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"A Bear Hunt", 65 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous | Place›Indian mound
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Government | Group Mentality›Communal story | History›Civil War | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Deracination | Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Appearance›Diminishment / fading | Community›Local legends | Naming›Renaming | Past | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Place | Texts›Novel
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Narrative›Background | Narrative›Child's perspective
"A Bear Hunt", 67 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Outrage | Mental›Realization | Play›Poker | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"A Bear Hunt", 70 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Perceptual›Observing
Cultural Issues: Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
"A Bear Hunt", 70 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Emotional›Self-pity | Moral›Scheming | Play›Joking around | Play›Prank | Verbal›Joking
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Cure | Health and Illness›Indian medicine | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Invisibility | Time›Measuring time
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
"A Bear Hunt", 75 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Eleven o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Fear | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Hearing | Play›Joking around | Play›Prank | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Cure | Health and Illness›Indian medicine | Health and Illness›Insanity | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Death›Funeral pyre / cremation | Objects›Fire
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson as synonym for state insane hospital | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile | Tone›Humorous
"A Bear Hunt", 77 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Sunrise
Actions: Interaction, Private›Coercion
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Boots | Labor›Menial | Race›Inequalities
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Delayed revelation
"A Bear Hunt", 78 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian mound
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Communication›Language barriers | Moral›Deception | Movement›Walking | Physical›Capture | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Revealing | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Lamp or lantern | Objects›Shotgun
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Native American languages | Language›Indian
"A Justice", 343 (Event)
Environment: Place›Farm
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Age›Maturing | Race›Mixed race | Race›Racial identity
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
"A Justice", 343 (Event)
Environment: Place›Farm
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Racial identity | Slavery›Ownership | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering passim | Naming›Change over time | Naming›Indian name
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Racist term
"A Justice", 357 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Indian name
"A Name for the City", 208 (Event)
Environment: Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Actions: Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And race | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian
"A Point of Law", 214 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house | Domestic Space›Veranda | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Interaction, Private›Conversation | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Law›Sheriff | Mass Media›Telephone | Race›Etiquette | Race›Masquerade
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›Etiquette | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Conjectural narration
"A Point of Law", 216 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Mass Media›Telephone | Race›Masquerade
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Senegambia | Diction›Racist term | Intertextuality›Shakespeare | Style›Character portrait
"A Point of Law", 217 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence | Law›Legal issue | Law›Spousal privilege | Law›Witness | Race›Masquerade
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Marital›Spousal privilege
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
"A Point of Law", 220 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Race›Masquerade
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car | Objects›Still
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Conflict | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Mississippi | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"A Point of Law", 221 (Event)
Environment: Public›Court
Actions: Emotional›Anger
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Law›Wedding license | Race›Masquerade
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Conflict | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Embedded text, cursive
"A Point of Law", 223 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Cottonfield | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Law›Spousal privilege | Race›Etiquette
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Money›Dowry | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Well | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Conflict | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Conflict | Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"A Rose for Emily", 119 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Apron | Gender›Women | Race›Law | Race›Segregation
"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", 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)
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship | Social›Neighbor
"A Rose for Emily", 127 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Surveillance
Cultural Issues: Gender | Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
"Ambuscade", 10 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Fetching | Physical›Carrying
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun
"Ambuscade", 16 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Cultural Issues: Education›Informal | Race›Stereotype lower intelligence
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee
"Ambuscade", 3 (Event)
Environment: Place›Smokehouse | Place›Well|Wellhouse | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Physical›Ambush | Play›Historical recreation | Work›Getting water
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes | Slavery›Resistance | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Friendship›Childhood friends | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial›Companions
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›First-person passim
"Ambuscade", 7 (Event)
Environment: Place›Smokehouse | Time of Day›Afternoon | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Movement›Following | Perceptual›Surveillance
Cultural Issues: Race›Behaving "white" | Slavery›Loyalty | Slavery›White anxiety
"Ambuscade", 8 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Discipline
Cultural Issues: Race›Segregated space | Slavery›Freedom | Slavery›Loyalty
Themes and Motifs: Character›Naivety | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Texts›Bible
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"An Error in Chemistry", 119 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Archaeology | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Objects
"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", 325 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Horse | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | History›Indian Removal | Land-Use›Collective exploitation | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Oklahoma | Language›Fragments | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
"Appendix: Compson", 328 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian agency | Place›Okatoba | Place›Old Jefferson
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Government›US Bureau of Indian Affairs | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Relocation | Body›Physical disability | Naming›Importance of naming | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Natchez Trace | Allusion, Historical›Lycurgus of Sparta | Allusion, Historical›Year 1860 | Narrative›Anticipation
"Appendix: Compson", 328 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation | Place›Sawmill
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Savagism | History›Indian Removal | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Native American stereotype | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Ownership | Technology›Steam locomotive
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Character›Persistence | Exile›Indian Removal | Past›Past in present | Time›Future
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
"Appendix: Compson", 336 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Smelling black
Actions: Perceptual›Blurring
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Health and Illness›Loss of eyesight | Race›Segregated space | Race›Stereotype: smell
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph | Meaning›Interpretation
"Appendix: Compson", 343 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Segregation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Frame | Style›List
"Appendix: Compson", 343 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Race as a form of behavior
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits | Recurring Tropes›Endurance
"Barn Burning", 12 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Crying
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Race›Stereotype sweat
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Negation
"Barn Burning", 4 (Event)
Environment: Place›Barn
Actions: Economic›Impounding | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Economy | Race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Hog
"Barn Burning", 9 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Peace | Movement›Walking | Physical›Cooking
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Clothes›Apron | Clothes›Expensive | Race›Etiquette
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Honeysuckle | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›Conflict | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›First-person | Recurring Episodes›Ab Snopes at De Spain's house | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"By the People", 130 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Ku Klux Klan
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
"By the People", 130 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Ku Klux Klan
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
"By the People", 130 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Politics›Election | Race›Ku Klux Klan
Themes and Motifs: Character›Hypocrisy | Character›Naivety
"By the People", 134 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Negro troops | Identity, Cultural›Southern stereotype | Race›Subverting a stereotype | War›Military awards | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Relationships: Interracial›Military
"By the People", 134 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Conversion | Verbal›Lying
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | History›Civil Rights legislation | Politics›Corruption | Politics›Exploitative | Politics›Political ambition | Race›Negro-lover | Race›Segregation | Region›The South
Aesthetics: Narrative›Irony
"By the People", 136 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Health and Illness›Amputation | Politics›Campaigning | Race›Negro-lover | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Character›Persistence
"By the People", 138 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Misunderstanding | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Race›Ku Klux Klan
Themes and Motifs: Character›Scoundrel | Story-telling›Explaining
"By the People", 89 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›And racism | Race›Economic basis of racism | Race›Subverting a stereotype | Race›White fear | Violence›Interracial
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Explanatory passage
"By the People", 89 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Law›Police | Race›Law | Violence›By police
Themes and Motifs: Character›Personality change | Character›Power
"Centaur in Brass", 152 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Moral›Deception | Perceptual›Looking | Work›Fireman
Cultural Issues: Clothes | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Gender›Clothing | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Character›Predatory | Objects›Brass
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Water
"Centaur in Brass", 154 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Property | Race›Black property ownership | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Predatory | Objects›Brass | Objects›Watch
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black | Marital›Husband-wife
"Centaur in Brass", 157 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Economic›Paying | Interaction, Social›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Audit | Politics›City government | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes
"Centaur in Brass", 158 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Moral›Deception | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Politics›City government | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes
"Centaur in Brass", 160 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
"Centaur in Brass", 160 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Deception | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Gender›Marriage | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
"Centaur in Brass", 161 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
"Centaur in Brass", 162 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Razor | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
"Centaur in Brass", 164 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Chasing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype mule
Themes and Motifs: Objects›knife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›First-person
"Centaur in Brass", 165 (Event)
Environment: Place›Ditch
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Objects›knife
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
"Centaur in Brass", 166 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
"Centaur in Brass", 166 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Relationships: Friendship | Hierarchical›Employer-employee
"Death Drag", 185 (Event)
Environment: Public›Airfield | Time of Year›January
Actions: Bodily›Limping | Physical›Driving | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cap | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Suit | Entertainment›Barnstorming | Race›Jewish | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Body›Jaw | Body›Nose | Objects›Wagon
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Fields, Lew | Allusion, Historical›Weber, Joe | Diction›Stereotypical Jewish accent
"Death Drag", 194 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Crime›Fraud | Entertainment›Barnstorming | Race›Jewish
"Death Drag", 195 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›August | Time of Year›January
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Shaking | Economic›Scheming | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Alcohol›Abstinence | Entertainment›Barnstorming | Health and Illness›Smoking habit | Race›Jewish
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
"Death Drag", 197 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›January
Actions: Economic›Paying | Mental›Disbelief | Movement›Car | Movement›Flight
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming | Race›Jewish
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Money›Stingy with money
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Aaahhhhhhh | Narrative›Parentheses
"Delta Autumn", 274 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Restlessness | Perceptual›Misreading
Cultural Issues: Race›Shadow of Negro
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Shadows
"Delta Autumn", 278 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial spheres
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
"Delta Autumn", 278 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Great Migration | Race›Segregation | Region›North
Themes and Motifs: Values›Love
"Delta Autumn", 279 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Emotional›Outrage
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Dry September", 180 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Trembling | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Race›Division
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Ellipsis
"Elly", 209 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Closet
Actions: Interaction, Social›Competition | Verbal›Rumor | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Race›Passing | Race›Racial identity | Sexuality›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Racialized
Relationships: Interracial›Prospective
"Elly", 217 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Communication›And deafness | Communication›Writing | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Defiance | Interaction, Private›Domineering
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Racism | Race›Segregation
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›University of Virginia | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Go Down, Moses", 258 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Law›Missing person | Race›White savior
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Insight
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Quotation as thought
"Go Down, Moses", 260 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Heat
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Moral›Lying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Crime›Numbers | Gender›Traits | Law›Execution | Mass Media›Newspaper | Race›Division | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Coffin | Death›Corpse | Determinism›Genetic | Inheritance›Traits | Money›Expenses
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Quotation as thought
"Go Down, Moses", 262 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Heat
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Political solidarity | Group Mentality›Racial solidarity | Mass Media›Advertising | Mass Media›Newspaper | Progress›Trains | Race›Segregation | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Corpse | Death›Funeral | Home›Homecoming | Money›Expenses | Objects›Flowers | Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Square brackets
"Gold Is Not Always", 226 (Event)
Environment: Place›Commisary
Actions: Economic›Selling | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age | Race›Subverting a stereotype
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
"Gold Is Not Always", 226 (Event)
Environment: Place›Commisary
Actions: Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Race›Inequalities
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Ledger
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant
"Gold Is Not Always", 229 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Mental›Reinterpretation | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Race›Behaving/becoming "black" | Race›Race as a form of behavior
"Gold Is Not Always", 230 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Mental›Realization | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Labor›Racialized | Law›Bill of sale | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Race›Black property ownership
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Ethnic slur
"Gold Is Not Always", 234 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Starlight | Place›Decayed house | Place›Decayed plantation
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Physical›Digging | Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Law›Bill of sale | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Race›Black property ownership | Race›Stereotype lower intelligence
Themes and Motifs: Money›Silver dollar | Objects›Coin | Psychological›Manipulation
"Hand upon the Waters", 79 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cabin
Actions: Verbal›Announcing
Cultural Issues: Race›Etiquette
"Hand upon the Waters", 80 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flashlight | Values›Evil
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"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
"Lion", 184 (Event)
Environment: Place›Memphis | Time of Year›December | Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Cold
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Age›Youth | Alcohol›Whiskey | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Mixed race
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Monk", 42 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging | Crime›Gambling | Crime›Vagrancy | Race›Law
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Institutional›Jailer-prisoner
"Monk", 53 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Race›Law
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol
"Monk", 55 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Pardon | Race›Native American
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Rural vernacular
"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", 681 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Dinner
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Laughing | Movement›Riding
Cultural Issues: Race
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 698 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Parlor | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Race›Clothes
"Pantaloon in Black", 238 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Gender›Marriage | Race›Racial identity | Race›Segregated space | Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Funeral | Meaning›Profound | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Coworker
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Mannie's death
"Pantaloon in Black", 252 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Narrative›Summary | Recurring Episodes›Rider in jail
"Pantaloon in Black", 253 (Event)
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Law›Arrest | Politics›Election | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Razor | Objects›Shotgun | Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Tennessee
"Pantaloon in Black", 253 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Funeral | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
"Pantaloon in Black", 253 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Narrative›Summary | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
"Pantaloon in Black", 253 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Cheating | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Past›Repetition
"Pantaloon in Black", 254 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Laughing | Mental›Thinking | Violent›Fighting | Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Law›Chain gang | Law›Incarceration | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Stereotype eyes
Themes and Motifs: Character›Superhuman strength
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
"Race at Morning", 298 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Pre-dawn | Weather›Perfect Weather
Actions: Emotional›Exultation | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Race›Inequalities
"Raid", 39 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype
"Raid", 44 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes
"Raid", 45 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust
Actions: Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Race›Solidarity | Slavery›Biblical analogy | Slavery›Self-emancipation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jordan | Intertextuality›Faulkner text
"Raid", 45 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Migration
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype Superstitious | Region›Hapless Yankees | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Displacement
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder
Relationships: Social›Paternalism
"Raid", 48 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust
Actions: Movement›Horse | Movement›Migration | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Gender›Lady's accoutrements | Race›Stereotype eyes | Race›Stereotype: smell | Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder
"Raid", 55 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype | Slavery›Re-enslavement
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
"Raid", 55 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype
"Red Leaves", 313 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Global›Exoticism | Labor›Menial | Race›Stereotype cannibalism | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Ownership | Slavery›Quarters | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Death | Objects›Tobacco
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Exoticism | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"Red Leaves", 315 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Silence
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality | Race›Stereotype: smell
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"Red Leaves", 316 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Prejudice | Race›Stereotype eyes | Race›Stereotype sweat | Race›Stereotype: smell
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Death›Indian burial practices | Values›Honor
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
"Red Leaves", 319 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Government›Inherited position | Labor›Menial | Race›Stereotype cannibalism | Race›Stereotype sweat | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Death
Relationships: Hierarchical
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"Red Leaves", 320 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural | Perceptual›Voyeurism
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Underclothes, female | Race
"Red Leaves", 337 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Swamp | Olfactory›Decay
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Emotional›Fear
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured | Race›Stereotype: smell
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
"Retreat", 17 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Natural›Orchard | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Mental›Dreaming
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Segregation of space | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Precognition / Something to happen
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
"Retreat", 19 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Carrying
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
"Retreat", 24 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype | War›Destruction
"Retreat", 34 (Event)
Actions: Military›Escape | Verbal›Lying
Cultural Issues: Race›Self-abnegation | Slavery›Loyalty
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Profanity
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 62 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shawl | Race›Hierarchical | Region›Lost Cause
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Parasol | Objects›Surrey
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 66 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Politics›Voting | Race›Hierarchical | Region›Reconstruction | Slavery›Abolition | Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 69 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Politics›Election | Politics›Voting | Race | Region›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 70 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos
Actions: Emotional›Fear
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Veil | Politics›Election | Politics›Voting | Race | Region›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos | Community›Crowd | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Institutional›Military
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 71 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Veil | Law›Legal issue | Politics›Election | Politics›Voting | Race
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Objects›Ballot Box | Objects›Gun | Objects›Wreath
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
"Smoke", 13 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Race›Etiquette
"Smoke", 14 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Hearing
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Community›Tradition
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
"Smoke", 29 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Negro reporting white behavior
"Smoke", 33 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"Smoke", 36 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Government›Inheritance | Law›Probate | Race›Using a Negro as messenger
"Smoke", 9 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating
Cultural Issues: Race›Negro reporting white behavior
"That Evening Sun", 289 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Labor›Menial | Modernity | Race
Themes and Motifs: Community | Time›Past
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›First-person passim
"That Evening Sun", 289 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Monday morning | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Work›Washing clothes
Cultural Issues: Clothes | Gender›Women | Race
Themes and Motifs: Memory
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
"That Evening Sun", 289 (Event)
Environment: Place›Ditch
Actions: Interaction, Social
Cultural Issues: Clothes | Gender›Women | Race
Themes and Motifs: Community›African-American
Relationships: Familial
"That Evening Sun", 291 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Arrest | Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Gender | Race | Religion | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Hypocrisy
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Evening Sun", 291 (Event)
Environment: Public›Jail
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Suicide
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Addiction | Race | Violence›Interracial
Relationships: Institutional›Jailer-prisoner
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Nancy confronts white man
"That Evening Sun", 292 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Sitting
Cultural Issues: Race›Self-abnegation
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Evening Sun", 293 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Cultural Issues: Race›White savior
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family
Relationships: Marital›Desertion
"That Evening Sun", 294 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Lane
Actions: Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Clothes | Race
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Evening Sun", 295 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Protection
Cultural Issues: Race
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Hierarchical›Employer-employee
"That Evening Sun", 296 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Haunting | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Singing | Physical›Stalking
Cultural Issues: Race›Self-abnegation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Evening Sun", 297 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Emotional›Fear
Cultural Issues: Race›Racist child | Violence›Domestic
Relationships: Friendship | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Evening Sun", 298 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Haunting | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Singing | Communication›Telephone | Physical›Stalking
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women | Race›Racist child
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Evening Sun", 301 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Olfactory | Place›Cabin
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype: smell
Relationships: Hierarchical›Child as authority
"That Evening Sun", 303 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread | Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Singing | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear
Cultural Issues: Race
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Child as authority
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Evening Sun", 309 (Event)
Environment: Place›Ditch
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Singing | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Labor›Domestic | Race›Racist child | Race›Self-abnegation
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Employer-employee
"The Bear", 282 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jefferson | Time of Year›November
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Migration›Big Bottom | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Community›Tradition | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Interracial›Indian-black | Interracial›Master-servant
"The Bear", 285 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Ax | Objects›Bow and arrow
Relationships: Ancestral›Indian
"The Bear", 290 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun | Past›Old days | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interracial›Indian-white
"The Hound", 153 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Bodily›Insomnia | Domestic›Cleaning | Mental›Realization
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Prejudice›White supremacy | Race›Economic basis of racism | Race›Racial spheres
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Home›Homecoming | Objects›Corpse | Objects›Shotgun | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Supernatural›Superstitions
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered
"The Hound", 163 (Event)
Environment: Public›Jail
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Domestic›Food preparation
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Law›Chain gang | Law›Incarceration | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Black incarceration | Race›Stereotype eyes | Race›Subverting a stereotype | Race›White fear
Relationships: Institutional›Jailer-prisoner
"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 Old People", 202 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Government›Abdication | Government›Inherited position | Government›Usurpation | Race›Chickasaw
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Doom becomes chief
"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 Old People", 203 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Pre-dawn | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Hunting›Turkey hunting | Verbal›Listen
Cultural Issues: Race›Chickasaw | Race›Mixed race
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Animals›Turkey | Past›Old days | Story-telling
Relationships: Ancestral
"The Old People", 205 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"The Unvanquished", 77 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Military›Reconnaissance
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype | Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Map | Texts›Cook book
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Oxford, Mississippi
"The Unvanquished", 83 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place
Actions: Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype | Slavery›Etiquette | Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home
"The Unvanquished", 92 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Betrayal | Verbal›Swearing
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype | Slavery›Etiquette | War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Values›Propriety
"There Was a Queen", 727 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness
Actions: Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Race›Division
Themes and Motifs: Time›Permanence
"There Was a Queen", 727 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Interracial›Siblings
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
"There Was a Queen", 728 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Race›Black family working for white | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits | Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Relationships: Familial›Genealogy
"There Was a Queen", 728 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Race›Etiquette | Race›Miscegenation
"There Was a Queen", 729 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Nature | Domestic Space›Garden | Olfactory›Flowers | Time of Year›June
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | Race›Etiquette
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Narrative›Parentheses
"There Was a Queen", 733 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation | Emotional›Anger
Cultural Issues: Food›Race | Race›Race as a form of behavior
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Parentheses
"There Was a Queen", 743 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Race›Black family working for white
Relationships: Interracial›Domestic | Interracial›White-black
"There Was a Queen", 743 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Dying
Cultural Issues: Race›Black family working for white
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Threshold | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Uncle Willy", 233 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Emotional›Indignation | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Stereotype lower intelligence
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Uncle Willy", 234 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street
Actions: Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Health and Illness›Patent medicine | Race›Segregation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
"Uncle Willy", 235 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Driving
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Alcohol›Moonshine | Race›Naming
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
"Uncle Willy", 240 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Flight
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cap | Clothes›Goggles | Race›Clothes
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Handkerchief
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Uncle Willy", 241 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas, figuratively
Actions: Emotional›Excitement | Mental›Planning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Aviation clothes | Clothes›Cap | Clothes›Collar | Clothes›Goggles | Clothes›Shirt | Entertainment›Barnstorming | Race›Black foresight | Region›The West
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›California | Description›Eyes
"Uncle Willy", 242 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Kidnapping
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Race›Black foresight | Race›Racial consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Death
Relationships: Hierarchical›Child as authority | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Self-Reflective
"Uncle Willy", 243 (Event)
Environment: Place›Field | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Excitement | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Flight | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Aviation clothes | Race›Indistinguishable
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Hierarchical›Teacher-student | Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›China | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Hooooooooo | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Uncle Willy", 244 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Race›Racial consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Interracial›White-black | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
"Uncle Willy", 245 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Comforting | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Self-justifying | Verbal›Swearing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Race›Black foresight | Race›Racial consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Loyalty | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Delayed revelation
"Uncle Willy", 246 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Engine | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Heart beating | Movement›Flight | Physical›Holding | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Running | Violent›Airplane crash
Cultural Issues: Race›Black body
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Anticipation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Vendee", 107 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Shots | Weather›Frost
Actions: Violent›Assault | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype | Slavery›Violence
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ringo whips Ab
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!, 109 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway | Place›Plantation
Actions: Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal | Race›Division | Race›Miscegenation | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Body›Face | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Touch | Supernatural›Haunting
Relationships: Familial | Interracial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 113 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Terror | Mental›Nightmare
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Recurring Tropes›Dream
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 114 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Race›Etiquette
Themes and Motifs: Body›Voice | Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Touch | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Sickness | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Supernatural›Spell
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic | Metafictional | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 123 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Domestic›Sewing | Hunting | Physical›Waiting | Work›Chopping wood | Work›Gardening
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation | Slavery›Civil War | War›Deprivation | War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 130 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Ultimatum
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | History›Carpetbaggers | History›Reconstruction | Race›Ku Klux Klan | Race›Riots
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sutpen rejects KKK | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 133 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Ku Klux Klan
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Dream
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Satan | Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 145 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | History›Dispossessing Indians | Progress›Building structure | Race›Native American stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Furniture
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Faustus
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!, 156 (Event)
Environment: Place›Graveyard
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Mourning | Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Widow | Race
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Tombstone
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Wilde, Oscar | Metafictional›Theatrical setting
Absalom, Absalom!, 157 (Event)
Environment: Place›Graveyard
Actions: Emotional›Mourning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Dress | Race
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Mask
Absalom, Absalom!, 158 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Class | Clothes›Mourning | Race
Absalom, Absalom!, 159 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Travel
Cultural Issues: Race
Relationships: Familial›Orphan
Absalom, Absalom!, 16 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Thunder | Public›Church
Actions: Movement›Carriage | Movement›Racing | Violent›Animal abuse
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype | Race›Stereotype: teeth | Religion›Sabbath
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Diction›Accent
Absalom, Absalom!, 160 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Steamboat
Cultural Issues: Race›Inequalities
Relationships: Familial›Orphan
Absalom, Absalom!, 160 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Segregation
Relationships: Familial›Orphan
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Absalom, Absalom!, 161 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Washing | Physical›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Race›Colorism | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Orphan
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 161 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic
Actions: Communication›Without words | Physical›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous | Race›Colorism
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Mirror
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Absalom, Absalom!, 164 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Arraign | Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Race›Colorism | Race›Segregation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 165 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Gifting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Feminine man | Race›Segregation
Themes and Motifs: Money›Gift of money
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 165 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Curse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Meaning›Limitations of words / language
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 166 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Rumor | Violent›Beating
Cultural Issues: Law›Wedding license | Race›Colorism
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Absalom, Absalom!, 166 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Disorientation
Cultural Issues: Race
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Absalom, Absalom!, 167 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Share-cropping|Tenantry
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation | Slavery›Persistence over time | Slavery›Quarters
Absalom, Absalom!, 167 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Violent›Beating | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation | Race›Racial identity
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Technological imagery
Absalom, Absalom!, 167 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Violent›Beating
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Honky-Tonks | Race›Racial identity
Absalom, Absalom!, 167 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Law›Wedding license | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Segregation
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon
Absalom, Absalom!, 167 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Feminine man | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Racial identity | Sexuality›Perverse
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!, 169 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Quarters
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Absalom, Absalom!, 169 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Race›Segregation
Absalom, Absalom!, 173 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Purgatory | Figures of Speech›Shell | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 174 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial identity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Mental disability | Inheritance›Traits | Naming
Absalom, Absalom!, 174 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Race | Slavery›Quarters
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Complexion | Supernatural›Haunted house
Absalom, Absalom!, 178 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Movement›Horse | Movement›Walking | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Race | Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
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!, 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!, 199 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race | Slavery›Revolt
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!, 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!, 203 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Discovering
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race | Slavery›Revolt
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse
Absalom, Absalom!, 204 (Event)
Environment: Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race | Slavery›Revolt | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse
Absalom, Absalom!, 206 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Capture | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Health and Illness›Injury | Race›Stereotype cannibalism | Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›Racialism
Absalom, Absalom!, 212 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Deception | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Race›Mixed race
Absalom, Absalom!, 212 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery
Cultural Issues: Law›Compensation | Race›Mixed race
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Design | Time
Relationships: Marital›Divorce
Absalom, Absalom!, 213 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Importance of naming | Recurring Tropes›Design | Values›Conscience
Absalom, Absalom!, 216 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Physical›Travel | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race
Relationships: Familial
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!, 26 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out | Values›Determination
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Absalom, Absalom!, 268 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Drawing room
Actions: Bodily›Laughing
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Body›Skin | Character›Naivety | Home›Homecoming | Story-telling›Collaborative | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 268 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Interracial
Aesthetics: Interpretation | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 268 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Believing
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Race›Miscegenation | War
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Imitation
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Interracial | Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 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!, 279 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Terror | Verbal›Warning | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Race
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Mausoleum | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Story-telling›Retelling | Supernatural›Haunted house
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative shift
Absalom, Absalom!, 281 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Embrace / hugging
Cultural Issues: History›Battle of Shiloh|Pittsburg Landing | Race›Miscegenation | War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Reunion
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Shiloh | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 284 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Military›Retreat | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Ultimatum
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation | Sexuality›Incest | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 286 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Interpretation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 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!, 294 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Stairway
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering | Gender›Masculine woman | Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Body›Skin | Objects›Keys | Objects›Matchstick | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Door | Supernatural›Haunted house
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic
Absalom, Absalom!, 296 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Bodily›Panting
Cultural Issues: Race
Themes and Motifs: Body›Mental disability
Absalom, Absalom!, 302 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory
Actions: Verbal›Moralizing | Verbal›Predicting
Cultural Issues: Race
Themes and Motifs: Death | Texts›Ledger
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Friendship›College roommate
Absalom, Absalom!, 41 (Event)
Environment: Public›Church
Actions: Bodily›Crying
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Group Mentality›Social Shaming | Race›Chickasaw
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Absalom, Absalom!, 42 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Hysteria | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Shawl | Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Absalom, Absalom!, 62 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Race›Negro reporting white behavior
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Inheritance›Renouncing
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Father-son
Absalom, Absalom!, 73 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Surprise | Mental›Discovery
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Community›Secrecy
Absalom, Absalom!, 74 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Detachment | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Mental›Fatalism | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Character›Barbarism | Character›Sophistication
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Roman consul | Allusion, Historical›Scythian
Absalom, Absalom!, 75 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation | Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Romantic
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
Absalom, Absalom!, 86 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country vs city
Actions: Mental›Imagining
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Puritan | Race›Miscegenation | Sexuality›Female | Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Character›Naivety | Character›Provincialism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Angel | Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Saint | Allusion, Mythical›Juno | Figures of Speech›Planting
Absalom, Absalom!, 91 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation | Moral›Corrupting | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Puritan | Race›White race | Religion›Godhead | Ritual›Initiation | Sexuality›Prostitution | Sexuality›Racialized | Slavery›Commodity | Slavery›Racialism | Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Body›Hair | Character›Gambler | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Philosophical›Evolution | Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine | Values›Decorum | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Friendship | Interracial›Marriage
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Seed
As I Lay Dying, 223 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Fainting | Physical›Burning
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Infection | Health and Illness›Injury | Health and Illness›Medicine | Race›Behaving/becoming "black"
Themes and Motifs: Death›Coffin | Philosophical›Metaphysics
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
As I Lay Dying, 229 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Public›Clock tower
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Emotional›Shock | Mental›Misunderstanding | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Apology | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Race›Inverting a stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Objects›knife
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Flags in the Dust, 11 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Place›Railroad | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Frost
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Flags in the Dust, 140 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Auditory›Insect sounds
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Race›Segregation
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Flags in the Dust, 238 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Lending Money | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Theatricality | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Health and Illness›Convalescence | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Flags in the Dust, 242 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Interracial
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers | History›Reconstruction | Race›Disenfranchisement
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Flags in the Dust, 244 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›July
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Race›Division
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 360 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Race›Stereotype: smell
Themes and Motifs: Exile
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Flags in the Dust, 368 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Race›Segregation | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Exile | Objects›Train
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 396 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Gender›Separate spaces | Race›Segregation
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Ghost | Texts›Epitaph
Relationships: Familial›Dynasty
