Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order Wildness

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"Elly", 211 (Event)
Environment: Place›Shrubbery | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Rebelliousness | Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness
Relationships: Interracial›As rebellious
"Red Leaves", 340 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"Spotted Horses", 167 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Chaos/Order›Wildness
"Spotted Horses", 167 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit
Actions: Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Chaos/Order›Wildness
"Spotted Horses", 168 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Auction | Emotional›Despair | Interaction, Social›Auction | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Washing clothes
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Clothes›Rural poverty | Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as disguise | Chaos/Order›Control | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Relationships: Marital›Abusive
Aesthetics: Diction›Western vernacular
Absalom, Absalom!, 123 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Domestic›Sewing | Hunting | Physical›Waiting | Work›Chopping wood | Work›Gardening
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation | Slavery›Civil War | War›Deprivation | War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 15 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Gallop | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Movement›Carriage | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class | Race›Stereotype: teeth | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Djinn | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Face | Figures of Speech›Replica | Figures of Speech›Tornado
Absalom, Absalom!, 27 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Perceptual›Watching | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Objects›Pistol | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Shadow
Absalom, Absalom!, 48 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness | Naming›Importance of naming
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Clytemnestra | Allusion, Mythical›Dragon's teeth | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Absalom, Absalom!, 66 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house
Actions: Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Appearance›Cosmetics | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Death›Deathbed | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Supernatural›Place
Relationships: Familial›Sister-sister
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people | Figures of Speech›Butterfly | Figures of Speech›Moth | Symbolism›Blood
As I Lay Dying, 170 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Nature | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Restlessness
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness | Memory›Remembering
The Town, 380 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness | Futility›Nothing to do