Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes Little sister

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The Sound and the Fury, 125 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Olfactory›Baking / bread
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Caring | Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Charity | Moral›Judgmental | Moral›Stealing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Jewish | Ethnicity›Offensive terminology | Food›Bread | Food›Cake | Food›Coffee | Gender›Femininity | Gender›Masculine woman | Gender›Stereotype librarian / school teacher | Mass Media›Newspaper | Nationality›American | Nationality›Foreigners | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants | Prejudice
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Librarian look | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Money›Nickel coin | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Coffee | Objects›Ring | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Civic›Charity | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem/song "The Star-Spangled Banner" | Description›Color gray | Diction›Ethnic slur | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Toy bear / teddybear | Genre Conventions›Parody | Tone›Sarcastic
The Sound and the Fury, 127 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Place›Bakery
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Caring | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Italian | Food›Cake | Food›Ice-cream | Nationality›Foreigners | Prejudice
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
The Sound and the Fury, 128 (Event)
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Movement›Buggy | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Food›Bread | Food›Ice-cream
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Description›Color white
The Sound and the Fury, 129 (Event)
Environment: Place›Livery stable | Public›Store
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Education›College | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Law›Marshal | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts
The Sound and the Fury, 129 (Event)
Environment: Place›Houses | Place›Lawns | Public›Street | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Food›Bread | Food›Cake | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Home | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
The Sound and the Fury, 129 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Following | Perceptual›Looking back | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Food›Bread | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Isolation
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, 131 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Grass | Natural›River | Place›Houses | Public›Bridge | Public›Street | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Physical›Nodding | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes | Economy›Poverty | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Description›Color pink
The Sound and the Fury, 131 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Place›Road
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Searching | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Home | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
The Sound and the Fury, 132 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›River | Place›Houses | Place›Road | Place›Stone wall
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Running away | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Italian | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Money›Coin | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Imagined conversation
The Sound and the Fury, 134 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Food›Bread
Themes and Motifs: Home | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
The Sound and the Fury, 135 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Body of water | Natural›River | Natural›Trees | Natural›Water moving / flowing
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Sensing
Themes and Motifs: Home | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Pencil
The Sound and the Fury, 135 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Flowers | Natural›Moss | Natural›River | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Natural›Woods | Place›Road
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Emotional›Worry | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Sensing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hair ribbons | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Food›Bread | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Hair pigtails | Appearance›Invisibility | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Home | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Meaning›Profound | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Solitude | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell
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, 137 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Voices | Auditory›Water | Natural›Body of water | Natural›River
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Swimming | Perceptual›Listening | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Death›Death by water / Drowning | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Running out
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Irony
The Sound and the Fury, 138 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Food›Bread | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Body›Breast | Home | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Running out | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University
The Sound and the Fury, 147 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Trees | Olfactory›Perfume smell | Place›Stone wall | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hysteria | Emotional›Laughing | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Sadness | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Mental›Suppression / trying not to think | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Car | Movement›Swimming | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Touching | Physical›Wave / waving | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Chatter
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wine | Alcohol›Wine hamper | Class›Gentility | Ethnicity›Italian | Food›Bread | Gender›Dirty girl | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Knee | Body›Throat | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›Coal dust | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence
The Sound and the Fury, 159 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Natural›Creek | Natural›Sky | Public›Bridge | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Bodily›Heart beating | Emotional›Humiliation | Emotional›Love | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Injury | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 172 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Gasoline
Cultural Issues: Technology›Automobile
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
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, 76 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Cultural Issues: Religion›Religious art or iconography
Themes and Motifs: Art›Christian art or iconography | Death›Longing for death | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Allusion, Historical›Saint Francis
The Sound and the Fury, 77 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Regret | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Watch | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being in time
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Allusion, Historical›Saint Francis | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 78 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Sadness | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Taunt | Verbal›Teasing
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Gender›Women | Region›The South | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Death›Like death | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Philosophical›Nihilism | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Friendship›College roommate | Friendship›Male-male relationship | Social›Adversarial | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Diction›Misogynistic wording | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 79 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bells
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Confession | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Religion›Damnation | Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Sin | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Allusion, Historical›Saint Francis | 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, 92 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Theatricality | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Khaki | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Silk | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Memory›Remembering | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Description›Color blue | Description›Color bronze | Description›Color brown | Diction›Misogynistic wording | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
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 Sound and the Fury, 94 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Pasture | Olfactory›Camphor | Olfactory›Oversweet organic
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Seduction | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Moral›Deception | Movement›Car | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Flattery | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Punning
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Salt lick | Class›Pretension | Education›Harvard | Gender›Femininity | Health and Illness›Medicine camphor | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Death›Coffin | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Car | Objects›Honeysuckle | Objects›Trunk | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Romantic›Fiance | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery | Figures of Speech›Simile | 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, 95 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Ivy
Actions: Emotional›Sadness | Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Shirt | Education›Being well read / erudite | Education›Harvard
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Suicide | Objects›Bricks | Philosophical›Nihilism | Philosophical›Suffering | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Diction›"Is" / "Was" to refer to present or past | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence