Themes and Motifs: Time Frozen / Static

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"All the Dead Pilots", 511 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Nostalgia
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Technology | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Airplane | Time›Frozen / Static
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Thunderclap | Metafictional›Picture/image
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
Absalom, Absalom!, 15 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Domestic Space
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Art›Music | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Texts | Time›Frozen / Static
Aesthetics: Metafictional
Absalom, Absalom!, 275 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Domestic Space›College dormitory
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Simultaneity of time
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Tomb
Absalom, Absalom!, 54 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Carriage
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Dolls | Recurring Tropes›Illusion | Time›Frozen / Static
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Styx | Figures of Speech›Butterfly
Sanctuary, 221 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Three o'clock a.m.
Actions: Bodily›Nausea | Physical›Walking
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Nausea
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Community›Alienation | Time›Frozen / Static
The Hamlet, 290 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Time›Frozen / Static
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
The Reivers , 263 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Evoking memory | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Verbal›Planning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Frozen / Static
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Temporal projection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 85 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Atmospheric›Wind | Auditory›Clock ticking | Natural›Body of water | Public›Store window | Time of Year›December
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Perceptual›Looking | Work›Jeweler
Cultural Issues: Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Baldness | Body›Hair | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Objects›Watch | Philosophical›Nihilism | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Supernatural›Folk customs | Supernatural›Superstitions | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Measuring time | Time›Timelessness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Philosopher Bergson, Henri | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Drained marsh | Figures of Speech›Gull | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Water | Narrative›African-American folk sayings
The Sound and the Fury, 86 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Auditory›Bells | Natural›Mountains | Natural›Mud | Natural›Sky | Public›School | Public›Town Square | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December | Time of Year›New Year
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Waiting | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Train | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Passing from sight
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Blanket | Clothes›Pants | Education›Primary school | Entertainment›Fireworks | Food›Candy | Health and Illness›Gastrointestinal discomfort | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Prejudice›Infantilizing of blacks | Prejudice›White supremacy | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Uncle as term for black man | Race›White race | Ritual›Christmas gift game | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Technology›Steam locomotive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Body›Stomach/belly | Character›Childlike | Character›Reliability | Home›Homebound | Memory›Remembering | Money›Quarter coin | Objects›Toys | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Time›Frozen / Static
Relationships: Interracial›White-black | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Rabbit | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Skeleton | Style›Long sentence | Style›Numerous adjectives
The Town, 225 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Delivering | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dressed up
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Texts›Letters | Time›Frozen / Static
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Unvanquished, 81 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: War›Displacement
Themes and Motifs: Time›Frozen / Static
The Unvanquished, 82 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Migration
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype: smell | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Destruction | War›Displacement | War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Time›Frozen / Static