Themes and Motifs: Values Determination

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Absalom, Absalom!, 129 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Fury | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Time›Running out | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carcassonne | Allusion, Literary›Camelot | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Ripple | Figures of Speech›Shell | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 148 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Imagining
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Class
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Importance of naming | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Dream turns to dust | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Faustus | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Allusion, Mythical›Dragon's teeth | Figures of Speech›Creditor | Figures of Speech›Scythe | Narrative›Summary | Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 25 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Drinking | Economic›Paying | Emotional›Hurried | Emotional›Impatience | Mental›Calculation | Mental›Discovery | Mental›Realization | Mental›Speculation | Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Teetotaling | Economy›Poverty | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Slavery›Metaphorical
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lacking | Psychological›Motivation | Psychological›Obsession | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Running out | Values›Determination
Relationships: Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Personification | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Temporal discontinuity | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Absalom, Absalom!, 26 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Fire | Place›Tent
Actions: Domestic›Camping | Domestic›Cooking | Economic›Paying | Mental›Discovery | Mental›Learning | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Migration | Nationality›French
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Money›Lacking | Objects›Fire | Time›Duration of time | Values›Determination | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Martinique | Narrative›Delayed revelation
Absalom, Absalom!, 26 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory | Place›Jefferson | Public›Town Square
Actions: Mental›Discovery | Mental›Realization | Movement›Driving | Movement›Mule | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Community›Local legends | Time›Anticipation | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Running out | Values›Determination | Values›Durability
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Delayed revelation | Narrative›Parentheses
Absalom, Absalom!, 27 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jefferson | Place›River-bottom | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Hungering | Hunting›Deer hunting | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Food›Scarcity | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Time›Awareness of time | Values›Determination
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation | Narrative›Origin
Absalom, Absalom!, 27 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Mud | Natural›Swamp | Place›Plantation | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Communication›Language barriers | Communication›Speaking | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Suspicion | Interaction, Social›Male gathering | Interaction, Social›Withdrawal from public | Movement›Riding | Perceptual›Observing | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Building structure | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Group Mentality›Community collective | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Land-Use›Ownership | Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Alligators | Animals›Dogs | Appearance›Nakedness | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Community›Local legends | Objects›Bricks | Objects›Pistol | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Values›Determination
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Communal narrative | Narrative›Reconstructed
Absalom, Absalom!, 28 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Heat | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Natural›Mud | Place›Plantation | Time of Day›Sunrise | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›Summer | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Exhaustion | Emotional›Fury | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Observing | Perceptual›Watching | Work›Building structure | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Hat | Group Mentality›Community collective | Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Labor | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mosquitoes | Character›Work ethic | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Fatality | Supernatural›Ghost | Values›Determination
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Communal narrative | Tone›Overwrought
Absalom, Absalom!, 6 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›House | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Starvation | Communication›Newspaper article | Communication›Writing | Domestic›Feeding | Interaction, Social›Gossip | Physical›Concealing | Physical›Confining | Physical›Hiding | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women | Mass Media›Newspaper | Region›Lost Cause | War›Civil War | War›Confederate Army | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging | War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Art›Poetry | Naming›Importance of naming | Past›And monuments | Past›Past in present | Psychological›Will to endure | Texts›Epitaph | Texts›Newspapers | Texts›Poetry | Values›Determination | Values›Devotion | Values›Durability
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Providing for
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Tomb | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Narrative›Background | Narrative›Parentheses
As I Lay Dying, 137 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Water moving / flowing | Public›Bridge | Weather›Flood
Actions: Domestic›Care | Emotional›Worry | Movement›Crossing
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing | Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Duty | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Courage | Values›Determination | Values›Sacrifice
Aesthetics: Tone›Apocalyptic
As I Lay Dying, 89 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Injured | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Community›Opinion | Death›Funeral | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial›Kinship | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
Flags in the Dust, 43 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Weather›Cloud | Weather›Fog
Actions: Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | War›Aerial combat
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness | Values›Determination
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Profanity | Recurring Episodes›Johnny Sartoris shot down | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Go Down, Moses, 206 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Starvation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Character›Forbearance | Values›Determination
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Go Down, Moses, 263 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Travel
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Hamlet, 113 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Agriculture›Ownership | Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Sports | Education›Need to be educated | Entertainment›Football
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Objects›Pipe | Values›Determination
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›University of Mississippi
The Hamlet, 50 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Quest to recover | Animals›Cows | Values›Determination
Relationships: Marital›Conflict
The Mansion, 369 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Stubbornness | Interaction, Social›Spectate
Themes and Motifs: Values›Determination
The Reivers , 244 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Physical›Praying
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Values›Determination
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
The Reivers , 296 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Time›Series of events experienced as long duration | Values›Determination | Values›Refinement
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed