Themes and Motifs: Community Local legends

Description

I created this term in response to the local legend of Melisandre Backus Harriss that Chick inherits in "Knight's Gambit."--LW

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"A Bear Hunt", 65 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous | Place›Indian mound
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Government | Group Mentality›Communal story | History›Civil War | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Deracination | Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Appearance›Diminishment / fading | Community›Local legends | Naming›Renaming | Past | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Place | Texts›Novel
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Narrative›Background | Narrative›Child's perspective
"Knight's Gambit", 149 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Character›Personality change | Community›Local legends | Objects›Books
"Knight's Gambit", 150 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
"Knight's Gambit", 150 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Community›Local legends
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Fiance
"Knight's Gambit", 153 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Community›Stranger | Time›Timelessness
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
"Knight's Gambit", 155 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends
Relationships: Marital›Honeymoon
"Knight's Gambit", 210 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Hate | Violent›Violence against animals
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Community›Local legends
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 136 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Cultural Issues: History›Great Migration
Themes and Motifs: Art›Jazz music | Community›Local legends | Memory›Collective memory
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harlem
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 136 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Money›Treasure
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Vicksburg | Allusion, Historical›Grant, Ulysses S.
"Pantaloon in Black", 240 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire
Absalom, Absalom!, 26 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory | Place›Jefferson | Public›Town Square
Actions: Mental›Discovery | Mental›Realization | Movement›Driving | Movement›Mule | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Community›Local legends | Time›Anticipation | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Running out | Values›Determination | Values›Durability
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Delayed revelation | Narrative›Parentheses
Absalom, Absalom!, 27 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Mud | Natural›Swamp | Place›Plantation | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Communication›Language barriers | Communication›Speaking | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Suspicion | Interaction, Social›Male gathering | Interaction, Social›Withdrawal from public | Movement›Riding | Perceptual›Observing | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Building structure | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Group Mentality›Community collective | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Land-Use›Ownership | Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Alligators | Animals›Dogs | Appearance›Nakedness | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Community›Local legends | Objects›Bricks | Objects›Pistol | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Values›Determination
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Communal narrative | Narrative›Reconstructed
Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Familiar | Domestic Space›House | Place›Jefferson | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Day›Sunday | Time of Day›Sunday morning | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›September
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Economic›Purchase | Legal›Marriage | Movement›Riding | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Widow | Group Mentality›Communal story | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Law›Legal ownership | Law›Property | Ritual›Wedding | Violence›Retribution
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Community›Local legends | Death›Future | Death›Spousal | Determinism›Fated | Home›New home | Meaning›Mystery | Meaning›Paternity | Memory›Collective memory | Past›Past in present | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Time›Duration of time | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Past | Values›Justice
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis | Figures of Speech›Breath | Narrative›Background | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Origin | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Summary
Go Down, Moses, 132 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire
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
The Hamlet, 164 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnancy
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Recurring Tropes›Dream turns to dust
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Olympus | Tone›Elegiac
The Hamlet, 32 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends
Relationships: Interracial›Companions
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Recurring Episodes›Ab Snopes Horse trading
The Hamlet, 4 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Nationality›Foreigners | Nationality›French
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Community›Local legends | Naming›Wrong name
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Old Frenchman's arrival
The Hamlet, 4 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Money›Hidden
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Grant, Ulysses S.
The Mansion, 182 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Fireplace|Mantel
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip | Verbal›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends
The Mansion, 402 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Sitting room | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Mental›Calculation
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration | Materialism›Status | Sexuality›Illegitimacy
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 334 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Mental›Contemplation | Verbal›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Lilith | Narrative›Second-person directed