Themes and Motifs: Philosophical Human nature

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"Ad Astra", 411 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Actions: Emotional›Anger
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injury | Nationality | War›Prisoner
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Tobacco | Philosophical›Human nature
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Antony and Cleopatra | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 679 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Contemplation
Cultural Issues: War
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human nature
"Tomorrow", 102 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Frenchman's Bend | Public›Store | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Law›Hung jury
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cicadas | Animals›Lightning bugs | Philosophical›Human nature | Philosophical›Suffering | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Tomorrow", 109 (Event)
Environment: Place›Memphis | Public›Highway
Actions: Emotional›Love | Movement›Driving | Verbal›Dialogue
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Economy›Wealth | Education›Mentorship
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bugs | Body›Flesh | Memory | Objects›Car | Philosophical›Human nature | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Recurring Tropes›Going fast | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Mentorship | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Shakespeare
"Tomorrow", 90 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Defending | Legal›Recess | Legal›Summation | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Agriculture›Farming life | Law›Eye for an eye | Law›Grand jury | Law›Hearing | Law›Indictment | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits | Morals›Justice | Morals›Responsibility | Philosophical›Human nature
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
As I Lay Dying, 114 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Bodily›Decomposition | Physical›Meddling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Death›Dying wish | Philosophical›Human nature | Story-telling›Retelling
As I Lay Dying, 69 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Creepy | Domestic Space›House | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Pity | Mental›Thinking
Cultural Issues: Religion›Religious faith
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm | Philosophical›Human nature | Philosophical›Suffering
Relationships: Familial›Surrogate | Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Neighbor
Light in August, 74 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Study | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Verbal›Discussion | Verbal›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human nature
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends | Social›Neighbor
Light in August, 87 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human nature
The Mansion, 255 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Emotional›Love
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female in peril | History›Communism | History›Spanish Civil War | War›As educational
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human nature
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
The Mansion, 341 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Politics›Demagoguery | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism | Philosophical›Human nature
The Mansion, 365 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Happy
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human nature
The Mansion, 408 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Year›September
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking | Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Smoking | Communication›And deafness | Mental›Planning | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drink recipe | Alcohol›Moonshine | Government›State government | Law›Incarceration | Law›Parole
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Philosophical›Human nature | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
The Sound and the Fury, 116 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Tragic / tragedy | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Experiencing second-hand / vicariously | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chastity / purity | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Sexual double standard | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Philosophical›Human experience | Philosophical›Human nature | Philosophical›Unnatural / Contrary to nature | Recurring Tropes›Father said
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Long sentence | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 123 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Time of Year›August | Weather
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Nostalgia | Emotional›Sadness | Perceptual›Familiarity
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Death›Preparing for death | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Human experience | Philosophical›Human nature | Philosophical›Nihilism | Philosophical›Reduction / summing up | Philosophical›Tedious / tedium | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Figures of Speech›Chess imagery stalemate | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 85 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store | Public›Street
Actions: Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Mental›Learning | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Education›Harvard
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Condition of heaviness | Death›Preparing for death | Death›Suicide | Meaning›Absurdity | Objects›Flat-iron | Philosophical›Human experience | Philosophical›Human nature | Recurring Tropes›Father said
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Latin pastoral poetry | Description›Weight / Burden | Language›Fragments | Language›Latin phrase | Narrative›Foreshadowing
The Unvanquished, 66 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Contemplation
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human nature
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
The Unvanquished, 81 (Event)
Environment: Place›Railroad
Actions: Movement›Migration
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity | Slavery›Freedom
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Human nature
Relationships: Friendship›Interracial