Themes and Motifs: Futility

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"A Bear Hunt", 69 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Echoing | Natural›River | Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing | Religion›God
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Futility›Nothing to do
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Technological imagery | Tone›Humorous
"All the Dead Pilots", 527 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Laughing
Cultural Issues: Food | War›Casualties of war | War›Demotion | War›Deployment | War›Military reassignment | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Futility
Aesthetics: Language›Slang, military
"Appendix: Compson", 329 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Failing / Failure
Cultural Issues: History›Battle of Shiloh|Pittsburg Landing | History›Civil War | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Futility›In battle
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Shiloh | Recurring Episodes›General Compson's military record
"Appendix: Compson", 329 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Failing / Failure
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Futility›In battle | Recurring Tropes›Life as repetition
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Battle of Resaca | Recurring Episodes›General Compson's military record
"Appendix: Compson", 329 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Failing / Failure
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War | War›Military rank of general
Themes and Motifs: Death›Suicide | Futility›Inability | Inheritance›Traits
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Year 1861 | Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›General Compson's military record
"Appendix: Compson", 337 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Communication›Censorship | Movement›Bus
Cultural Issues: Gender›Changing relationships | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | War›Displacement | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Home›Distance from home | Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Appendix: Compson", 342 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Government›Taxes, local
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
"Beyond", 791 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Contempt | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Grief | Physical›Waiting | Physical›Walking | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Meaning›Absurdity | Objects›Briefcase | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Photograph | Philosophical›Existentialism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Ingersoll, Robert G. | Language›Latin phrase | Symbolism›Christian | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"By the People", 135 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Interaction, Private›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
"Elly", 207 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Rejection | Mental›Repression | Movement›Car | Movement›Getting closer
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs
"Knight's Gambit", 205 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Hero worship
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Uniform | War›Royal Air Force
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 380 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Evoking memory
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Healing | Bodily›Insomnia | Bodily›Pregnancy | Bodily›Waking | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Recovery | Physical›Dreaming
Themes and Motifs: Futility›When will it stop | Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Texts›Letters
"Monk", 44 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Interaction, Social›Charity
Themes and Motifs: Futility
Relationships: Civic›child protection
"Red Leaves", 341 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Drinking
Themes and Motifs: Futility
Aesthetics: Language›Ah-Ah-Ah
"The Bear", 281 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Mental›Remembering | Violent›Animal predatory behavior | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Food›Peas | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Clearing the land
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Absence/Loss›Livestock | Animals›Bear | Animals›Cows | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Pigs | Futility›Inability | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Ax | Objects›Saw | Recurring Tropes›Apotheosis | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Story-telling›Hunting
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Priam | Figures of Speech›Animals compared to objects | Figures of Speech›Train / locomotive imagery
"The Hound", 163 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Movement›Car | Violent›Suicide
Cultural Issues: Economy›Market day
Themes and Motifs: Death›Suicide | Futility›Inability | Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Institutional›Police-arrestee
"The Unvanquished", 95 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Emotional›Regret
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
"Wash", 546 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Narrative›Anticipation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 12 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›April
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Self-pity | Mental›Fatalism | Mental›Realization | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Religion›God | Religion›Providence | War›Defeat | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Death›Like death | Determinism›Fated | Futility›Nothing to do | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Psychological›Trauma | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Long passage of time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Heaven | Figures of Speech›Negation | Tone›Elegiac
Absalom, Absalom!, 218 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Clothes›Confederate uniform | Clothes›Dirty
Themes and Motifs: Futility | Morals›Morality | Recurring Tropes›Design | Time›Running out
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jericho | Allusion, Geographical›Rome | Figures of Speech›Technological imagery | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Familiar | Atmospheric›Haunted | Auditory›Echoing
Actions: Mental›Misunderstanding | Mental›Remembering | Mental›Unaware | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Looking back
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Lost Cause | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Informal | Group Mentality›Community collective | History›Civil War consequences | Region›Lost Cause | Region›The South | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Community›Alienation | Determinism›Lack of choice | Futility›Inability | Memory›Collective memory | Memory›Haunted by past | Naming›Importance of naming | Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Echo | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Supernatural›Ghost | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Medical / Surgical | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Military terminology | Figures of Speech›Personification | Narrative›Background | Narrative›Commentary | Tone›Elegiac
Absalom, Absalom!, 77 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Love | Violent›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Futility | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Friendship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 79 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Detachment | Mental›Discovery | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Futility
Relationships: Familial | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana | Figures of Speech›Scientific | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Interpretation | Metafictional›Signs | Narrative›Indeterminacy
As I Lay Dying, 250 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Absence/Loss›Substitute | Animals›Cows | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Objects›Toys | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people | Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Flags in the Dust, 41 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Dragging
Cultural Issues: Economy›Industrialization | War›Death
Themes and Motifs: Body›Moustache | Character›Ambitious | Futility | Home›Homecoming | Objects›Cigar
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Chicago | Allusion, Geographical›Gulf Coast | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Tone›Sarcastic
Go Down, Moses, 272 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory
Go Down, Moses, 272 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Futility›In battle
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text
Requiem for a Nun, 165 (Event)
Environment: Place›Official office
Themes and Motifs: Futility | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Philosophical›Redemption
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Sanctuary, 121 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability | Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 171 (Event)
Environment: Public›Post office
Actions: Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Searching
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Appearance›Cosmetics | Futility›Nothing to do
Sanctuary, 280 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Confident
Cultural Issues: Gender›And religion
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Morals›Faith
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 287 (Event)
Environment: Public›Courtroom
Actions: Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women as sacred
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Sibling
Sanctuary, 298 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Numbness | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Food›Candy | Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Home›Home as prison | Home›Homecoming | Objects›Books | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Texts›Magazine
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Shelley, Percy Bysshe | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 309 (Event)
Environment: Public›Jail
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Insulting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Law›Arrest
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability
Aesthetics: Narrative›Irony | Narrative›Repetition | Recurring Episodes›Popeye's execution | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
The Hamlet, 124 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Glasses | Progress›Electrification
Themes and Motifs: Art›Painting | Community›Alienation | Futility›Illusion of success or victory
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Alma Tadema
The Hamlet, 125 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Lust
Cultural Issues: Education›Law school | Education›Life after graduation | Food›Potato | Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency | Futility›Illusion of success or victory
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Homer | Allusion, Historical›Thucydides | Allusion, Mythical›Sexual goddesses
The Hamlet, 130 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
The Hamlet, 133 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Food›Potato | Sexuality›Perverse | Sexuality›Sexualizing a minor | Violence›Sexual
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Futility›Inability | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Heaven | Allusion, Literary›Washington Irving | Allusion, Mythical›Olympus
The Hamlet, 175 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Tragic / tragedy | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Class›Social decline
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Memory›Sensory memory
Aesthetics: Tone›Elegiac
The Hamlet, 186 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Cleaning
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Psychological›Obsession
The Hamlet, 20 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Squalor | Place›Well|Wellhouse | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Emotional›Outrage | Movement›Horse | Physical›Repair | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Clothes›Hat
Themes and Motifs: Art›Sculpture | Futility›Nothing to do
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
The Hamlet, 215 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Violent›Beating
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Futility›Inability | Objects›Padlock
Relationships: Marital›Conflict
The Hamlet, 218 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Poverty | Education›College | Education›Rural school | Gender›Stereotype librarian / school teacher | Sexuality›Fecundity
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Naming›Child's name | Values›Idealism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Launcelot | Style›Character portrait
The Hamlet, 231 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Fall
Cultural Issues: Education›Rural school
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory
The Hamlet, 232 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Character›Independence | Futility›Nothing to do
The Hamlet, 233 (Event)
Environment: Place›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Barefooted | Physical›Undressing
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory
The Hamlet, 234 (Event)
Actions: Work›Longshoreman
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women as aggressive
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Futility›Illusion of success or victory
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Hamlet, 251 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Barking | Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes
Themes and Motifs: Futility›When will it stop
The Hamlet, 283 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Heat
Actions: Movement›Surrey
Cultural Issues: Economy›Advertising
Themes and Motifs: Death›Suicide | Futility›Inability
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jefferson | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Hamlet, 353 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Violent›Violence against animals
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory
The Hamlet, 362 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Mule
Cultural Issues: Gender›Inversion | Law›Legal ownership | Law›Perjury | Law›Trial
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Creating order | Futility›Nothing to do
Aesthetics: Language›Legal definitions
The Hamlet, 4 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Mule | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Education›Illiteracy | Progress›As loss | Religion›Bible
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Objects›Firewood
The Mansion, 100 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Field
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 100 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary | Time of Year›Harvest
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Futility›Inability
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 103 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Regret | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness | History›Communism | History›Spanish Civil War | Race›Segregation | War›Spanish Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Spanish Civil War | Narrative›Anticipation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 142 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Mansion, 143 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cotillion Club | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability | Morals›Chivalry
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Mansion, 144 (Event)
Environment: Place›Official office
Actions: Legal›Hearing
Cultural Issues: Law›Civil suit
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Mansion, 24 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory
The Mansion, 29 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Movement›Walking | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Furnish bill
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Futility›Nothing to do
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 34 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 344 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Planning | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
The Mansion, 360 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Competition | Emotional›Outrage
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Texts›Title
The Mansion, 470 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Physical›Protection
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies
Themes and Motifs: Character›Duty | Futility›Inability
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 9 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cattle | Futility›Inability
The Mansion, 94 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Emotional›Proud | Violent›Beating
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing
Themes and Motifs: Character›Childlike | Character›Indomitable | Futility›Inability
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
The Mansion, 98 (Event)
Environment: Place›Official office | Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Shame | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing
Themes and Motifs: Death›Of parent | Futility›Nothing to do
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
The Sound and the Fury, 104 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Frustration
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Supernatural›Eternity | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Running out
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Angel | Figures of Speech›Gull | Figures of Speech›Invisible wire | Symbolism›Christian
The Sound and the Fury, 113 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Healing | Bodily›Sweating | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Broken bones | Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Objects›Basket | Objects›Fence
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Language›Ah Ah Ah | Language›Fragments | Language›ah ah ah | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 123 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Religion›Religious faith
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Faith | Morals›Injustice | Philosophical›Nihilism | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 124 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Escaping | Physical›Starting over
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Futility | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Money | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Compsons sell pasture | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 124 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Regret
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Alcohol›Death from drinking | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Sex and death | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Death›Future | Death›Killing oneself slowly | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson as synonym for state insane hospital | Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Mississippi | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 133 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Swallowing | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Physical›Kissing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Learning about | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic
Aesthetics: Description›Color red | Figures of Speech›Calf rope | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 148 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Physical›Winking | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female body | Gender›Male body | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Disgust with sex | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Objects›Oars | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Othello | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Abduction myths | Allusion, Mythical›Euboeleus / Eubuleus | Allusion, Mythical›Persephone | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›Coupled | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Swine | Language›Fragments | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 148 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Lust | Moral›Confession | Perceptual›Blurring | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Verbal›Responding
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Disgust with sex | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Values›Evil | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Sexual
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 148 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Cedar trees | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Otherworldly›Hellfire
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Confession | Moral›Punishment | Moral›Purification | Physical›Burning | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Pointing | Physical›Starting over
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Class›Class consciousness | Religion›Damnation | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Orgasm | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Character›Responsibility | Death›Afterlife | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Luke | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Literary›Dante's Inferno | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" | Figures of Speech›Affirmation | Figures of Speech›Clean flame | Figures of Speech›Locked | Figures of Speech›Wild breath | Language›Fragments | Language›yes Yes Yes yes | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Bricolage | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 149 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Light | Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Heartbeat | Auditory›Insect sounds | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Creek | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›Sand | Natural›Sky | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Rain | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Heart beating | Bodily›Panting | Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Lying | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Starting over | Physical›Touching | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Skirt | Clothes›Wet clothes | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Sensuality | Sexuality›Sex and death | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Insects crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Hips | Body›Knee | Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Objects›Fence | Objects›Willow tree | Objects›knife | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Romantic›Sexual | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Description›Color gray | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Island of silence | Figures of Speech›Mirror | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Language›no no | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Cleansing power of water | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 153 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Insect sounds | Natural›Ditches | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Oversweet organic
Actions: Emotional›Despair
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Death›Bones | Futility›Failure to defend honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 156 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek | Olfactory›Oversweet organic
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Failure to defend honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Description›Color gray | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 159 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Natural›Creek | Natural›Sky | Public›Bridge | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Bodily›Heart beating | Emotional›Humiliation | Emotional›Love | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Injury | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 164 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Streetcar sound
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Perceptual›Blurring | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Vest | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Sexual double standard | Health and Illness›Injured | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Chaos/Order›Control | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Recurring Tropes›Twilight | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Atlantic City, New Jersey | Allusion, Mythical›Leda and the Swan
The Sound and the Fury, 174 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Crying
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 176 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Death›Suicide | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Nihilism | Time›Permanence | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Long sentence | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 186 (Event)
Actions: Play›Sports Golf
Cultural Issues: Technology›Car | Technology›Car tire
Themes and Motifs: Futility
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson as synonym for state insane hospital | Diction›Racist term
The Sound and the Fury, 306 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Headache
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory
The Sound and the Fury, 48 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Atmospheric›Wind | Domestic Space›Backyard | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Weed | Public›Golf course | Weather›Sun | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Private›Courting | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Spying | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Searching | Play›Sports Golf | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Age | Clothes›Tie | Entertainment›Magic trick | Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Deafness | Health and Illness›Mute | Ritual›Birthday | Sexuality›Birth control | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Body›Hair | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Mouth | Futility | Money›Lost | Objects›Condom | Objects›Fence | Objects›Fire | Objects›Flag | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Golf ball | Objects›Jimson weed | Objects›Poison | Objects›Swing | Objects›Windows | Psychological›Learning disability | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Symbolism›Christian | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 66 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Library | Olfactory›Rain | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Seeing | Verbal›Wishing | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Dolls | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 67 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Rain on roof | Time of Year›November
Actions: Domestic›Discipline | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Private›Parenting | Mental›Disbelief | Mental›Skepticism | Mental›Understanding | Moral›Lying | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Honor | Verbal›Lying | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female | Violence›Child abuse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Frogs | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Chair | Objects›Fire | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Physical discipline
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Narrative›Unreliable narrator | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 76 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Defeat | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Meaning›Absurdity | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Watch | Philosophical›Nihilism | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Mausoleum | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Classical rhetoric | Language›Latin phrase | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Hyphen | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 78 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Sadness | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Taunt | Verbal›Teasing
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Gender›Women | Region›The South | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Death›Like death | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Philosophical›Nihilism | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Friendship›College roommate | Friendship›Male-male relationship | Social›Adversarial | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Diction›Misogynistic wording | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 79 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Rationalization | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Violent›Intimidation
Cultural Issues: Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 80 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Body of water
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Sadness | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Realization | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Seeing | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Resurrection | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Preventing or avoiding sex | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Death›Bones | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Suicide | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Objects›Flat-iron | Philosophical›Existentialism | Philosophical›Nihilism | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Long passage of time | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Judgment Day | Allusion, Biblical›New Testament Book of Revelation | Allusion, Literary›Coleridge, Samuel | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Kubla Khan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 92 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Marriage announcement | Economic›Banking | Economic›Selling | Emotional›Contempt | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Mental›Distrust | Mental›Learning | Movement›Car | Movement›Limousine | Physical›Driving | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Clothes›Garter | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Harvard | Entertainment›Circus | Gender›Marriage | Region›The South | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Elephants | Animals›Fleas | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Teeth | Character›Inherited traits | Character›Reputation | Community›Wedding | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Inheritance›Traits | Memory›Remembering | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Honor | Objects›Candle | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Supernatural›Spell | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College roommate | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Fiance | Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual | Social›Adversarial | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›South Bend, Indiana | Allusion, Literary›Byron | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Don Juan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Marmion" | Allusion, Literary›Scott, Walter | Figures of Speech›Puppy | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Long sentence | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Town, 199 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Jealousy | Physical›Hitting | Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Baseball
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Self-correction
The Town, 217 (Event)
Environment: Public›Drugstore
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Frustration
Themes and Motifs: Futility | Recurring Tropes›Dream turns to dust
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anti-climax
The Town, 301 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
The Town, 332 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Emotional›Tragic / tragedy
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Body›Hair | Death | Futility
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Barnes, Djuna | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Tone›Elegiac
The Town, 357 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Futility
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Diction›Hill dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Weaponry imagery
The Town, 380 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness | Futility›Nothing to do
The Town, 386 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Domestic›Cooking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Futility
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Reported narration
The Town, 66 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Cold
Actions: Verbal›Shouting | Verbal›Whispering
Themes and Motifs: Futility | Objects›Rake
Relationships: Friendship›Interracial
The Town, 96 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Wagner, Richard | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Self-correction | Typography/Orthography›Dots
The Unvanquished, 153 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Communication›Writing | Emotional›Regret
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
The Unvanquished, 97 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Sabotage
Themes and Motifs: Futility | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Story-telling›Reminiscence | Values›Honor