Themes and Motifs: Determinism Vs human agency

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"Appendix: Compson", 332 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency | Naming›Child's name | Past›Repetition
Relationships: Marital›Wedding
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Indiana | Recurring Episodes›Caddy's wedding
Absalom, Absalom!, 11 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Body of water | Natural›River | Public›Road
Actions: Mental›Calculation | Mental›Deciding | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Riding | Movement›Steamboat | Physical›Clearing land | Play›Gambling | Work›Building structure | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Class›Birthright | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Class›Social mobility | Economy›Consumption | Economy›Gambling | Identity, Personal›Background | Identity, Personal›On frontier | Law›Frontier justice | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Character›Opportunism | Character›Recklessness | Determinism›Vs human agency | Money›As motive | Money›Ill-gotten | Objects›Steamboat | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi River | Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana | Allusion, Geographical›Virginia | Figures of Speech›Face | Figures of Speech›Gambling imagery | Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›Metonym | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Parentheses
Go Down, Moses, 328 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Hunting and Fishing›Rules | Land-Use›Loss of wildlife | Sexuality›Sexual passion
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency | Morals›Morality | Values›Love
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis | Diction›Double entendre | Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
Light in August, 102 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Tree / leaves | Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›House | Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Falling | Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Singing | Bodily›Smoking | Movement›Walking | Physical›Hitting | Physical›Panting | Physical›Sleeping | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Asphyxiation | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency | Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Hamlet, 125 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Lust
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency | Futility›Illusion of success or victory
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Sexual goddesses
The Mansion, 17 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Rage
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cattle | Determinism›Vs human agency
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 42 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Ditches | Natural›Woods
Actions: Physical›Ambush | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
The Mansion, 5 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 60 (Event)
Environment: Place›Artist's studio
Cultural Issues: Law›Investigation
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency