Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures
Child Terms
Tagged Events
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured | Hunting and Fishing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cats | Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Body›Face | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Diction›Southern dialect | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Narrative shift | Tone›Humorous
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Character›Noisiness
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Technological imagery
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing | Religion›God
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Futility›Nothing to do
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Technological imagery | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Watching | Play›Poker
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Objects›Lamp or lantern | Objects›Shotgun
Environment: Place›Indian mound
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Crime›Murder | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Suspicious | Naming›Renaming
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Movement›Steamboat
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Objects›Fiddle
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Interaction, Social›Competition
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Slavery›Ownership
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Actions: Communication›Without words
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Naming›Indian name
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Ambiguity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Ambiguity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Money›Reward
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Home›Dwelling
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Stable | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation
Actions: Verbal›Command | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Panama hat | Law›Spousal privilege
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Kinship | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Style›Character portrait
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Death›Response to
Cultural Issues: Education›Life after graduation | Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Twins | Intergenerational›Conflict
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Military analogy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Character›Recklessness
Actions: Emotional›Humiliation | Movement›Sneaking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Education›Flight school | Identity, Personal›Mistaken identity | War›Demotion | War›Military reassignment
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›England
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War | Identity, Cultural›Yankee | War›Casualties of war | War›Cost of war | War›Homefront | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Physical disability | Death | Objects›Parcel | Texts›Letters
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Jailbreak
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Jailbreak | Meaning›Interpretation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Environment: Place›Indian agency | Place›Okatoba | Place›Old Jefferson
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Government›US Bureau of Indian Affairs | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Relocation | Body›Physical disability | Naming›Importance of naming | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Communication›Silence | Physical›Escaping
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away
Environment: Time of Year›Easter
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
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Hope | Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Maturity | Money | Values›Greed
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Institutional›Military
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures | Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Naming | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Hierarchical | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Relocation
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Cultural Issues: History›Negro troops | Identity, Cultural›Southern stereotype | Race›Subverting a stereotype | War›Military awards | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Relationships: Interracial›Military
Cultural Issues: War›Going to war | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Extended family
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic
Cultural Issues: Politics›Campaigning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Cultural Issues: Migration
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Advent | Character›Bargainer
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem reaches Jefferson
Actions: Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›America and opportunity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Marital›Shotgun marriage | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem and Eula marry
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Character›Predatory
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Education›Yale | Gender›Bachelor | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Femininity | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Advent | Body›Face | Character›Predatory | Recurring Tropes›Sexual power
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›Brass
Relationships: Marital›Adultery | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | War›Royal Air Force | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Showing up
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Body›Face
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Empty room
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Time›Awareness of time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Military analogy
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Emotional›Impatience | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Environment: Place›Country vs city | Place›Jail
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Crime›Breaking and entering
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Memory›Remembering
Environment: Place›Jail | Place›Penitentiary | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Crime›Manslaughter
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Jailbreak | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Verbal›Banishment | Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Exile›Driven away
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Moral›Lying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Crime›Numbers | Gender›Traits | Law›Execution | Mass Media›Newspaper | Race›Division | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Coffin | Death›Corpse | Determinism›Genetic | Inheritance›Traits | Money›Expenses
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Quotation as thought
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Political solidarity | Group Mentality›Racial solidarity | Mass Media›Advertising | Mass Media›Newspaper | Progress›Trains | Race›Segregation | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Corpse | Death›Funeral | Home›Homecoming | Money›Expenses | Objects›Flowers | Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Square brackets
Environment: Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Olfactory›Old woman smell | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Biblical analogy | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation | Slavery›Music
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Eyes | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Weather›Heat
Actions: Interaction, Social›Charity | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Corpse | Money›Collecting money | Money›Expenses
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Interracial›Pseudo-family
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Language›Call and response
Actions: Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Movement›Train
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Community›Crowd | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Quotation as thought
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | Education›Dropping out
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Community›Knowledge
Actions: Mental›Disorientation
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nondescript | Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Actions: Work›Quitting job
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Actions: Work›Barbering | Work›Quitting job
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Actions: Interaction, Private›Rejection
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Medical treatment
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Labor trouble
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Cultural Issues: Crime
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha | Home›Homecoming
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Bandage
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Detective fiction
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Economic›Bootlegging
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Values›Success
Actions: Domestic›Child care
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›New car
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›And inheritance
Cultural Issues: Technology›Electricity | Technology›Running water
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Character›Bookishness
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Change of environment
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Communication›Writing
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Objects›Cards | Objects›Letter
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Communication›Spanish | Movement›Driving
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Actions: Legal›Charge/accuse | Military›Enlistment | Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | War›Draft | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging | War›Going to war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Objects›Flower orchid
Aesthetics: Language›Spanish | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Mental›Understanding | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Cost of war | War›Unity | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Actions: Communication›Letter
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age | Education›College
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Objects›Engagement ring
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Environment: Time of Year›Planting time | Time of Year›Spring
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: War›Going to war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Robinson Crusoe | Description›Landscape
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Actions: Communication›Letter
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Story-telling›Collaborative
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Story-telling›Collaborative | Time›Awareness of time
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Environment: Atmospheric›Peaceful | Place›Decayed plantation | Place›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ben-Hur | Figures of Speech›Simile
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | Violence›Implied shooting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Pistol
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Satisfaction
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
Cultural Issues: Progress›Country to city
Environment: Auditory›Heartbeat | Time of Day›Twilight
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Metaphorical elephant | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Home›Home as prison | Objects›Shotgun | Recurring Tropes›Door
Environment: Place›Vacant house
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Objects›Letter | Texts›Letters
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Natural›Back country
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Marital›Common law
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Violent›Threatening
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family
Environment: Public›Filling Station
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Relocation
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Dinner
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Upstairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Prejudice›Socio-economic | Race›Stereotype eyes
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Outhouse | Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Auditory›Gallop | Domestic Space›Outhouse | Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: War›Pillage | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Relationships: Romantic
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Home›Destroyed
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Ambitious | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Values›Honor
Relationships: Friendship | Sexual
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Gender›Reproduction
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Money›Filthy lucre | Money›Luxury | Objects›Slipper
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Arrivals/Departures
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Arrivals/Departures
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Running | Hunting›Fox hunting | Hunting›Slave hunting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Drum
Cultural Issues: Food | Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Death›Funeral | Death›Indian burial practices
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Flowers
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Yelling
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Home›Distance from home
Cultural Issues: Crime›Horse theft
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›Gun
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Stockings | Clothes›Sunday shoes
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Climbing stairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Money›Lacking
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shawl | Race›Hierarchical | Region›Lost Cause
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Parasol | Objects›Surrey
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip | Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shawl | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Southern woman | Region›Lost Cause
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-Reflective
Actions: Emotional›Embarrasment | Interaction, Social›Gossip | Movement›Running away | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Reproduction
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Narrative›Self-Reflective
Cultural Issues: Region›Lost Cause | Region›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-daughter
Cultural Issues: Politics›Voting | Race›Hierarchical | Region›Reconstruction | Slavery›Abolition | Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Outlander
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Actions: Movement›Running away | Violent›Domestic violence
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Character›Inherited traits | Inheritance›Property
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Community›Opinion | Recurring Tropes›Solitary
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Cultural Issues: Government›Taxes, local | Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reconstructed
Environment: Public›Store porch
Actions: Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Prejudice›Socio-economic
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Advent
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Narrative›Communal narrative
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Relationships: Marital›Abandonment
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Cultural Issues: Race›White savior
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Lane
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Auditory›Haunting | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women | Race›Racist child
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Environment: Place›Jefferson | Time of Year›November
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Migration›Big Bottom | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Community›Tradition | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Interracial›Indian-black | Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Time of Year›Hunting season | Time of Year›November
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Annual | Hunting and Fishing›Trophy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha | Objects›Gun | Objects›Wagon | Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Atmospheric›Grayness | Natural›Trees | Natural›Wilderness | Place›Hunting camps | Time of Day›Daybreak
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Woodpecker|Lord-to-God | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Auditory›Nature | Place›Hunting camps | Time of Day›Daybreak | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Hunting›Tracking | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Food›Breakfast | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Snake | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Compass | Past›Old days | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Actions: Movement›Running away
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive | Slavery›Concubinage | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Naming
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Past›Old days
Relationships: Friendship›Racial
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Relocation
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Hunting›Tracking
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anti-climax
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | War›Going to war | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Philosophical›Individualism | Values›Family values
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Labor | Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Actions: Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Migration›Intraregional migration
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Summer
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Genre Conventions›Mystery
Environment: Place›Sawmill | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Character›Responsibility
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Time of Year›March | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Movement›Buggy | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Sawmilling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Goat | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Education›Primary school | Global›Pacific Ocean
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Cold
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Radio
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Cultural Issues: War›Patriotism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Suitcase
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Place›Farm | Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Place›Country vs city
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Character›Innocence
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
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Domestic›Housekeeping | Movement›Running away
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Morals
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Conflict | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Narrative›First-person passim | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Selling a house or place | Physical›Confining | Physical›Escape from confinement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Insanity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Death›Anticipation of death
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Adversarial
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Narrative›Self-Reflective | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Time›Past
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction | War›Violence against civilians
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas, figuratively
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Recurring Tropes›Reunion
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War consequences | War›Death
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Winter
Cultural Issues: War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Face
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Exile›Driven away
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Face | Death›Corpse | Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Meaning›Absurdity | Objects›Tombstone
Cultural Issues: Law›Wedding license | Race›Colorism
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Mental›Disorientation
Cultural Issues: Race
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Oxen | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Moral›Renounce
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Engagement
Actions: Military›Enlistment | Perceptual›Surveillance
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›Tombstone | Values›Conscience
Relationships: Familial
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lincoln, Abraham
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Character›Shrewdness | Recurring Tropes›Design | Time›Running out
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Figures of Speech›Seed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Naming›Importance of naming | Time›Past
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ancient Greek Chorus | Narrative›Revision
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Exile | Time›Simultaneity of time | Values›Honor | Values›Love
Actions: Emotional›Resignation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Actions: Mental›Uncertainty
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Rumor
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Money›Gold
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Hat | Crime›Waistcoat | Slavery›Forced migration
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Longing | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Horse | Movement›Steamboat | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Silence
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Interaction, Social›Celebration | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Big house vs quarters
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Home›Estranged | Story-telling›Collaborative
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Drawing room
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Body›Skin | Character›Naivety | Home›Homecoming | Story-telling›Collaborative | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Memory›Remembering | Past›Past in present | Time›Simultaneity of time
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Memory›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Meaning›Misinterpretation | Story-telling
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Emotional›Resentment | Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Crime | Government›Uncle Sam | Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Godhead | Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Oxen | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Chandlier | Objects›Crystal | Objects›Furniture
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Past
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Meaning›Mystery | Past
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Seed | Narrative›Anticipation
Environment: Domestic Space›Deathbed | Place›Plantation
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Requesting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Sister-sister
Aesthetics: Interpretation
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Naming slaves
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Art›Music | Objects›Piano
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Greek tragedy | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Mask
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Class›Professional | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Education›Harvard
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Philosophical›Power of literature
Relationships: Intergenerational
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Environment: Atmospheric›Claustrophobic | Domestic Space›Confined living quarters
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Sister-sister | Marital›Arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Cultural Issues: Race›Negro reporting white behavior
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Inheritance›Renouncing
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Father-son
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Engagement
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Exile
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Recurring Tropes›Destiny | Recurring Tropes›Dream
Relationships: Friendship
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Community›Secrecy
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Supernatural›Phantom
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow | Symbolism›Blood
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Friendship | Romantic›Courtship
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Values›Loyalty
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Respectability | Group Mentality›Community collective
Cultural Issues: War›Going to war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship
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
Actions: Mental›Imagining | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Obeying / obedience | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Gender›Reproduction | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Cultural Issues: Religion›Blessing | Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Preacher / Minister
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Death›Afterlife
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Medical treatment
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Tone›Absurdist | Tone›Farce
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of animal companion | Animals›Buzzards | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Toys
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness
Aesthetics: Language›yes Yes Yes yes
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | War›Draft
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Environment: Auditory›Carpentry | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Sawing | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Death›Deathbed
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Environment: Atmospheric›Creepy | Domestic Space›House | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Religion›Religious faith
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm | Philosophical›Human nature | Philosophical›Suffering
Cultural Issues: Religion›Preacher / Minister
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Time›Being late / tardiness
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
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | Gender›Widow | Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Body›Nose | Objects›Basket
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Jenny arrives
Environment: Atmospheric›Arcadian | Natural›Trees
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Home›Homecoming
Actions: Communication›Telegraph
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Anaesthetic
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Car
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Actions: Non-human›Dog barking | Violent›Sexual assault
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Bandage | Health and Illness›Injured | Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›Letter
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Hunting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Cultural Issues: Race›Segregation | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Exile | Objects›Train
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Cultural Issues: Progress›Homogeneity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Concubinage | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Language›French | Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
Cultural Issues: Migration›Big Bottom
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›Child-adult
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Character›Innocence
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Actions: Hunting›Breaking camp
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Time›Awareness of time
Environment: Time of Year›Hunting season
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Interaction, Social›Celebration | Non-human›Attack
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Livestock | Gender›All-male space
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Character›Indomitable
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Hunting and Fishing›Marksmanship
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Perceptual›Hearing
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›Native American languages
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Money›Inheritance
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Forrest, Nathan Bedford
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Cultural Issues: Gender›Feminine man
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Inheritance›Property | Memory›Collective memory | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Diction›Ethnic slur
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Money›Inheritance
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | History›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Daybreak
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Logging | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Environment: Natural›Wilderness | Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Logging | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Alcohol›Whiskey | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | History›Great Migration | Race›Segregation | Segregation›Marriage | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Inheritance›Property | Inheritance›Traits | Money›Filthy lucre | Naming›And caste | Objects›Hunting horn | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Interracial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Place›Country vs city
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Crime›And race | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Migration›Intraregional migration
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Environment: Place›Jail | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Arrivals/Departures›Jailbreak
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige | Gender›Chivalry
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Burial | Home›Homecoming
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Death›Coffin
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Domestic›Child care
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And race | Clothes›Shoes | Gender›Masculinity | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Stereotype black women's sexual promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Marital›Jealousy
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Fire | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Relationships: Familial›Father-son in law
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Past›Old days
Actions: Agricultural›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Environment: Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Drinking | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Overhearing
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Cultural Issues: Politics›Democrat | Region›New England | Religion›Catholicism | Religion›Methodism | Slavery›Religion
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New England
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Parlor | Time of Year›Saturday | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Movement›Running away | Physical›Washing clothes | Verbal›Tirade | Violent›Beating | Violent›Domestic violence
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Denim | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Shirt | Religion›Fanaticism
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Objects›Pistol
Actions: Movement›Running away
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Frock coat
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | Religion›Catholicism | Religion›Preacher / Minister
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Common law
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Cultural Issues: Politics›Voting | Slavery›Biblical analogy
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Verbal›Discussion | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Changing clothes | Clothes›Hat, straw | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Tie
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Naming›Importance of naming
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Supper table | Domestic Space›Yard | Place›Jail | Public›Town Square
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Arrivals/Departures›Relocation | Death›Deathbed | Home
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Sibling
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: Law›Grand jury | Law›Sheriff
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Yard | Public›Road
Cultural Issues: Law›Sheriff's deputy
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Squatting | Bodily›Standing | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Running | Movement›Train | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Hitting | Violent›Fighting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Return to present time
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Work›Doctor / medical care
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Breastfeeding | Emotional›Surprise | Movement›Truck | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Actions: Emotional›Stubbornness
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Year›Saturday
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Hierarchical›Pastor-congregant | Marital›Husband-wife