Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes Belatedness

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"Ambuscade", 5 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway
Actions: Moral›Secret | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Vicksburg | Recurring Episodes›Burying Sartoris silver
"Appendix: Compson", 325 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Meteor shower | Natural›Woods | Place›Jefferson
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Economic›Trading
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Birthright | Class›French nobility | Cultural Identity›American | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | War›Refugee
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession | Inheritance›Property | Naming›Indian name | Naming›Renaming | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness | Recurring Tropes›Year the stars fell | Texts›Translation
Relationships: Familial›Foster family | Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Scotland | Allusion, Historical›Bonaparte, Napoleon | Figures of Speech›King and/or queen | Language›Fragments | Language›French | Recurring Episodes›Compson land acquired | Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom" | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
"Elly", 207 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Interracial›Romantic
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
"Elly", 212 (Event)
Environment: Public›Drugstore
Actions: Verbal›Requesting
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Marital›Social respectability | Sexual›Extramarital
"Elly", 216 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Hysteria | Movement›Car | Movement›Getting closer
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Manipulative
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
"Elly", 221 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Water
Actions: Movement›Car | Verbal›Begging
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And age
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Marital›Social respectability
"Knight's Gambit", 207 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Draft | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
"Smoke", 21 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Lack of choice | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
"The Hound", 152 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Shots
Actions: Emotional›Fear
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Violence›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered
"The Unvanquished", 95 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Emotional›Regret
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Requiem for a Nun, 164 (Event)
Environment: Place›Official office
Actions: Emotional›Dread
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Cyclical
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Typography/Orthography›Dash
The Hamlet, 235 (Event)
Actions: Work›Fireman
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Region›The West | Religion›Fanaticism | Sexuality›Infertility
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Marital›Common law
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Magdalen | Allusion, Historical›Babylon
The Hamlet, 252 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Verbal›Message
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
The Hamlet, 387 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Hamlet, 389 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Hamlet, 397 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Smoke | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Mental›Realization
Cultural Issues: Food›Coffee
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
The Mansion, 127 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Love
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnancy
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Mansion, 132 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Mansion, 232 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Going to war
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
The Mansion, 232 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness | Texts›Letters | Time›Running out
The Mansion, 337 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Age›Generation gap | War›Draft | War›Surrender
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 38 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Train sound | Auditory›Unseen voice | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Waking | Communication›Telegraph | Emotional›Regret | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Conversation | Work›Railroad workers
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Race›Racial resentment
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Train | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 5 (Event)
Environment: Place›Livery stable
Actions: Physical›Jumping | Work›Blacksmith
Cultural Issues: Law›Firearms
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
The Reivers , 9 (Event)
Environment: Place›Lot
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Interaction, Social›Noblesse oblige
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 77 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Dressing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar | Clothes›Pants | Education›College | Education›Harvard | Entertainment›Boat race
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Mouth | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Watch | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being in time | Time›Being late / tardiness | Time›Being on time / punctuality | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College roommate | Friendship›Male-male relationship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Town, 352 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Thursday
Actions: Bodily›Waking
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being late / tardiness
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia
The Unvanquished, 153 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Communication›Writing | Emotional›Regret
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
The Unvanquished, 17 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway
Actions: Moral›Secret | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Silver | Objects›Silverware | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Vicksburg | Allusion, Historical›Vicksburg | Language›Shhhh | Typography/Orthography›Italics