Themes and Motifs: Death Funeral

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"A Rose for Emily", 125 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Conflict
"A Rose for Emily", 129 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Olfactory›Decay
Actions: Violent›Entry
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Formal | Clothes›Uniform | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Southern woman | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Death›Funeral | Objects›Corpse | Objects›Crystal | Objects›Silver | Objects›Toilet set | Time›Transcended
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Face | Genre Conventions›Gothic
"Beyond", 796 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Progress›Pace of travel
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Objects›Clock | Supernatural›Haunting
"Beyond", 797 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Olfactory›Flowers
Actions: Emotional›Calm
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Changing clothes | Identity, Personal›Old vs new selves | Law›Trial
Themes and Motifs: Death›Compared to sleep | Death›Funeral | Morals›Justice | Objects›Flowers
"Go Down, Moses", 262 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Heat
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Political solidarity | Group Mentality›Racial solidarity | Mass Media›Advertising | Mass Media›Newspaper | Progress›Trains | Race›Segregation | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Corpse | Death›Funeral | Home›Homecoming | Money›Expenses | Objects›Flowers | Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Square brackets
"Go Down, Moses", 265 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Heat
Actions: Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Progress›Trains | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Community›Crowd | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
"Go Down, Moses", 265 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Death›Funeral | Objects›Monument | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"Go Down, Moses", 266 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Place›Country vs city
Actions: Movement›Car | Movement›Driving
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral
"Go Down, Moses", 266 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Quotation as thought
"Knight's Gambit", 168 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral
"Monk", 44 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Hiding
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Objects›Corpse
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Orphan
"Pantaloon in Black", 238 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Gender›Marriage | Race›Racial identity | Race›Segregated space | Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Funeral | Meaning›Profound | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Coworker
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Mannie's death
"Pantaloon in Black", 253 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Funeral | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
"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", 336 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Food | Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Death›Funeral | Death›Indian burial practices
"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
"Smoke", 10 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Absalom, Absalom!, 100 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Funeral | Objects›Monument
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Figures of Speech›Butterfly
Absalom, Absalom!, 121 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Calm | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Burial | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Rebel yell | Work›Carpenter
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral | Recurring Tropes›Echo | Recurring Tropes›Mediation | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 151 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Age›Premature aging | Age›Spinsterhood | Clothes›Confederate uniform | Clothes›Glove
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Appearance | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral | Objects›Corpse | Objects›Sword
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 152 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Speech
Themes and Motifs: Death›Eulogy | Death›Funeral
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 301 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Outrage
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Morals›Morality | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 22 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Religion›Piety
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral
Relationships: Familial›Kinship | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Ambiguity
As I Lay Dying, 86 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Rain
Actions: Physical›Repair | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Community | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Picture/image
As I Lay Dying, 89 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Injured | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Community›Opinion | Death›Funeral | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
Go Down, Moses, 129 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Gender›Marriage | Race›Racial identity | Race›Segregated space | Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Funeral | Meaning›Profound | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Coworker
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Mannie's death
Go Down, Moses, 148 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Funeral | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Narrative›Revision | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Go Down, Moses, 235 (Event)
Environment: Place›Grave
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Eulogy | Death›Funeral
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Fire
Go Down, Moses, 358 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Paying
Cultural Issues: Race›White savior
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Interracial›Pseudo-family
Go Down, Moses, 363 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Racial solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Intruder in the Dust, 214 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Vengeance
Cultural Issues: Crime›Fratricide
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Funeral
Intruder in the Dust, 38 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Violent›Lynch mob
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral
Sanctuary, 242 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Partying
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Entertainment›Traditional music | Health and Illness›Bullet hole | Religion›Hymns
Themes and Motifs: Art›Jazz music | Chaos/Order›Chaos | Death›Funeral | Objects›Coffin
The Mansion, 162 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Religion›Baptism
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Death›Funeral
The Mansion, 362 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Paralysis
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Objects›Wheel chair
The Mansion, 460 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Raising|shipping cattle
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Class›Snopesism | Crime›Embezzlement | Economy›Banking | Economy›Commerce | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Objects›Monument
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas | Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee
The Mansion, 462 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Panic | Verbal›Preaching
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Community›Tradition | Death›Funeral
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 45 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Domestic›Packing | Emotional›Excitement
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Death›Response to
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›University of Mississippi
The Reivers , 45 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shame | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Progress›Cars | Progress›Trains
Themes and Motifs: Death›Deathbed | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Objects›Car | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Sound and the Fury, 170 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Laughing | Play›Betting
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Race›Racial consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Objects›Mirror
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 196 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Mourning | Emotional›Self-pity
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Clothes›Glove | Clothes›Veil
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-son
The Sound and the Fury, 201 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Mud | Place›Cemetery
Actions: Bodily›Drinking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Objects›Umbrella
The Sound and the Fury, 201 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Cedar trees | Place›Cemetery | Weather›Rain
Actions: Economic›Asking for money | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Mourning | Work›Losing job
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Absence/Loss›Separation | Character›Trust | Death›Funeral | Home›Estranged | Money›Stingy with money | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
The Sound and the Fury, 22 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Natural›Creek
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Frogs | Death›Funeral | Death›Wake | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 24 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Interaction, Social›Partying
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Death›Wake
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Sibling
The Sound and the Fury, 32 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Moaning | Play›Children playing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fireflies | Animals›Lightning bugs | Death›Funeral | Death›Wake | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 32 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Carriage
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Death›Hearse | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
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)
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
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, 35 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Disbelief | Mental›Misunderstanding | Physical›Obeying / obedience
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Buzzards | Animals›Fireflies | Animals›Lightning bugs | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 38 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Parlor | Natural›Dew | Natural›Grass | Natural›Trees
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Measles
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Death›Wake | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype
The Sound and the Fury, 38 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Tree / leaves | Domestic Space›Parlor | Natural›Trees
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Climbing tree
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Symbolism›Archetype
The Sound and the Fury, 45 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Sitting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fireflies | Animals›Lightning bugs | Character›Independence | Character›Innocence | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Objects›Furniture | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Values›Courage
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype
The Town, 355 (Event)
Actions: Work›Quitting job
Cultural Issues: Region›The West
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Exile | Values›Decorum
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Unvanquished, 155 (Event)
Environment: Place›Grave | Place›Graveyard | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Freedom | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Burial | Death›Coffin | Death›Eulogy | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Objects›Gun | Objects›Umbrella
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee