Themes and Motifs: Supernatural Superstitions

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Absalom, Absalom!, 173 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Purgatory | Figures of Speech›Shell | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 203 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Tracking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
The Sound and the Fury, 114 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Hunting horn | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Auditory›Voices | Natural›Body of water | Olfactory›Kerosene lantern | Place›Graveyard | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›October | Weather›Flood
Actions: Domestic›Cleaning | Emotional›Nostalgia | Hunting›Possum | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Insects lice | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Coal oil | Objects›Hunting horn | Objects›Lamp or lantern | Past›Old days | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›Domestic | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Johnstown, Pennsylvania | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Flood imagery | Language›WhoOoooo | Language›WhoOooooooooooooooo | Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia
The Sound and the Fury, 69 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Superstitions | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 69 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Creepy | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Eating | Hunting›Possum | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Slavery›Naming slaves | Slavery›Religion
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Death›Corpse | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Past›Family history | Past›Old days | Story-telling›Old days | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Ghost story | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Genre Conventions›Horror story | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 85 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Atmospheric›Wind | Auditory›Clock ticking | Natural›Body of water | Public›Store window | Time of Year›December
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Perceptual›Looking | Work›Jeweler
Cultural Issues: Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Baldness | Body›Hair | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Objects›Watch | Philosophical›Nihilism | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Supernatural›Folk customs | Supernatural›Superstitions | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Measuring time | Time›Timelessness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Philosopher Bergson, Henri | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Drained marsh | Figures of Speech›Gull | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Water | Narrative›African-American folk sayings