Themes and Motifs: Inheritance

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"Appendix: Compson", 325 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Meteor shower | Natural›Woods | Place›Jefferson
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Economic›Trading
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Birthright | Class›French nobility | Cultural Identity›American | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | War›Refugee
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession | Inheritance›Property | Naming›Indian name | Naming›Renaming | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness | Recurring Tropes›Year the stars fell | Texts›Translation
Relationships: Familial›Foster family | Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Scotland | Allusion, Historical›Bonaparte, Napoleon | Figures of Speech›King and/or queen | Language›Fragments | Language›French | Recurring Episodes›Compson land acquired | Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom" | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
"Go Down, Moses", 260 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Heat
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Moral›Lying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Crime›Numbers | Gender›Traits | Law›Execution | Mass Media›Newspaper | Race›Division | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Coffin | Death›Corpse | Determinism›Genetic | Inheritance›Traits | Money›Expenses
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Quotation as thought
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 136 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Physical›Building
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Cotton farming | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Objects›European in U.S. | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Old Frenchman's arrival
"Red Leaves", 322 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay
Actions: Bodily›Running | Hunting›Slave hunting
Cultural Issues: Government›Inherited position | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Death›Indian burial practices | Inheritance | Objects›Slipper
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Smoke", 35 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
"Smoke", 5 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Running away | Violent›Domestic violence
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Character›Inherited traits | Inheritance›Property
"There Was a Queen", 728 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Race›Black family working for white | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits | Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Relationships: Familial›Genealogy
"There Was a Queen", 731 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Symbolism›Blood
"Tomorrow", 90 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Defending | Legal›Recess | Legal›Summation | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Agriculture›Farming life | Law›Eye for an eye | Law›Grand jury | Law›Hearing | Law›Indictment | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits | Morals›Justice | Morals›Responsibility | Philosophical›Human nature
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Absalom, Absalom!, 171 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Social›Charity
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 172 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance | Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 174 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial identity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Mental disability | Inheritance›Traits | Naming
Absalom, Absalom!, 183 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Mental›Disorientation
Cultural Issues: Class | Slavery›Big house vs quarters | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits
Absalom, Absalom!, 5 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance | Memory | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Interpretation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 62 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Moral›Renounce | Verbal›Rumor
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Sacrifice
Go Down, Moses, 113 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Eating
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Go Down, Moses, 114 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Patriarch
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 124 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Food›Candy
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Inheritance›Traits
Relationships: Marital›Reconciliation
Go Down, Moses, 162 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Story-telling›Old days | Time›Simultaneity of time
Relationships: Intergenerational›Tutor-student
Go Down, Moses, 241 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Land-Use›Agricultural | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property
Go Down, Moses, 242 (Event)
Environment: Place›History
Actions: Moral›Renounce | Verbal›Renunciation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Land-Use›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Texts›Deed
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Descendants
Go Down, Moses, 285 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 286 (Event)
Actions: Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Inheritance›Property | Money›Inheritance
Go Down, Moses, 287 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Inheritance›Property | Memory›Collective memory | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Diction›Ethnic slur
Go Down, Moses, 291 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance | Inheritance›Property
Go Down, Moses, 291 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Accounting | Economic›Indebtedness
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Money›Inheritance
Go Down, Moses, 293 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Money›Inheritance
Aesthetics: Narrative›Irony
Go Down, Moses, 293 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Actions: Economic›Lending Money | Verbal›Renunciation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Money›Bill
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Descendants
Go Down, Moses, 297 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Manipulative
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Money›Inheritance | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Romantic›Sexual
Go Down, Moses, 298 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Manipulative
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Eve
Go Down, Moses, 334 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Renounce
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Inheritance of wrong | Past›Historical wrong
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text
Go Down, Moses, 342 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Northern dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 343 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Shaking | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Love | Verbal›Banishment
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | History›Great Migration | Race›Segregation | Segregation›Marriage | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Inheritance›Property | Inheritance›Traits | Money›Filthy lucre | Naming›And caste | Objects›Hunting horn | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Interracial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Go Down, Moses, 36 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Looking back
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Gender›Masculinity | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Native American | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Go Down, Moses, 50 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Mental›Remembering | Violent›Intent to kill
Cultural Issues: Economy›Savings | Gender›Masculinity | Race›Equal rights | Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance | Objects›Razor
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Fire
Go Down, Moses, 51 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Physical›Panting | Verbal›Dialogue | Violent›Intent to kill
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits | Objects›Pistol | Objects›Razor
Relationships: Familial›Competition | Familial›Extended family
Go Down, Moses, 54 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Violent›Intent to kill
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Inheritance›Traits | Objects›Pistol | Objects›Razor
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Competitive
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 58 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Charity
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Income | Values›Charity
The Mansion, 463 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Texts›Deed
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Good Samaritan | Allusion, Geographical›Los Angeles | Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›New York
The Sound and the Fury, 92 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Marriage announcement | Economic›Banking | Economic›Selling | Emotional›Contempt | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Mental›Distrust | Mental›Learning | Movement›Car | Movement›Limousine | Physical›Driving | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Clothes›Garter | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Harvard | Entertainment›Circus | Gender›Marriage | Region›The South | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Elephants | Animals›Fleas | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Teeth | Character›Inherited traits | Character›Reputation | Community›Wedding | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Inheritance›Traits | Memory›Remembering | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Honor | Objects›Candle | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Supernatural›Spell | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College roommate | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Fiance | Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual | Social›Adversarial | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›South Bend, Indiana | Allusion, Literary›Byron | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Don Juan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Marmion" | Allusion, Literary›Scott, Walter | Figures of Speech›Puppy | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Long sentence | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Town, 296 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Sexuality›Attractiveness
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Recurring Tropes›Destiny
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Ford, Henry | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Town, 341 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Will
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
The Town, 343 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Esoteric language
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Texts›Will
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
The Town, 368 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Plantation house
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Waiting | Work›Lawyering
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Identity, Cultural›Southern stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Italy | Allusion, Historical›Grant, Ulysses S. | Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses