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Aesthetics: Tone Incongruous

Parent Term

  • Tone

Sibling Terms

  • Absurdist
  • Apocalyptic
  • Elegiac
  • Farce
  • Humorous
  • Ironic
  • Mock-heroic
  • Nostalgic
  • Overwrought
  • Sarcastic
  • Shift

Tagged Events

"Appendix: Compson", 341 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Forgetting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental illness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Substitute
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Benjy committed | Tone›Incongruous
Flags in the Dust, 243 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Murder | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers
Themes and Motifs: Character›Courteous
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Tone›Incongruous