Themes and Motifs: Futility Nothing to do

Description

"There's nothing else I can do now," Elly thinks (207). Reaching a point where no further options or ways forward can be imagined.

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"Appendix: Compson", 337 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Movement›Bus
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Illegitimacy | War›Displacement | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Home›Distance from home | Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Appendix: Compson", 342 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Government›Taxes, local
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
"By the People", 135 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
"Elly", 207 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Rejection | Movement›Getting closer
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs
Sanctuary, 171 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Searching
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Appearance›Cosmetics | Futility›Nothing to do
Sanctuary, 298 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Home›Home as prison | Home›Homecoming | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Texts›Magazine
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Shelley, Percy Bysshe | Typography/Orthography›Dots
The Hamlet, 130 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
The Hamlet, 186 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Psychological›Obsession
The Hamlet, 20 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Squalor | Place›Well|Wellhouse
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Physical›Repair
Themes and Motifs: Art›Sculpture | Futility›Nothing to do
The Hamlet, 218 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Economy›Poverty | Education›College
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Naming›Child's name | Values›Idealism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Launcelot
The Hamlet, 232 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
The Hamlet, 362 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal ownership | Law›Trial
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order | Futility›Nothing to do
Aesthetics: Language›Legal definitions
The Town, 301 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
The Town, 380 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness | Futility›Nothing to do