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"A Bear Hunt", 64 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Sewing | Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime | Economy›Moonshine
Relationships: Civic›Charity | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Roman salute
"A Name for the City", 204 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Government›Right of secession
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
"Monk", 44 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Olfactory›Decay
Actions: Violent›Threatening
Themes and Motifs: Death
Relationships: Civic›child protection | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
"Monk", 44 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Interaction, Social›Charity
Themes and Motifs: Futility
Relationships: Civic›child protection
"Shall Not Perish", 110 (Event)
Environment: Public›Art museum
Themes and Motifs: Art›Painting
Relationships: Civic
"Two Soldiers", 89 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Paying | Economic›Trading | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls | Identity, Cultural›Rural | Mass Media›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Objects›knife
Relationships: Civic›child protection | Familial›Sibling | Social›Adversarial | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Tone›Humorous
"Two Soldiers", 97 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Uniform | Economy›Wealth | Progress›Country to city | Progress›Technological | Technology›Elevator
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Civic›child protection
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Absalom, Absalom!, 15 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Mental›Insight | Perceptual›Overhearing | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Age›Youth vs age | Identity, Personal›Family role
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Character›Responsibility | Death›Deathbed | Determinism›Fated | Recurring Tropes›Fairy-tale | Story-telling›Family oral tradition
Relationships: Civic›child protection | Familial›Aunt-niece | Familial›Sister-sister | Intergenerational›Obligation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Narrative›Repetition
Absalom, Absalom!, 33 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River | Place›Plantation
Actions: Communication›Speaking | Emotional›Resentment | Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Ox | Movement›Return | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Respectability | Crime›Looting | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Uncle Sam | Group Mentality›Community collective | Group Mentality›Creating an Other | Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Politics›Public opinion | Religion›Godhead | Slavery›Imported
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Oxen | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder | Community›Crowd | Community›Opinion | Community›Secrecy | Money›Loot | Money›Luxury | Objects›Chandlier | Objects›Crystal | Objects›Furniture | Values›Conscience
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community | Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Argument | Narrative›Foreshadowing
Absalom, Absalom!, 34 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation | Public›Road | Time of Year›April
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Movement›Horse | Movement›Riding | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat | Crime›Vigilantism | Group Mentality›Community collective | Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Law›Sheriff
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Community›Posse | Community›Preserving order | Objects›Basket | Objects›Portmanteau | Objects›Tarpaulin
Relationships: Civic | Institutional›Police-arrestee | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Anti-climax | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Withholding
Absalom, Absalom!, 34 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel | Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Mental›Believing | Movement›Horse | Movement›Riding | Movement›Stopping | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Talking | Work›Hotel employee
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Character›Power | Character›Ruthless | Character›Swagger | Objects›Basket | Objects›Portmanteau | Objects›Tarpaulin
Relationships: Civic | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›John L. Sullivan | Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Face | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 37 (Event)
Environment: Public›Church
Actions: Communication›Lack of communication | Economic›Investing | Interaction, Private›Coercion | Interaction, Social›Church | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Legal›Bailing out | Legal›Bonding
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Economy›Commerce | Law›Bail | Ritual›Wedding
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Values›Conscience | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community | Commercial›Business partners | Marital›Father in law-son in law
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Creditor | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Withholding
Absalom, Absalom!, 6 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›House | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Starvation | Communication›Newspaper article | Communication›Writing | Domestic›Feeding | Interaction, Social›Gossip | Physical›Concealing | Physical›Confining | Physical›Hiding | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women | Mass Media›Newspaper | Region›Lost Cause | War›Civil War | War›Confederate Army | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging | War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Art›Poetry | Naming›Importance of naming | Past›And monuments | Past›Past in present | Psychological›Will to endure | Texts›Epitaph | Texts›Newspapers | Texts›Poetry | Values›Determination | Values›Devotion | Values›Durability
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Providing for
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Tomb | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Narrative›Background | Narrative›Parentheses
Absalom, Absalom!, 9 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jefferson
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Interaction, Social›Gentleman's agreement | Movement›Riding | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Class›Respectability | Cultural Identity›Outlander | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Gentleman | Gender›Women | Gender›Women as sacred | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Community›Opinion | Community›Supportive | Morals›Honor | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Pistol | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Moral authority
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community | Marital›Social respectability | Romantic›Potential | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Military terminology | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Weaponry imagery | Narrative›Frame | Narrative›Repetition
Flags in the Dust, 72 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Communication›Letter | Emotional›Indifference | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: War›Draft | War›Homefront | War›Red Cross
Relationships: Civic›Charity
Flags in the Dust, 91 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Sterile
Actions: Emotional›Coldness | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Class›Pretension | Class›Professional | Education›Being well read / erudite | Health and Illness›Growth | Health and Illness›Medical advice | Health and Illness›Obesity | Health and Illness›Quackery | Migration›Work
Themes and Motifs: Character›Assertive | Objects›Car | Recurring Tropes›Door | Texts›Novel
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Simile-mask
Go Down, Moses, 359 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige | Gender›Chivalry
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Burial | Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Civic›Charity
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Requiem for a Nun, 21 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous
Relationships: Civic›Postal carrier-community
Requiem for a Nun, 22 (Event)
Environment: Place›Stable | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Naming›As tribute | Naming›Named for historical figure | Naming›Place name
Relationships: Civic›Postal carrier-community | Familial›Mother-son
The Hamlet, 287 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Barefooted | Domestic›Housekeeping
Themes and Motifs: Character›Generous
Relationships: Civic›Charity | Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Familial›Uncle-niece
The Hamlet, 288 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Empathy
Themes and Motifs: Home›Substitute | Money›Expenses
Relationships: Civic›Charity
The Hamlet, 295 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Empathy | Work›Blacksmith
Cultural Issues: History›Panic of 1893
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Child's name
Relationships: Civic›Charity
The Hamlet, 96 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Disgust | Mental›Realization
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Character›Decent | Money›As motive
Relationships: Civic›Charity
The Mansion, 429 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Economy›Market day | Politics›Democracy
Relationships: Civic›Voting
The Sound and the Fury, 125 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Olfactory›Baking / bread
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Caring | Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Charity | Moral›Judgmental | Moral›Stealing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Jewish | Ethnicity›Offensive terminology | Food›Bread | Food›Cake | Food›Coffee | Gender›Femininity | Gender›Masculine woman | Gender›Stereotype librarian / school teacher | Mass Media›Newspaper | Nationality›American | Nationality›Foreigners | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants | Prejudice
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Librarian look | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Money›Nickel coin | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Coffee | Objects›Ring | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Civic›Charity | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem/song "The Star-Spangled Banner" | Description›Color gray | Diction›Ethnic slur | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Toy bear / teddybear | Genre Conventions›Parody | Tone›Sarcastic
The Sound and the Fury, 139 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Running sound | Natural›Water moving / flowing
Actions: Bodily›Retching | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Laughing | Legal›Arrest | Legal›Handcuffing | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Physical›Holding | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Stuttering / stammering | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Kidnapping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Vest | Food›Bread | Health and Illness›Nausea | Law›Badge | Law›Constitutional right to remain silent | Law›Criminal assault | Law›Criminal assault and battery | Law›Custody | Nationality›Foreigners | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Insects butterflies | Appearance›Dirty | Body›Arm | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Shoulder | Body›Stomach/belly | Body›Throat | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Civic | Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Assailant-victim
Aesthetics: Description›Color yellow | Language›Foreign accent / dialect | Language›ah ah ah
The Town, 182 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Emotional›Suspicion | Moral›Scheming | Perceptual›Investigating | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Government›Civic officials | Law›Clue | Law›Legal issue | Sexuality›Pornography
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 282 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community | Commercial›Rivalry | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Language›French | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
The Town, 389 (Event)
Environment: Place›Railroad
Actions: Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shabby | Food›As substitute
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Community›Crowd | Community›Preserving order | Texts›Letters
Relationships: Civic›Charity | Civic›child protection
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
The Unvanquished, 136 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Slavery›Freedom | War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Community
Relationships: Civic›Charity
The Unvanquished, 187 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Lost Cause | Gender›Men vs women | War›Confederate Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Civic›Voting
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Unvanquished, 198 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers | Race›White supremacists | Slavery›Abolition | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Reconstruction
Relationships: Civic›Voting
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Missouri | Allusion, Geographical›Washington, D.C.
The Unvanquished, 204 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Values›Propriety
Relationships: Civic›Voting | Marital›Wedding
The Unvanquished, 206 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Actions: Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Veil | Clothes›Wedding dress | Race›White supremacists
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Civic›Voting
The Unvanquished, 207 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Veil | Clothes›Wedding dress | Government›Voting rights | Race›White supremacists
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder
Relationships: Civic›Voting
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
The Unvanquished, 208 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Movement›Horse | Verbal›Rebel yell
Cultural Issues: Crime›Voter fraud | Gender›Marriage | Gender›Men vs women | Race›Disenfranchisement | War›Reconstruction
Relationships: Civic›Voting
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics