Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss Of loved one

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"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
"Beyond", 783 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Emotional›Expecting | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Afterlife
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
"Beyond", 790 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Physical›Riding | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ancestral
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Objects›Books | Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Hand upon the Waters", 77 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Searching
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one
"Hand upon the Waters", 78 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Moral›Deception
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Meaning›Mystery
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Pantaloon in Black", 238 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Gender›Marriage | Race›Racial identity | Race›Segregated space | Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Funeral | Meaning›Profound | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Coworker
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Mannie's death
"Pantaloon in Black", 239 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Walking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Footprint
"Smoke", 23 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
"The Unvanquished", 95 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Place›Decayed house
Actions: Movement›Running | Violent›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one
"There Was a Queen", 732 (Event)
Actions: Military›Destruction of enemy property
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Civil War | War›On homefront
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Home›Destroyed
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Absalom, Absalom!, 10 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Emotional›Despair | Military›Combat | Moral›Renounce | Movement›Return | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Crime›Fratricide | Gender›Widow | Gender›Women | History›Civil War as point of reference | War›Civil War | War›Confederate Army
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Absence/Loss›Separation | Character›Fool|Foolishness | Character›Pride | Character›Scoundrel | Death›Deathbed | Determinism›Fated | Home›Estranged | Supernatural›Monster / monstrous
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Virginia | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Diction›Misogynistic wording | Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Style›Long sentence
Absalom, Absalom!, 12 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Place›Church | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Interaction, Private›Breaking marriage engagement | Moral›Prohibiting | Moral›Renounce | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Requesting | Violent›Homicide
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Crime›Murder | Law›Inheritance refusal | Ritual›Wedding
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Character›Pride | Death›Murder | Determinism›Fated | Determinism›Lack of choice | Inheritance›Hereditary culpability | Inheritance›Inheritance of wrong | Objects›Corpse | Past›Past in present | Past›Traumatic | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Story-telling›Family oral tradition | Supernatural›Monster / monstrous | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Dysfunctional | Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sister-sister | Marital›Arrangements | Marital›Wedding | Romantic›Death | Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Satan | Figures of Speech›Creditor | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Language›Anaphora | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Summary | Style›List | Tone›Elegiac
Absalom, Absalom!, 46 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Claustrophobic | Domestic Space›House
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Emotional›Hate | Mental›Knowing | Mental›Unaware | Verbal›Social criticism
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Age›Middle age | Class›Respectability | Gender›Patriarchy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›In childbirth | Values›Conscience
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Obligation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Tone›Overwrought | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Absalom, Absalom!, 6 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Place›Gate | Place›Houses
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Interaction, Private›Breaking marriage engagement | Military›Service | Movement›Flight | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Violent›Homicide | Violent›Killing | Violent›Murder | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Crime›Murder | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Women | Ritual›Wedding | Violence›Interracial | Violence›Shooting | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Death | Recurring Tropes›Threshold | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Sibling | Romantic›Engagement | Romantic›Fiance | Social›Assailant-victim
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Henry kills Bon
As I Lay Dying, 250 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Absence/Loss›Substitute | Animals›Cows | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Objects›Toys | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people | Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Go Down, Moses, 129 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Gender›Marriage | Race›Racial identity | Race›Segregated space | Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Funeral | Meaning›Profound | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Coworker
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Mannie's death
Go Down, Moses, 334 (Event)
Environment: Place›Bedroom
Actions: Economic›Renting
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Manipulative
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Appearance›Nakedness
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Go Down, Moses, 341 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Values›Love
Relationships: Marital›Breakup
Intruder in the Dust, 214 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Mental›Imagining | Violent›Vengeance
Cultural Issues: Crime›Fratricide
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Funeral
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Father-son
Requiem for a Nun, 156 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Emotional›Grief | Mental›Thinking | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Ritual›Funeral | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Burial | Objects›Razor
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Mannie's death | Recurring Episodes›Rider in jail
Sanctuary, 152 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating supper | Bodily›Smoking | Emotional›Fear | Mental›Remembering | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Animals›Dogs | Objects›Bed | Objects›Bowl | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Curtains | Objects›Dresser | Objects›Furniture | Objects›Matchstick | Objects›Mirror | Objects›Pitcher | Objects›Slop jar | Objects›Towel | Objects›Watch
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Sanctuary, 156 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Bodily›Asthma | Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Grief | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Veil
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Animals›Dogs | Objects›Ring | Objects›Tankard
The Hamlet, 238 (Event)
Environment: Place›Stable
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care
Cultural Issues: Violence›Killing animal
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Animals›Horses | Death›Animal horse
The Mansion, 11 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Raising|shipping cattle | Emotional›Grief | Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Race›Racial resentment
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Recurring Tropes›Right-of-way
Relationships: Familial›Widower
The Mansion, 166 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car | Verbal›Monologue
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Football
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Sound and the Fury, 124 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Shame | Perceptual›Sensing | Physical›Pushing away | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Description›Color white | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 149 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Domestic›Feeding | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Shame | Emotional›Shock | Perceptual›Sensing | Physical›Climbing stairs | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Body›Arm | Body›Eyes | Body›Face
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Rats | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 72 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Empty room | Domestic Space›Sick room | Olfactory›Smelling trees | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Bodily›Hiding | Bodily›Squatting | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Moaning | Movement›Hiding | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Finding | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Mumbling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift | Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Memory›Remembering | Money›Gift of money | Objects›Slipper | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 73 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Sick room | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Nightgown | Clothes›Undressing | Health and Illness›Measles
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Town, 119 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Listen
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Response to | Exile›Post-war
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
The Unvanquished, 153 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Olfactory›Gunpowder | Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Falling | Movement›Running | Violent›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Corpse | Death›Murder
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
The Unvanquished, 89 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Death
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement