Themes and Motifs: Determinism

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"Appendix: Compson", 330 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Moral›Stealing | Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Money›Lost
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away
"Appendix: Compson", 332 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Ambivalence
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Values›Family honor | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
"Appendix: Compson", 332 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency | Naming›Child's name | Past›Repetition
Relationships: Marital›Wedding
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Caddy's wedding
"Appendix: Compson", 341 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Illegitimacy
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Gendered | Determinism›Genetic
"Fool About a Horse", 119 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation | Emotional›Intuition | Moral›Scheming
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Character›Pride | Character›Provincialism | Character›Swagger | Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah
"Fool About a Horse", 120 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›July | Weather›Heat
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Saving money | Verbal›Badgering
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Character›Pride | Determinism›Fated
"Fool About a Horse", 122 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Badgering
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Determinism›Fated | Money›As motive
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
"Fool About a Horse", 123 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Determinism›Fated
"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
"Hair", 131 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Persuasion | Work›Barbering
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 380 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Waking | Mental›Dreaming | Mental›Imagining
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute | Sexuality›Frustration
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Lack of choice | Recurring Tropes›Precognition / Something to happen | Time›Long passage of time
"Smoke", 20 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Determinism›Fated | Memory›Forgetting
"Smoke", 20 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›And an animal | Past›Past in present
"Smoke", 21 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›And an animal
"Smoke", 21 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Lack of choice | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
"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
Go Down, Moses, 328 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Hunting and Fishing›Rules | Land-Use›Loss of wildlife | Sexuality›Sexual passion
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency | Morals›Morality | Values›Love
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis | Diction›Double entendre | Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
Go Down, Moses, 356 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Sun
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Domestic›Teaching | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Crime›Murder | Gender›Lady's accoutrements | Law›Trial | Mass Media›Newspaper | Slavery›Family | Slavery›Persistence over time
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Determinism›Genetic
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Interracial›Pseudo-family
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Racist term
The Town, 315 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Holiday
Themes and Motifs: Death | Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›First-person passim throughout section | Narrative›Foreshadowing