Themes and Motifs: Memory Haunted by past

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"Shall Not Perish", 112 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Shaking | Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Waking | Mental›Hallucinating | Physical›Escaping | Verbal›Shouting | Verbal›Warning
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Entertainment›Movies | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Haunted by past
"Uncle Willy", 247 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Emotional›Guilt | Moral›Aiding and abetting | Moral›Confession | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Memory›Haunted by past | Recurring Tropes›Dream turns to dust | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
Flags in the Dust, 3 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory
Actions: Communication›And deafness | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls
Themes and Motifs: Body›Teeth | Memory›Haunted by past | Objects›Pipe | Past›Prehistory | Supernatural›Ghost
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, 45 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: War›Death
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Memory›Haunted by past
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Flags in the Dust, 56 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Domestic›Cleaning
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Haunted by past | Objects›Piano | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›England
The Hamlet, 261 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Cultural Issues: Gender›Inversion | History›Convict labor | Land-Use›Logging | Sexuality›Interracial | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Haunted by past
The Mansion, 118 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Quest to recover | Home›Trying to go home | Memory›Haunted by past | Time›Lost time
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 210 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shame | Military›Combat | Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war | Character›Inherited traits | Determinism›Fated | Memory›Haunted by past
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother