Themes and Motifs: Past Yoknapatawpha founders
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Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Class›Social decline | Government›Governor
Themes and Motifs: Death›Eulogy | Memory›Forgetting | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Cotton farming | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Objects›European in U.S. | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Old Frenchman's arrival
Actions: Movement›Car | Perceptual›Sensing the past
Themes and Motifs: Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Intergenerational›Tutor-student
Cultural Issues: Class›Caste system | Economy›Banking | Progress›Cars | Progress›Social | War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Cultural Issues: History›Founding fathers | Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›First settlers arrive
Environment: Auditory›Nature | Domestic Space›Boarding house | Domestic Space›Loft | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Laughing | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Renaming
Themes and Motifs: Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Relationships: Friendship›Racial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Money›Dowry | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Cultural Issues: History›Arrival of whites in Mississippi | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | Religion›Atheism | Religion›Baptist | Religion›Episcopal | Religion›Judaism | Religion›Methodism | Religion›Presbyterian | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Burning a town | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
Cultural Issues: History›Arrival of whites in Mississippi | Migration›Intraregional migration | Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Past›Family history | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Themes and Motifs: Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Environment: Time of Year›December
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Politics›City government
Themes and Motifs: Past›Yoknapatawpha founders | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Snobbery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor