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"A Bear Hunt", 63 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps | Place›River-bottom
Actions: Economic›Selling | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars | Progress›Technological
Themes and Motifs: Body›Teeth | Past›Past vs present
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations
"A Bear Hunt", 65 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Place›Indian mound
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Aboriginal
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Explaining
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Narrative›Anticipation
"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", 66 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Grayness | Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Domestic›Camping | Mental›Contemplation | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Reminiscence | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Description›Color gray
"A Bear Hunt", 68 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Emotional›Sympathy
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Gender›All-male space
Themes and Motifs: Community›Social life
"A Bear Hunt", 69 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Echoing | Natural›River | Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing | Religion›God
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Futility›Nothing to do
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Technological imagery | Tone›Humorous
"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", 73 (Event)
Environment: Auditory | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Indian mound
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Questioning
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
"A Bear Hunt", 73 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Swearing | Emotional›Relief | Hunting›Racoon hunting | Interaction, Private›Conversation | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Walking | Play›Gambling | Play›Joking around | Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Hay | Health and Illness›Indian medicine | Progress›Agricultural
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Technological imagery
"A Bear Hunt", 74 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Indian mound
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Thinking
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Lamp or lantern | Objects›Shotgun
"A Bear Hunt", 74 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian mound
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Laughing | Moral›Scheming | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
"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 Courtship", 361 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American
Aesthetics: Narrative›Present-time reference
"A Courtship", 361 (Event)
Environment: Place›Boundary
Cultural Issues: Law›Territory
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Treaty
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Andrew
"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", 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 Name for the City", 200 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frontier
Cultural Issues: History›Indian Removal | Progress›Historical
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
"A Name for the City", 201 (Event)
Environment: Place›Commisary
Actions: Interaction, Social›Frontier life
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Iron box
"A Name for the City", 201 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frontier | Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Themes and Motifs: Values›Liberty
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration
"A Name for the City", 201 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Interaction, Social›Making progress
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier to civilization | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Padlock
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Dillinger, John | Allusion, Historical›James, Jesse | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"A Name for the City", 202 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frontier
Actions: Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Cotton farming | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"A Name for the City", 202 (Event)
Environment: Place›Tavern
Cultural Issues: Progress›Renovations
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
"A Name for the City", 202 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frontier
Actions: Movement›Random
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Padlock | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"A Name for the City", 202 (Event)
Environment: Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Arthritis | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Mail delivery
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Letters | Texts›Newspapers
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›First settlers arrive | Recurring Episodes›Old Frenchman's arrival | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"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 Name for the City", 208 (Event)
Environment: Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›America and opportunity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Story-telling›Communal mythology
"A Name for the City", 210 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Postal horn | Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic dispute
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Government›US Bureau of Indian Affairs | Government›US Post Office | Law›Legal ownership
"A Point of Law", 213 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cottonfield | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation | Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime›Bootlegging | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Law›Sheriff's deputy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Character›Fool|Foolishness | Objects›Still
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry | Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Rivalry | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
"A Point of Law", 215 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cabin
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Home›Dwelling
"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: Verbal›Dialogue | Work›Law enforcement
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
"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", 218 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Stable | Place›Field | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Work›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules
"A Point of Law", 218 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Stable | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation
Actions: Verbal›Command | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Panama hat | Law›Spousal privilege
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Car
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Kinship | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Style›Character portrait
"A Point of Law", 221 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Emotional›Anger
Cultural Issues: Politics›Presidential administration
"A Point of Law", 222 (Event)
Environment: Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation | Time of Year›Quail season
Actions: Hunting›Quail hunting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Quail
Relationships: Interracial›White-black | Social›Paternalism
"A Point of Law", 222 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Naming self | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Law›Wedding license
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still | Objects›Well | Psychological›Peace
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy | Style›Character portrait | Tone›Humorous
"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)
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Place›Decayed house
Cultural Issues: Gender | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral
Relationships: Ancestral
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Monument | Genre Conventions›Gothic
"All the Dead Pilots", 528 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Communication›Censorship | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War | Identity, Cultural›Yankee | War›Casualties of war | War›Cost of war | War›Homefront | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Physical disability | Death | Objects›Parcel | Texts›Letters
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Churchill, John, Duke of Marlborough | Diction›Racist term | Language›Slang, military
"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)
Environment: Place›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Following | Perceptual›Surveillance
"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)
Environment: Place›Frontier | Public›Pioneer settlement
Actions: Physical›Escaping
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Clothes›Tartan | History›American Revolution | War›American Revolution | War›Jacobite Rebellion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Exile›Post-war
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Georgia | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Historical›Boone, Daniel | Allusion, Historical›Tarleton, Banastre
"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›Indian agency
Actions: Economic›Earning Money | Play›Gambling | Work›Government | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Government›US Bureau of Indian Affairs
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
"Appendix: Compson", 328 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Plantation house | Natural›Woods | Place›Lawns | Place›Plantation | Place›Quarters | Place›Stable
Actions: Movement›Steamboat
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Building structure | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Quarters
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Furniture
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›France | Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana
"Appendix: Compson", 328 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Racialized | Place›Jefferson
Cultural Issues: Progress›Country to city | Progress›Racialized
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
"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", 329 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Physical›Camping
Cultural Issues: Class›Social decline
Themes and Motifs: Death
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tallahatchie River
"Appendix: Compson", 329 (Event)
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Work›Lawyering
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Class›Social decline | Government›Governor
Themes and Motifs: Death›Eulogy | Memory›Forgetting | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Boone, Daniel | Allusion, Literary›Cataline / Catiline | Allusion, Literary›Classical rhetoric | Allusion, Literary›Horace | Allusion, Literary›Livy | Allusion, Literary›Robinson Crusoe | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Language›Satire
"Appendix: Compson", 331 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Atmospheric›Dereliction | Domestic Space›Boarding house | Place›Houses | Public›Golf course
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Modernization | Progress›Building structure | Progress›Homogeneity
Themes and Motifs: Time›And change | Time›Future
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Plantation to housing development
"Barn Burning", 17 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country store | Public›Court | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Labor›Farming | Law›Justice of the Peace | Law›Testimony | Law›Trial
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
"Barn Burning", 19 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek | Place›Country store | Public›Blacksmith
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Auction | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Whispering | Work›Blacksmith
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Story-telling
"Barn Burning", 4 (Event)
Environment: Place›Barn
Actions: Economic›Impounding | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Economy | Race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Hog
"Beyond", 789 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Death›Animal horse | Death›Corpse
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Beyond", 795 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Love | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Death›Compared to living | Death›Response to | Objects›Tombstone | Philosophical›Existentialism
Aesthetics: Language›German | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"By the People", 138 (Event)
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Actions: Emotional›Embarrasment
Cultural Issues: Class›Power
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation
"By the People", 86 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country store
Actions: Interaction, Social›Male gathering | Verbal›Banter / small talk
Cultural Issues: Gender›All-male space
"By the People", 86 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space | Place›Houses
Actions: Economic›Selling
Cultural Issues: Class›Middle | Gender›Lady's accoutrements | Gender›Women
"By the People", 86 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Actions: Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Class›Middle | Gender›All-male space
Themes and Motifs: Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"By the People", 86 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Place›Cabin
Actions: Economic›Selling | Movement›Truck
Cultural Issues: Economy›Rural sales | Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Sewing machine
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
"By the People", 87 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country vs city
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Entertainment›Radio | Entertainment›Television | History›Moving away | Progress›Technological | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Character›Persistence | Naming›Commercial origins
"By the People", 88 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Narrative›Withholding
"By the People", 88 (Event)
Environment: Place›Mill
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic
Cultural Issues: Politics›Campaigning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
"By the People", 88 (Event)
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Cultural Issues: Class›Power | Class›Snopesism | Class›Town v. country/farm | Politics
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
"Centaur in Brass", 151 (Event)
Environment: Place›Grocery
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Gossip | Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Government | Group Mentality›Community collective | Politics›City government
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Character›Predatory | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Economical | Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow
"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
"Death Drag", 202 (Event)
Environment: Place›Barn | Time of Day›Saturday night
Actions: Bodily›Falling | Bodily›Jumping | Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming | Religion›Providence | Violence›Accident
"Delta Autumn", 267 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
"Elly", 211 (Event)
Environment: Place›Shrubbery | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Silence | Emotional›Rebelliousness | Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness
Relationships: Interracial›As rebellious
"Fool About a Horse", 132 (Event)
Environment: Place›Barn | Weather›Rain
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Economic›Scamming | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
"Go Down, Moses", 256 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Urban | Crime›Murder | Government›Demographics | History›Great Migration
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Deracination | Art›Sculpture | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Hair | Body›Straightened hair | Texts›Census
Aesthetics: Diction›Accent
"Go Down, Moses", 258 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Texts›Case file
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
"Go Down, Moses", 258 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country vs city | Place›Jail
Actions: Play›Gambling | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Crime›Breaking and entering
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Memory›Remembering
"Go Down, Moses", 258 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail | Place›Penitentiary | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Crime›Manslaughter
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Jailbreak | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Go Down, Moses", 259 (Event)
Environment: Place›Commisary
Actions: Verbal›Banishment | Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Exile›Driven away
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
"Go Down, Moses", 259 (Event)
Environment: Place›Newspaper office | Time of Day›Noon
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering | Crime›Murder | Health and Illness›Obesity | Law›Execution | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Alias | Texts›Census
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Chicago | Diction›Racist term
"Go Down, Moses", 266 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Place›Country vs city
Actions: Movement›Car | Movement›Driving
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral
"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", 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
"Gold Is Not Always", 236 (Event)
Environment: Place›Commisary
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Exhaustion | Emotional›Rage
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Watch chain
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable | Money›Treasure
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Narrative›Repetition
"Hair", 139 (Event)
Environment: Place›Grave
Actions: Work›Quitting job
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
"Hand upon the Waters", 67 (Event)
Environment: Place›River-bottom | Time of Year›July
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing
"Hand upon the Waters", 71 (Event)
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Themes and Motifs: Body›Mental disability | Body›Physical disability | Exile›Dispossession
Relationships: Familial›Adoptive | Familial›Orphan
"Hand upon the Waters", 71 (Event)
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Sharing the land
Themes and Motifs: Values›Selflessness
"Hand upon the Waters", 72 (Event)
Environment: Place›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Watch chain | Education›Harvard | Politics›Election
Themes and Motifs: Community›Gathering | Objects›Keys
"Hand upon the Waters", 74 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Cars passing | Auditory›Moving wagon | Place›Dirt lane | Place›Graveyard | Public›Church | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Movement›Car | Movement›Procession
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Cemetery decorations
"Hand upon the Waters", 76 (Event)
Environment: Place›Memphis
Cultural Issues: Economy›Labor trouble
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
"Hand upon the Waters", 79 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cabin
Actions: Verbal›Announcing
Cultural Issues: Race›Etiquette
"Knight's Gambit", 201 (Event)
Environment: Place›Memphis
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Narrative›Anticipation
"Knight's Gambit", 201 (Event)
Environment: Place›Memphis
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Perceptual›Watching
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Knight's Gambit", 202 (Event)
Environment: Place›Memphis
Actions: Emotional›Worry | Mental›Contemplation | Mental›Planning | Verbal›Banter / small talk
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Age›Youth vs age
"Knight's Gambit", 202 (Event)
Environment: Place›Greenbury hotel
Aesthetics: Narrative›Adage | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses
"Knight's Gambit", 207 (Event)
Environment: Place›Memphis
Actions: Communication›Telegraph
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Knight's Gambit", 208 (Event)
Environment: Place›Greenbury hotel
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
"Knight's Gambit", 220 (Event)
Environment: Place›Spring | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Movement›Driving | Movement›Getting closer
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Character›Bookishness | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"Lion", 184 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps | Place›Library | Place›Plantation
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›First-person passim
"Lion", 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
"Lion", 187 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Stars | Place›Railroad log line | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wildcats
"Lion", 187 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sawmill | Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hunting clothes
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Scruffiness
"Lion", 188 (Event)
Environment: Place›City
Actions: Mental›Self-consciousness
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Hunting clothes | Progress›Country to city
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Scruffiness
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
"Lion", 192 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread | Natural›Wilderness | Place›Hunting camps | Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Actions: Emotional›Fear
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Objects›Compass | Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conversation with oneself | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Lion", 199 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Woods | Place›Grave | Time of Year›Summer | Weather›Heat
Actions: Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mosquitoes | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Past›Recent past
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 135 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Peaceful | Place›Decayed plantation | Place›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ben-Hur | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 136 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Physical›Building
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Cotton farming | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Objects›European in U.S. | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Old Frenchman's arrival
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 136 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Cultural Issues: History›Great Migration
Themes and Motifs: Art›Jazz music | Community›Local legends | Memory›Collective memory
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harlem
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 137 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country store | Public›Store porch
Actions: Moral›Deception | Physical›Squatting | Verbal›Discussion
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Community›Opinion | Objects›Tobacco | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Relationships: Marital›Abandonment
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 140 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Haunted | Place›Decayed plantation
Actions: Movement›Sneaking | Verbal›Rumor
Themes and Motifs: Character›Cautious | Character›Greed
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 141 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country store | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Emotional›Impatience
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 368 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Woods | Place›Tavern
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Stock trading | Economic›Trading | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Whiskey
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 369 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Movement›Return
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter passim | Social›Isolation
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 370 (Event)
Environment: Place›Seedy parts of town
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | Mass Media›Magazines | Mass Media›Movies
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Allusion, Mythical›Vestal
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 371 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Confined living quarters | Place›Grocery | Place›Vacant lot
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds
Aesthetics: Narrative›Communal narrative | Narrative›Temporal projection
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 371 (Event)
Environment: Place›Playground
Actions: Interaction, Private›Domineering | Interaction, Private›Parenting | Play›School recess
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 374 (Event)
Environment: Place›Lonelier parts of town
Actions: Movement›Return | Movement›Walking | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 374 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Woods | Place›Lonelier parts of town
Actions: Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Sexuality›Appearance of | Sexuality›Puberty
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 375 (Event)
Environment: Place›Lonelier parts of town
Cultural Issues: Economy›Buying a house
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 378 (Event)
Environment: Place›Vacant house
Actions: Perceptual›Surveillance
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Morals›Chivalry
Relationships: Marital›Separated
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 378 (Event)
Environment: Place›Vacant house
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Marital›Separated
"Monk", 42 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental limitations | Law›Alienating | Law›Justice of the Peace
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
"Monk", 43 (Event)
Environment: Place›Gallows
Actions: Physical›Hanging
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Health and Illness›Mental limitations
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"Monk", 47 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Legal›Confession
Cultural Issues: Law›Justice of the Peace
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-Reflective
"Monk", 47 (Event)
Environment: Place›Gallows
Cultural Issues: Law›Execution
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-Reflective | Narrative›Temporal projection
"Monk", 48 (Event)
Environment: Place›Classroom
Actions: Physical›Reading
"Monk", 49 (Event)
Environment: Place›Capitol
Actions: Legal›Pardon
"Monk", 49 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Domestic›Knitting
Cultural Issues: Labor›Menial
Relationships: Social›Mentorship
"Monk", 51 (Event)
Environment: Place›Gallows
Actions: Verbal›Speech
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable
"Monk", 54 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Pardon
"Monk", 55 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Miscarriage of justice
"Monk", 58 (Event)
Environment: Place›Gas station | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Law›Alibi | Law›Eyewitness
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
"Monk", 58 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread | Place›Penitentiary
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Monk", 61 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Verbal›Threat
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Monk", 63 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Place›Cottonfield | Place›Field | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Movement›Riding
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Divine plan
"Mule in the Yard", 253 (Event)
Environment: Place›Crime scene | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Year›April
Actions: Physical›Finding | Violent›Homicide | Violent›Killing of animals
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge
"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", 239 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Natural›Woods | Place›Quarters | Place›Road | Time of Day›Evening | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Sensing the past
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
"Pantaloon in Black", 240 (Event)
Environment: Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation | Place›Quarters
Cultural Issues: Economy›Renting housing
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
"Pantaloon in Black", 240 (Event)
Environment: Place›Mill
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Play›Gambling | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Land-Use›Logging | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Money›Earned | Values›Success
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
"Pantaloon in Black", 243 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sawmill
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Singing | Bodily›Work song | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Land-Use›Logging
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Relationships: Hierarchical›Foreman-worker | Social›Coworker
"Pantaloon in Black", 246 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Swamp | Place›Hovel
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Violent›Interracial | Work›Dismissal
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Crime›Moonshining | Economy›Moonshine
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
"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", 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
"Raid", 39 (Event)
Environment: Place›Campsite
"Raid", 42 (Event)
Environment: Place›Graveyard
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Home›Destroyed
"Raid", 43 (Event)
Environment: Place›Railroad
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | War›Destruction | War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos
"Raid", 43 (Event)
Environment: Place›Stable
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Masculine woman
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
"Raid", 51 (Event)
Environment: Place›Military camp
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Traumatized | Slavery›Self-emancipation
"Retreat", 23 (Event)
Environment: Place›Spring
Actions: Economic›Trading | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Military | War›Glorification
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home
"Shall Not Perish", 105 (Event)
Environment: Place›Road | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Movement›Bus | Movement›Walking
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Going fast
"Smoke", 16 (Event)
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Cultural Issues: Government›Taxes, local
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession
"Smoke", 4 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Irony
"Smoke", 9 (Event)
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Actions: Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Erosion
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Entropy
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"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", 167 (Event)
Environment: Place›Corral
Cultural Issues: Economy›Auction
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control
"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", 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", 301 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Ditch | Place›Lane | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Talking
Relationships: Hierarchical›Child as authority
"That Evening Sun", 301 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Olfactory | Place›Cabin
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype: smell
Relationships: Hierarchical›Child as authority
"That Evening Sun", 308 (Event)
Environment: Place›Ditch
Actions: Physical›Stalking
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sibling
"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
"That Will Be Fine", 269 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel | Time of Day›Pre-dawn | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Movement›Buggy | Physical›Eating
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"The Bear", 281 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness | Place›Hunting camps | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›November
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Inheritance | Naming›Importance of naming
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
"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", 282 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Hunting›Teaching | Hunting›Waiting | Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Crossing | Perceptual›Hearing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
"The Bear", 283 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Natural›Wilderness | Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Perceptual›Smelling | Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Injury
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Body›Eyes | Character›Bravery | Values›Courage
"The Bear", 283 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Local legend
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
"The Bear", 284 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps | Time of Year›November
Actions: Emotional›Hope | Mental›Dreaming | Mental›Realization | Mental›Remembering | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Local legend
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Memory›Collective memory
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
"The Bear", 285 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Grayness | Natural›Trees | Natural›Wilderness | Place›Hunting camps | Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Shooting | Hunting›Teaching | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Woodpecker|Lord-to-God | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"The Bear", 286 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Domestic›Cooking | Hunting›And race | Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Moral›Deception | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Alcohol›Whiskey | Food›Breakfast | Food›Brunswick stew | Gender›All-male space | Hunting and Fishing›Annual | Hunting and Fishing›Marksmanship | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Raccoon | Animals›Squirrel | Animals›Turkey | Animals›Wildcats | Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Searching
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
"The Bear", 287 (Event)
Environment: Place›Stable | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Understanding
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And identity | Clothes›Hat, straw | Clothes›Overalls | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Philosophical›Freedom of choice | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"The Bear", 288 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Nature | Place›Hunting camps | Time of Day›Daybreak | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Hunting›Tracking | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Food›Breakfast | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Snake | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Compass | Past›Old days | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Endurance
"The Bear", 292 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Place›Plantation
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Trophy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Insects tick | Objects›Gun | Story-telling›Hunting
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"The Bear", 293 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Domestic Space›Office | Natural›Wilderness | Natural›Woods | Place›Plantation
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Gender›All-male space | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Hunting
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Interracial›Master-servant
"The Bear", 293 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Place›Plantation
Actions: Emotional›Pity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Diminishment / fading | Art›Poetry | Character›Pride | Morals›Honor | Morals›Justice | Texts›Poetry | Values›Courage | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
"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", 206 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness | Place›Field
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Agricultural | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness
"The Old People", 209 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country vs city
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing | Gender›Masculinity | Ritual›Initiation
"The Tall Men", 59 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Kissing | Physical›Burial
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | War›Going to war | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Philosophical›Individualism | Values›Family values
"The Unvanquished", 80 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Camp-fire smoke | Olfactory›Food | Place›Military camp
Actions: Economic›Scamming
Cultural Issues: Gender›Lady's accoutrements
"The Unvanquished", 94 (Event)
Environment: Place›Outlaw country | Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Rain
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Gender›Southern woman
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
"The Unvanquished", 95 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Place›Decayed house
Actions: Movement›Running | Violent›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one
"Tomorrow", 100 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Domestic›Sewing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Handmade | Clothes›Rural poverty | Politics›Taxes
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Naming›Named for historical figure
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" | Allusion, Historical›Longstreet, James | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Tomorrow", 101 (Event)
Environment: Place›Field
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Shotgun
Relationships: Social›Conflict | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Tomorrow", 102 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Frenchman's Bend | Public›Store | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Law›Hung jury
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cicadas | Animals›Lightning bugs | Philosophical›Human nature | Philosophical›Suffering | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Tomorrow", 105 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sawmill | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Character›Responsibility
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"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", 90 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Economy›Gambling | Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Kinlessness | Naming›Nickname
"Tomorrow", 90 (Event)
Environment: Place›Memphis
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cattle
"Tomorrow", 90 (Event)
Environment: Place›Crime scene | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Actions: Legal›Confession | Verbal›Confession
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence | Law›Justice of the Peace
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol
"Tomorrow", 90 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Place›Memphis
Actions: Communication›Newspaper article | Legal›Claim
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Law›Inheritance | Law›Property | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wedding license
Relationships: Marital›Alleged | Marital›Husband-wife
"Tomorrow", 94 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Mental›Contemplation | Movement›Driving
Cultural Issues: Class›Working | Law›Testimony
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
"Tomorrow", 97 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Economic›Trading | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Farming | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Economy›Wages
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Racist term
"Tomorrow", 97 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sawmill | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Storytelling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration
"Tomorrow", 98 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Time of Year›March | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Movement›Buggy | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Sawmilling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Goat | Arrivals/Departures›Return
"Tomorrow", 98 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Cleaning | Domestic›Cooking | Domestic›Milking | Domestic›Nursing | Domestic›Washing | Mental›Discovery | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Rural poverty
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Goat | Naming›False name | Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Collaborative narration
"Two Soldiers", 82 (Event)
Environment: Place›Farm
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Verbal›Withholding | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Radio | War›World War II
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›MacArthur, Douglas | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Two Soldiers", 86 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Domestic›Feeding | Physical›Kissing
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Character›Pride | Objects›Bible
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
"Two Soldiers", 88 (Event)
Environment: Place›Farm | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Agricultural›Chopping | Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Sleeping
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"Two Soldiers", 92 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country vs city
Actions: Mental›Discovery | Movement›Bus
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Character›Innocence
"Two Soldiers", 93 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country vs city | Place›Memphis | Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
"Two Soldiers", 93 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Place›Office
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Telephone | War›Deployment
Themes and Motifs: Objects›knife | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
"Two Soldiers", 93 (Event)
Environment: Place›Memphis
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Mental›Understanding
"Two Soldiers", 95 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Love | Physical›Kissing | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming life | Mass Media›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Determinism›Lack of choice | Time
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
"Two Soldiers", 99 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Light | Place›Country vs city | Public›Highway
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Technology›Elevator
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
"Uncle Willy", 231 (Event)
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy | Time of Day›Daytime
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Baseball | Food›Ice-cream | Health and Illness›Drugs
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Collective memory
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
"Uncle Willy", 241 (Event)
Environment: Place›Campsite
Actions: Mental›Understanding | Physical›Camping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Aviation clothes | Clothes›Cap | Clothes›Goggles
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Interracial›Master-servant
"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
"Vendee", 102 (Event)
Environment: Place›Campsite | Place›Decayed house
Actions: Bodily›Falling | Perceptual›Spying
Cultural Issues: Violence›Shooting
"Vendee", 103 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Place›Campsite
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Lying | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shabby | Health and Illness›Bullet hole | War›Rules of engagement
Themes and Motifs: Character›Coward
"Vendee", 111 (Event)
Environment: Place›Haystack
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping
"Vendee", 115 (Event)
Environment: Place›Grave | Time of Day›Dusk | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Crying
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
"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
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!, 100 (Event)
Environment: Place›Grave
Themes and Motifs: Death | Objects›Monument | Objects›Tombstone
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Absalom, Absalom!, 107 (Event)
Environment: Place›Road
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Movement›Buggy
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!, 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!, 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!, 117 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
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!, 126 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Place›Grave | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Domestic›Feeding | Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Defeat | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ruthless | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Rape | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 146 (Event)
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Cultural Issues: History›Reconstruction | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Return from war
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Absalom, Absalom!, 147 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country store
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Cultural Identity›North vs South
Themes and Motifs: Naming›And caste
Aesthetics: Diction›Derogatory socio-economic term
Absalom, Absalom!, 147 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country store
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›White trash
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Diction›Derogatory socio-economic term | Diction›Racist term
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›Gloom | Place›Graveyard | Weather›Rain
Actions: Hunting›Quail hunting | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Death | Objects›Tombstone
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs | Typography/Orthography›Inscription | Typography/Orthography›Italics
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!, 172 (Event)
Environment: Place›Graveyard
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunted house
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 185 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Clothes | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Recurring Tropes›Constitutive moment | Recurring Tropes›Door
Absalom, Absalom!, 199 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Revolt
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Design
Absalom, Absalom!, 199 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race | Slavery›Revolt
Absalom, Absalom!, 200 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Olfactory›Fire | Place›Plantation
Actions: Physical›Burning
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Revolt
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows
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)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Economic›Gifting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat
Absalom, Absalom!, 247 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Fire | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 248 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Communication›Writing | Economic›Scheming | Mental›Calculation
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Incest
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 248 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 249 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Cultural Issues: Education | Law›Law school | War›Civil War
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Oxford, Mississippi
Absalom, Absalom!, 25 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Actions: Legal›Locking up
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Pistol
Absalom, Absalom!, 25 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Actions: Mental›Inquiry
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Mystery
Absalom, Absalom!, 269 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Mental›Calculation | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Economy›Ledger | Gender›Chivalry | Violence›Dueling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun | Psychological›Manipulation | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Values›Honor
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 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!, 28 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Perceptual›Watching | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Hat | Group Mentality›Community collective | Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Labor | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mosquitoes | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Fatality | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Absalom, Absalom!, 29 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Work›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creation | Character›Artist | Character›Ruthless | Character›Vanity | Recurring Tropes›Dream
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 | Verbal›Rumor | 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!, 293 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Place›Decayed plantation
Actions: Emotional›Impatience
Themes and Motifs: Death | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Hatchet | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Door | Supernatural›Haunted house
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic | Metafictional›Painting
Absalom, Absalom!, 301 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Howling | Place›Decayed plantation
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
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!, 47 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Deathbed | Place›Plantation
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Requesting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Sister-sister
Aesthetics: Interpretation
Absalom, Absalom!, 48 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Naming slaves
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Art›Music | Objects›Piano
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Greek tragedy | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Mask
Absalom, Absalom!, 50 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Buggy
Relationships: Social›Isolation
Absalom, Absalom!, 79 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Solitude | Supernatural›Telepathy
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Desert island | Figures of Speech›Shadow
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!, 88 (Event)
Environment: Place›Slave market
Actions: Mental›Learning
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Racialized | Slavery›Buying slaves | Slavery›Concubinage
Absalom, Absalom!, 90 (Event)
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Moral›Corrupting
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Puritan | Ritual›Initiation | Sexuality›Prostitution | Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Character›Provincialism | Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine | Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Relationships: Friendship | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Face
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)
Environment: Place›Hospital
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women | War›Homefront | War›Wound
As I Lay Dying, 107 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Place›Church | Place›Road
Actions: Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Indecision | Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Persuasion
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs
As I Lay Dying, 115 (Event)
Environment: Place›Barn | Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Storm
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Gender›Labor | Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Story-telling›Retelling
As I Lay Dying, 118 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Place›Barn
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Memory›Forgetting
Relationships: Marital›Conflict
As I Lay Dying, 14 (Event)
Environment: Place›Barn
Actions: Interaction, Private›Seeking approval
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Mother-son
As I Lay Dying, 181 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Place›Farm
Actions: Domestic›Care | Emotional›Gratitude | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Death›Corpse | Objects›Coffin
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Narrative shift | Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 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 | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
As I Lay Dying, 239 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Outrage
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Character›stoic | Philosophical›Luck
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional | Hierarchical›Doctor-patient
As I Lay Dying, 241 (Event)
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
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, 247 (Event)
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Interaction, Private›Coercion | Interaction, Private›Sexual | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Abortion | Health and Illness›Medicine | Sexuality›Predatory
As I Lay Dying, 259 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Bodily›Shaving
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
As I Lay Dying, 26 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cottonfield
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking | Bodily›Sweating | Emotional›Passivity | Mental›Fatalism | Moral›Exploitation | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Relationships: Familial›Kinship | Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 65 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country vs city
Actions: Emotional›Longing | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty | Materialism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Objects›Toys
As I Lay Dying, 7 (Event)
Environment: Place›Bedroom
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Power
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Body›Face
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Social›Neighbor
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, 166 (Event)
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Flags in the Dust, 172 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Grave
Actions: Mental›Dreaming
Cultural Issues: Age›Baby | Age›Childhood | Gender›Maternal impulse
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Free indirect discourse
Flags in the Dust, 22 (Event)
Environment: Place›Poorhouse
Actions: Work›Construction
Themes and Motifs: Money
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Sartoris builds railroad
Flags in the Dust, 23 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom | Place›Railroad | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Exhaustion | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wine | Politics›Election
Themes and Motifs: Death›Murder | Objects›Pipe
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Recurring Episodes›Colonel Sartoris killed
Flags in the Dust, 26 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Trees | Place›Graveyard | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Callousness | Play›Card playing | Verbal›Chatter | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Apron | Food›Ice-cream | Land-Use›Loss of flora | Land-Use›Loss of wildlife | Mass Media›Magazines | Sexuality›Harassment | War›Death | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Body›Weight | Objects›Cigar | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New York | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Flags in the Dust, 272 (Event)
Environment: Place›Negro district
Actions: Economic›Buying
Flags in the Dust, 326 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Year›December
Actions: Violent›Destructive behavior
Themes and Motifs: Death›Car accident | Objects›Car | Objects›Cigarette
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Old Bayard's death | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 351 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Place›River-bottom | Weather›Rain
Actions: Hunting›Bird hunting | Hunting›Duck hunting | Hunting›Goose hunting | Hunting›Racoon hunting | Hunting›Wildcat hunting
Flags in the Dust, 355 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country vs city | Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Progress›Consumerism | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 4 (Event)
Environment: Place›Poorhouse
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pipe
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 44 (Event)
Environment: Place›Graveyard
Actions: Domestic›Making a bed | Domestic›Setting the table | Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: War›Return
Themes and Motifs: Character›Tenderness | Objects›Milk
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 7 (Event)
Environment: Place›Farm | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Movement›Carriage | Movement›Sneaking | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Psychological›Trauma
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Symbolism›Shadows
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, 130 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Place›Quarters | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Sensing the past
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Footprint | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
Go Down, Moses, 131 (Event)
Environment: Place›Quarters
Cultural Issues: Economy›Renting housing
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Go Down, Moses, 131 (Event)
Environment: Place›Mill
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Play›Gambling | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Land-Use›Logging | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Money›Earned | Values›Success
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Go Down, Moses, 136 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sawmill
Actions: Bodily