Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures Arrival

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"A Courtship", 365 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Movement›Steamboat
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Objects›Fiddle
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
"A Courtship", 376 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Interaction, Social›Competition
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
"Go Down, Moses", 265 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Heat
Actions: Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Progress›Trains | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Community›Crowd | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
"Knight's Gambit", 222 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Spanish | Movement›Driving
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Riding
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
"Knight's Gambit", 248 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house
Actions: Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
"Raid", 42 (Event)
Environment: Place›Graveyard
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Home›Destroyed
"Shall Not Perish", 106 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Physical›Bathing | Physical›Dressing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Stockings | Clothes›Sunday shoes
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Objects›Bottle | Objects›Satchel | Objects›Towel
"Shall Not Perish", 106 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Climbing stairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Money›Lacking
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 70 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Veil | Food›Community
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Community›Wedding | Objects›Basket | Objects›Silver | Objects›Wreath
Absalom, Absalom!, 15 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Gallop | Auditory›Hoofbeats | Public›Church | Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Carriage | Movement›Racing | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class | Clothes›Driving gear | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Stereotype: teeth | Religion›Church service | Religion›Redemption | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Community›Crowd | Memory›Haunted by past | Memory›Remembering | Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Going fast | Recurring Tropes›Performance | Recurring Tropes›Threshold | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Djinn | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›Face | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Replica | Figures of Speech›Tornado | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Metafictional›Picture/image | Narrative›Foreshadowing
Absalom, Absalom!, 23 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Peaceful | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bells | Place›Blacksmith shop | Place›Church | Place›Hotel | Place›Livery stable | Place›Saloon | Public›Courthouse | Public›Store | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Sunday morning | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Interaction, Social›Church | Mental›Curiosity | Movement›Crossing | Movement›Horse | Movement›Riding | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Calling by name
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Economy›Commerce | Gender›Femininity | Gender›Lady | Group Mentality›Community collective | Group Mentality›Creating an Other | Race›Etiquette | Religion›Church service | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Community›Crowd | Community›Opinion | Community›Stranger | Naming›Importance of naming | Objects›Fan | Objects›Parasol | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Time›Past
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Institutional›Church-Town | Interracial›Master-servant | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ancient Greek Chorus | Description›Character portrait | Description›Location portrait | Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Musical imagery | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Revision | Recurring Episodes›Sutpen's arrival | Style›List | Style›Long sentence | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 24 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat
Actions: Bodily›Losing weight
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Body›Eyes | Body›Thinness | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Figures of Speech›Clay | Recurring Episodes›Sutpen's arrival
Absalom, Absalom!, 268 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Drawing room
Actions: Bodily›Laughing
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Body›Skin | Character›Naivety | Home›Homecoming | Story-telling›Collaborative | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 60 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Domestic›Sewing | Moral›Stealing | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Trousseau
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Absalom, Absalom!, 64 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic
Actions: Verbal›Denial
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Character›Integrity | Morals›Protest | Objects›Hammer
Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Familiar | Domestic Space›House | Place›Jefferson | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Day›Sunday | Time of Day›Sunday morning | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›September
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Economic›Purchase | Legal›Marriage | Movement›Riding | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Widow | Group Mentality›Communal story | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Law›Legal ownership | Law›Property | Ritual›Wedding | Violence›Retribution
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Community›Local legends | Death›Future | Death›Spousal | Determinism›Fated | Home›New home | Meaning›Mystery | Meaning›Paternity | Memory›Collective memory | Past›Past in present | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Time›Duration of time | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Past | Values›Justice
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis | Figures of Speech›Breath | Narrative›Background | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Origin | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Summary
Absalom, Absalom!, 9 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jefferson
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Interaction, Social›Gentleman's agreement | Movement›Riding | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Class›Respectability | Cultural Identity›Outlander | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Gentleman | Gender›Women | Gender›Women as sacred | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Community›Opinion | Community›Supportive | Morals›Honor | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Pistol | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Moral authority
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community | Marital›Social respectability | Romantic›Potential | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Military terminology | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Weaponry imagery | Narrative›Frame | Narrative›Repetition
As I Lay Dying, 179 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Cultural Issues: Religion›Blessing | Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Preacher / Minister
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Death›Afterlife
As I Lay Dying, 88 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Mud
Actions: Moral›Praying
Cultural Issues: Religion›Preacher / Minister
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Time›Being late / tardiness
Go Down, Moses, 22 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Go Down, Moses, 222 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Hunting and Fishing›Marksmanship
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Go Down, Moses, 26 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Go Down, Moses, 290 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Money›Inheritance
Go Down, Moses, 30 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Physical›Chase | Physical›Cooking | Physical›Race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Fox | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Go Down, Moses, 363 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering
Cultural Issues: Progress›Trains | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Death›Coffin
Go Down, Moses, 69 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Law›Trial
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Light in August, 241 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Movement | Violent›Killing
Cultural Issues: Politics›Democrat | Region›New England | Religion›Catholicism | Religion›Methodism | Slavery›Religion
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New England
Light in August, 245 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Shouting | Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | Religion›Catholicism | Religion›Preacher / Minister
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Common law
Sanctuary, 106 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Double standard
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Texts›Telegram
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Divorce | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 120 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Sanctuary, 127 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Sunday
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Sanctuary, 188 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Train
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Sanctuary, 221 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
The Hamlet, 160 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Monday
Actions: Movement›Surrey | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Clothes›Tie
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Suitcase
Relationships: Familial›Physical resemblances | Marital›Honeymoon
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›St. Louis
The Mansion, 128 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Relocation | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Mansion, 130 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Mansion, 220 (Event)
Actions: Communication›And deafness | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Movement›Car | Verbal›Repetition
Cultural Issues: History›Spanish Civil War | Progress›Air travel | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Texts›Poetry
Relationships: Familial›Physical resemblances | Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Donne, John | Allusion, Literary›Herrick, Robert | Allusion, Literary›Suckling, John | Allusion, Mythical›Valhalla | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 273 (Event)
Environment: Place›Factory|Plant | Public›Street
Actions: Bodily›Kissing | Communication›Writing | Work›Factory
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls | Gender›Masculine woman
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Mansion, 447 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Trees | Place›Railroad | Public›Street
Actions: Movement›Bicycle | Movement›Walking
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 68 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
The Mansion, 69 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Mental›Speculation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
The Mansion, 72 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
The Reivers , 162 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Moral›Scheming | Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 193 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Race›Segregation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 25 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house
Cultural Issues: Progress›Renovations | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Naming›Place name
The Reivers , 61 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
The Reivers , 61 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Drive
Actions: Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
The Reivers , 61 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Log house
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Time›Continuity
The Town, 136 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Planting | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Character›Work ethic | Objects›Shotgun | Objects›Watermelon
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Self-correction
The Town, 275 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Money›Social force | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
The Town, 305 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Class›Social mobility
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson | Time›Cyclical
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
The Town, 4 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Work›Restauranteer
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Apron
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Character›Ambitious | Objects›Car
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Commercial›Employer-employee | Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Flem reaches Jefferson
The Town, 7 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
The Town, 88 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Actions: Verbal›Persuasion
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Fancy
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
The Unvanquished, 85 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Place›Graveyard | Place›Railroad
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction | War›Displacement
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Home›Destroyed
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hawkhurst