Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical Memphis, Tennessee
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Actions: Communication›Telephone
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Narrative›Anticipation
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Natural›Orchard | Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Segregation of space | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Precognition / Something to happen
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Locking a door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Actions: Interaction, Social›Voting
Environment: Time of Year›December
Cultural Issues: War›Going to war | War›Patriotism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Emotional›Indignation | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Stereotype lower intelligence
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Transcribing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Convalescence | Technology›Automobile
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›July
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Economic›Asking for money | Physical›Meddling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Law›Wedding license
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Language›Profanity
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Daytime | Weather›Heat
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Legal›Locking up
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Insanity | Law›Guardianship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Selling a house or place | Physical›Confining | Physical›Escape from confinement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Insanity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Death›Anticipation of death
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Adversarial
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Institutional›Doctor-patient | Social›Adversarial
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Freedom
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Big house vs quarters | Slavery›Music | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male attraction | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Carriage
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›May
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Environment: Time of Year›July
Actions: Perceptual›Eavesdropping | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Race›Division
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Auditory›Quietness | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›July
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Monologue | Verbal›Reading aloud | Verbal›Swearing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Convalescence
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Bandage | Modernity›Speed
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Objects›Flowers
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust
Actions: Emotional›Indifference | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Speed | Technology›Automobile
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Food›Breakfast | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Actions: Economic›Lending Money | Emotional›Anticipation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Themes and Motifs: Past›Family history | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Environment: Time of Year›Thanksgiving
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Football | Gender›Labor | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Community›Acceptance
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Identity, Cultural›Hill country | Sexuality›Prostitution | Sexuality›Virginity
Cultural Issues: Violence›Interracial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Narrative›Anti-climax
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Disordered | Violence›Ambush
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Romantic›Infidelity
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Agricultural›Raising|shipping cattle
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Labor›Racialized
Relationships: Familial›Father-son in law | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Movement›Buggy
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Gender›Male rivalry
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Economy›Cotton planting | Economy›Rural sales | Economy›Sales contract | History›Colonization
Relationships: Commercial›Wholesaler-Merchant
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Agricultural›Raising|shipping cattle | Economic›Banking
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Health and Illness›Hospitalization|Operation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Agricultural›Raising|shipping cattle | Bodily›Eating | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Livestock | Class›Snopesism | Clothes›Shirt | Economy›Contract | Food›Ham | Food›Pie | Food›Steak | Health and Illness›Hospitalization|Operation | Health and Illness›Recuperation | Identity, Cultural›Northerner
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Time of Year›March
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Emotional›Resignation
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Clothes›Uniform | Economy›Economic speculation
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Mental›Speculation
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Physical resemblances | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Style›Address to reader
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Money›Cash
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Progress›Road traffic
Environment: Natural›Sea / Ocean
Cultural Issues: Religion›Jesus | Religion›Revelation
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Vision
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Suit | Crime›Prostitution
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop | Public›Street
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Movement›Hitch-hiking
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Batesville, Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Chicago | Allusion, Geographical›Clarksdale, Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana | Allusion, Geographical›Tutwiler, Mississippi | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Economic›Banking | Emotional›Frustration | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Warning
Themes and Motifs: Money›Disdaining money
Actions: Mental›Realization | Physical›Pursuit
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Government›Civic officials
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Friday
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Law›Police | Mass Media›Newspaper | Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Civic records
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Law›Sheriff | Law›Sheriff's deputy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Missing | Philosophical›Freedom
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›Porch
Cultural Issues: History›Communism | Race›Negro reporting white behavior | Race›Negro-lover
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Objects›Pistol
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›Thursday
Actions: Agricultural›Hay-making | Verbal›Denial
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Crickets | Animals›Grasshoppers | Chaos/Order›Disorder
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Economic›Buying a shop or store
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Uncle-niece
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Texts›Deed
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Shock | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Mental›Realization | Movement›Car | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Technology›Jaguar
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Entropy
Actions: Verbal›Predicting
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars | Progress›Infrastructure | Progress›New replacing old
Environment: Place›Hotel | Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Labor›Prostitution
Environment: Place›Hotel kitchen | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Interaction, Private›Courting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Objects›Gold tooth
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Hotel | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Socks | Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Naming›Alias | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Hotel | Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Clothes›Socks | Entertainment›Horse race
Environment: Domestic Space›Ladies parlor | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Alias | Values›Refinement
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Place›Plantation | Public›Road
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Excitement | Moral›Scheming | Moral›Secret | Movement›Buggy | Physical›Driving
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Agriculture›Cotton | Clothes›Socks | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Race horse | Objects›Gold tooth
Cultural Issues: Race›Genealogy | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Entertainment›Horse race | Law›Corruption | Law›Custody | Politics›Democracy | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Segregation
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Outrage | Emotional›Rage | Emotional›Shock | Movement›Buggy | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation | Crime›Vagrancy | Health and Illness›Nursing | Health and Illness›Stroke | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Violence›Gendered
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Socks | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race
Actions: Communication›By sound | Communication›Car horn | Communication›Telegraph | Moral›Reform | Movement›Car | Violent›Animal abuse
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Clothes›Shoes | Labor›Racialized | Law›Incarceration | Race›Black family working for white
Relationships: Romantic›Unrequited
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Time of Day›Daytime
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Solidarity | Race›Stereotype cannibalism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Horses
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Telephone | Economic›Paying
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Beer | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Romantic›Sexual | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Immodest female clothing | Clothes›Tie | Education›Truancy | Entertainment›Traveling show | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Public›Telegraph office
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Economy›Economic speculation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Firelight
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | War›Profiting from war
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Freedom | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Burial | Death›Coffin | Death›Eulogy | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Objects›Gun | Objects›Umbrella
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Mental›Logically reasoning | Physical›Pursuit
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Place›Campsite | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Boots | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Shabby | Clothes›Shirt | Health and Illness›Bullet hole | War›Rules of engagement | War›Union Army
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Natural›Orchard | Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Segregation of space | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Precognition / Something to happen
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Locking a door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Interaction, Social›Voting | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Irony
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Home›Distance from home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Language›Profanity
Actions: Mental›Contemplation
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human nature
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Military | Slavery›Minstrelsy | War›Capture | War›Union Army