Themes and Motifs: Futility Nothing to do

Description

"There's nothing else I can do now," Elly thinks (207). Reaching a point where no further options or ways forward can be imagined.

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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
"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
"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
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
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, 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
The Hamlet, 130 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
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, 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, 232 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Character›Independence | Futility›Nothing to do
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 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, 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, 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, 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, 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 Town, 301 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
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