Themes and Motifs: Animals Dogs

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"A Bear Hunt", 66 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured | Hunting and Fishing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cats | Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Body›Face | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Diction›Southern dialect | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Narrative shift | Tone›Humorous
"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 Courtship", 362 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Poisoning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Crime›Murder | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Suspicious | Naming›Renaming
Relationships: Familial›Genealogy
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Doom becomes chief | Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
"A Courtship", 379 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Poisoning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Naming›Renaming
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Doom becomes chief | Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
"A Point of Law", 215 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Cold
Actions: Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime›Bootlegging
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Car | Objects›Pistol | Objects›Still
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict
"A Point of Law", 222 (Event)
Environment: Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation | Time of Year›Quail season
Actions: Hunting›Quail hunting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Quail
Relationships: Interracial›White-black | Social›Paternalism
"All the Dead Pilots", 515 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Rivalry
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | War›Aerial combat | War›Military awards | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Amiens, France | Allusion, Historical›Cambrai
"All the Dead Pilots", 518 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Interaction, Private›Rivalry
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
"All the Dead Pilots", 519 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Betrayal | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Mental›Uncertainty | Violent›Animal abuse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
"All the Dead Pilots", 519 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Meaning›Misinterpretation | Psychological›Paranoia
"All the Dead Pilots", 520 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Cambrai
"All the Dead Pilots", 523 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Combat sounds | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Public›Cafe
Actions: Verbal›Screaming
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Uniform | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
"All the Dead Pilots", 526 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Movement›Crash | Movement›Flight | Violent›Animal abuse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Character›Recklessness
"Barn Burning", 5 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Verbal›Command | Verbal›Taunt | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: War›Wound
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Body›Face | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ab's war wound
"By the People", 137 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Point-of-view | Meaning›Mystery | Story-telling›Explaining
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Withholding | Tone›Humorous
"By the People", 138 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Embarrassment | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
"Delta Autumn", 267 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wildlife
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Turkey
Aesthetics: Tone›Nostalgic
"Delta Autumn", 268 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Stopping
Cultural Issues: History›Pre-World War II issues | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Diction›Double entendre
"Delta Autumn", 275 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
"Knight's Gambit", 165 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Fox hunting | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Class consciousness | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
"Lion", 184 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps | Place›Library | Place›Plantation
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›First-person passim
"Lion", 185 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Future
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"Lion", 185 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Hunting | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Food›Breakfast
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named dog Lion
"Lion", 189 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Hunting›Bear hunting | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Appearance›Scruffiness | Objects›Gun
"Lion", 190 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Perceptual›Unknowable
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Raccoon | Animals›Squirrel | Animals›Wildcats | Body›Eyes | Memory›Remembering
"Lion", 190 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Named bear Ben
"Lion", 191 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Hunting›Bear hunting | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion
"Lion", 191 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Gun
"Lion", 191 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Named dog Lion | Objects›Compass
"Lion", 192 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread | Natural›Wilderness | Place›Hunting camps | Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Actions: Emotional›Fear
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Objects›Compass | Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conversation with oneself | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Lion", 193 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Lion", 194 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Movement›Swimming | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Animal predatory behavior | Violent›Killing of animals
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"Lion", 199 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Woods | Place›Grave | Time of Year›Summer | Weather›Heat
Actions: Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mosquitoes | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Past›Recent past
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"Pantaloon in Black", 241 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Character›Superhuman strength
Relationships: Marital›Loving
"Pantaloon in Black", 241 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Non-human›Animal senses
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Door
"Pantaloon in Black", 241 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Disorientation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Animals›Dogs | Home›Homecoming | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
"Pantaloon in Black", 253 (Event)
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Law›Arrest | Politics›Election | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Razor | Objects›Shotgun | Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Tennessee
"Race at Morning", 296 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Education›Illiteracy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
"Race at Morning", 298 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Excitement
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Character›Childlike
"Race at Morning", 305 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
"Race at Morning", 305 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
"Race at Morning", 305 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Silence
Actions: Communication›Non-human | Moral›Deception | Perceptual›Ambiguity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Point-of-view | Values›Good conduct
"Red Leaves", 316 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Death | Past
"Red Leaves", 318 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Idleness | Hunting
Cultural Issues: Slavery›African origins | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
"Red Leaves", 325 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Shoes | Global›Exoticism | Slavery›Field slaves vs house slaves | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Body›Stomach/belly | Death
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Red Leaves", 326 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Slave hunting | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
"Red Leaves", 331 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Clothes
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Death›Indian burial practices
"Red Leaves", 333 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Hunting›Slave hunting | Perceptual›Voyeurism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Death›Funeral
"Red Leaves", 339 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Decomposition | Bodily›Watching | Emotional›Fear
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Community›Crowd | Death›Funeral | Death›Indian burial practices
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"Red Leaves", 340 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"Shingles for the Lord", 32 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Barter
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 59 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Flight
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Body | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Masculinity | Identity, Personal›Soldier | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Death | War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Body›Hair | Objects›Silver
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Institutional›Military | Romantic›Fiance
"The Bear", 281 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Mental›Remembering | Violent›Animal predatory behavior | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Food›Peas | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Clearing the land
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Absence/Loss›Livestock | Animals›Bear | Animals›Cows | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Pigs | Futility›Inability | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Ax | Objects›Saw | Recurring Tropes›Apotheosis | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Story-telling›Hunting
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Priam | Figures of Speech›Animals compared to objects | Figures of Speech›Train / locomotive imagery
"The Bear", 282 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Hunting season | Time of Year›November
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Annual | Hunting and Fishing›Trophy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha | Objects›Gun | Objects›Wagon | Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"The Bear", 282 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Hunting›Teaching | Hunting›Waiting | Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Crossing | Perceptual›Hearing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
"The Bear", 283 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Natural›Wilderness | Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Perceptual›Smelling | Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Injury
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Body›Eyes | Character›Bravery | Values›Courage
"The Bear", 283 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Local legend
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
"The Bear", 284 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps | Time of Year›November
Actions: Emotional›Hope | Mental›Dreaming | Mental›Realization | Mental›Remembering | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Local legend
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Memory›Collective memory
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
"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", 285 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Perceptual›Smelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Character›Bravery
"The Bear", 285 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Hunting | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Woodpecker|Lord-to-God | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
"The Bear", 286 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Domestic›Cooking | Hunting›And race | Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Moral›Deception | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Alcohol›Whiskey | Food›Breakfast | Food›Brunswick stew | Gender›All-male space | Hunting and Fishing›Annual | Hunting and Fishing›Marksmanship | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Raccoon | Animals›Squirrel | Animals›Turkey | Animals›Wildcats | Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Searching
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
"The Bear", 291 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Planting time
Cultural Issues: Education›Missing school | Labor›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Values›Courage
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
"The Bear", 291 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Mental›Remembering | Perceptual›Hearing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
"The Bear", 292 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Mental›Failing / Failure | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Competition
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Objects›Gun | Values›Courage
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interspecies›Man-bear
"The Bear", 294 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Teaching | Mental›Reinterpretation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft | Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Character›Humility | Character›Pride | Values›Liberty
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interracial›Indian-white | Interracial›White-black | Interspecies›Man-bear | Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn" | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
"The Hound", 152 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Shots
Actions: Emotional›Fear
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Violence›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered
"The Hound", 153 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Bodily›Insomnia | Domestic›Cleaning | Mental›Realization
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Prejudice›White supremacy | Race›Economic basis of racism | Race›Racial spheres
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Home›Homecoming | Objects›Corpse | Objects›Shotgun | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Supernatural›Superstitions
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered
"The Hound", 154 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Frogs
Actions: Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Fireflies | Animals›Possum | Death›Corpse
"The Hound", 155 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Frogs | Auditory›Howling
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Emotional›Exhaustion | Work›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Fireflies | Animals›Owl
"The Hound", 159 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Following | Non-human›Dog barking | Violent›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Dogs
"The Hound", 160 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Howling
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Mental›Realization | Non-human›Dog barking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Animals›Dogs
"The Hound", 160 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decomposition
Actions: Non-human›Dog barking | Violent›Animal attack on human | Violent›Violence against animals
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Ax | Objects›Corpse
"The Hound", 161 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Spectral
Actions: Non-human›Dog barking | Physical›Hiding | Violent›Animal attack on human | Violent›Violence against animals
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
"The Hound", 162 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Sunrise
Actions: Bodily›Dismemberment | Legal›Arrest | Physical›Searching | Violent›Animal attack on human | Violent›Violence against animals
Cultural Issues: Law›Arrest | Law›Police
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Animals›Dogs
"The Old People", 201 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Running | Emotional›Anxiety | Hunting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | Ritual›Initiation | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Story-telling
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
"The Old People", 202 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive | Slavery›Concubinage | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Naming
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
"The Old People", 202 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Government›Abdication | Government›Inherited position | Government›Usurpation | Race›Chickasaw
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Doom becomes chief
"The Old People", 203 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Hunting›Fox hunting | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Fox
"The Old People", 203 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek | Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Hunting›Racoon hunting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Raccoon
"The Old People", 207 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Hunting›Waiting | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses
"Tomorrow", 100 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Domestic›Sewing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Handmade | Clothes›Rural poverty | Politics›Taxes
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Naming›Named for historical figure
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" | Allusion, Historical›Longstreet, James | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
Absalom, Absalom!, 152 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Place›Graveyard | Weather›Rain
Actions: Hunting›Quail hunting | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Death | Objects›Tombstone
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs | Typography/Orthography›Inscription | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 155 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Meaning›Interpretation | Objects›Tombstone
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Absalom, Absalom!, 155 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Curious | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Tombstone
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Inscription | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 173 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Purgatory | Figures of Speech›Shell | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 177 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Absalom, Absalom!, 178 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating
Cultural Issues: Alcohol
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Community›Posse
Absalom, Absalom!, 178 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Movement›Horse | Movement›Walking | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Race | Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Absalom, Absalom!, 193 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person | Story-telling
Absalom, Absalom!, 196 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Smoking | Interaction, Social›Camaraderie
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Books
Absalom, Absalom!, 197 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering | Story-telling
Absalom, Absalom!, 207 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Physical›Capture | Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Slavery›Violence
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›French | Recurring Episodes›Architect captured
Absalom, Absalom!, 233 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Violent›Murder | Violent›Suicide
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Community›Posse | Death›Corpse | Objects›Scythe | Objects›knife
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Wash charges posse
Absalom, Absalom!, 29 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Place›Livery stable | Place›Plantation | 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›Inversion | Gender›Masculinity | Group Mentality›Community collective | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Turkey | Chaos/Order | Meaning›Mystery | Money›Dowry | Money›Gold | Objects›Footprint | Recurring Tropes›Solitude | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Flags in the Dust, 23 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Art›African American music | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Pipe
Aesthetics: Language›Hymn | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Flags in the Dust, 278 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Owls
Actions: Non-human›Dog barking | Physical›Escape from confinement | Violent›Sexual assault
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Bandage | Health and Illness›Injured | Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 292 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Possum
Cultural Issues: Age›Baby | Violence›Killing animal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Body›Eyes | Objects›Lamp or lantern
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 292 (Event)
Actions: Non-human›Animal senses
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Toddy | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Cigar
Relationships: Familial
Flags in the Dust, 33 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Movement›Carriage | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Eloquence | Verbal›Tirade
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Boots | Health and Illness›Deafness | History›Prohibition
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Objects›Books | Objects›Keys | Objects›Locks | Objects›Silver
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Demosthenes | Allusion, Literary›Dumas, Alexandre | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Reported narration
Flags in the Dust, 330 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Fox
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-fox
Flags in the Dust, 331 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Domestic Space›Log house | Time of Day›Twilight
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Fox | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 332 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Emotional›Dread | Mental›Flashback | Verbal›Omission
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
Flags in the Dust, 336 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Weather›Frost
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Relationships: Familial›Physical resemblances
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Cincinnatus | Description›Character portrait | Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 338 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Weather›Cold
Actions: Hunting›Possum
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 339 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Hunting›Possum
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 349 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Rain
Actions: Hunting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Feminine man
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dog-fox | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Fox
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Flags in the Dust, 353 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Cold
Actions: Emotional›Guilt
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Character›Coward | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Time›Future
Relationships: Familial›Physical resemblances
Flags in the Dust, 356 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Shotgun
Flags in the Dust, 357 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Verbal›Lying
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Fox | Animals›Pony | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Geographical›Louisville, Kentucky | Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 360 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Race›Stereotype: smell
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Exile
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Flags in the Dust, 79 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Verbal›Command | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Race›Equal rights
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Go Down, Moses, 13 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery
Actions: Bodily›Drinking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Gender›Southern woman | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Body›Teeth | Past›Old days
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew | Romantic›Courtship | Social›Neighbor
Go Down, Moses, 132 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Disorientation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Animals›Dogs | Home›Homecoming | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Go Down, Moses, 133 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Relationships: Marital›Loving
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Go Down, Moses, 149 (Event)
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Law›Arrest | Politics›Election | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Razor | Objects›Shotgun | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Tennessee
Go Down, Moses, 15 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Horse | Physical›Evasion | Physical›Pursuit | Play›Betting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chivalry | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Past›Old days
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Go Down, Moses, 157 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Poisoning
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Concubinage | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Language›French | Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
Go Down, Moses, 17 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Physical›Escape from confinement | Play›Betting | Verbal›Planning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Go Down, Moses, 18 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Fox-horn
Go Down, Moses, 188 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting›Hounds
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Go Down, Moses, 189 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Teaching | Perceptual›Interpreting tracks
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Go Down, Moses, 19 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Surprise | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Running | Verbal›Ordering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses
Go Down, Moses, 20 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Escaping | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Walking
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
Go Down, Moses, 200 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Competition
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Values›Courage
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-bear
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Go Down, Moses, 203 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Tracking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
Go Down, Moses, 204 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Animals›Dogs
Go Down, Moses, 205 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 206 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Starvation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Character›Forbearance | Values›Determination
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Go Down, Moses, 206 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Starvation | Emotional›Exhaustion | Non-human›Attack
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Go Down, Moses, 208 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Hunting season
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And identity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Character›Indomitable
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Go Down, Moses, 211 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Perceptual›Hearing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Go Down, Moses, 212 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Watching | Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Go Down, Moses, 216 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Badgering
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And class
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Go Down, Moses, 225 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Shooting | Mental›Imagining | Perceptual›Hearing | Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named dog Lion
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Go Down, Moses, 226 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River
Actions: Movement›Swimming | Perceptual›Hearing | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion
Go Down, Moses, 234 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Breakfast
Actions: Perceptual›Hearing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben
Go Down, Moses, 280 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Character›Pride | Values›Courage
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Go Down, Moses, 287 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Inheritance›Property | Memory›Collective memory | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Diction›Ethnic slur
Go Down, Moses, 30 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Physical›Chase | Physical›Cooking | Physical›Race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Fox | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Go Down, Moses, 319 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wildlife
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Turkey | Past›Past vs present
Aesthetics: Tone›Nostalgic
Go Down, Moses, 6 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Hunting›Fox hunting | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tie | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Fox | Past›Old days
Relationships: Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew
Go Down, Moses, 7 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Anglophile | Gender›Bachelor | Race›Mixed race | Slavery›Courtship | Slavery›Family | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Fox | Past›Old days
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Go Down, Moses, 71 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Quail hunting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Past›Old days
Intruder in the Dust, 155 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Mental›Remembering | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Verbal›Warning
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Objects›Gun | Objects›Shovel
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Intruder in the Dust, 161 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: War›Capture | War›Desertion
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Gun
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Intruder in the Dust, 161 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Banking | Hunting›Fox hunting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Money›Check
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Intruder in the Dust, 163 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Dogs
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Father-son
Intruder in the Dust, 166 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Intruder in the Dust, 174 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek
Actions: Economic›Barter | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Gun
Intruder in the Dust, 4 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Rabbit hunting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Shotgun
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Light in August, 296 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Movement›Train
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Light in August, 296 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Sunrise
Actions: Physical›Digging | Physical›Dragging
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Light in August, 297 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Public›Street | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Movement›Car | Movement›Walking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Bible | Objects›Parasol
Light in August, 297 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Natural›Woods
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Movement›Car | Movement›Walking | Physical›Squatting | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Light in August, 302 (Event)
Environment: Natural | Public›Jail
Actions: Hunting›Hounds | Hunting›Tracking | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Talking | Verbal›Yelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Light in August, 326 (Event)
Environment: Place›Church | Time of Day›Eight o'clock a.m.
Actions: Communication›Note | Hunting›Tracking | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Warning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Relationships: Institutional›Police-arrestee
Light in August, 328 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Place›Field | Public›Road
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Movement›Walking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Light in August, 330 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Ten o'clock a.m. | Weather›Sunshine | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Hunting›Tracking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Sanctuary, 142 (Event)
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello | Place›City
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Reba's
Sanctuary, 143 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sexual | Domestic Space›Stairway | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Bodily›Asthma | Bodily›Drinking | Interaction, Private›Courting | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Obesity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Tankard
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 143 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Bodily›Asthma | Bodily›Drinking | Verbal›Bragging
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Jewelry | Crime›Prostitution | Government›Corruption | Health and Illness›Obesity | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Tankard
Sanctuary, 145 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Emotional›Shame | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Appearance›Nakedness | Objects›Tankard
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 148 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Bodily›Asthma | Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Sanctuary, 152 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating supper | Bodily›Smoking | Emotional›Fear | Mental›Remembering | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Animals›Dogs | Objects›Bed | Objects›Bowl | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Curtains | Objects›Dresser | Objects›Furniture | Objects›Matchstick | Objects›Mirror | Objects›Pitcher | Objects›Slop jar | Objects›Towel | Objects›Watch
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Sanctuary, 156 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Bodily›Asthma | Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Grief | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Veil
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Animals›Dogs | Objects›Ring | Objects›Tankard
Sanctuary, 191 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Communication›Miscommunication | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars | Sexuality›Vicarious
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Character›Naivety
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
The Hamlet, 183 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Running away | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Frustration
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
The Hamlet, 199 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Memory›Remembering
The Hamlet, 199 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
The Hamlet, 213 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Emotional›Rage
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
The Hamlet, 276 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
The Hamlet, 370 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Money›Hidden | Psychological›Madness
The Hamlet, 68 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Blacksmithing
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Language›Abundance or flow of words
The Mansion, 347 (Event)
Environment: Place›Mill | Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Actions: Bodily›Urinating | Interaction, Social›Picnic | Interaction, Social›Withdrawal from public
Cultural Issues: Politics›Campaigning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Cumberland County, Mississippi
The Mansion, 401 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 450 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Perceptual›Professional surveillance
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
The Mansion, 451 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
The Mansion, 8 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Shopping | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | Race›Behaving/becoming "black"
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
The Reivers , 118 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cats | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Animals›Rat
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 162 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Hunting | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Progress›Infrastructure
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Time›Past
The Reivers , 163 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Actions: Economic›Offering to buy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lytle, Horace | Allusion, Mythical›Damocles sword | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 163 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Hunting›Lion hunting | Hunting›Panther hunting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Lion | Animals›Panther
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Africa | Allusion, Historical›Rainey, Paul
The Reivers , 164 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Cows | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Race horse
The Reivers , 189 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Tourism | Region›North
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Chicago | Allusion, Geographical›Hickory Flat | Allusion, Geographical›Saskatchewan | Allusion, Geographical›Wall Street | Allusion, Historical›Avant, Jim | Allusion, Historical›Cobb, Ty | Allusion, Historical›Lytle, Horace | Allusion, Historical›Peyton, George | Allusion, Historical›Rainey, Paul | Allusion, Historical›Ruth, George Herman "Babe" | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 199 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel kitchen | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Interaction, Private›Courting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Socks
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Objects›Gold tooth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 21 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Hunting›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Marksmanship
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Objects›Shotgun | Story-telling›Reminiscence
The Reivers , 215 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation | Public›Road
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Excitement | Moral›Scheming | Moral›Secret | Movement›Buggy | Physical›Driving
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Agriculture›Cotton | Clothes›Socks | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Race horse | Objects›Gold tooth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 239 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Hungering | Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Movement›Buggy | Movement›Mule | Physical›Driving
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Education›Informal | Labor›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Fox | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Animals›Rabbit
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
The Reivers , 242 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Hunting›Fishing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
The Reivers , 272 (Event)
Actions: Communication›By sound | Communication›Car horn | Communication›Telegraph | Moral›Reform | Movement›Car | Violent›Animal abuse
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling | Law›Incarceration | Violence›Gendered
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Money›Won | Values›Honor
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 276 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Movement›Mule | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Gold tooth
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 277 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Sleeping | Physical›Praying
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Labor›Racialized
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
The Reivers , 279 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Barking | Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Nature | Olfactory›Flowers
Actions: Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Fish | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 50 (Event)
Environment: Place›Lane | Place›Motordrome
Actions: Movement›Car | Physical›Driving
Cultural Issues: Education›Informal | Law›Motor vehicle | Modernity›Speed | Race›Segregation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 61 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Log house
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Time›Continuity
The Reivers , 78 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Movement›Buggy | Movement›Car | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Movement›Surrey | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Arguing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Hee hee hee | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 91 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Public›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›May | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Movement›Car | Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Progress›Country to city | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape
The Sound and the Fury, 114 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Hunting horn | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Auditory›Voices | Natural›Body of water | Olfactory›Kerosene lantern | Place›Graveyard | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›October | Weather›Flood
Actions: Domestic›Cleaning | Emotional›Nostalgia | Hunting›Possum | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Insects lice | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Coal oil | Objects›Hunting horn | Objects›Lamp or lantern | Past›Old days | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›Domestic | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Johnstown, Pennsylvania | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Flood imagery | Language›WhoOoooo | Language›WhoOooooooooooooooo | Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia
The Sound and the Fury, 239 (Event)
Environment: Place›Field | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Emotional›Self-pity | Movement›Sneaking | Physical›Evasion | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tie | Health and Illness›Headache | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Technology›Car | Technology›Car tire
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Values›Family honor
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
The Sound and the Fury, 33 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Howling
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Moaning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Death›Funeral | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 33 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Howling | Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Moaning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Death›Burial | Death›Funeral | Death›Hearse | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunting | Supernatural›Phantom | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 33 (Event)
Environment: Place›Ditch
Actions: Violent›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Buzzards | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Death›Animal Dog | Death›Animal horse | Death›Funeral | Death›Wake | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 34 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Atmospheric›Night | Auditory›Howling | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Pasture | Domestic Space›Servants' home | Natural›Creek | Olfactory›Smelling death | Place›Ditch | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Dressing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Pigs | Death›Bones | Death›Response to
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Narrative›Unreliable narrator | Symbolism›Shadows
The Sound and the Fury, 39 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Domestic Space›Cellar | Olfactory›Smelling trees
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Laughing | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Champagne | Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Veil | Clothes›Wedding dress
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Animals›Dogs | Community›Wedding | Objects›Bottle | Objects›Flowers | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 46 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Natural›Grass | Natural›Trees
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Bodily›Hiding | Physical›Searching
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Shadows
The Sound and the Fury, 46 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Domestic Space›Backyard | Natural›Trees
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Sadness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Animals›Dogs | Objects›Swing | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 68 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Olfactory›Rain
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Smelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Fire | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 380 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Class›Pretension | Materialism›Status | Progress›Consumerism | Progress›New replacing old | Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named dog Lion
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 54 (Event)
Environment: Place›Ditch | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›November
Actions: Perceptual›Spying
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Hunting and Fishing›Recreation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Rabbit
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 84 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Death›Corpse | Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Searching
The Unvanquished, 15 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Listen
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Discipline
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Bonaparte, Napoleon | Allusion, Historical›Coke upon Littleton | Allusion, Historical›Mississippi Reports | Allusion, Literary›Cooper, James Fenimore | Allusion, Literary›Dumas, Alexandre | Allusion, Literary›Josephus, Flavius | Allusion, Literary›Koran | Allusion, Literary›Scott, Walter | Allusion, Literary›Taylor, Jeremy | Narrative›Parentheses