Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss

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"A Bear Hunt", 64 (Event)
Environment: Public›Church
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic | Physical›Burning | Play›Prank
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Naming›Change over time | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
"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", 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", 79 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Buying | Emotional›Patience | Emotional›Waiting | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar | Labor›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Objects›Gun | Objects›Steamboat | Past›Past vs present
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Natchez, Mississippi | Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Allusion, Historical›Steamboat race | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Delayed revelation | Narrative›Irony | Tone›Humorous
"A Courtship", 361 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Winter
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Law
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
"A Name for the City", 200 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Legal›Record keeping
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Ownership | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Objects›Iron box | Texts›Civic records
"A Name for the City", 202 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Indian Removal | Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Texts›Letter of protest
Relationships: Marital›Interracial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"A Name for the City", 206 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Story-telling›Communal mythology
"A Name for the City", 208 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"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", 213 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money | Progress›Building structure | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Naming›Named for historical figure
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
"A Rose for Emily", 127 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Conflict
"Ad Astra", 418 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Newspaper article
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Death›Murder
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Marital›Adultery
"Ambuscade", 16 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Cultural Issues: Education›Informal | Race›Stereotype lower intelligence
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee
"Ambuscade", 16 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Impermanence
"Ambuscade", 5 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Physical›Eating
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object
"Ambuscade", 6 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"An Error in Chemistry", 123 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Law›Investigation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Meaning›Interpretation
"An Error in Chemistry", 125 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Recurring Tropes›Illusion
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Appendix: Compson", 326 (Event)
Actions: Military›Escape | Physical›Escaping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tartan | Ethnicity›Scottish / Scots | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants | War›Jacobite Rebellion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Exile›Post-war | Objects›Sword
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Allusion, Geographical›Scotland | Allusion, Historical›Battle of Culloden Moor
"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", 326 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Swamp
Actions: Military›Combat | Military›Retreat
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injury | History›American Revolution | Nationality›English / British | War›American Revolution | War›Military service
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Absence/Loss›Military defeat | Death›Left for dead | Objects›Sword
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Georgia
"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)
Actions: Economic›Borrowing | Economic›Selling land
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility | Economy›Banking | History›Carpetbaggers | History›Reconstruction | War›Destruction
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Burning a town | Time›Future
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
"Appendix: Compson", 332 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Ambivalence
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Determinism›Fated | Values›Family honor | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
"Appendix: Compson", 332 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Middle age | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Exile›Dispossession
"Appendix: Compson", 338 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Saving money | Economic›Selling a house or place
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Alcoholism | Class›Snopesism | Class›Social decline | Education›Trade school | Gender›Bachelor
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Home›Destroyed
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Dysfunctional | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal discontinuity | Recurring Episodes›Benjy accosts schoolgirl | Recurring Episodes›Benjy castrated | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"Appendix: Compson", 340 (Event)
Environment: Public›Pasture
Actions: Emotional›Love
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Absence/Loss›Of loved one
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Caddy's wedding | Recurring Episodes›Compsons sell pasture
"Appendix: Compson", 341 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Forgetting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental illness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Substitute
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Benjy committed | Tone›Incongruous
"Appendix: Compson", 341 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Easter
Actions: Physical›Escaping
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Money›Stolen
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away | Symbolism›Christian
"Appendix: Compson", 341 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fury
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
"Appendix: Compson", 342 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Over time | Home›Getting away
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Bigamy | Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away
"Beyond", 783 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Emotional›Expecting | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Afterlife
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
"Beyond", 790 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Physical›Riding | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ancestral
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Objects›Books | Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"By the People", 137 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Temporal projection
"By the People", 137 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
"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
"Centaur in Brass", 161 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Deception | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Objects›Brass
"Centaur in Brass", 162 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Searching
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Objects›Brass
"Delta Autumn", 267 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Delta | Time of Year›Fall | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Nostalgia
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Annual
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Renewal
"Delta Autumn", 267 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
"Delta Autumn", 269 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Material | Meaning›Mystery
"Delta Autumn", 270 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Labor›Racialized | Land-Use›Cotton farming | Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant
"Delta Autumn", 271 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Naming›Using Indians as names
"Elly", 213 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
"Elly", 213 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Empty room
Actions: Emotional›Numbness
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Trousseau
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Time›Awareness of time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Military analogy
"Elly", 223 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Cars passing
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Emotional›Passivity | Emotional›Self-pity
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Car accident
Aesthetics: Description›Delayed decoding
"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)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Orphan
"Gold Is Not Always", 229 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Economy›Evaluate exchange value
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Livestock | Animals›Mules | Objects›Flashlight | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
"Hair", 134 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Traits | Sexuality›Puberty
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame
"Hair", 139 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Commemoration
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Body›Hair | Death›Burial
"Hair", 145 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Substitute
"Hair", 145 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Paying
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Substitute
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
"Hand upon the Waters", 67 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Whimper
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness | Health and Illness›Mute
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Body›Physical disability | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
"Hand upon the Waters", 70 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
"Hand upon the Waters", 70 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Arrival of whites in Mississippi | History›Founding fathers | Progress›Historical
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›First settlers arrive | Recurring Episodes›Old Frenchman's arrival
"Hand upon the Waters", 77 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Body›Mental disability
"Hand upon the Waters", 77 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Death›Burial
"Hand upon the Waters", 77 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Searching
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one
"Hand upon the Waters", 78 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Moral›Deception
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Meaning›Mystery
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Knight's Gambit", 208 (Event)
Environment: Place›Greenbury hotel
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
"Lion", 197 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Love | Hunting›Injury
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of animal companion | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Animal Dog
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 370 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Singing | Violent›Hitting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Money›Owed
"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)
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Values›Faithfulness
Relationships: Marital›Separated
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 378 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Evoking memory
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Sadness | Work›Painting|Drawing
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Marital›Separated
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
"Monk", 43 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
"Monk", 44 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Violent›Threatening
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family
"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)
Actions: Movement›Walking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Footprint
"Pantaloon in Black", 241 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Disorientation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Animals›Dogs | Home›Homecoming | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
"Pantaloon in Black", 247 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Despair | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow
"Race at Morning", 302 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Nursing
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Sentience | Chaos/Order›Creating order
"Race at Morning", 307 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Surrogate | Sexual›Adultery
"Race at Morning", 307 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Race at Morning", 308 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Hungering
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Relationships: Familial›Surrogate
"Race at Morning", 308 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
"Raid", 39 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Displacement | War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Racial
"Raid", 41 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Religion›African American | Slavery›Freedom | Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Relationships: Familial›Mother-infant
"Raid", 52 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Pillage | War›Profiting from war
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text
"Retreat", 32 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text
"Retreat", 34 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Biblical analogy | Slavery›Loyalty | Slavery›Resistance | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Violence against civilians
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Home›Destroyed
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jordan | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Shall Not Perish", 102 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Friday | Time of Year›July
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Communication›Newspaper columns and notices | Emotional›Grief | Movement›Truck | Physical›Walking | Work›Churning butter
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Community›Social life | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Plane accident
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 58 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Age›War | Gender›War | War›Defeat | War›Homefront | War›Scorched-earth policy | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Men | Absence/Loss›War | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Handwriting | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 60 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | Gender›War | Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Mother-daughter | Romantic›Death | Romantic›Fiance
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 70 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Veil | Food›Community
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Community›Wedding | Objects›Basket | Objects›Silver | Objects›Wreath
"Smoke", 23 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
"Smoke", 5 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
"Spotted Horses", 168 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Auction | Emotional›Despair | Interaction, Social›Auction | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Washing clothes
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Clothes›Rural poverty | Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as disguise | Chaos/Order›Control | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Relationships: Marital›Abusive
Aesthetics: Diction›Western vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
"Spotted Horses", 180 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Capture as loss
Aesthetics: Tone›Absurdist
"Spotted Horses", 180 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Morals›Injustice
"That Evening Sun", 293 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Relationships: Marital›Abandonment
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Evening Sun", 293 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Cultural Issues: Race›White savior
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family
Relationships: Marital›Desertion
"That Will Be Fine", 273 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Crying | Moral›Exploitation | Movement›Carriage | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Double standard
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Character›Blackguard
Relationships: Sexual›Extramarital | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"The Bear", 281 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Mental›Remembering | Violent›Animal predatory behavior | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Food›Peas | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Clearing the land
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Absence/Loss›Livestock | Animals›Bear | Animals›Cows | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Pigs | Futility›Inability | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Ax | Objects›Saw | Recurring Tropes›Apotheosis | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Story-telling›Hunting
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Priam | Figures of Speech›Animals compared to objects | Figures of Speech›Train / locomotive imagery
"The Bear", 289 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Hunting›Bird hunting | Hunting›Tracking | Mental›Realization | Movement›Wrong direction | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Animals›Named bear Ben | Home›In nature | Objects›Compass | Objects›Footprint | Objects›Watch | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing | Supernatural›Vision | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Watch
Aesthetics: Narrative›Epiphany | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"The Bear", 292 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Tracking | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Animals›Bear
"The Hound", 156 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Physical›Whittling
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Community›Social life | Psychological›Paranoia | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
"The Hound", 158 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Physical›Whittling
Cultural Issues: Law›Jury
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Supernatural›Superstitions
Aesthetics: Narrative›African-American folk sayings
"The Hound", 159 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Following | Non-human›Dog barking | Violent›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Dogs
"The Hound", 162 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Sunrise
Actions: Bodily›Dismemberment | Legal›Arrest | Physical›Searching | Violent›Animal attack on human | Violent›Violence against animals
Cultural Issues: Law›Arrest | Law›Police
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Animals›Dogs
"The Old People", 201 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Running | Emotional›Anxiety | Hunting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | Ritual›Initiation | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Story-telling
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
"The Old People", 203 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Pre-dawn | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Hunting›Turkey hunting | Verbal›Listen
Cultural Issues: Race›Chickasaw | Race›Mixed race
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Animals›Turkey | Past›Old days | Story-telling
Relationships: Ancestral
"The Old People", 211 (Event)
Environment: Otherworldly
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Renewal | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Ancestral›Indian | Familial›Father-son
"The Unvanquished", 86 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
"The Unvanquished", 87 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Withholding
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Texts›Drawing
"The Unvanquished", 87 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Region›Lost Cause | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
"The Unvanquished", 94 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Promising
Cultural Issues: War›Profiting from war
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth
"The Unvanquished", 95 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Place›Decayed house
Actions: Movement›Running | Violent›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one
"There Was a Queen", 727 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Modern fashions | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Migration›Movement to city
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Death
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Genealogy
"There Was a Queen", 732 (Event)
Actions: Military›Destruction of enemy property
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Civil War | War›On homefront
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Home›Destroyed
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
"There Was a Queen", 742 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Verbal›Promising
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son
"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
"Two Soldiers", 83 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Worry | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Hushing | Work›Chopping wood
Cultural Issues: Age›War | Age›Youth | Nationality›Japanese | War›Patriotism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Home | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling
"Two Soldiers", 87 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Actions: Emotional›Sadness | Movement›Bus
Cultural Issues: War›Patriotism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Suitcase
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"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
Absalom, Absalom!, 10 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Despair
Cultural Issues: Crime›Fratricide | History›Civil War as point of reference | War›Confederate Army
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Death
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon
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!, 117 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Burial
Cultural Issues: Gender
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Naming | Objects›Photograph | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Seed | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 12 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Despair
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›War | Region›The South | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Objects›Sword | Values›Honor | Values›Valor
Relationships: Familial›Exigent circumstances
Absalom, Absalom!, 120 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway
Actions: Movement›Running
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 120 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Character›Pride | Morals›Faith | Morals›Honor | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 122 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Domestic›Cooking | Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Body›Blood | Objects›Mirror | Recurring Tropes›Echo | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 129 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Fury | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Time›Running out | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carcassonne | Allusion, Literary›Camelot | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Ripple | Figures of Speech›Shell | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 148 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Store owner
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Adult-adolescent
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Interracial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Faustus
Absalom, Absalom!, 160 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house | Olfactory›Decay
Actions: Mental›Disorientation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Silk
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss
Absalom, Absalom!, 165 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Curse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Meaning›Limitations of words / language
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 18 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Thunder | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Plantation house | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Movement›Carriage | Perceptual›Eavesdropping
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Fever | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Memory | Psychological›Terror | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Threshold | Recurring Tropes›Triumph | Supernatural›Place
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Breath
Absalom, Absalom!, 256 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 26 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Money›Gold
Absalom, Absalom!, 261 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Messenger | Emotional›Longing
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Absalom, Absalom!, 261 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 263 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Thinking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana | Allusion, Geographical›St. Louis | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 266 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 267 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Movement›Steamboat
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Home›Estranged | Story-telling›Collaborative
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 271 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Running away | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Absalom, Absalom!, 275 (Event)
Actions: Military›Combat | Military›Retreat
Cultural Issues: History›Battle of Shiloh|Pittsburg Landing
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Military defeat
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee | Allusion, Historical›Shiloh | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Absalom, Absalom!, 278 (Event)
Actions: Military›Retreat | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Military defeat
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 288 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Race | Region›The South | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Military defeat | Character›Principle | Recurring Tropes›Glory | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Gettysburg | Allusion, Geographical›University of Mississippi | Allusion, Historical›Pickett's Charge | Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh
Absalom, Absalom!, 33 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Absalom, Absalom!, 49 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Vindictive | Interaction, Social›Visiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial
Absalom, Absalom!, 50 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Marital›Elopement
Absalom, Absalom!, 51 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Outrage
Cultural Issues: War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Appearance | Objects›Candelabra | Objects›Damask | Objects›Porcelain
Relationships: Familial
Absalom, Absalom!, 56 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›New Year
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Interaction, Social›Visiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Absalom, Absalom!, 6 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Crime›Murder | Violence›Interracial | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Sibling | Romantic›Fiance
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Henry kills Bon
Absalom, Absalom!, 61 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Death›Deathbed
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Butterfly
Absalom, Absalom!, 65 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Death | Objects›Basket
Relationships: Familial›Orphan
Absalom, Absalom!, 66 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Commodity | Slavery›Manumission | Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Absalom, Absalom!, 66 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Accounting
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss
Relationships: Familial
Absalom, Absalom!, 66 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house
Actions: Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Appearance›Cosmetics | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Death›Deathbed | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Supernatural›Place
Relationships: Familial›Sister-sister
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people | Figures of Speech›Butterfly | Figures of Speech›Moth | Symbolism›Blood
Absalom, Absalom!, 73 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Absalom, Absalom!, 75 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Objects›Letter | Past›Past in present
Absalom, Absalom!, 79 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Detachment | Mental›Discovery | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Futility
Relationships: Familial | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana | Figures of Speech›Scientific | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Interpretation | Metafictional›Signs | Narrative›Indeterminacy
Absalom, Absalom!, 81 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Absalom, Absalom!, 99 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Recurring Tropes›Solitary
As I Lay Dying, 100 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Practicality | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Fish | Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Death›Dying wish | Objects›Toys | Philosophical›Existentialism
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 110 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bridge | Time of Day›Dusk | Weather›Flood | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Identity, Cultural›Rural | Labor | Land-Use›Agricultural | Religion›Divine judgment
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Memory›Collective memory | Morals›Hypocrisy | Philosophical›Salvation
As I Lay Dying, 153 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River
Actions: Bodily›Watching | Movement›Swimming | Physical›Running | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Coffin | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Objects›Wagon
As I Lay Dying, 166 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Emotional›Repentance | Moral›Judgmental | Moral›Praying | Moral›Punishment
Cultural Issues: Religion›Challenge | Religion›Heresy | Religion›Piety | Religion›Sacrilege | Religion›Sin | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Character›Pride | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Redemption | Philosophical›Salvation
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 171 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Pregnancy | Communication›Without words | Emotional›Cynicism | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Female | Violence›Language
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Absence/Loss›Substitute | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Philosophical›Nihilism
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Symbolism›Blood
As I Lay Dying, 172 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Nature
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Pregnancy | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Emptying oneself | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Animals›Geese | Character›Duty | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Liminal | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Naming | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood | Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Figures of Speech›Violent in figurative sense | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
As I Lay Dying, 176 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Calculation
Cultural Issues: Law›Compensation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Death›Anticipation of death | Meaning›Maternity | Meaning›Paternity
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
As I Lay Dying, 195 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Loss of animal companion | Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: 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, 210 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Mental›Counting | Mental›Incomprehension | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of animal companion | Animals›Buzzards | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Toys
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
As I Lay Dying, 237 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Self-doubt | Mental›Discovery | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Self-justifying | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental illness | Violence›Ambush
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Capture as loss | Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Delayed revelation
As I Lay Dying, 249 (Event)
Environment: Public›Clock tower | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Objects›Toys | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 250 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Absence/Loss›Substitute | Animals›Cows | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Objects›Toys | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people | Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
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, 261 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Legal›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Substitute
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Re-marriage
As I Lay Dying, 53 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Running | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Rage | Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Fish
As I Lay Dying, 54 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Rage | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Animals›Cows | Animals›Horses | Death›Response to | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Vitality
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister
As I Lay Dying, 6 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Mental›Economizing
Cultural Issues: Labor›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Livestock | Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Snake
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
As I Lay Dying, 61 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Worry | Verbal›Hushing | Violent
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Absence/Loss›Blame | Animals›Cows | Animals›Horses
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape
As I Lay Dying, 65 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Interaction, Private›Interrogation | Physical›Confining | Work›Carpenter
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Relationships: Familial
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, 66 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Sawing
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Confining | Verbal›Denial
Cultural Issues: Religion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Death›Response to | Philosophical›Existentialism | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
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
As I Lay Dying, 84 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Fish | Death›Response to
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Symbolism
As I Lay Dying, 86 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Grief | Verbal›Yelling | Violent›Destructive behavior
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Animals›Fish | Death›Response to
As I Lay Dying, 89 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Injured | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Community›Opinion | Death›Funeral | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial›Kinship | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
As I Lay Dying, 92 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Care | Domestic›Child care | Hunting›Fishing | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Religion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Fish
Relationships: Familial›Childlessness | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
As I Lay Dying, 94 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Taunt
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Animals›Buzzards | Death›Response to | Philosophical›Existentialism | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Flags in the Dust, 19 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Health and Illness›Deafness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Horses | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Flags in the Dust, 347 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Flags in the Dust, 351 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Time of Day›Twilight | Weather›Frost
Actions: Hunting›Fox hunting | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 353 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking
Actions: Hunting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Pathetic fallacy
Flags in the Dust, 371 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss
Flags in the Dust, 372 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss
Aesthetics: Language›Archaic
Flags in the Dust, 377 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Progress›Consumerism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 378 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss
Aesthetics: Language›Archaic | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 45 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: War›Death
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Go Down, Moses, 109 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Race›Division
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends
Go Down, Moses, 110 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Gender›Masculinity | Government›Usurpation | Race›Etiquette | Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Genealogy | Friendship›Childhood friends
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
Go Down, Moses, 119 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Objects›Metal detector
Go Down, Moses, 119 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Go Down, Moses, 119 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Worry | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 119 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Monday
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Missing | Animals›Mules
Go Down, Moses, 120 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Tracking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Missing
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, 132 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Disorientation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Animals›Dogs | Home›Homecoming | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Go Down, Moses, 141 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Despair | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow
Go Down, Moses, 163 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Go Down, Moses, 166 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Go Down, Moses, 182 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Livestock | Animals›Named bear Ben
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Priam
Go Down, Moses, 188 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Go Down, Moses, 197 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Mental›Realization
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Go Down, Moses, 204 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Animals›Dogs
Go Down, Moses, 259 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Money›Inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Go Down, Moses, 272 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Chaos/Order›Accident
Go Down, Moses, 275 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Accounting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Government›Voting rights | History›Civil War consequences | History›Reconstruction | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Race›White fear | Race›White supremacists | Slavery›Emancipation | Slavery›Freedom | Slavery›Interracial violence | Violence›Lynching
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Noah/flood
Go Down, Moses, 279 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Accounting | Economic›Share-cropping|Tenantry
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Ownership | Slavery›Southern curse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
Go Down, Moses, 300 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Go Down, Moses, 300 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Go Down, Moses, 301 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Logging | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss
Go Down, Moses, 301 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Hounds
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Class›Caste system | Clothes›Hunting clothes | Land-Use›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Time›Past
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Go Down, Moses, 319 (Event)
Environment: Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Past›Past vs present
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Go Down, Moses, 321 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Material | Character›Personality change | Meaning›Mystery | Memory›Remembering
Go Down, Moses, 324 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Delta rivers
Cultural Issues: Labor›Racialized | Land-Use›Cotton farming | Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Flood imagery
Go Down, Moses, 325 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Progress›As loss
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Naming›Using Indians as names
Go Down, Moses, 334 (Event)
Environment: Place›Bedroom
Actions: Economic›Renting
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Manipulative
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Appearance›Nakedness
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Go Down, Moses, 339 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Indignation | Perceptual›Ambiguity
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And gender | Sexuality›Illegitimacy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Money›Cash
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery
Go Down, Moses, 341 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Values›Love
Relationships: Marital›Breakup
Go Down, Moses, 341 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Money›Filthy lucre
Go Down, Moses, 346 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Perceptual›Moment of vision
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Race›Segregation | Sexuality›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 351 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Urban | Crime›Murder | Government›Demographics | History›Great Migration | Identity, Cultural›Northerner
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Deracination | Art›Sculpture | Body›Straightened hair | Texts›Census
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Accent
Go Down, Moses, 354 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Orphan
Go Down, Moses, 354 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Crime›And race | Crime›Manslaughter
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Arrivals/Departures›Jailbreak
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Intruder in the Dust, 117 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Past›Past vs present
Intruder in the Dust, 119 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Legal›Standing guard
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss
Intruder in the Dust, 132 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Sleeping | Violent›Lynch mob
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Intruder in the Dust, 132 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Prejudice›White supremacy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Intruder in the Dust, 162 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Without words | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Intruder in the Dust, 163 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Father-son
Intruder in the Dust, 176 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Movement›Truck
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Intruder in the Dust, 204 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Morals›Morality
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Intruder in the Dust, 206 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Group Mentality›Mob behavior
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Intruder in the Dust, 214 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Vengeance
Cultural Issues: Crime›Fratricide
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Funeral
Intruder in the Dust, 38 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Walking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Intruder in the Dust, 38 (Event)
Actions: Work›Missing work
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Intruder in the Dust, 45 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Intruder in the Dust, 48 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument
Intruder in the Dust, 68 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Searching
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object
Intruder in the Dust, 98 (Event)
Environment: Place›Graveyard
Actions: Emotional›Surprise | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Light in August, 475 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Emotional›Denial | Emotional›Refusal | Work›Gardening
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Loyalty
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Kinlessness
Requiem for a Nun, 108 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Requiem for a Nun, 13 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Requiem for a Nun, 14 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic dispute
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier times
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object
Requiem for a Nun, 15 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Objects›Hunting horn
Requiem for a Nun, 152 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Screaming
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Requiem for a Nun, 153 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Kneeling
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Theatrical effect
Requiem for a Nun, 156 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Mental›Thinking | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Ritual›Funeral | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Burial | Objects›Razor
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Mannie's death | Recurring Episodes›Rider in jail
Requiem for a Nun, 169 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Indian Removal | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
Requiem for a Nun, 173 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Indian Removal
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Theatrical setting | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
Requiem for a Nun, 18 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Government›US Post Office
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute
Requiem for a Nun, 182 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction | War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Burning a town
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
Requiem for a Nun, 21 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object
Requiem for a Nun, 36 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›North vs South | War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War
Requiem for a Nun, 37 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Values›Durability
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
Requiem for a Nun, 81 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Colonization | Progress›Ironies of
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Exile›Dispossession
Requiem for a Nun, 81 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Interaction, Social›Frontier life
Cultural Issues: History›Colonization | History›Frontier outlawry | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian
Requiem for a Nun, 83 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Progress›As loss | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Money›Social force
Requiem for a Nun, 84 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Boat
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian
Requiem for a Nun, 85 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Boat
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Chaos/Order›Creating order
Requiem for a Nun, 86 (Event)
Actions: Military›Destruction of enemy property
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction | War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Texts›Civic records | Texts›Military communications
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Requiem for a Nun, 86 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Southern secession | War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War
Sanctuary, 120 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Sanctuary, 131 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Law›Execution
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Sanctuary, 152 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Sanctuary, 156 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one
Sanctuary, 171 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Searching
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Appearance›Cosmetics | Futility›Nothing to do
Sanctuary, 221 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Nausea
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Community›Alienation
Sanctuary, 258 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Confining
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Sanctuary, 268 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Sanctuary, 51 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Praying | Verbal›Screaming
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute
The Hamlet, 113 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
The Hamlet, 147 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Movement›Buggy
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
The Hamlet, 175 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Tragic / tragedy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Futility›Illusion of success or victory
Aesthetics: Tone›Elegiac
The Hamlet, 19 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Riding | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
The Hamlet, 206 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Milking | Interaction, Social›Picnic | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Livestock
The Hamlet, 210 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object
The Hamlet, 238 (Event)
Environment: Place›Stable
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care
Cultural Issues: Violence›Killing animal
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Animal horse
The Hamlet, 239 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
The Hamlet, 239 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Religion›Folk superstition
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as presence
The Hamlet, 247 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Psychological›Peace
The Hamlet, 346 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Quest to recover | Values›Justice
The Hamlet, 373 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time
The Hamlet, 373 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Place›Decayed plantation
Cultural Issues: History›Great Migration
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Money›Hidden
The Hamlet, 48 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Crying
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Home›Homecoming
The Hamlet, 49 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Incompetent farming | Domestic›Cooking | Physical›Eating
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
The Hamlet, 50 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Quest to recover | Animals›Cows | Values›Determination
The Hamlet, 50 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Cooking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute
The Hamlet, 51 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute
The Mansion, 10 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Cattle
The Mansion, 11 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Raising|shipping cattle | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Recurring Tropes›Right-of-way
Relationships: Familial›Widower
The Mansion, 118 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Quest to recover | Home›Trying to go home | Memory›Haunted by past | Time›Lost time
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 140 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
The Mansion, 151 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women | Sexuality›Illegitimacy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute
The Mansion, 163 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Stock trading
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William
The Mansion, 166 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Football
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one
The Mansion, 26 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Determinism›Fated
The Mansion, 29 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Farming
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Furnish bill
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Futility›Nothing to do
The Mansion, 300 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth
The Mansion, 315 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Cold
Cultural Issues: Progress›Road traffic | Progress›Skyscraper
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
The Mansion, 326 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Politics›Campaigning | Politics›Political ambition
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
The Mansion, 33 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Accusatory | Violent›Fighting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 336 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Prisoner | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Irony
The Mansion, 346 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
The Mansion, 354 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Relationships: Marital›Divorce
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Caddy's marriage ends
The Mansion, 355 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Store owner
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Quest to recover
The Mansion, 411 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Kinlessness | Home›Destroyed | Money›Cash | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Familial›Extended family
The Mansion, 433 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office
Actions: Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Law›Sheriff's deputy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Missing | Philosophical›Freedom
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 462 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Panic | Verbal›Preaching
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Community›Tradition | Death›Funeral
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 5 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
The Mansion, 60 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
The Mansion, 73 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
The Mansion, 9 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
The Reivers , 170 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Alcohol | Olfactory›Sweat
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Sheriff | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Morals›Chivalry | Naming›Nickname | Past›Innocence
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Lord Fauntleroy | Allusion, Literary›Uncle Remus | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Ha ha ha | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 185 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 188 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Worry | Movement›Surrey
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Narrative›Revision
The Reivers , 188 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
The Reivers , 190 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Ladies parlor | Place›Hotel
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
The Reivers , 197 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Actions: Emotional›Suspicion
Cultural Issues: Education›Parenting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Values›Refinement
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
The Reivers , 199 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel kitchen | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Interaction, Private›Courting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Socks
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Objects›Gold tooth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 20 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Memory›Collective memory
Relationships: Familial›Mentorship | Familial›Orphan
The Reivers , 227 (Event)
Environment: Place›Spring | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hardwick, Tennessee | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 228 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
The Reivers , 229 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Paddock
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Animals›Horses | Objects›Gold tooth
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity
The Reivers , 238 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Actions: Movement›Buggy | Movement›Mule
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Animals›Mules
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
The Reivers , 242 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Owls | Natural›Creek | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Hunting›Fishing | Mental›Contemplation
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 280 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Office
Actions: Moral›Secret | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
The Reivers , 290 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Emotional›Surprise | Emotional›Triumph | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Solidarity | Race›Stereotype cannibalism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Historical›Caesar, Julius | Language›Yah-yah-yah | Narrative›Parentheses
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, 100 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Streetlamp
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Sensing
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Body›Mouth | Character›Innocence | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Matthew | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Psalms | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 115 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Ditches | Natural›Woods
Actions: Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Castration | Violent›Self-mutilation
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Disgust with sex | Sexuality›Learning about
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Losing vs never having | Body›Blood | Body›Testicles | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Razor
Relationships: Interracial›Domestic | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Language›Foreign language | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 124 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Shame | Perceptual›Sensing | Physical›Pushing away | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Description›Color white | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 124 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Escaping | Physical›Starting over
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Futility | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Money | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Compsons sell pasture | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 132 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›River | Place›Houses | Place›Road | Place›Stone wall
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Running away | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Italian | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Money›Coin | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Imagined conversation
The Sound and the Fury, 146 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Place›Houses | Public›Bridge | Public›Street
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Garment female | Clothes›Hat cap | Clothes›Motoring clothes | Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Body›Arm
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›England | Description›Color pink
The Sound and the Fury, 149 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Domestic›Feeding | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Shame | Emotional›Shock | Perceptual›Sensing | Physical›Climbing stairs | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Body›Arm | Body›Eyes | Body›Face
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Rats | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 174 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Cavern / Grotto
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Communication›Marriage announcement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Community›Wedding | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Suicide | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Peace
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 174 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Crying
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 201 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Cedar trees | Place›Cemetery | Weather›Rain
Actions: Economic›Asking for money | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Mourning | Work›Losing job
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Absence/Loss›Separation | Character›Trust | Death›Funeral | Home›Estranged | Money›Stingy with money | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
The Sound and the Fury, 204 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Sneaking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
The Sound and the Fury, 205 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Violent›Threatening
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Character›Naivety | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
The Sound and the Fury, 205 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Carriage | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Character›Cruel
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-daughter
The Sound and the Fury, 207 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Movement›Sneaking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-daughter | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
The Sound and the Fury, 217 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Economic›Investing | Economic›Stock trading
Cultural Issues: Economy›Economic speculation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth
The Sound and the Fury, 226 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Resentment | Moral›Deception | Moral›Lying | Moral›Stealing | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Economy›Economic speculation | Technology›Car
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Money›Stingy with money
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
The Sound and the Fury, 232 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Resentment | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Following | Movement›Sneaking | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Death from drinking | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Economy›Economic speculation | Ethnicity›Jewish | Progress›Telegraph | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Gasoline | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New York | Allusion, Geographical›Nicaragua | Allusion, Geographical›Washington, D.C.
The Sound and the Fury, 273 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Domestic›Cooking | Domestic›Food preparation | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence of sound | Objects›Clock | Objects›Firewood | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Unsynchronized clocks
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
The Sound and the Fury, 284 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Auditory›Clock ticking | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Eating breakfast | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Climbing stairs | Physical›Climbing tree | Violent›Beating
Cultural Issues: Religion›Church service
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence of sound | Objects›Fire | Objects›Hot water bottle | Objects›Pear tree | Objects›Stove | Time›Awareness of time
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
The Sound and the Fury, 298 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Apron | Clothes›Dress
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence of sound | Objects›Fire
The Sound and the Fury, 298 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Olfactory›Camphor
Actions: Physical›Climbing stairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Stockings | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Health and Illness›Medicine camphor | Religion›Bible
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence of sound | Death›Suicide | Past›Family history | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
The Sound and the Fury, 305 (Event)
Environment: Place›Church
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Thinking | Work›Losing job
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Money›Stolen | Recurring Tropes›Triumph
The Sound and the Fury, 307 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Impotence
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Money›