Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes Fire on the hearth

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"A Point of Law", 215 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Premarital
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"A Point of Law", 223 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Cottonfield | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Law›Spousal privilege | Race›Etiquette
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Money›Dowry | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Well | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Conflict | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Conflict | Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Barn Burning", 13 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Idleness | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Washing clothes | Verbal›Begging | Verbal›Command | Work›Chopping wood
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Objects›Coffee | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›France | Allusion, Literary›Gulliver's Travels
"Go Down, Moses", 263 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Olfactory›Old woman smell | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Biblical analogy | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation | Slavery›Music
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Eyes | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Historical›Roman senator | Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Language›Call and response | Narrative›Quotation as thought | Symbolism›Shared humanity | Typography/Orthography›Square brackets
"Pantaloon in Black", 240 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Marital›Loving | Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire
"Pantaloon in Black", 240 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire
"Wash", 546 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Narrative›Anticipation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 132 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Mental›Submission / Acquiescence | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Marriage proposal
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hand / Palm | Objects›Ring | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Touch | Time›Frozen / Static
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Stone | Metafictional›Signs | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Flags in the Dust, 310 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage | Legal›Divorce | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Embrace / hugging
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Reno, Nevada | Allusion, Mythical›Lethe | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Tone›Overwrought | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 323 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Grayness | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Disgust with sex
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Haunted by past | Psychological›Disembodiment | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Sexual›Desertion
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
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, 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, 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, 355 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country vs city | Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Progress›Consumerism | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 363 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Cold
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating | Economic›Bribing | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Go Down, Moses, 132 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Marital›Loving | Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire
Go Down, Moses, 132 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire
Go Down, Moses, 360 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Olfactory›Old woman smell | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Race›Aunt as term for black woman | Slavery›Biblical analogy | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Community›Alienation | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Interracial›Pseudo-family
Go Down, Moses, 361 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Hearth | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Symbolism›Shared humanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 244 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Physical›Praying
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Values›Determination
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
The Reivers , 277 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Olfactory›Flowers
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Fishing rod | Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Chicago | Allusion, Historical›Manassas, Horse | Narrative›Parentheses
The Unvanquished, 15 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Verbal›Listen | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Killing in war
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Virginia
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
The Unvanquished, 230 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Verbal›Planning | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Changing customs
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Responsibility | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana | Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals