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Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss Capture as loss

Parent Term

  • Absence/Loss

Sibling Terms

  • Abandonment
  • Absence
  • Absence as disguise
  • Absence as loss
  • Absence as presence
  • Absence of sound
  • Aloneness
  • Attempt to find substitute
  • Blame
  • Burning a town
  • Deracination
  • Disappearance
  • Kinlessness
  • Livestock
  • Losing vs never having
  • Loss of animal companion
  • Loss of innocence
  • Loss of object
  • Material
  • Men
  • Military defeat
  • Missing
  • Money|Wealth
  • Of loved one
  • Over time
  • Quest to recover
  • Racial
  • Red necks
  • Renewal
  • Separation
  • Substitute
  • Vanishing Indian
  • War

Tagged Events

"Spotted Horses", 180 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Capture as loss
Aesthetics: Tone›Absurdist
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