Themes and Motifs: Community Tradition

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"A Courtship", 369 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Threatening
Themes and Motifs: Community›Tradition | Objects›Shotgun
"A Rose for Emily", 119 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture
Cultural Issues: War›Death
Themes and Motifs: Community›Tradition
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic | Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
"By the People", 136 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Expecting | Interaction, Social›Picnic
Cultural Issues: Politics›Election
Themes and Motifs: Community›Tradition
"Monk", 57 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Politics›Election | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Community›Tradition | Values›Justice
"Retreat", 21 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Praising
Themes and Motifs: Community›Tradition
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity
"Smoke", 14 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Hearing
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Community›Tradition
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
"Smoke", 3 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Outlander
Themes and Motifs: Community›Tradition
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person plural passim
"The Bear", 282 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jefferson | Time of Year›November
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Migration›Big Bottom | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Community›Tradition | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Interracial›Indian-black | Interracial›Master-servant
As I Lay Dying, 91 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Mourning | Emotional›Respect | Verbal›Preaching | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Religion›Preacher / Minister | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Community›Tradition
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Voice
Flags in the Dust, 176 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Education›College | Education›Sewanee
Themes and Motifs: Community›Tradition
The Mansion, 421 (Event)
Environment: Public›Restaurant
Actions: Bodily›Eating
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And class | Entertainment›Movies | Race›Black family working for white
Themes and Motifs: Community›Tradition
Relationships: Familial›Sister-sister
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Mansion, 462 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Emotional›Panic | Mental›Realization | Verbal›Preaching
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Community›Tradition | Death›Funeral
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 45 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Woods
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War as point of reference | Hunting and Fishing›Annual
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Deer | Community›Tradition
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›De Spain creates camp
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, 52 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Praising | Verbal›Shouting
Themes and Motifs: Community›Tradition
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity