Themes and Motifs: Death Response to

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"A Rose for Emily", 129 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Death›Response to
"Beyond", 795 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Love | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Death›Compared to living | Death›Response to | Objects›Tombstone | Philosophical›Existentialism
Aesthetics: Language›German | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Monk", 44 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Physical›Ambush | Physical›Digging
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
"Monk", 46 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Legal›Arrest
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Law›Alienating
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
"Red Leaves", 332 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Hunting›Rabbit hunting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rabbit | Death›Response to | Objects›Drum
"Shall Not Perish", 103 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Meaning›Profound
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | Allusion, Geographical›Philippines | Diction›"Is" / "Was" to refer to present or past | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Shall Not Perish", 108 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Time of Year›July
Actions: Emotional›Anguish | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Consoling | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Instructing | Verbal›Tirade
Cultural Issues: War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Objects›Handkerchief | Objects›Pistol | Objects›Satchel | Objects›Towel
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
"That Will Be Fine", 286 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Emotional›Mourning | Movement›Walking | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Singing
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Meaning›Misinterpretation
Relationships: Interracial›Mammy-child | Interracial›Master-servant
Absalom, Absalom!, 148 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Handmade
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Death›Response to | Objects›Coffin | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-niece
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 54 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Rage | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Animals›Cows | Animals›Horses | Death›Response to | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Vitality
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister
As I Lay Dying, 66 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Sawing
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Confining | Verbal›Denial
Cultural Issues: Religion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Death›Response to | Philosophical›Existentialism | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
As I Lay Dying, 84 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Fish | Death›Response to
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Symbolism
As I Lay Dying, 86 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Grief | Verbal›Yelling | Violent›Destructive behavior
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Animals›Fish | Death›Response to
As I Lay Dying, 94 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Taunt
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Animals›Buzzards | Death›Response to | Philosophical›Existentialism | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Flags in the Dust, 392 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Communication›Telegraph
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Quest to recover | Death›Plane accident | Death›Response to | Texts›Newspapers
Flags in the Dust, 90 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Legal›Record keeping
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Texts›Bible
Relationships: Familial›Genealogy
Go Down, Moses, 163 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Go Down, Moses, 286 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping
Cultural Issues: Economy›Dowry | Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance | Death›Response to | Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Light in August, 92 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Legal›Will | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging | Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
The Mansion, 434 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Violent›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Mansion, 434 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Wednesday
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
The Reivers , 44 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity | Tone›Humorous
The Reivers , 44 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Death›Deathbed | Death›Response to
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 45 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Domestic›Packing | Emotional›Excitement
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Death›Response to
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›University of Mississippi
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, 151 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Mud
Actions: Play›Playing in water
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Underclothes, female
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 34 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Atmospheric›Night | Auditory›Howling | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Pasture | Domestic Space›Servants' home | Natural›Creek | Olfactory›Smelling death | Place›Ditch | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Dressing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Pigs | Death›Bones | Death›Response to
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Narrative›Unreliable narrator | Symbolism›Shadows
The Sound and the Fury, 35 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Disbelief | Mental›Misunderstanding | Physical›Obeying / obedience
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Buzzards | Animals›Fireflies | Animals›Lightning bugs | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 38 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Tree / leaves | Domestic Space›Parlor | Natural›Trees
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Climbing tree
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Symbolism›Archetype
The Sound and the Fury, 45 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Sitting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fireflies | Animals›Lightning bugs | Character›Independence | Character›Innocence | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Objects›Furniture | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Values›Courage
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype
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: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 66 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Rain on roof
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Cushion | 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, 73 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Sick room | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Nightgown | Clothes›Undressing | Health and Illness›Measles
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 73 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Sick room | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Undressing
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Death›Response to | Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 74 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Sick room | Olfactory›Smelling death
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Kissing | Bodily›Sleeping | Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Cleaning | Emotional›Caring | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Obeying / obedience
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Clothes›Undressing | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling | Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
The Sound and the Fury, 90 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Smelling death
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 119 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Listen
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Response to | Exile›Post-war
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
The Town, 242 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Agricultural›Milking a cow | Agricultural›Planting | Agricultural›Plowing | Movement›Train | Verbal›Talking | Work›Chopping wood
Cultural Issues: Gender›Widow | Violence›Accident
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance | Death›Animal mule | Death›Response to
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
The Town, 353 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Looking
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing | Economy›Civic boosterism
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
The Town, 354 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bank | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Watching | Emotional›Grief | Work›Banking
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Death›Response to | Recurring Tropes›Performance
The Town, 356 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Believing | Mental›Understanding | Moral›Forgiveness | Violent›Suicide
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Sex and death
Themes and Motifs: Community›Conformity | Death›Response to
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 77 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Death›Future | Death›Response to | Recurring Tropes›Sexual power
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
The Unvanquished, 155 (Event)
Environment: Place›Grave | Place›Graveyard | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Freedom | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Burial | Death›Coffin | Death›Eulogy | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Objects›Gun | Objects›Umbrella
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
The Unvanquished, 211 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›October
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Food›Soda
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Unvanquished, 212 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Violent›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
The Unvanquished, 232 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Drive | Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›Parlor | Olfactory›Flowers | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Violent›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Community›Tradition | Death›Corpse | Death›Response to | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Unvanquished, 236 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Olfactory›Flowers | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Hysteria | Physical›Kissing | Violent›Vengeance
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female intuition | Law›Eye for an eye
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Death›Response to | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Lucifer | Description›Eyes | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Unvanquished, 241 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Regret
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Military
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Master-slave
The Unvanquished, 241 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›Stable | Olfactory›Flowers
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Hysteria
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Character›Coward | Character›Reputation | Death›Response to
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics