Themes and Motifs: Meaning Misinterpretation

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"All the Dead Pilots", 519 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Meaning›Misinterpretation | Psychological›Paranoia
"Appendix: Compson", 335 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Denial
Cultural Issues: Age›Agelessness
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity
"Raid", 52 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Miscommunication | Moral›Fraud
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees | Slavery›Re-enslavement | War›Profiting from war
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation
"Raid", 53 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation | Texts›Military communications
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Smoke", 8 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation
"That Will Be Fine", 286 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Emotional›Mourning | Movement›Walking | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Singing
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Meaning›Misinterpretation
Relationships: Interracial›Mammy-child | Interracial›Master-servant
"Wash", 544 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Movement›Riding
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation | Recurring Tropes›Threshold
"Wash", 544 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Overhearing
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
Absalom, Absalom!, 299 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Meaning›Misinterpretation | Story-telling
Absalom, Absalom!, 9 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Disapproval | Moral›Judgmental | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Age›Youth vs age | Class›Respectability | Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Character›Naivety | Meaning›Misinterpretation | Psychological›Denial | Values›Moral authority
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Hierarchical›Parent-child | Romantic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›First-person | Tone›Sarcastic
The Hamlet, 155 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Sexual | Mental›Unaware
Cultural Issues: Gender›Inversion
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
The Hamlet, 389 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Suspicion | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation
The Mansion, 70 (Event)
Environment: Public›Courtroom
Cultural Issues: Crime›Moonshining | Law›Conviction
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation
The Sound and the Fury, 14 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek | Public›Golf course
Actions: Domestic›Washing | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Searching | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Play›Sports Golf
Cultural Issues: Age | Entertainment›Traveling show | Food›Birthday cake
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation | Memory›Remembering | Money›Lost | Objects›Candle | Objects›Jimson weed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 315 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cruelty | Emotional›Crying | Play›Sports Golf | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Taunt
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Meaning›Misinterpretation | Objects›Fence
The Town, 187 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
The Town, 381 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Calling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Kidnapping | Economy›Insurance | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Loss of animal companion | Meaning›Misinterpretation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Lao Tse (Laozi) | Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia
The Unvanquished, 111 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Physical›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation | Texts›Military communications
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect