Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss Loss of object

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"A Bear Hunt", 79 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Buying | Emotional›Patience | Emotional›Waiting | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar | Labor›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Objects›Gun | Objects›Steamboat | Past›Past vs present
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Natchez, Mississippi | Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Allusion, Historical›Steamboat race | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Delayed revelation | Narrative›Irony | Tone›Humorous
"Ambuscade", 5 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Physical›Eating
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object
"Appendix: Compson", 340 (Event)
Environment: Public›Pasture
Actions: Emotional›Love
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Absence/Loss›Of loved one
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Caddy's wedding | Recurring Episodes›Compsons sell pasture
"Hair", 139 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Commemoration
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Body›Hair | Death›Burial
"The Hound", 162 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Sunrise
Actions: Bodily›Dismemberment | Legal›Arrest | Physical›Searching | Violent›Animal attack on human | Violent›Violence against animals
Cultural Issues: Law›Arrest | Law›Police
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Animals›Dogs
Go Down, Moses, 272 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Chaos/Order›Accident
Intruder in the Dust, 68 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Searching
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Objects›Ring
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Requiem for a Nun, 14 (Event)
Environment: Place›Tavern
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic dispute
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier times
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Requiem for a Nun, 15 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Bodily›Watching | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Discussion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Objects›Hunting horn
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 21 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 86 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Military›Destruction of enemy property | Physical›Burning
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction | War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Texts›Civic records | Texts›Military communications
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Grant, Ulysses S. | Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Narrative›Parentheses
The Hamlet, 210 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object
The Hamlet, 247 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Psychological›Peace
The Hamlet, 48 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Crying
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Home›Homecoming
The Unvanquished, 14 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Physical›Eating | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Silverware
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses