Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures Departing Yoknapatawpha

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For characters who leave Yoknapatawpha once and for all in a text - like Bayard Sartoris at the end of Flags in the Dust or Sarty Snopes in "Barn Burning." SR

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"Hair", 142 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Train | Verbal›Rumor
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
"Hair", 148 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Visit
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
"Hand upon the Waters", 75 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Economy›Economic speculation | Economy›Gambling | Region›The West
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
"Hand upon the Waters", 84 (Event)
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
"Knight's Gambit", 170 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Communication›Writing
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Objects›Cards | Objects›Letter
"Knight's Gambit", 237 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Marriage
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And class
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Objects›Flower orchid
Aesthetics: Language›Spanish | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Knight's Gambit", 239 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Understanding | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
"Knight's Gambit", 246 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age | Education›College
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Objects›Engagement ring
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
"Knight's Gambit", 250 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
"Knight's Gambit", 255 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Story-telling›Collaborative
"Knight's Gambit", 257 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Story-telling›Collaborative | Time›Awareness of time
"Retreat", 23 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Home›Distance from home
"The Bear", 282 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Interracial›Master-servant
Absalom, Absalom!, 98 (Event)
Actions: Military›Marching
Cultural Issues: War›Going to war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship
Flags in the Dust, 368 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Race›Segregation | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Exile | Objects›Train
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Go Down, Moses, 183 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Hunting season
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Go Down, Moses, 278 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Religion›Race | Religion›Sermon
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Intruder in the Dust, 160 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Light in August, 420 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Law›Grand jury | Law›Sheriff
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 437 (Event)
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
Light in August, 506 (Event)
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
Requiem for a Nun, 192 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Modern fashions | Economy›Advertising | Economy›Industrialization | Entertainment›Radio | History›Great Migration | Progress›Consumerism
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Popular magazines
Requiem for a Nun, 193 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Diminishing farms | Education›G.I. Bill | Entertainment›Television | History›Baby Boom | Progress›Electrification
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Requiem for a Nun, 201 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Past›Discovering it
Relationships: Romantic›Love at first sight
Requiem for a Nun, 36 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
The Hamlet, 164 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Train
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
The Town, 107 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Education›Heidelberg
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Heidelberg, Germany | Allusion, Historical›Helen of Troy | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
The Town, 125 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bank | Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Economy›Banking | Gender›Men vs women | Government›Audit | Government›National authority
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Byron robs bank
The Town, 208 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Cars passing | Time of Year›Monday
Actions: Emotional›Contempt | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
The Town, 356 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 371 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Emotional›Anguish | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Satisfaction | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Glove | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Tie | Clothes›Veil
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Objects›Luggage | Objects›Marble columns | Objects›Monument | Objects›Tobacco | Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine | Texts›Epitaph
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Bible verse on children | Figures of Speech›Fire | Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Eula's medallion unveiled
The Town, 389 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shabby | Food›As substitute
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Community›Crowd | Community›Preserving order | Texts›Letters
Relationships: Civic›Charity | Civic›child protection
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 39 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Buggy
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Relationships: Familial›Twins | Marital›Bigamy
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
The Town, 43 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Crime›Vigilantism | Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Violence›Castration | Violence›Rape
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
The Town, 43 (Event)
Environment: Place›Memphis
Actions: Emotional›Amazement
Cultural Issues: Education›College
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
The Town, 77 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Death›Future | Death›Response to | Recurring Tropes›Sexual power
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
The Unvanquished, 249 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Emotional›Shame | Movement›Train
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
The Unvanquished, 54 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Home›Distance from home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee