Themes and Motifs: Psychological Obsession

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"Appendix: Compson", 331 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Love | Moral›Punishment
Cultural Issues: Religion›Damnation | Religion›Presbyterian | Religion›Sin | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Fetishism | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Feminine | Body | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Longing for death | Death›Suicide | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Family honor | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Recurring Episodes›Quentin's suicide
"Appendix: Compson", 342 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Mental›Dreaming | Mental›Fantasizing
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Violence›Ambush
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 136 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Dipping snuff | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Physical›Digging
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wagon | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 150 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Mental›Realization
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 378 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Evoking memory
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Communication›Newspaper columns and notices | Communication›Writing | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Reading
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Marital›Vicarious wedding
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Allusion, Biblical›Mary
"Red Leaves", 335 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Slave hunting | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Obesity
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Slipper | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 25 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Drinking | Economic›Paying | Emotional›Hurried | Emotional›Impatience | Mental›Calculation | Mental›Discovery | Mental›Realization | Mental›Speculation | Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Teetotaling | Economy›Poverty | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Slavery›Metaphorical
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lacking | Psychological›Motivation | Psychological›Obsession | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Running out | Values›Determination
Relationships: Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Personification | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Temporal discontinuity | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Absalom, Absalom!, 41 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Mental›Planning
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Determinism›Lack of choice | Objects›Letter | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Scandal | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Marital›Father in law-son in law
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses | Style›Long sentence | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Absalom, Absalom!, 42 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Hysteria | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Shawl | Group Mentality›Social Shaming | Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Dignity
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Absalom, Absalom!, 8 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Haunted | Atmospheric›Oppressive | Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Listening | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Outrage | Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Speculation | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Forgiveness | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Monologue | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Age›Youth vs age | Gender›Female body | Gender›Women | Religion›Damnation | Religion›Forgiveness
Themes and Motifs: Body›Flesh | Body›Voice | Death›Response to | Objects›Photograph | Past›Past in present | Psychological›Obsession | Psychological›Trauma | Recurring Tropes›Dark house | Recurring Tropes›Old insult (abiding affront) | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Story-telling | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunting | Supernatural›Monster / monstrous | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Duration of time | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sister-sister | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Allusion, Mythical›Niobe | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Voice | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Narrative›Parentheses | Style›Long sentence | Style›Numerous adjectives | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Hamlet, 128 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ascetic | Character›Self-deception | Psychological›Denial | Psychological›Obsession
The Hamlet, 130 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Inversion | Land-Use›Ownership | Sexuality›Fantasy
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gethsemane | Allusion, Biblical›Golgotha | Allusion, Historical›Middle Ages | Allusion, Mythical›Venus | Allusion, Mythical›Vulcan
The Hamlet, 186 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Cleaning
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Psychological›Obsession
The Hamlet, 231 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Education›Exams / tests | Sexuality›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
The Hamlet, 251 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Food›Coffee
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Psychological›Obsession
The Hamlet, 330 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit
Actions: Movement›Buggy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Psychological›Obsession
The Hamlet, 394 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Observing | Physical›Digging | Violent›Threatening
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Values›Greed
The Hamlet, 397 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Digging
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
The Hamlet, 404 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Domestic›Feeding
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Sunbonnet
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
The Mansion, 127 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Love
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnancy
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Mansion, 149 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Banking
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Mansion, 150 (Event)
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Bodily›Crying
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chastity / purity
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 164 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Physical›Drawing
Themes and Motifs: Art›Painting | Art›Photograph | Objects›Camera | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Italy | Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Mansion, 363 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Agricultural›Hog farming | Emotional›Hysteria | Emotional›Rage | Physical›Building | Verbal›Taunt | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Regulations
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Hog | Psychological›Obsession
The Mansion, 364 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
The Mansion, 370 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Violent›Shooting | Violent›Violence against animals
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Hog | Objects›Gun | Psychological›Obsession
The Reivers , 38 (Event)
Environment: Place›Livery stable
Actions: Domestic›Polish | Domestic›Washing
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Car | Psychological›Obsession
The Reivers , 45 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shame | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Progress›Cars | Progress›Trains
Themes and Motifs: Death›Deathbed | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Objects›Car | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Sound and the Fury, 105 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Trees
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Kimono
Themes and Motifs: Body›Arm | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Apple tree | Objects›Bed | Objects›Curtains | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Garden of Eden | Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 105 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River | Natural›Tide flat / marsh | Natural›Trees | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Weather
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Anxiety | Mental›Contemplation | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige | Entertainment›Boat race | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Traits | Gender›Women | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Art›Photograph | Character›Inherited traits | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Boat | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Evil
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Romantic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New London, Connecticut | Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 111 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Natural›River | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Mental›Unaware | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Physical›Meddling | Physical›Protection | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Sick as euphemism for pregnancy | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Cousin | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Allusion, Literary›Antony and Cleopatra | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Gods | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 112 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic›Fiance | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 123 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Despair | Legal›Marriage | Moral›Cheating | Moral›Lying | Play›Card playing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Education›Exams / tests | Education›Expelled / expulsion | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Character›Blackguard | Character›Scoundrel | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Bad conduct | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced | Social›Adversarial | Social›Club | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Coventry, England | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 124 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Defeat | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Escaping | Physical›Starting over | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock | Sexuality›Sex and death
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 137 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Domestic Space›Hogwallow | Natural›Mud | Olfactory›Hog / pig pen | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Sweetness | Perceptual›Tasting | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Touching | Physical›Turning away | Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Sensuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Face | Body›Fingers | Body›Legs | Body›Lips | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Freudian | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 147 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Trees | Olfactory›Perfume smell | Place›Stone wall | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hysteria | Emotional›Laughing | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Sadness | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Mental›Suppression / trying not to think | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Car | Movement›Swimming | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Touching | Physical›Wave / waving | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Chatter
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wine | Alcohol›Wine hamper | Class›Gentility | Ethnicity›Italian | Food›Bread | Gender›Dirty girl | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Knee | Body›Throat | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›Coal dust | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence
The Sound and the Fury, 147 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hand / Palm | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Description›Color gray | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 147 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Sky | Olfactory›Oversweet organic
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Sensuality | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Knee | Body›Throat | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 148 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Physical›Winking | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female body | Gender›Male body | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Disgust with sex | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Objects›Oars | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Othello | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Abduction myths | Allusion, Mythical›Euboeleus / Eubuleus | Allusion, Mythical›Persephone | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›Coupled | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Swine | Language›Fragments | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 149 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Light | Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Heartbeat | Auditory›Insect sounds | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Creek | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›Sand | Natural›Sky | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Rain | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Heart beating | Bodily›Panting | Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Lying | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Starting over | Physical›Touching | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Skirt | Clothes›Wet clothes | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Sensuality | Sexuality›Sex and death | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Insects crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Hips | Body›Knee | Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Objects›Fence | Objects›Willow tree | Objects›knife | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Romantic›Sexual | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Description›Color gray | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Island of silence | Figures of Speech›Mirror | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Language›no no | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Cleansing power of water | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 76 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Cultural Issues: Religion›Religious art or iconography
Themes and Motifs: Art›Christian art or iconography | Death›Longing for death | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Allusion, Historical›Saint Francis
The Sound and the Fury, 78 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Sadness | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Taunt | Verbal›Teasing
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Gender›Women | Region›The South | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Death›Like death | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Philosophical›Nihilism | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Friendship›College roommate | Friendship›Male-male relationship | Social›Adversarial | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Diction›Misogynistic wording | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 79 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bells
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Confession | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Religion›Damnation | Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Sin | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Allusion, Historical›Saint Francis | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 81 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Domestic Space›Porch | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Flowers
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Champagne | Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Undressing | Clothes›Veil | Clothes›Vest | Clothes›Wedding dress
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Flowers Roses | Objects›Mirror | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Figures of Speech›Armor | Figures of Speech›Cloud | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 92 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Marriage announcement | Economic›Banking | Economic›Selling | Emotional›Contempt | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Mental›Distrust | Mental›Learning | Movement›Car | Movement›Limousine | Physical›Driving | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Clothes›Garter | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Harvard | Entertainment›Circus | Gender›Marriage | Region›The South | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Elephants | Animals›Fleas | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Teeth | Character›Inherited traits | Character›Reputation | Community›Wedding | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Inheritance›Traits | Memory›Remembering | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Honor | Objects›Candle | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Supernatural›Spell | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College roommate | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Fiance | Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual | Social›Adversarial | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›South Bend, Indiana | Allusion, Literary›Byron | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Don Juan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Marmion" | Allusion, Literary›Scott, Walter | Figures of Speech›Puppy | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Long sentence | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 96 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Streetlamp | Natural›Hills
Actions: Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 96 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Streetlamp | Auditory›Insect sounds | Time of Year›August | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Suspicion | Perceptual›Sensing | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Patriarchy | Gender›Women | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Nihilism | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Values›Evil
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Fertilise / Fertility imagery | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 96 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Respect | Perceptual›Spying | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Patriarchy | Gender›Women | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Town, 121 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Regret | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Helen of Troy
The Town, 142 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anguish | Emotional›Indecision | Emotional›Seduction
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Illegitimacy
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Relationships: Marital›Wedding | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 275 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Saving money
Cultural Issues: Economy›Dowry | Education›Need to be educated | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Character›Humility | Character›Ruthless | Money›Social force | Psychological›Motivation | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Familial›Stepparent-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
The Town, 345 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Trading | Mental›Believing | Verbal›Marriage proposal | Verbal›Promising
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Impotence
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Denial | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›"Wait" | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Relationships: Marital›Adultery | Marital›Elopement
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 96 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Wagner, Richard | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Self-correction | Typography/Orthography›Dots