Themes and Motifs: Time Past

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"A Courtship", 361 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Past›Old days | Time›Past
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Background
"Knight's Gambit", 256 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Themes and Motifs: Time›Past
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Conrad, Joseph
"That Evening Sun", 289 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Labor›Menial | Modernity | Race
Themes and Motifs: Community | Time›Past
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›First-person passim
"Uncle Willy", 240 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Time›Past
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 14 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom | Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Spectral | Atmospheric›Stillness | Domestic Space›Yard | Public›Street
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Age›Youth vs age | Class›Middle
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Objects›Fence | Past›Old days | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Vision | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Past
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Intergenerational›Conflict | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Cassandra | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Description›Tableau | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Voice | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Narrative›Pause
Absalom, Absalom!, 23 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Peaceful | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bells | Place›Blacksmith shop | Place›Church | Place›Hotel | Place›Livery stable | Place›Saloon | Public›Courthouse | Public›Store | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Sunday morning | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Interaction, Social›Church | Mental›Curiosity | Movement›Crossing | Movement›Horse | Movement›Riding | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Calling by name
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Economy›Commerce | Gender›Femininity | Gender›Lady | Group Mentality›Community collective | Group Mentality›Creating an Other | Race›Etiquette | Religion›Church service | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Community›Crowd | Community›Opinion | Community›Stranger | Naming›Importance of naming | Objects›Fan | Objects›Parasol | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Time›Past
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Institutional›Church-Town | Interracial›Master-servant | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ancient Greek Chorus | Description›Character portrait | Description›Location portrait | Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Musical imagery | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Revision | Recurring Episodes›Sutpen's arrival | Style›List | Style›Long sentence | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 25 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery | Mental›Realization
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Alcohol | Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Time›Long passage of time | Time›Past
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Temporal discontinuity
Absalom, Absalom!, 4 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Haunted | Atmospheric›Spectral | Place›Plantation
Actions: Communication›Listening | Communication›Silence | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Internal argument | Mental›Uncertainty | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Garrulousness | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Repetition | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity | Education›Harvard | History›Civil War consequences | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Region›The South | Slavery›Labor | Violence
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Paternity | Memory›Haunted by past | Memory›Remembering | Past›Past in present | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Old insult (abiding affront) | Story-telling›Collaborative | Story-telling›Reminiscence | Story-telling›Retelling | Story-telling›Story-telling passim | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunting | Time›Past
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sister-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Diction›Neologism | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Voice | Genre Conventions›Ghost story | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Language›Grandiloquence | Narrative›Conversation with oneself | Narrative›Imagined conversation | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 40 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Stable
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Time›Past
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Parentheses
Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Familiar | Domestic Space›House | Place›Jefferson | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Day›Sunday | Time of Day›Sunday morning | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›September
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Economic›Purchase | Legal›Marriage | Movement›Riding | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Widow | Group Mentality›Communal story | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Law›Legal ownership | Law›Property | Ritual›Wedding | Violence›Retribution
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Community›Local legends | Death›Future | Death›Spousal | Determinism›Fated | Home›New home | Meaning›Mystery | Meaning›Paternity | Memory›Collective memory | Past›Past in present | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Time›Duration of time | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Past | Values›Justice
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis | Figures of Speech›Breath | Narrative›Background | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Origin | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Summary
Absalom, Absalom!, 71 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Movement›Random | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fireflies | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Time›Past
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Flags in the Dust, 86 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Spectral | Olfactory›Must
Actions: Non-human›Decay
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Confederate uniform | Clothes›Lace | War›Civil War | War›Mexican | War›Spanish American War | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Objects›Bible | Objects›Pipe | Objects›Sword | Past›Family history | Past›Relics | Supernatural›Ghost | Time›Past
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Old Bailey
Go Down, Moses, 301 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Hounds
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Class›Caste system | Clothes›Hunting clothes | Land-Use›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Time›Past
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
The Reivers , 162 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Hunting | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Progress›Infrastructure
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Time›Past
The Reivers , 18 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps | Place›River-bottom | Time of Year›Hunting season
Actions: Movement›Buggy | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Law›Property
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Deer | Animals›Panther | Animals›Wolf | Time›Past
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›De Spain creates camp
The Reivers , 188 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Predicting
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars | Progress›Infrastructure | Progress›New replacing old
Themes and Motifs: Time›Past
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Cumberland Gap|Cumberland Mountains | Allusion, Geographical›Iuka, Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›London | Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Ozarks | Allusion, Geographical›Raleigh, Tennessee | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 19 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Howling | Auditory›Sawing | Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Land-Use›Logging | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Infrastructure
Themes and Motifs: Time›Past
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 19 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Setting up camp | Movement›Truck
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Clearing the land | Progress›Infrastructure | Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Time›Past
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 19 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps | Place›Railroad log line | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›Hunting season
Actions: Movement›Train | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Land-Use›Logging | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Modernity›Changing customs
Themes and Motifs: Time›Past
The Reivers , 274 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Legacy after emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Time›Continuity | Time›Past
The Reivers , 71 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River
Actions: Economic›Trading | Movement›Steamboat
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Progress›Building structure | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Time›Past
Relationships: Commercial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Sound and the Fury, 7 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Firelight | Olfactory›Smelling trees | Olfactory›Trees | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Worry | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Mental›Unaware | Movement›Running | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Verbal›Calling | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Wishing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Shoes | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Bottle | Objects›Chair | Objects›Fire | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Time›Past
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 76 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking
Actions: Mental›Contemplation | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Collar box | Objects›Watch | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being in time | Time›Past
The Town, 301 (Event)
Environment: Public›School
Actions: Work›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Lost Cause | Education›Female education | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Time›Past
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
The Unvanquished, 10 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Will to endure | Time›Past