers , 26 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Materialism›Status | Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 261 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Economy›Banking | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi
The Reivers , 277 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Sleeping | Physical›Praying
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Labor›Racialized
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
The Reivers , 29 (Event)
Actions: Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Materialism›Status | Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Time›Future
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry
The Reivers , 297 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Economy›Gambling | Race›Etiquette
The Reivers , 38 (Event)
Environment: Place›Livery stable
Actions: Domestic›Polish | Domestic›Washing
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Car | Psychological›Obsession
The Reivers , 39 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Entertainment›Motoring | Law›Motor vehicle | Modernity›Changing customs | Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 51 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Elite | Class›Respectability
Themes and Motifs: Values›Moral authority
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
The Reivers , 7 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Fox hunting | Work›Driving
Cultural Issues: Class›Declasse | Class›Homelessness
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 70 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Flatulence | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Class›Blood | Race›Genealogy
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gasoline
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 8 (Event)
Environment: Place›Livery stable
Actions: Domestic›Sewing
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Clothes›Handmade
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Open secret
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 9 (Event)
Environment: Place›Lot
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Interaction, Social›Noblesse oblige
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 98 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Place›Paducah
Actions: Interaction, Social›Greeting
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Dirty | Religion›Sabbath
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Sound and the Fury, 101 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Dressed up | Education›Psychology class | Religion›Hinduism | Ritual›Sati or suttee
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral pyre / cremation | Objects›Books | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flat-iron | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Semiramis | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Sacrifice | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Irony | Tone›Sarcastic
The Sound and the Fury, 101 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Streetlamp
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Inferiority
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Class consciousness | Class›Elite | Class›Equality | Class›Gentility | Government›Governor | Religion›Sin | War›Military rank of general
Themes and Motifs: Death›Compared to living | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Morality | Past›Family history | Recurring Tropes›Father said
Relationships: Ancestral | Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Eve | Allusion, Biblical›Garden of Eden | Figures of Speech›Poisoned | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 102 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Inferiority | Emotional›Joy | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Selfishness | Moral›Praying | Moral›Punishment | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Blood | Class›Class consciousness | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Class›Respectability | Gender›Female stereotype | Gender›Lady | Gender›Maternal impulse | Gender›Sexual double standard | Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits | Character›Reputation | Death›Anticipation of death | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Salvation | Philosophical›Suffering | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Marital›Husband-wife | Marital›Social respectability
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Psalms | Allusion, Biblical›Valley of the shadow of death | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Bricolage | Style›Long sentence | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 102 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Embarrasment | 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, 105 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River | Natural›Tide flat / marsh | Natural›Trees | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Weather
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Anxiety | Mental›Contemplation | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige | Entertainment›Boat race | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Traits | Gender›Women | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Art›Photograph | Character›Inherited traits | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Boat | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Evil
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Romantic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New London, Connecticut | Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 106 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Flowers | Place›Sawmill
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Mental›Imagining | Moral›Scheming | Physical›Meddling | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Throwing downstairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›British nobility | Class›Elite | Clothes›Silk | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Divinity school | Food›Pumpkin pie | Gender›Bitch | Gender›Lady | Gender›Maternal impulse | Gender›Southern woman | History›Confederacy / Confederate States of America / C.S.A. | Race›Black family working for white | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Region›The South | Slavery›Galley slave
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flower orchid | Objects›Handkerchief | Objects›Shotgun | Recurring Tropes›Sole owner and proprietor | Recurring Tropes›Twilight | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Interracial›Master-servant | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Canada | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Genre Conventions›Melodrama | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Tone›Overwrought | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 106 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Class›Pretension
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyelashes | Character›Regal
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Swallows | Narrative›Multiple quotations in a single paragraph | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
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, 111 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Natural›River | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Mental›Unaware | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Physical›Meddling | Physical›Protection | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Sick as euphemism for pregnancy | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Cousin | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Allusion, Literary›Antony and Cleopatra | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Gods | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 133 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Swallowing | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Physical›Kissing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Learning about | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic
Aesthetics: Description›Color red | Figures of Speech›Calf rope | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 141 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Chicken coop / hen house | Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Indignation | Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Picnic | Legal›Arrest | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Movement›Procession | Physical›Climbing | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Beating | Violent›Kidnapping | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Veil | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Law›Custody | Law›Marshal | Technology›Automobile | Violence›Child abuse | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Body›Foot / Feet | Memory›Forgetting
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Diction›Malapropism | Figures of Speech›Glove | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Profanity
The Sound and the Fury, 145 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town hall
Actions: Economic›Getting a receipt | Economic›Paying | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Coldness | Emotional›Impatience | Interaction, Private›Courting | Legal›Dismissing a case | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Demanding
Cultural Issues: Class›Etiquette | Class›Gentility | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Offensive terminology | Law›Corruption
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Diction›Ethnic slur | Language›Profanity
The Sound and the Fury, 145 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Scolding | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Courting | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Legal›Arrest | Movement›Car | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Kidnapping
Cultural Issues: Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Clothes›Veil | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Gender›Dirty girl | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›Women as gentler sex / delicate | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Identity, Cultural›Yankee | Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self | Technology›Automobile
Themes and Motifs: Body›Nose
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic
Aesthetics: Description›Color white | Tone›Sarcastic
The Sound and the Fury, 147 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Verbal›Joking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wine | Class›Gentility | Sexuality
Aesthetics: Diction›Double entendre
The Sound and the Fury, 147 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Reassurance | Physical›Touching
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Beer | Class›Gentility
Themes and Motifs: Body›Knee
The Sound and the Fury, 147 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Trees | Olfactory›Perfume smell | Place›Stone wall | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hysteria | Emotional›Laughing | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Sadness | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Mental›Suppression / trying not to think | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Car | Movement›Swimming | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Touching | Physical›Wave / waving | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Chatter
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wine | Alcohol›Wine hamper | Class›Gentility | Ethnicity›Italian | Food›Bread | Gender›Dirty girl | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Knee | Body›Throat | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›Coal dust | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence
The Sound and the Fury, 148 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Perceptual›Blurring | Verbal›Joking
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Gender›Female body
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Canada | Language›Fragments | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 148 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Natural›Dew | Time of Day›Breakfast
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Verbal›Banter / small talk | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drink recipe | Alcohol›Mint julep | Alcohol›Traditional southern drink | Class›Aristocratic posing | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Gender›Southern woman | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Plant mint | Past›Family history
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Old maid | Style›Unfinished sentence
The Sound and the Fury, 148 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Cedar trees | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Otherworldly›Hellfire
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Confession | Moral›Punishment | Moral›Purification | Physical›Burning | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Pointing | Physical›Starting over
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Class›Class consciousness | Religion›Damnation | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Orgasm | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Character›Responsibility | Death›Afterlife | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Luke | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Literary›Dante's Inferno | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" | Figures of Speech›Affirmation | Figures of Speech›Clean flame | Figures of Speech›Locked | Figures of Speech›Wild breath | Language›Fragments | Language›yes Yes Yes yes | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Bricolage | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 149 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Interaction, Social›Picnic | Perceptual›Blurring | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Banter / small talk | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wine | Alcohol›Wine hamper | Class›Gentility
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Objects›Basket | Objects›Books
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
The Sound and the Fury, 176 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Death›Suicide | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Nihilism | Time›Permanence | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Long sentence | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 188 (Event)
Environment: Public›School
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Race›Behaving "black" | Race›Stereotype black women's sexual promiscuity | Religion›Damnation | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Diction›Racist term
The Sound and the Fury, 194 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Selling | Moral›Reform | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Farming tools
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Heaven | Diction›Racist term
The Sound and the Fury, 290 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Atmospheric›Wind | Auditory›Bells | Place›Church
Actions: Interaction, Social›Church | Mental›Impairment | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Race›Segregation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
The Sound and the Fury, 298 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Olfactory›Camphor
Actions: Physical›Climbing stairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Stockings | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Health and Illness›Medicine camphor | Religion›Bible
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence of sound | Death›Suicide | Past›Family history | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
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, 70 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Domestic›Feeding | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Nurturing | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Food
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Renaming | Objects›Fire | Philosophical›Luck | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 81 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Verbal›Joking
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Education›Being well read / erudite
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Books | Recurring Tropes›Father said
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 86 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Auditory›Bells | Natural›Mountains | Natural›Mud | Natural›Sky | Public›School | Public›Town Square | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December | Time of Year›New Year
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Waiting | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Train | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Passing from sight
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Blanket | Clothes›Pants | Education›Primary school | Entertainment›Fireworks | Food›Candy | Health and Illness›Gastrointestinal discomfort | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Prejudice›Infantilizing of blacks | Prejudice›White supremacy | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Uncle as term for black man | Race›White race | Ritual›Christmas gift game | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Technology›Steam locomotive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Body›Stomach/belly | Character›Childlike | Character›Reliability | Home›Homebound | Memory›Remembering | Money›Quarter coin | Objects›Toys | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Time›Frozen / Static
Relationships: Interracial›White-black | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Rabbit | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Skeleton | Style›Long sentence | Style›Numerous adjectives
The Sound and the Fury, 89 (Event)