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Exodus | Recurring Episodes›Colonel Sartoris killed | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 58 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling | Violent›Killing in war
Cultural Issues: Race›Equal rights | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 61 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Race›Equal rights | Sexuality›Interracial | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 79 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Verbal›Command | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Race›Equal rights
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
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, 101 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Play›Betting | Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Migration›North | Race›Miscegenation | Slavery›Marriage | Slavery›Slave trading
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Genealogy
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Go Down, Moses, 102 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance | Race›Miscegenation | Slavery›Manumission
Relationships: Familial›Genealogy | Familial›Twins | Interracial›Siblings
Go Down, Moses, 103 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Go Down, Moses, 103 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Marriage
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Genealogy
Go Down, Moses, 103 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Law›Inheritance | Race›Miscegenation | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Syria
Go Down, Moses, 105 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge | Money›Check | Money›Inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Genealogy
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, 108 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Race›Division | Race›Racial identity
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends
Go Down, Moses, 109 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Race›Division
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends
Go Down, Moses, 109 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Race›Division | Race›Etiquette
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends | Interracial›Mammy-child
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, 111 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Black women | Gender›Masculinity | Race›Miscegenation | Sexuality›Interracial
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Patriarch | Friendship›Childhood friends
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 113 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Eating
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Go Down, Moses, 122 (Event)
Environment: Public›Courtroom
Actions: Legal›Divorce | Mental›Changing one's mind
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Race›Etiquette
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Marital›Divorce
Go Down, Moses, 129 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Gender›Marriage | Race›Racial identity | Race›Segregated space | Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Funeral | Meaning›Profound | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Coworker
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Mannie's death
Go Down, Moses, 147 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Narrative›Summary | Recurring Episodes›Rider in jail
Go Down, Moses, 148 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Funeral | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Narrative›Revision | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Go Down, Moses, 148 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Narrative›Summary | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Go Down, Moses, 149 (Event)
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Law›Arrest | Politics›Election | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Razor | Objects›Shotgun | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Tennessee
Go Down, Moses, 150 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Laughing | Mental›Thinking | Violent›Fighting | Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Law›Chain gang | Law›Incarceration | Race›Black incarceration | Race›Stereotype eyes
Themes and Motifs: Character›Superhuman strength
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective
Go Down, Moses, 163 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Race›Chickasaw
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Hill dialect
Go Down, Moses, 19 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 214 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Actions: Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Food›Breakfast | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Description›Character portrait
Go Down, Moses, 241 (Event)
Environment: Place›Commisary
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Race›Behaving "white" | Slavery›Persistence over time
Go Down, Moses, 260 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And class | Clothes›And race | Identity, Cultural›Northerner | Identity, Cultural›Yankee | Race›Behaving "white"
Relationships: Interracial›Pseudo-family
Go Down, Moses, 270 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Interruption
Cultural Issues: Government›Bureaucracy | Race›White race | Slavery›Southern curse
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 274 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War | Identity, Cultural›Southern stereotype | Race›White fear
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder
Go Down, Moses, 275 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Accounting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Government›Voting rights | History›Civil War consequences | History›Reconstruction | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Race›White fear | Race›White supremacists | Slavery›Emancipation | Slavery›Freedom | Slavery›Interracial violence | Violence›Lynching
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Noah/flood
Go Down, Moses, 287 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And race | Gender›Southern woman | Race›Miscegenation | Sexuality›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Go Down, Moses, 320 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Stopping
Cultural Issues: History›Pre-World War II issues | Race›Miscegenation | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Double entendre
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, 343 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Perceptual›Moment of vision
Cultural Issues: Labor›Racialized | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Racial spheres | Segregation›Marriage
Relationships: Interracial›Marriage
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 343 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Shaking | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Love | Verbal›Banishment
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | History›Great Migration | Race›Segregation | Segregation›Marriage | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Inheritance›Property | Inheritance›Traits | Money›Filthy lucre | Naming›And caste | Objects›Hunting horn | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Interracial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Go Down, Moses, 346 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Perceptual›Moment of vision
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Race›Segregation | Sexuality›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 35 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Farming
Cultural Issues: Race›Black property ownership
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Go Down, Moses, 35 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Competition
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging | Economy›Bootlegging | Race›Black property ownership
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Go Down, Moses, 352 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Wind | Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Education›Heidelberg | Law›Missing person | Race›Aunt as term for black woman | Slavery›Biblical analogy
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Bible | Texts›Translation