Themes and Motifs: Exile

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"Ad Astra", 426 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Post-war | Philosophical›Human experience | Philosophical›Redemption
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"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
"Appendix: Compson", 326 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Government›National authority | Government›Usurpation | Group Mentality›Political solidarity | History›Dispossessing Indians | History›Indian Removal | Identity, Cultural›National | Ritual›Dueling | War›Indian / Native American wars
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession | Exile›Indian Removal | Morals›Honor | Objects›Sword | Texts›Deed | Values›Honor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Washington, D.C. | Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Andrew | Diction›Native American languages | Figures of Speech›Native American | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal | Tone›Sarcastic
"Appendix: Compson", 326 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Alcohol›Racial|Regional stereotypes about drinking | Class›Homelessness | Ethnicity›Native American | History›Indian Removal
Themes and Motifs: Death›Hearse | Exile›Dispossession | Exile›Indian Removal
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
"Appendix: Compson", 326 (Event)
Actions: Military›Escape | Physical›Escaping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tartan | Ethnicity›Scottish / Scots | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants | War›Jacobite Rebellion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Exile›Post-war | Objects›Sword
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Allusion, Geographical›Scotland | Allusion, Historical›Battle of Culloden Moor
"Appendix: Compson", 326 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frontier | Public›Pioneer settlement
Actions: Physical›Escaping
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Clothes›Tartan | History›American Revolution | War›American Revolution | War›Jacobite Rebellion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Exile›Post-war
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Georgia | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Historical›Boone, Daniel | Allusion, Historical›Tarleton, Banastre
"Appendix: Compson", 327 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Conspiracy | Verbal›Provoking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tartan | Crime›Sedition | Crime›Treason | History›Burr conspiracy
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession | Exile›Driven away | Inheritance›Traits | Objects›Sword | Past›Repetition
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Narrative›Repetition
"Appendix: Compson", 328 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation | Place›Sawmill
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Savagism | History›Indian Removal | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Native American stereotype | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Ownership | Technology›Steam locomotive
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Character›Persistence | Exile›Indian Removal | Past›Past in present | Time›Future
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
"Appendix: Compson", 329 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Class consciousness | Government›Governor | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession | Home | Naming›Place name | Past›Family history | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Geographical›Scotland | Allusion, Historical›Battle of Culloden Moor
"Appendix: Compson", 332 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Exile
Relationships: Marital›Divorce
"Appendix: Compson", 332 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Middle age | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Exile›Dispossession
"Appendix: Compson", 335 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Exile | Home›Estranged | Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Abandonment
"Appendix: Compson", 335 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Blackmail
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Illegitimacy
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Driven away | Money›Stolen
Relationships: Economical›Trustee-ward
"Go Down, Moses", 259 (Event)
Environment: Place›Commisary
Actions: Verbal›Banishment | Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Exile›Driven away
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
"Hand upon the Waters", 70 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›July
Actions: Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Exile›Dispossession
"Hand upon the Waters", 71 (Event)
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Themes and Motifs: Body›Mental disability | Body›Physical disability | Exile›Dispossession
Relationships: Familial›Adoptive | Familial›Orphan
"Smoke", 10 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession
"Smoke", 16 (Event)
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Cultural Issues: Government›Taxes, local
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession
"Smoke", 9 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession
Absalom, Absalom!, 10 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Place›Plantation
Actions: Hunting›Slave hunting | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Moral›Deception | Movement›Riding | Physical›Building
Cultural Issues: Class›Dehumanization | Class›Respectability | History›Dispossessing Indians | Land-Use›Ownership | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Native American | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Creating order | Community›Stranger | Exile›Driven away | Naming›Place name | Objects›Pistol | Past›Personal past | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave | Marital›Social respectability | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›Anaphora
Absalom, Absalom!, 146 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Exile›Driven away
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional
Absalom, Absalom!, 237 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Exile | Time›Simultaneity of time | Values›Honor | Values›Love
Absalom, Absalom!, 72 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Emotional›Love | Movement›Horse | Verbal›Denial
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Exile
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Flags in the Dust, 359 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Starlight | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Exile
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-horse
Flags in the Dust, 360 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Race›Stereotype: smell
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Exile
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Flags in the Dust, 367 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas gift game | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Exile
Flags in the Dust, 368 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Race›Segregation | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Exile | Objects›Train
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 370 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Flowers | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Writing
Themes and Motifs: Exile | Texts›Letters
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Byron | Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn" | Language›Ellipsis
Go Down, Moses, 355 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Banishment
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Driven away | Memory›Collective memory
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Requiem for a Nun, 184 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Exile›Post-war
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Requiem for a Nun, 7 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Social›Social protest
Cultural Issues: History›Indian Removal
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Indian Removal
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
Requiem for a Nun, 80 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: Progress›Historical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Alligators | Animals›Bear | Animals›Bison | Animals›Deer | Animals›Panther | Animals›Wolf | Exile›Dispossession
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 81 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Progress›Historical | Progress›Ironies of
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Indian Removal | Past›Repetition
Requiem for a Nun, 81 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Colonization | Progress›Ironies of
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Exile›Dispossession
Requiem for a Nun, 82 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Planting
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Cotton farming | Law›Frontier justice | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Hare | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 19 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Violence›Killing animal
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Alienation from nature
Sanctuary, 5 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Bodily›Spitting | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Clothes›Suit
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Alienation from nature | Objects›Watch
Sanctuary, 6 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Sand | Olfactory›Smelling black | Place›Road
Actions: Physical›Walking
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Modernist style
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Exile›Alienation from nature
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Madame Bovary | Genre Conventions›Gothic
The Hamlet, 173 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Economic›Selling a house or place | Mental›Believing | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Law›Lawsuit | Law›Trial
Themes and Motifs: Character›Shrewdness | Exile›Dispossession
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Hamlet, 190 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Indian Removal
The Hamlet, 72 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Exile›Dispossession
The Hamlet, 98 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Harvest
Actions: Economic›Settling up
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Clothes›Tie | Economy›Expansion
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Exile›Dispossession
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Rabelais, Francois
The Hamlet, 99 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Law›Contract | Law›Trespassing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Snake | Exile›Dispossession | Objects›Sewing machine
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 132 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Mansion, 169 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Driven away
The Mansion, 170 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Driven away
The Mansion, 170 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Exile›Dispossession
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mexico | Recurring Episodes›Byron Snopes' children | Recurring Episodes›Byron robs bank
The Mansion, 303 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Body of water
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | War›Veterans | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Driven away
The Mansion, 318 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Ordering
Cultural Issues: Law›Regulation
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Driven away
The Mansion, 354 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession
The Town, 119 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Listen
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Response to | Exile›Post-war
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
The Town, 355 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Work›Quitting job
Cultural Issues: Region›The West
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Exile | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 383 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Economic›Child support | Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Exile
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Town, 384 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Exile
The Town, 389 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Indian Removal
Aesthetics: Diction›Malapropism | Diction›Rural vernacular