Themes and Motifs: Values Decorum

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Absalom, Absalom!, 29 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Place›Livery stable | Place›Plantation | Place›Rural | Place›Slave Quarters | Place›Smokehouse
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Economic›Borrowing | Emotional›Patience | Hunting›Deer hunting | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Rumor | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Whiskey | Class›Respectability | Gender›All-male space | Gender›Inversion | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Separate spaces | Group Mentality›Community collective | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Turkey | Chaos/Order›Creating order | Community›Knowledge | Community›Opinion | Community›Secrecy | Meaning›Mystery | Money›Dowry | Money›Gold | Objects›Footprint | Recurring Tropes›Solitude | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility | Time›Frozen / Static | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Marital›Arrangements | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Description›Location portrait | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Withholding
Absalom, Absalom!, 30 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Empty room | Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Home | Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Plantation house | Natural›Swamp | Place›Plantation
Actions: Agricultural›Planting | Agricultural›Plowing | Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Sitting | Domestic›Camping | Economic›Borrowing | Economic›Lending Money | Hunting›Deer hunting | Mental›Calculation | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Building | Physical›Clearing land | Physical›Wrestling | Play›Card playing | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Whiskey | Class›Respectability | Economy›Dowry | Gender›All-male space | Gender›Marriage | Gender›Women | Slavery›Ownership | Slavery›Violence | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Home›Improvements | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Withholding
Absalom, Absalom!, 31 (Event)
Environment: Public›Church | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Actions: Economic›Buying | Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Surprise | Interaction, Social›Church | Mental›Believing | Mental›Knowing | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Building | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Economy›Dowry | Gender›Marriage | Gender›Women | Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Methodism | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Buying slaves | Slavery›Commodity
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control | Character›Ruthless | Community›Knowledge | Community›Opinion | Meaning›Mystery | Money›Dowry | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Values›Decorum | Values›Honor | Values›Justice | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Institutional›Church-Town | Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Electricity | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Technological imagery | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Withholding | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 32 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Interaction, Social›Withdrawal from public | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Class›Etiquette | Class›Respectability | Clothes›Hat | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Community›Gathering | Community›Opinion | Time›Routine | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Summary
Absalom, Absalom!, 37 (Event)
Environment: Public›Courtroom | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Economic›Buying | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Frustration | Legal›Divorce | Legal›Marriage
Cultural Issues: Gender›And marriage | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Femininity | Gender›Women | Law›Justice of the Peace | Ritual›Wedding | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Money›As symbol | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Marital›Civil marriage | Marital›Divorce | Marital›Shotgun marriage | Marital›Wedding
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses | Tone›Sarcastic
Absalom, Absalom!, 39 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Torch-light | Place›Tavern | Public›Church | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage | Legal›Marriage
Cultural Issues: Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Ritual›Wedding | Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Community›Wedding | Objects›Pine knots | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Marital›Wedding | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Fire
Absalom, Absalom!, 41 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Public›Church | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Hysteria | Interaction, Social›Church | Interaction, Social›Spectate
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Group Mentality›Social Shaming | Race›Chickasaw | Ritual›Wedding
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Parentheses
Absalom, Absalom!, 91 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation | Moral›Corrupting | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Puritan | Race›White race | Religion›Godhead | Ritual›Initiation | Sexuality›Prostitution | Sexuality›Racialized | Slavery›Commodity | Slavery›Racialism | Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Body›Hair | Character›Gambler | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Philosophical›Evolution | Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine | Values›Decorum | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Friendship | Interracial›Marriage
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Seed
Flags in the Dust, 26 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Trees | Place›Graveyard | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Callousness | Play›Card playing | Verbal›Chatter | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Apron | Clothes›Uniform | Food›Ice-cream | Labor›Domestic | Land-Use›Loss of flora | Land-Use›Loss of wildlife | Mass Media›Magazines | Sexuality›Harassment | War›Death | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Body›Weight | Objects›Cigar | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New York | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
The Reivers , 96 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Bordello
Actions: Communication›Telegraph
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gold tooth | Values›Decorum | Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 355 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Work›Quitting job
Cultural Issues: Region›The West
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Exile | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 58 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Year›December
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Politics›City government
Themes and Motifs: Past›Yoknapatawpha founders | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Snobbery | Social›Social organizations
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor