Themes and Motifs: Naming

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"A Bear Hunt", 65 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian mound
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | History›Civil War | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Deracination | Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Naming›Renaming | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Place
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh
"A Courtship", 362 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Poisoning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Crime›Murder | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Naming›Renaming
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Doom becomes chief | Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
"A Courtship", 379 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Poisoning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Naming›Renaming
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
"A Justice", 343 (Event)
Environment: Place›Farm
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Racial identity | Slavery›Ownership | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering passim | Naming›Change over time | Naming›Indian name
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Racist term
"A Justice", 345 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Steamboat | Play›Gambling | Violent›Poisoning
Cultural Issues: Class›Dehumanization | Class›Power | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Character›Ruthless | Naming›Indian name
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Narrative›Reported narration | Narrative›Reported narration passim in section | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"A Justice", 345 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Indian name
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
"A Justice", 345 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Change over time | Naming›Indian name
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"A Justice", 346 (Event)
Actions: Play
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Change over time | Naming›Renaming
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
"A Justice", 346 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Steamboat
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Naming›Renaming
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"A Justice", 347 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Indian name | Naming›Nickname
"A Justice", 347 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Violent›Poisoning | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Class›Power | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Sexuality›Desire | Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Renaming
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Native American | Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
"A Justice", 348 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Power | Food›Candy
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Naming›Indian name
"A Justice", 357 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Indian name
"A Name for the City", 202 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frontier
Actions: Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Cotton farming | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name
"A Name for the City", 202 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic dispute
Cultural Issues: Progress›Mail delivery
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name
"A Name for the City", 213 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Named for historical figure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Withholding
"A Name for the City", 213 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money | Progress›Building structure | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Naming›Named for historical figure
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
"An Error in Chemistry", 133 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Disfigurement | Violent›Murder | Work›Performance
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Circus
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Naming›Change over time | Texts›Newspapers | Texts›Poster
"Appendix: Compson", 325 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Meteor shower | Natural›Woods | Place›Jefferson
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Economic›Trading
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Birthright | Class›French nobility | Cultural Identity›American | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | War›Refugee
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession | Inheritance›Property | Naming›Indian name | Naming›Renaming | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness | Recurring Tropes›Year the stars fell | Texts›Translation
Relationships: Familial›Foster family | Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Scotland | Allusion, Historical›Bonaparte, Napoleon | Figures of Speech›King and/or queen | Language›Fragments | Language›French | Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom" | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
"Appendix: Compson", 328 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian agency | Place›Okatoba | Place›Old Jefferson
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Government›US Bureau of Indian Affairs | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Relocation | Naming›Importance of naming | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Natchez Trace | Allusion, Historical›Lycurgus of Sparta | Allusion, Historical›Year 1860 | Narrative›Anticipation
"Barn Burning", 4 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Food
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Grief | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shabby | Law›Acquittal | Law›Testimony
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures | Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Naming | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Hierarchical | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
"By the People", 87 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Brand name | Objects›Musical instrument | Time›And change
"By the People", 87 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Commercial origins
"By the People", 87 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country vs city
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Radio | Entertainment›Television | History›Moving away | Progress›Technological | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Character›Persistence | Naming›Commercial origins
"Delta Autumn", 271 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Naming›Using Indians as names
"Dry September", 174 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Husband-wife
"Dry September", 174 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car | Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Naming›Renaming
"Go Down, Moses", 259 (Event)
Environment: Place›Newspaper office | Time of Day›Noon
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering | Crime›Murder | Health and Illness›Obesity | Law›Execution | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Alias | Texts›Census
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Chicago | Diction›Racist term
"Hair", 140 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Curious | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper comics / funny paper
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nicknames
"Hand upon the Waters", 70 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Change over time | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Orphan
"Knight's Gambit", 202 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Perceptual›Spying
Themes and Motifs: Naming›False name
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Lion", 187 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting›Bear hunting | Movement›Train | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking | Violent›Animal predatory behavior | Violent›Destructive behavior
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Named bear Ben | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Nickname
Relationships: Social›Fame
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Boxers Dempsey and Tunney | Allusion, Historical›Boxers Sullivan and Kilrain
"Pantaloon in Black", 249 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Religion›African American
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
"The Old People", 202 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive | Slavery›Concubinage | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Naming
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
"The Old People", 203 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Indian name
Relationships: Marital›Forced
"The Unvanquished", 78 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Economic›Scamming
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | Slavery›Etiquette | Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Alias | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mottstown | Allusion, Geographical›Oxford, Mississippi | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"There Was a Queen", 736 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gender stereotype
Cultural Issues: Gender›Widow | Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Child's name
"Tomorrow", 100 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Domestic›Sewing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Handmade | Clothes›Rural poverty | Politics›Taxes
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Naming›Named for historical figure
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" | Allusion, Historical›Longstreet, James | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Tomorrow", 109 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Emotional›Love | Perceptual›Looking | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cattle | Animals›Mules | Naming›Nickname
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Tomorrow", 90 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Economy›Gambling | Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Kinlessness | Naming›Nickname
"Tomorrow", 92 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Verbal›Dialogue
Cultural Issues: Law›Hung jury
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice | Naming›Nickname
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Tone›Humorous
"Tomorrow", 93 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Legal›Deliberating | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Hill country | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Premarital
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Named for historical figure | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Marital›Bigamy
"Tomorrow", 98 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Cleaning | Domestic›Cooking | Domestic›Milking | Domestic›Nursing | Domestic›Washing | Mental›Discovery | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Rural poverty
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Goat | Naming›False name | Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Collaborative narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 117 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Burial
Cultural Issues: Gender
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Naming | Objects›Photograph | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Seed | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 148 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Imagining
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Class
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Importance of naming | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Dream turns to dust | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Faustus | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Allusion, Mythical›Dragon's teeth | Figures of Speech›Creditor | Figures of Speech›Scythe | Narrative›Summary | Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 174 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial identity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Mental disability | Inheritance›Traits | Naming
Absalom, Absalom!, 203 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity | Slavery›Revolt | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name
Absalom, Absalom!, 213 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Importance of naming | Recurring Tropes›Design | Values›Conscience
Absalom, Absalom!, 214 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Importance of naming
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Clytemnestra | Allusion, Mythical›Dragon's teeth
Absalom, Absalom!, 23 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Naming›Importance of naming | Time›Past
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ancient Greek Chorus | Narrative›Revision
Absalom, Absalom!, 48 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness | Naming›Importance of naming
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Clytemnestra | Allusion, Mythical›Dragon's teeth | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Absalom, Absalom!, 59 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Frustration
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Importance of naming | Recurring Tropes›Illusion
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Picture/image
As I Lay Dying, 172 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Nature
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Pregnancy | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Emptying oneself | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Animals›Geese | Character›Duty | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Liminal | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Naming | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood | Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Figures of Speech›Violent in figurative sense
Flags in the Dust, 160 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: War›Peace | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Community›Populace | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Car | Psychological›Trauma
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Beauregard, P. G. T. | Allusion, Historical›Hinson, Jack | Allusion, Historical›Johnston, Joseph E.
Flags in the Dust, 167 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating
Cultural Issues: War›Noncombatant | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Naming›Nickname | Past›Resistance to change
Relationships: Romantic›Flirtation | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Forrest, Nathan Bedford | Allusion, Historical›Johnston, Joseph E.
Flags in the Dust, 169 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Monologue
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Taste | Mass Media›Magazines | War›Peace
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Character›Duty | Naming›Nickname | Texts›Letters
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Arlen, Michael | Allusion, Historical›Dreiser, Theodore | Allusion, Historical›Sabatini, Rafael | Allusion, Literary›Romance | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Narrative›Free indirect discourse
Flags in the Dust, 197 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Physical›Dancing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Entertainment›Recital | Gender›Female stereotype | Gender›Separate spaces
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Baldness | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Piano | Texts›Love letter
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Parents-children | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Booth, William | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 310 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage | Legal›Divorce | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Embrace / hugging
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Reno, Nevada | Allusion, Mythical›Lethe | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Tone›Overwrought | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 355 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Boxing
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname
Flags in the Dust, 355 (Event)
Actions: Military›Training | Violent›Boxing
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas
Flags in the Dust, 379 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy
Themes and Motifs: Art›Painting | Naming›Child's name
Flags in the Dust, 394 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Baby
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Child's name
Relationships: Interracial›Mammy-child
Flags in the Dust, 402 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Bodily›Playing music
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Child's name | Recurring Tropes›Doom
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Battle of Ronceavaux Pass | Figures of Speech›Chess | Figures of Speech›Simile | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 51 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner
Actions: Physical›Eating | Work›Gardening
Themes and Motifs: Character›Laziness | Community›Wedding | Naming›Child's name
Go Down, Moses, 143 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Religion›African American
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Go Down, Moses, 207 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Character›Indomitable | Naming›Importance of naming | Story-telling›Explaining
Go Down, Moses, 26 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Play›Betting | Play›Card playing | Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Economy›Dowry | Economy›Gambling | Slavery›Marriage | Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Alias
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Marital›Arrangements
Go Down, Moses, 325 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Progress›As loss
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Naming›Using Indians as names
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
Go Down, Moses, 97 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Dementia
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Wrong name | Past›Past in present
Requiem for a Nun, 13 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Change over time
Requiem for a Nun, 191 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname
Requiem for a Nun, 22 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name
Requiem for a Nun, 25 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name
Requiem for a Nun, 4 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Civic boosterism | Progress›Ironies of
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Promotional
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Napoleon | Narrative›Chronological enjambment
Requiem for a Nun, 7 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name
Requiem for a Nun, 7 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Renaming
Requiem for a Nun, 85 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Violence›Dueling
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name
Requiem for a Nun, 89 (Event)
Environment: Place›Official office | Time of Day›Wee hours
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Withholding
Themes and Motifs: Naming›And caste | Past›As explanatory
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Sanctuary, 8 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname
The Mansion, 421 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Founding fathers
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›First settlers arrive
The Reivers , 153 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Blackmail | Perceptual›Surveillance
Cultural Issues: Labor›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Alias
Relationships: Familial›Orphan
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity
The Reivers , 153 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Alias
Relationships: Familial›Orphan | Social›Isolation
The Reivers , 159 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Wee hours
Actions: Emotional›Repentance | Verbal›Apology
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shirt | Labor›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Naming›Nickname
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 170 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Alcohol | Olfactory›Sweat
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Sheriff | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Morals›Chivalry | Naming›Nickname | Past›Innocence
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Lord Fauntleroy | Allusion, Literary›Uncle Remus | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Ha ha ha | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 18 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name | Time›Continuity
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 201 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Hotel
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Moral›Reform | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Ether | Food | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Labor›Prostitution | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Allusion, Historical›Caesar, Julius | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
The Reivers , 206 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Hotel | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Domestic›Washing | Moral›Secret | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Revealing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Socks | Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Naming›Alias | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 212 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Ladies parlor | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Communication›Post card | Moral›Reform
Cultural Issues: Education›Parenting
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Alias | Values›Refinement
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Chattanooga, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Language›Profanity
The Reivers , 213 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Hotel kitchen | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Sadness | Interaction, Private›Courting | Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Objects›Gold tooth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 25 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name | Time›Continuity
The Reivers , 25 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house
Cultural Issues: Progress›Renovations | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Naming›Place name
The Reivers , 25 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 26 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name | Objects›Car
The Reivers , 276 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Movement›Mule | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Gold tooth
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 297 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Emotional›Gratitude | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Age›Baby
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Importance of naming
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
The Sound and the Fury, 117 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Voices | Auditory›Whistle | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Hills | Natural›River | Place›Rural | Public›Bridge | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower | Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Hunting›Fishing | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Male gathering | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Fishing contest | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Progress›Factory | Progress›Streetcar line
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fish trout | Money›Prize value | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Fishing rod | Objects›Watch | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Solitary | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Proverbs | Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Allusion, Geographical›Canada | Description›Color yellow | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Southern dialect | Figures of Speech›Fire | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Threads
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, 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, 130 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Ammonia | Olfactory›Animal / stable | Place›Livery stable | Public›Post office | Public›Railroad tracks | Public›Street
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Italian | Nationality›Foreigners | Prejudice
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
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, 280 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Cars passing | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Olfactory›Flowers | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Actions: Mental›Realization | Movement›Hurrying | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Calling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Underclothes, female | Gender›Femininity | Religion›Christianity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bluejays | Chaos/Order›Emptiness | Death›Suicide | Money›Stolen | Naming›Importance of naming | Objects›Keys | Objects›Pear tree | Recurring Tropes›Door
The Sound and the Fury, 29 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Mental›Predicting | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Death | Naming›Renaming | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Precognition / Something to happen | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 30 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Domestic Space›Servants' home
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Sleeping | Domestic›Milking | Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Migration›Intraregional migration | Migration›Movement to city
Themes and Motifs: Death | Naming›Change over time | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Precognition / Something to happen | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Supernatural›Signs / Omen | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 56 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Renaming | Objects›Fire | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 58 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Education›Illiteracy | Religion›Religious faith
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Faith | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Philosophical›Luck | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Book of life | Allusion, Biblical›New Testament Book of Revelation | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 61 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Teaching | Emotional›Caring | Physical›Carrying
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Naming›Nickname | Naming›Renaming | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 61 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Light | Domestic Space›Stairway | Domestic Space›Upstairs
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Grief | Physical›Carrying
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Shirtsleeves | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Death›Response to | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Nickname | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter
The Sound and the Fury, 62 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Library | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Olfactory›Rain
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Carrying | Play›Children playing | Verbal›Complaining | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Class consciousness | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Nickname | Naming›Renaming | Objects›Chair | Objects›Cushion | Objects›Dolls | Objects›Fire | Objects›Mirror | Objects›Scissors | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Narrative›Unreliable narrator | Symbolism›Reflection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 66 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Library | Olfactory›Rain | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Seeing | Verbal›Wishing | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Dolls | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 69 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Superstitions | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 69 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Creepy | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Eating | Hunting›Possum | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Slavery›Naming slaves | Slavery›Religion
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Death›Corpse | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Past›Family history | Past›Old days | Story-telling›Old days | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Ghost story | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Genre Conventions›Horror story | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 70 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Domestic›Feeding | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Nurturing | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Food
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Renaming | Objects›Fire | Philosophical›Luck | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 88 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Body›Bowels | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Past›Personal past | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Door | Supernatural›Signs / Omen | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Conflation of several possible sources | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Isaiah | Allusion, Literary›Hopkins, Gerard Manley | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Windhover" | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Language›Archaic | Language›Biblical | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 91 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Domestic Space›Apartment | Domestic Space›College dormitory | Natural›River | Public›Chapel | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Birth / Being born | Emotional›Stubbornness | Moral›Condoning | Moral›Forgiveness | Movement›Boat | Play›Sports Crew / rowing
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›British nobility | Class›noblesse-oblige | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Education›Chapel Service (morning prayers) | Gender›Lady | Region›The South | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Character›Regal | Naming›French noble names | Naming›Long name | Time›Return to present time | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Cambridge, Massachusetts | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Geographical›Mason and Dixon Line | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Town, 134 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Education›Primary school
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Naming›Child's name
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Communal narrative | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Reported narration
The Town, 134 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Naming›Change over time | Naming›Nickname
The Town, 140 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anguish | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Gender›Changing relationships | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Puberty
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Death›Suicide | Naming
Relationships: Familial›Cohesion | Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Helen of Troy | Allusion, Historical›Semiramis | Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›First-person passim | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
The Town, 152 (Event)
Environment: Place›Playground | Public›School
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Marriage proposal | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility | Clothes›Suit | Education›Graduation | History›Civil War | Progress›Cars | Progress›Consumerism
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance | Money›Inheritance | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Nickname
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Battle of Chickamauga | Allusion, Historical›Battle of Lookout Mountain | Allusion, Literary›Gulliver's Travels | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Delayed revelation | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 284 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Child's name
Relationships: Marital›As atonement
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Scientific | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 337 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Defeat
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Gender›Female stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hand / Palm | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Recurring Tropes›Secret
The Town, 338 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Farming
Cultural Issues: Migration
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Renaming
The Unvanquished, 126 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Economic›Scamming
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | Slavery›Etiquette | Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Naming›Alias | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mottstown | Allusion, Geographical›Oxford, Mississippi | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Typography/Orthography›Italics