Themes and Motifs: Futility Inability

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"Appendix: Compson", 329 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Failing / Failure
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War | War›Military rank of general
Themes and Motifs: Death›Suicide | Futility›Inability | Inheritance›Traits
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Year 1861 | Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›General Compson's military record
"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 Hound", 163 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Movement›Car | Violent›Suicide
Cultural Issues: Economy›Market day
Themes and Motifs: Death›Suicide | Futility›Inability | Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Institutional›Police-arrestee
"The Unvanquished", 95 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Emotional›Regret
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Sanctuary, 121 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability | Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 287 (Event)
Environment: Public›Courtroom
Actions: Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women as sacred
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Sibling
Sanctuary, 309 (Event)
Environment: Public›Jail
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Insulting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Law›Arrest
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability
Aesthetics: Narrative›Irony | Narrative›Repetition | Recurring Episodes›Popeye's execution | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
The Hamlet, 133 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Violence›Sexual
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Futility›Inability
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Washington Irving
The Hamlet, 215 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Beating
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Futility›Inability | Objects›Padlock
The Hamlet, 283 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Advertising
Themes and Motifs: Death›Suicide | Futility›Inability
The Mansion, 100 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary | Time of Year›Harvest
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Futility›Inability
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 143 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cotillion Club | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability | Morals›Chivalry
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Mansion, 470 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability
The Mansion, 9 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cattle | Futility›Inability
The Mansion, 94 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Emotional›Proud | Violent›Beating
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing
Themes and Motifs: Character›Childlike | Character›Indomitable | Futility›Inability
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
The Unvanquished, 153 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Communication›Writing | Emotional›Regret
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild