Themes and Motifs: Philosophical

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"A Name for the City", 200 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human experience
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Explorers | Narrative›Frame
"Ad Astra", 408 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human experience
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
"Ad Astra", 411 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Actions: Emotional›Anger
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injury | Nationality | War›Prisoner
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Tobacco | Philosophical›Human nature
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Antony and Cleopatra | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
"Ad Astra", 417 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Education›College
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Redemption
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
"Ad Astra", 425 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Prisoner
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Nihilism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"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
"Barn Burning", 20 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Running | Emotional›Despair | Verbal›Command | Violent›Domestic violence | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Frogs | Animals›Whippoorwills | Home | Objects›Candle | Philosophical›Ethics | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Sibling | Marital›Abusive | Marital›Conflict
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Beyond", 785 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shock | Mental›Accepting | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Religion›Atheism
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Suicide | Morals›Faith | Philosophical›Metaphysics
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Ingersoll, Robert G. | Allusion, Literary›Paine, Thomas | Allusion, Literary›Voltaire | Language›Ellipsis
"Beyond", 788 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Internal argument | Mental›Remembering | Mental›Skepticism | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Imagined | Morals›Faith | Philosophical›Metaphysics
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Historical›Ingersoll, Robert G. | Allusion, Literary›Montesquieu | Allusion, Literary›Paine, Thomas | Allusion, Literary›Voltaire
"Beyond", 790 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Religion›Religious faith
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Photograph | Philosophical›Salvation
"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
"Beyond", 795 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Love | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Death›Compared to living | Death›Response to | Objects›Tombstone | Philosophical›Existentialism
Aesthetics: Language›German | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Knight's Gambit", 222 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Spanish
Cultural Issues: Age›War | Education
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Power of literature
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Cervantes, Miguel de | Allusion, Literary›Don Quixote
"Monk", 41 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental limitations
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Power of literature | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Metafictional | Narrative›First-person passim
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 672 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Freedom
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 672 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Region›Lost Cause | War›Unity
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Freedom
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 679 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Contemplation
Cultural Issues: War
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human nature
"Smoke", 26 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Justice | Philosophical›Luck
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
"The Bear", 287 (Event)
Environment: Place›Stable | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Understanding
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And identity | Clothes›Hat, straw | Clothes›Overalls | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Philosophical›Freedom of choice | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"The Tall Men", 58 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Individualism | Values›Conservatism
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate
"The Tall Men", 59 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Kissing | Physical›Burial
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | War›Going to war | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Philosophical›Individualism | Values›Family values
"Tomorrow", 102 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Frenchman's Bend | Public›Store | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Law›Hung jury
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cicadas | Animals›Lightning bugs | Philosophical›Human nature | Philosophical›Suffering | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Tomorrow", 109 (Event)
Environment: Place›Memphis | Public›Highway
Actions: Emotional›Love | Movement›Driving | Verbal›Dialogue
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Economy›Wealth | Education›Mentorship
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bugs | Body›Flesh | Memory | Objects›Car | Philosophical›Human nature | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Recurring Tropes›Going fast | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Mentorship | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Shakespeare
"Tomorrow", 89 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice | Morals›Right | Philosophical›Ethics
"Tomorrow", 90 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Defending | Legal›Recess | Legal›Summation | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Agriculture›Farming life | Law›Eye for an eye | Law›Grand jury | Law›Hearing | Law›Indictment | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits | Morals›Justice | Morals›Responsibility | Philosophical›Human nature
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Absalom, Absalom!, 5 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Place›Jefferson | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Communication›Listening | Communication›Speaking | Communication›Writing | Emotional›Indignation | Emotional›Resentment | Mental›Predicting | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Monologue | Verbal›Speculation | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Age›Generation gap | Age›Old age | Age›Youth vs age | Class›Professional | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Education›Harvard | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Women | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Mass Media›Magazines | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Objects›Chair | Objects›Magazine | Philosophical›Power of literature | Story-telling›Audience response | Story-telling›Explaining | Story-telling›Story-telling passim | Time›Anticipation | Time›Future
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Language›Abundance or flow of words | Language›Grandiloquence | Metafictional›Projection | Narrative›Frame | Narrative›Temporal projection | Tone›Ironic | Tone›Sarcastic
Absalom, Absalom!, 91 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation | Moral›Corrupting | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Puritan | Race›White race | Religion›Godhead | Ritual›Initiation | Sexuality›Prostitution | Sexuality›Racialized | Slavery›Commodity | Slavery›Racialism | Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Body›Hair | Character›Gambler | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Philosophical›Evolution | Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine | Values›Decorum | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Friendship | Interracial›Marriage
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Seed
As I Lay Dying, 100 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Practicality | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Fish | Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Death›Dying wish | Objects›Toys | Philosophical›Existentialism
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 110 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bridge | Time of Day›Dusk | Weather›Flood | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Identity, Cultural›Rural | Labor | Land-Use›Agricultural | Religion›Divine judgment
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Memory›Collective memory | Morals›Hypocrisy | Philosophical›Salvation
As I Lay Dying, 114 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Bodily›Decomposition | Physical›Meddling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Death›Dying wish | Philosophical›Human nature | Story-telling›Retelling
As I Lay Dying, 156 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Recovery | Movement›Swimming | Physical›Repair | Physical›Searching | Play›Betting | Verbal›Arguing | Violent›Violence against animals
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Broken bones | Health and Illness›Injured | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Body›Breast | Death›Coffin | Objects›Construction tools | Philosophical›Luck
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate | Description›Character portrait | Figures of Speech›Simile
As I Lay Dying, 166 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Emotional›Repentance | Moral›Judgmental | Moral›Praying | Moral›Punishment
Cultural Issues: Religion›Challenge | Religion›Heresy | Religion›Piety | Religion›Sacrilege | Religion›Sin | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Character›Pride | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Redemption | Philosophical›Salvation
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 166 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Religion›Preacher / Minister | Religion›camp meeting
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Salvation | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit
Relationships: Hierarchical›Pastor-congregant
As I Lay Dying, 171 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Pregnancy | Communication›Without words | Emotional›Cynicism | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Female | Violence›Language
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Absence/Loss›Substitute | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Philosophical›Nihilism
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Symbolism›Blood
As I Lay Dying, 176 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Praying | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Salvation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
As I Lay Dying, 223 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Fainting | Physical›Burning
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Infection | Health and Illness›Injury | Health and Illness›Medicine | Race›Behaving/becoming "black"
Themes and Motifs: Death›Coffin | Philosophical›Metaphysics
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
As I Lay Dying, 226 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Mass Media›Telephone | Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Death›Burial | Death›Respect | Philosophical›Reduction / summing up | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
As I Lay Dying, 232 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Charge/accuse | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Destructive behavior | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Crime›Arson | Economy›Evaluate exchange value | Economy›Property | Health and Illness›Mental illness
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Divine plan | Death›Burial | Philosophical›Ethics | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson | Values›Propriety
As I Lay Dying, 239 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Outrage
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Character›stoic | Philosophical›Luck
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional | Hierarchical›Doctor-patient
As I Lay Dying, 35 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Restlessness
Cultural Issues: Politics›Taxes | Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic | Philosophical›Movement
As I Lay Dying, 39 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Communication›Without words | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Philosophical›Luck | Psychological›Motivation
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
As I Lay Dying, 41 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Sawing | Weather›Storm
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Obesity | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Themes and Motifs: Death | Philosophical›Ethics | Philosophical›Luck
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous | Tone›Sarcastic
As I Lay Dying, 66 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Sawing
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Confining | Verbal›Denial
Cultural Issues: Religion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Death›Response to | Philosophical›Existentialism | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
As I Lay Dying, 69 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Creepy | Domestic Space›House | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Pity | Mental›Thinking
Cultural Issues: Religion›Religious faith
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm | Philosophical›Human nature | Philosophical›Suffering
Relationships: Familial›Surrogate | Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 80 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous | Identity, Personal›Emptying oneself | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Metaphysics
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 92 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Singing | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Philosophical›Freedom
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Marital
As I Lay Dying, 94 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Taunt
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Animals›Buzzards | Death›Response to | Philosophical›Existentialism | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Flags in the Dust, 155 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Despair
Themes and Motifs: Community›Alienation | Philosophical›Nihilism | Psychological›Disembodiment
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Three score and ten | Recurring Episodes›Bayard and the lost generation
Flags in the Dust, 206 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Art›Poetry | Death | Philosophical›Nihilism
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Language›Archaic
Flags in the Dust, 241 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Indian medicine
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bravery | Objects›Cigar | Philosophical›Human experience
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 316 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Entertainment›Circus | Health and Illness›Nausea
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Tigers | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Evolution
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Flags in the Dust, 371 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Philosophical›Power of literature
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-Reflective
Go Down, Moses, 38 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Moral›Scheming | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Government›Inheritance | Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Justice | Philosophical›Luck
Relationships: Familial›Patriarch | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Go Down, Moses, 41 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still | Philosophical›Luck
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Slot machine
Go Down, Moses, 45 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Burial
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Nihilism
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Light in August, 74 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Study | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Verbal›Discussion | Verbal›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human nature
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends | Social›Neighbor
Light in August, 87 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human nature
Requiem for a Nun, 165 (Event)
Environment: Place›Official office
Themes and Motifs: Futility | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Philosophical›Redemption
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Requiem for a Nun, 206 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail | Time of Day›Ten o'clock a.m. | Time of Year›March
Actions: Bodily›Miscarriage | Moral›Forgiveness | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Garrulousness | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype: smell | Religion›Religious faith | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Violence›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Salvation | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›Mammy-child | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Description›Stage direction | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
The Hamlet, 344 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Incompetent farming | Economic›Scheming | Physical›Whittling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cap | Health and Illness›Broken bones
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck
The Mansion, 147 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Art›And civilization | Philosophical›Human experience
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Mansion, 255 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Emotional›Love
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female in peril | History›Communism | History›Spanish Civil War | War›As educational
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human nature
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
The Mansion, 262 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Sitting room
Actions: Communication›And deafness | Communication›Writing | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Love | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human experience | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Europe | Allusion, Geographical›New York | Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 274 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Beach | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Emotional›Love | Mental›Thinking
Cultural Issues: Gender›Inversion
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Shell | Philosophical›Human experience | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Romantic›Potential
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Mansion, 341 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Politics›Demagoguery | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism | Philosophical›Human nature
The Mansion, 365 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Happy
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human nature
The Mansion, 4 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Marriage
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck
Relationships: Marital›Shotgun marriage
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem and Eula marry
The Mansion, 408 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Year›September
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking | Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Smoking | Communication›And deafness | Mental›Planning | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drink recipe | Alcohol›Moonshine | Government›State government | Law›Incarceration | Law›Parole
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Philosophical›Human nature | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
The Mansion, 423 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Freedom of choice
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 423 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Religion›Lay preacher | Violence›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Salvation
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 431 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Place›Office | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Sunday
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Car | Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Clock | Philosophical›Freedom
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 433 (Event)
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
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 44 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Calling | Verbal›Promising
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Freedom
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
The Mansion, 444 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Law›Chain gang | Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Train | Philosophical›Freedom
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
The Mansion, 445 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Train | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Freedom
The Mansion, 470 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human experience
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›California | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 477 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Dirt / Earth | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Lying down | Physical›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›Equality | Region›The West
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Freedom | Philosophical›Human experience | Supernatural›Superstitions
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Angel | Allusion, Mythical›Helen | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 64 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Law›Investigation | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck | Values›Family honor
The Reivers , 49 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Moral›Scheming | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Education›Informal | Modernity›Speed | Progress›Trains
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 51 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Corrupting
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck | Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Sound and the Fury, 102 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Inferiority | Emotional›Joy | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Selfishness | Moral›Praying | Moral›Punishment | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Blood | Class›Class consciousness | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Class›Respectability | Gender›Female stereotype | Gender›Lady | Gender›Maternal impulse | Gender›Sexual double standard | Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits | Character›Reputation | Death›Anticipation of death | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Salvation | Philosophical›Suffering | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Marital›Husband-wife | Marital›Social respectability
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Psalms | Allusion, Biblical›Valley of the shadow of death | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Bricolage | Style›Long sentence | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 107 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Fireplace|Mantel
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Bribing | Economic›Gifting | Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Economic›Lending Money | Economic›Offering to buy | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Hurting | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Interaction, Social›Shaking hands | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Learning | Moral›Cheating | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Physical›Intrusion | Physical›Travel | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Flattery | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Revealing | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Education›College or school traditions | Education›Harvard | Education›Life after graduation | Education›School year | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Widow | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper comics / funny paper | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Premarital | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Character›Bookishness | Character›Honesty | Character›Integrity | Memory›Remembering | Money›As motive | Money›Bill | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigar | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Values›Devotion | Values›Honor | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Fiance | Sexual›Extramarital | Social›Adversarial | Social›Fellow alumni of a college or university
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›Havana, Cuba | Allusion, Literary›Galahad | Diction›Double entendre | Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech›Parrot | Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 116 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Tragic / tragedy | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Experiencing second-hand / vicariously | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chastity / purity | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Sexual double standard | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Philosophical›Human experience | Philosophical›Human nature | Philosophical›Unnatural / Contrary to nature | Recurring Tropes›Father said
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Long sentence | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 117 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Voices | Auditory›Whistle | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Hills | Natural›River | Place›Rural | Public›Bridge | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower | Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Hunting›Fishing | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Male gathering | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Fishing contest | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Progress›Factory | Progress›Streetcar line
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fish trout | Money›Prize value | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Fishing rod | Objects›Watch | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Solitary | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Proverbs | Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Allusion, Geographical›Canada | Description›Color yellow | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Southern dialect | Figures of Speech›Fire | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Threads
The Sound and the Fury, 120 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Train sound | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›River | Natural›Trees | Otherworldly›Earth / the world | Place›Road | Place›Rural | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Walking | Physical›Trampling | Play›Sports Crew / rowing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Religion›Apotheosis
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Infinity | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Gull | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Pencil | Figures of Speech›Stencil | Language›Fragments
The Sound and the Fury, 122 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Despair
Cultural Issues: Gender›Reproduction | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Philosophical›Metaphysics | Philosophical›Progenitive / Self-reproductive | Recurring Tropes›Father said
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service" | Diction›Neologism | 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, 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, 123 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Time of Year›August | Weather
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Nostalgia | Emotional›Sadness | Perceptual›Familiarity
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Death›Preparing for death | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Human experience | Philosophical›Human nature | Philosophical›Nihilism | Philosophical›Reduction / summing up | Philosophical›Tedious / tedium | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Figures of Speech›Chess imagery stalemate | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 175 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Character›Greed | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Nihilism | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
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, 19 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek
Actions: Mental›Impairment | Play›Playing in water
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Luck | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 218 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Moral›Deception | Moral›Stealing | Physical›Burning
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement
Themes and Motifs: Money›Check | Philosophical›Suffering | Values›Family honor
The Sound and the Fury, 270 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway
Actions: Bodily›Waking | Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Frustration | Emotional›Self-pity | Physical›Climbing stairs
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Windows | Philosophical›Suffering
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
The Sound and the Fury, 28 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Domestic›Milking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Cows | Animals›Horses | Philosophical›Luck
The Sound and the Fury, 29 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Mental›Predicting | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Death | Naming›Renaming | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Precognition / Something to happen | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 296 (Event)
Environment: Place›Church
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Mental›Realization | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Religion›African American | Religion›Church service | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Religion›Resurrection | Religion›Sermon | Ritual›Easter
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Salvation | Philosophical›Suffering
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Bible verse on children | Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Allusion, Biblical›Mary | Allusion, Biblical›New Testament Book of Revelation | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Epiphany | Symbolism›Blood | Symbolism›Christian
The Sound and the Fury, 30 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Domestic Space›Servants' home
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Sleeping | Domestic›Milking | Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Migration›Intraregional migration | Migration›Movement to city
Themes and Motifs: Death | Naming›Change over time | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Precognition / Something to happen | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Supernatural›Signs / Omen | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 43 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Contempt | Emotional›Crying | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Hay | Agriculture›Matched team of horses or mules | Alcohol | Health and Illness›Injured | Prejudice›White supremacy | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Philosophical›Nihilism | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Horace | Allusion, Literary›Latin pastoral poetry | Allusion, Mythical›Arcadia | Tone›Humorous | Tone›Sarcastic
The Sound and the Fury, 58 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Education›Illiteracy | Religion›Religious faith
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Faith | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Philosophical›Luck | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Book of life | Allusion, Biblical›New Testament Book of Revelation | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 70 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Domestic›Feeding | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Nurturing | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Food
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Renaming | Objects›Fire | Philosophical›Luck | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 73 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Kissing | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Confining | Physical›Locking a door | Verbal›Calling | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Pants
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Hot water bottle | Objects›Locks | Philosophical›Freedom | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | 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, 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, 85 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Atmospheric›Wind | Auditory›Clock ticking | Natural›Body of water | Public›Store window | Time of Year›December
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Perceptual›Looking | Work›Jeweler
Cultural Issues: Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Baldness | Body›Hair | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Objects›Watch | Philosophical›Nihilism | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Supernatural›Folk customs | Supernatural›Superstitions | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Measuring time | Time›Timelessness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Philosopher Bergson, Henri | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Drained marsh | Figures of Speech›Gull | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Water | Narrative›African-American folk sayings
The Sound and the Fury, 85 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store | Public›Street
Actions: Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Mental›Learning | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Education›Harvard
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Condition of heaviness | Death›Preparing for death | Death›Suicide | Meaning›Absurdity | Objects›Flat-iron | Philosophical›Human experience | Philosophical›Human nature | Recurring Tropes›Father said
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Latin pastoral poetry | Description›Weight / Burden | Language›Fragments | Language›Latin phrase | Narrative›Foreshadowing
The Sound and the Fury, 88 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Body›Bowels | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Past›Personal past | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Door | Supernatural›Signs / Omen | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Conflation of several possible sources | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Isaiah | Allusion, Literary›Hopkins, Gerard Manley | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Windhover" | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Language›Archaic | Language›Biblical | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 95 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Ivy
Actions: Emotional›Sadness | Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Shirt | Education›Being well read / erudite | Education›Harvard
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Suicide | Objects›Bricks | Philosophical›Nihilism | Philosophical›Suffering | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Diction›"Is" / "Was" to refer to present or past | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence
The Sound and the Fury, 96 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Streetlamp | Auditory›Insect sounds | Time of Year›August | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Suspicion | Perceptual›Sensing | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Patriarchy | Gender›Women | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Nihilism | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Values›Evil
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Fertilise / Fertility imagery | 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, 96 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Respect | Mental›Disapproval | Perceptual›Spying | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Suffering
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Town, 350 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Emotional›Hope
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Animals›Mockingbird | Objects›Flowers Dogwood | Philosophical›Existentialism | Recurring Tropes›Dream turns to dust
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 359 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Demanding
Cultural Issues: Religion›Rituals and rites
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Salvation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 376 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Tragic / tragedy | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence
Themes and Motifs: Death›Suicide | Meaning›Mystery | Objects›Pipe | Philosophical›Existentialism | Values›Love
The Unvanquished, 66 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Contemplation
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human nature
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
The Unvanquished, 81 (Event)
Environment: Place›Railroad
Actions: Movement›Migration
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity | Slavery›Freedom
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Human nature
Relationships: Friendship›Interracial