Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures Leaving

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"A Bear Hunt", 69 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Character›Noisiness
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Technological imagery
"A Bear Hunt", 69 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Echoing | Natural›River | Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing | Religion›God
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Futility›Nothing to do
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Technological imagery | Tone›Humorous
"A Bear Hunt", 72 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Watching | Play›Poker
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Objects›Lamp or lantern | Objects›Shotgun
"A Bear Hunt", 74 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian mound
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Laughing | Moral›Scheming | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
"Elly", 213 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Empty room
Actions: Emotional›Numbness
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Trousseau
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Time›Awareness of time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Military analogy
"Elly", 221 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Water
Actions: Bodily›Tension
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
"Hair", 139 (Event)
Environment: Place›Grave
Actions: Work›Quitting job
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
"Knight's Gambit", 199 (Event)
Actions: Play›Chess
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
"Knight's Gambit", 219 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Hurrying
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Absalom, Absalom!, 142 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
As I Lay Dying, 204 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Public›Street
Actions: Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Ordering
Cultural Issues: Law›Marshal
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Go Down, Moses, 164 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Migration›Big Bottom
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›Child-adult
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
Light in August, 408 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Movement›Following
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Requiem for a Nun, 41 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment | Time of Day›Six o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›November
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Hysteria | Emotional›Waiting | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Abstinence | Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Fur coat / suit | Clothes›Glove | Clothes›Handbag | Clothes›Hat | Crime›Drug addiction | Crime›Prostitution | Modernity›Interwar years
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Objects›Bottle | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Cigarette lighter | Objects›Furniture | Past›Past in present | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 240 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous | Public›Street
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Matchstick
The Hamlet, 20 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
The Hamlet, 33 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Relationships: Familial›Father-son in law
The Sound and the Fury, 102 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Auditory›Clock chiming
Actions: Movement›Streetcar
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Measuring time | Time›Return to present time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Style›Unfinished sentence
The Sound and the Fury, 106 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Protection | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Sick as euphemism for pregnancy
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 130 (Event)
Environment: Public›Post office | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Food›Bread | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Law›Marshal | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
The Sound and the Fury, 136 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Mental›Disapproval | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Dancing | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Misspeaking
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Dress | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Hips | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic | Sexual
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 137 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Moss | Natural›River | Public›Bridge
Actions: Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Gender›Male body
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Beavers | Animals›Horses | Appearance›Nakedness | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Body›Chins | Body›Male body | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Figures of Speech›Simile
The Sound and the Fury, 79 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bells | Auditory›Clock chiming
Actions: Non-human›Bird flying | Non-human›Bird watching a human | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Sparrow | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Objects›Clock | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-bird
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Bible verse on sparrows | Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Luke | Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Matthew | Allusion, Historical›Saint Francis | Allusion, Literary›Hymn "His Eye Is on the Sparrow"
The Town, 208 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›May
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Social›Shopping
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Education›Graduation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Objects›Suitcase | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Narrative shift | Symbolism›Reflection | Typography/Orthography›Handwriting
The Unvanquished, 176 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes