Environment: Public Town Square

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"Two Soldiers", 89 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Law
Absalom, Absalom!, 31 (Event)
Environment: Public›Church | Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Surprise | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Sabbath
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ruthless | Meaning›Mystery
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Electricity | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 34 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Character›Power | Character›Ruthless | Objects›Basket | Objects›Portmanteau | Objects›Tarpaulin
Relationships: Civic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›John L. Sullivan | Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Face | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 35 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Community›Posse | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Absalom, Absalom!, 36 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Legal›Arrest
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Community›Posse
Relationships: Institutional›Police-arrestee | Marital›Arrangements
Absalom, Absalom!, 56 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Gender›Clothing
Themes and Motifs: Character›Swagger
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Absalom, Absalom!, 57 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shawl | Labor›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Appearance
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
As I Lay Dying, 254 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Eating
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness
Aesthetics: Language›yes Yes Yes yes
As I Lay Dying, 260 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Asking for money | Emotional›Surprise
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute | Law›Compensation | Mass Media›Graphophone
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Intruder in the Dust, 117 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Monday
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Apron | Clothes›Cap | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Store clothes | Segregation›Daily life
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Past›Past vs present
Intruder in the Dust, 131 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Year›Monday
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation | Mental›Imagining
Intruder in the Dust, 132 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Movement›Truck | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Prejudice›White supremacy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Intruder in the Dust, 176 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Sleeplessness | Emotional›Exhaustion | Movement›Car | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Intruder in the Dust, 179 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Sleeplessness | Movement›Car | Movement›Truck | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Intruder in the Dust, 206 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Ten o'clock p.m.
Actions: Legal›Release of prisoner | Movement›Walking
Intruder in the Dust, 206 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Ten o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›May
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Group Mentality›Mob behavior
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Intruder in the Dust, 215 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Movement›Truck
Intruder in the Dust, 216 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Movement›Walking
Intruder in the Dust, 23 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Suit
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Objects›Toothpick | Objects›Watch
Intruder in the Dust, 230 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Saturday morning
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Violent›Suicide
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Objects›Car | Objects›Truck | Past›Recent past
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Intruder in the Dust, 232 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Public›Town Square
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Ordering
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Vest | Cultural Identity›American | Entertainment›Radio
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Watch
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Intruder in the Dust, 24 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Economic›Indebtedness | Verbal›Thanking
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Intruder in the Dust, 24 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Year›January | Weather›Cold
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Mental›Understanding | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Suit | Politics›Taxes
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Toothpick
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult | Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Intruder in the Dust, 26 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Entertainment›Baseball
Intruder in the Dust, 27 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Movement›Car | Verbal›Gossip | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Intruder in the Dust, 28 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Mental›Distraction | Movement›Walking
Intruder in the Dust, 30 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Violence›Lynching
Intruder in the Dust, 33 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Sitting
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Religion›Sabbath | Violence›Lynching
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Intruder in the Dust, 48 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument
Intruder in the Dust, 48 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail | Public›Town Square
Actions: Movement›Car | Verbal›Yelling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car
Intruder in the Dust, 53 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Movement›Car | Violent›Car accident
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Tennis shoes
Themes and Motifs: Community›Stranger
Light in August, 115 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Woods | Public›Street | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›August
Actions: Bodily›Looking | Bodily›Panting | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Play›Card playing
Light in August, 294 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street | Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Legal›Will | Movement›Car | Movement›Wagon
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Inscription | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 295 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Outrage | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Light in August, 297 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Public›Street | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Movement›Car | Movement›Walking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Bible | Objects›Parasol
Light in August, 340 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Charity | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial consciousness | Religion›Fanaticism
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Light in August, 343 (Event)
Environment: Place›Church | Public›Town Square
Actions: Verbal›Preaching
Cultural Issues: Race›White supremacists | Religion›Fanaticism
Light in August, 348 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Supper table | Domestic Space›Yard | Place›Jail | Public›Town Square
Actions: Movement›Car | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Light in August, 35 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Smoking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat, straw | Clothes›Pants
Light in August, 40 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Evening | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat, straw | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Suit
Light in August, 415 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Talking
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 454 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Light in August, 457 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Monday morning
Actions: Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Racial solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Light in August, 458 (Event)
Environment: Public›Courthouse | Public›Town Square
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Movement›Bicycle | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Running | Physical›Pursuit | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Uniform | Law›Sheriff's deputy
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Light in August, 93 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day
Actions: Verbal›Yelling
Requiem for a Nun, 187 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Economic›Partnership | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Running away | Verbal›Disagreeing | Violent›Murder | Violent›Shooting
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Colonel Sartoris killed | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 221 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Three o'clock a.m.
Actions: Bodily›Nausea | Physical›Walking
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Nausea
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Community›Alienation | Time›Frozen / Static
Sanctuary, 280 (Event)
Environment: Place›Courtroom | Public›Town Square
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Hearing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Law›Trial
Sanctuary, 293 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Tirade
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior
The Mansion, 316 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Interaction, Social›Charity
Cultural Issues: Law›Regulation
The Reivers , 28 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Movement›Car | Movement›Carriage | Movement›Crash | Work›Mechanic
Cultural Issues: Law›Regulation
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry
The Reivers , 292 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Language›Hee hee hee
The Reivers , 292 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Movement›Car | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Lying
Cultural Issues: Age›Rite of passage
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Home›Homecoming | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 11 (Event)
Environment: Place›Graveyard | Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Worry | Movement›Carriage | Physical›Sleeping | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Mourning | Religion›Divine judgment
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Monument | Objects›Pencil | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Narrative›Unreliable narrator | Tone›Sarcastic
The Sound and the Fury, 319 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street | Public›Town Square
Actions: Movement›Surrey
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument
The Sound and the Fury, 320 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Anguish | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Observing | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Hitting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Chaos/Order›Creating order | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Chaos/Order›Out of ordered place | Objects›Windows | Psychological›Terror | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument | Recurring Tropes›Door
The Sound and the Fury, 86 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Auditory›Bells | Natural›Mountains | Natural›Mud | Natural›Sky | Public›School | Public›Town Square | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December | Time of Year›New Year
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Waiting | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Train | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Passing from sight
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Blanket | Clothes›Pants | Education›Primary school | Entertainment›Fireworks | Food›Candy | Health and Illness›Gastrointestinal discomfort | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Prejudice›Infantilizing of blacks | Prejudice›White supremacy | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Uncle as term for black man | Race›White race | Ritual›Christmas gift game | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Technology›Steam locomotive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Body›Stomach/belly | Character›Childlike | Character›Reliability | Home›Homebound | Memory›Remembering | Money›Quarter coin | Objects›Toys | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Time›Frozen / Static
Relationships: Interracial›White-black | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Rabbit | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Skeleton | Style›Long sentence | Style›Numerous adjectives
The Town, 10 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Cooking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Apron | Clothes›Bathing suit | Clothes›Women | History›Civil War as point of reference | Politics›City government | Politics›Election | Sexuality›Attractiveness | War›Confederate Army
Relationships: Ancestral | Familial›Father-son | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Personification | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Communal narrative
The Town, 102 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Curious | Movement›Car | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Law›Hearing
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular passim
The Town, 11 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Law›Regulation | Modernity›Changing customs | Politics›City government | Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Car | Objects›Surrey
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Recurring Episodes›Jefferson's first car
The Town, 118 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Lost Cause
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Monument | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Confederate monument unveiled
The Town, 123 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Death›Disease
The Town, 135 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Economic›Ascent | Economic›Delivery | Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Money
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
The Town, 138 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Attraction | Emotional›Surprise | Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha | Time›Awareness of time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
The Town, 140 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Anguish | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Gender›Changing relationships | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Puberty
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Death›Suicide | Naming
Relationships: Familial›Cohesion | Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Helen of Troy | Allusion, Historical›Semiramis | Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›First-person passim | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
The Town, 15 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Attractiveness | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy | Recurring Tropes›Gossip | Recurring Tropes›Open secret
Relationships: Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Narrative›Communal narrative
The Town, 155 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Economic›Borrowing | Economic›Investing | Mental›Realization | Physical›Running | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Refusing
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 204 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Movement›Car | Physical›Walking
Cultural Issues: Education›Graduation | Entertainment›Movies
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Character›Resolve | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Relationships: Romantic›Unrequited
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
The Town, 206 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Cars passing | Public›Town Square | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Bodily›Coughing | Emotional›Anger | Movement›Car | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Law›Sheriff
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Interpretation of symbol
The Town, 222 (Event)
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy | Public›Town Square | Time of Year›February
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 227 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Refusing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dressed up | Clothes›Hat
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Body›Eyes | Home›Home as prison
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 255 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Economic›Paying
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Money
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Dash
The Town, 304 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Year›Winter
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Tie
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable
The Town, 310 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Verbal›Negotiation
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Cigar
Aesthetics: Narrative›Alternative story
The Town, 333 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Law›Lawyers
Themes and Motifs: Time›Anticipation
The Town, 357 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Movement›Car
The Town, 75 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cotillion Club | Public›Opera house | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›December
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Movement›Buggy | Physical›Dancing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Bachelor
Themes and Motifs: Art›Music | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Handy, W.C. | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 92 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Solitary
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation