Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures Departure

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"A Courtship", 362 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Steamboat
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
"A Name for the City", 201 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Swamp
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Ambiguity
"A Name for the City", 206 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Money›Reward
"A Rose for Emily", 127 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Conflict
"A Rose for Emily", 127 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
"A Rose for Emily", 129 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Death›Response to
"Beyond", 795 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Crowding
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
"Centaur in Brass", 149 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Auction | Moral›Deception
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Character›Predatory
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
"Elly", 213 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
"Go Down, Moses", 259 (Event)
Environment: Place›Commisary
Actions: Verbal›Banishment | Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Exile›Driven away
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
"Go Down, Moses", 260 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Heat
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
"Go Down, Moses", 264 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Panic | Movement›Flight | Verbal›Apology
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation | Slavery›Music
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Interracial›Pseudo-family
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Language›Call and response
"Lion", 197 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Grief | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 369 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Pistol
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 370 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Buying a shop or store | Economic›Selling a house or place | Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Progress›Country to city
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Quilt | Objects›Shotgun
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 378 (Event)
Environment: Place›Vacant house
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Marital›Separated
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 379 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 380 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Arrivals/Departures›Return home
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 381 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Healing
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Objects›Letter | Texts›Letters
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 683 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"Red Leaves", 317 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Movement›Boat | Play›Gambling
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"
"Red Leaves", 336 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Food | Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Death›Funeral | Death›Indian burial practices
"Retreat", 20 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Military
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas
"Retreat", 20 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 62 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shawl | Race›Hierarchical | Region›Lost Cause
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Parasol | Objects›Surrey
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 63 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip | Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shawl | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Southern woman | Region›Lost Cause
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Parasol | Objects›Surrey
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-Reflective
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 64 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Embarrasment | Interaction, Social›Gossip | Movement›Running away | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Reproduction
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Body›Hair
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Narrative›Self-Reflective
"The Bear", 285 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Grayness | Natural›Trees | Natural›Wilderness | Place›Hunting camps | Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Shooting | Hunting›Teaching | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Woodpecker|Lord-to-God | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"The Bear", 288 (Event)
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
"The Old People", 204 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
"The Old People", 205 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"The Old People", 206 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Spiritual
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
"The Unvanquished", 74 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Building
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
"The Unvanquished", 74 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Labor | Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
"Tomorrow", 105 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sawmill | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Character›Responsibility
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"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", 92 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country vs city
Actions: Mental›Discovery | Movement›Bus
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Character›Innocence
"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
"Uncle Willy", 225 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Domestic›Housekeeping | Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Gender›Bachelor | Gender›Women
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
"Vendee", 110 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Absalom, Absalom!, 247 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Uncertainty
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
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!, 266 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Saddle
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 5 (Event)
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
Absalom, Absalom!, 50 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Marital›Elopement
Absalom, Absalom!, 62 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Verbal›Rumor
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Engagement
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
As I Lay Dying, 103 (Event)
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
As I Lay Dying, 254 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating
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
As I Lay Dying, 49 (Event)
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
Flags in the Dust, 222 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Anaesthetic
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile-mask
Flags in the Dust, 234 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Nightmare
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Etiquette
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Flags in the Dust, 278 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Go Down, Moses, 165 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Expecting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Character›Innocence
Go Down, Moses, 166 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Go Down, Moses, 195 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Go Down, Moses, 201 (Event)
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
Go Down, Moses, 238 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Rationing | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant
Go Down, Moses, 278 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Feminine man
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Go Down, Moses, 57 (Event)
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
Go Down, Moses, 73 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Marital›Conflict
Go Down, Moses, 8 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Movement›Sneaking | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Past›Old days
Light in August, 137 (Event)
Environment: Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Carrying
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Light in August, 18 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Romantic›Sexual
Light in August, 220 (Event)
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
Light in August, 244 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Domestic›Cooking | Verbal›Command | Verbal›News
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Frock coat
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling
Light in August, 293 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Light in August, 348 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Supper table | Domestic Space›Yard | Place›Jail | Public›Town Square
Actions: Movement›Car | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Light in August, 423 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Yard | Public›Road
Actions: Movement›Car | Movement›Mule | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Law›Sheriff's deputy
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Light in August, 433 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Woods
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Emotional›Despair | Movement›Running
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Light in August, 471 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Movement›Surrey
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Marital›Husband-wife
Light in August, 6 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Romantic›Sexual | Sexual›Desertion
The Hamlet, 160 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Suitcase
Relationships: Familial›Physical resemblances | Marital›Honeymoon
The Hamlet, 323 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Region›North | Region›The West | Violence›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
The Hamlet, 405 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Social mobility
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
The Hamlet, 49 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Imagining
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Marital›Conflict
The Hamlet, 72 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Exile›Dispossession
The Mansion, 140 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Marital›Wedding
The Mansion, 145 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Education›Harvard | Education›Law school
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Oxford, Mississippi | Allusion, Mythical›Helen | Allusion, Mythical›Menelaus | Allusion, Mythical›Yoknapatawpha as mythic Greece
The Mansion, 218 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
The Mansion, 229 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Physical›Travel
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates
The Mansion, 283 (Event)
Actions: Military›Training
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
The Mansion, 35 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
The Mansion, 465 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Caressing | Bodily›Kissing | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Terror
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Body›Buttocks | Character›Trust | Money›Cash | Texts›Deed | Values›Devotion
Relationships: Romantic›Potential
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 69 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
The Reivers , 25 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house
Cultural Issues: Progress›Renovations | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Naming›Place name
The Reivers , 58 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Regret
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 66 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Garage
Actions: Movement›Car | Movement›Driving | Movement›Walking
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
The Town, 371 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Texts›Letters
The Unvanquished, 213 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Oxford, Mississippi
The Unvanquished, 216 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
The Unvanquished, 216 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Without words | Interaction, Social›Shaking hands
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student
The Unvanquished, 217 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Oxford, Mississippi
The Unvanquished, 46 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Military
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas
The Unvanquished, 46 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
The Unvanquished, 51 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Verbal›Yelling
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger
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