Themes and Motifs: Past Past in present

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"A Name for the City", 200 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | History›Founding fathers
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Old days
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Andrew | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"A Name for the City", 202 (Event)
Environment: Place›Tavern
Cultural Issues: Progress›Renovations
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
"Appendix: Compson", 328 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation | Place›Sawmill
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Savagism | History›Indian Removal | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Native American stereotype | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Ownership | Technology›Steam locomotive
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Character›Persistence | Exile›Indian Removal | Past›Past in present | Time›Future
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
"Appendix: Compson", 330 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house
Actions: Economic›Selling a house or place
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Class›Social decline | Health and Illness›Mental limitations | Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Death | Past›Past in present | Time›Future
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson as synonym for state insane hospital | Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Mississippi
"Barn Burning", 5 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Verbal›Command | Verbal›Taunt | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: War›Wound
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Body›Face | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ab's war wound
"Elly", 210 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Recoiling
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness | Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Psychological›Disembodiment
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Christian
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 135 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Peaceful | Place›Decayed plantation | Place›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ben-Hur | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 377 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Elopement | Interaction, Social›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Relationships: Marital›Civil marriage | Marital›Husband-wife
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 381 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Child care
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Life as repetition
"Pantaloon in Black", 239 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Natural›Woods | Place›Quarters | Place›Road | Time of Day›Evening | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Sensing the past
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
"Smoke", 20 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›And an animal | Past›Past in present
"Smoke", 36 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Indebtedness
Cultural Issues: Government›Taxes, local
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
"The Hound", 152 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Shots
Actions: Bodily›Shaking | Emotional›Calm | Mental›Counting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered
"The Old People", 204 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Values›Moral authority
Relationships: Ancestral›Indian
Absalom, Absalom!, 134 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Audience response
Aesthetics: Interpretation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 141 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Cold
Actions: Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Cultural Identity›North vs South
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hand / Palm | Objects›Letter | Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Odor
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 142 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›North vs South
Themes and Motifs: Death | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Guinevere
Absalom, Absalom!, 142 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Absalom, Absalom!, 176 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Cold
Actions: Bodily›Smoking
Cultural Issues: Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Objects›Pipe | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ben-Hur
Absalom, Absalom!, 192 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Past›Past in present
Absalom, Absalom!, 199 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Audience response
Absalom, Absalom!, 210 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Ripple | Figures of Speech›Water | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 213 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon
Absalom, Absalom!, 214 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery
Actions: Emotional›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Design | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Narrative›Irony
Absalom, Absalom!, 222 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Past›Repetition | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 23 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Breathing
Cultural Issues: Religion›Sabbath
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Painting
Absalom, Absalom!, 235 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Cold
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Absalom, Absalom!, 236 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory | Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Library | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flowers | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Picture/image
Absalom, Absalom!, 237 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Hate
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon
Absalom, Absalom!, 24 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Body›Eyes | Body›Thinness | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Clay | Recurring Episodes›Sutpen's arrival
Absalom, Absalom!, 250 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Steamboat
Themes and Motifs: Meaning | Objects›Letter | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 262 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Confederate Decoration Day
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Confederate uniform | Clothes›Dress | Cultural Identity›Lost Cause
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mockingbird | Community›Decoration Day | Home›Homecoming | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Objects›Medal | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 267 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Collaborative
Relationships: Familial | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Merging history and fiction | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 268 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory | Domestic Space›Drawing room
Actions: Bodily›Sitting
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Collaborative | Time›Simultaneity of time
Absalom, Absalom!, 275 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Domestic Space›College dormitory
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Simultaneity of time
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Tomb
Absalom, Absalom!, 276 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Time›Simultaneity of time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 276 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And identity | Cultural Identity›North vs South
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Paradox
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Tomb
Absalom, Absalom!, 28 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Absalom, Absalom!, 280 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Camp-fire smoke
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Story-telling | Time›Simultaneity of time
Absalom, Absalom!, 281 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Embrace / hugging
Cultural Issues: History›Battle of Shiloh|Pittsburg Landing | Race›Miscegenation | War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Reunion
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Shiloh | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 289 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 290 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Buggy
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Memory›Remembering | Past›Past in present | Time›Simultaneity of time
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 291 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Gate | Olfactory›Decay
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Impatience
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Hatchet | Objects›Umbrella | Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Supernatural›Haunted house | Time›Simultaneity of time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow | Genre Conventions›Gothic
Absalom, Absalom!, 3 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Auditory›Haunting | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Mourning | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wisteria | Past›Past in present | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Voice | Figures of Speech›Water | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Metafictional | Narrative›Indeterminacy | Style›Long sentence
Absalom, Absalom!, 301 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Howling | Place›Decayed plantation
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Absalom, Absalom!, 301 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory | Olfactory›Cigar
Actions: Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Objects›Windows | Objects›Wisteria | Past›Past in present
Absalom, Absalom!, 42 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space
Actions: Verbal›Teasing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Thimble | Past›Past in present | Psychological›Trauma
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Meaning›Mystery | Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Conflict
Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Lost Cause | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 75 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Objects›Letter | Past›Past in present
Absalom, Absalom!, 79 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Solitude | Supernatural›Telepathy
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Desert island | Figures of Speech›Shadow
Go Down, Moses, 112 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Economic›Accounting | Economic›Bootlegging | Emotional›Defiance
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance | Progress›Agricultural
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still | Past›Past in present | Texts›Ledger
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Go Down, Moses, 113 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Eating
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Go Down, Moses, 130 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Place›Quarters | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Sensing the past
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Footprint | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
Go Down, Moses, 342 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Northern dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 97 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Dementia
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Wrong name | Past›Past in present
Intruder in the Dust, 190 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Imagining
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Time›Anticipation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Gettysburg | Allusion, Historical›Columbus, Christopher | Allusion, Literary›Barnes, Djuna | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Intruder in the Dust, 47 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Night | Time of Day›Sunday
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Lynch mob | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Race›Behaving "white" | Race›Behaving/becoming "black"
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Southern dialect
Requiem for a Nun, 127 (Event)
Environment: Place›Official office
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Religion›Relationship with God
Themes and Motifs: Body›Pregnancy | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Marital›As atonement
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 164 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Time›Cyclical
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Origin | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Temple leaves train | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 168 (Event)
Environment: Public›Jail
Actions: Communication›Graffiti
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge | Past›Discovering it | Past›Past in present | Texts›Graffiti
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Cincinnatus
Requiem for a Nun, 168 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Communication›Graffiti
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Historical
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Texts›Graffiti
Requiem for a Nun, 189 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Indignation | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Lost Cause | Entertainment›Movies
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Gone With the Wind | Narrative›Parentheses
Requiem for a Nun, 190 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Government›Local laws and regulations | Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Jefferson's first car
Requiem for a Nun, 203 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Jail
Actions: Mental›Imagining | Movement›Mule
Cultural Issues: War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Values›Imagination
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Lilith | Allusion, Historical›Bernhardt, Sarah | Allusion, Historical›Duse, Eleonora | Allusion, Historical›Emperor Maximilian | Allusion, Historical›Lind, Jenny | Allusion, Historical›Mark Twain | Allusion, Historical›Mistinguett | Allusion, Mythical›Erinys | Narrative›Alternative story | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Requiem for a Nun, 41 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment | Time of Day›Six o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›November
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Hysteria | Emotional›Waiting | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Abstinence | Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Fur coat / suit | Clothes›Glove | Clothes›Handbag | Clothes›Hat | Crime›Drug addiction | Crime›Prostitution | Modernity›Interwar years
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Objects›Bottle | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Cigarette lighter | Objects›Furniture | Past›Past in present | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 56 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Repression | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Mumbling | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Whiskey | Crime›Prostitution | Entertainment›Movies | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Relationships: Marital›As atonement
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Requiem for a Nun, 62 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Old vs new selves
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Cigarette lighter | Past›Past in present | Values›Honor | Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hamlet | Description›Stage direction | Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 7 (Event)
Environment: Place›Tavern
Cultural Issues: Progress›Renovations
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Sanctuary, 110 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Old Frenchman's arrival
Sanctuary, 8 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Cedar trees | Place›Decayed plantation
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure | Past›Past in present
Sanctuary, 8 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Grant, Ulysses S. | Allusion, Historical›Vicksburg
The Hamlet, 244 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Incompetent farming
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Violence›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Shotgun | Objects›Toys | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Marital›Breakup
The Hamlet, 27 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Rural sales
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
The Mansion, 315 (Event)
Environment: Public›Park
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Monument | Past›Past in present
The Reivers , 77 (Event)
Environment: Otherworldly | Public›Bridge | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gasoline | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 316 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner
Actions: Mental›Realization
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Age›Coming of age | Sexuality›Learning about
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Time›Cyclical
Relationships: Familial›Twins | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Typography/Orthography›Italics