Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order Wildness

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"A Bear Hunt", 63 (Event)
Environment: Public›Church | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Actions: Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Gender›Lady | Religion›Church service
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness | Death | Values›Bad conduct
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
"A Bear Hunt", 75 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Eleven o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Fear | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Hearing | Play›Joking around | Play›Prank | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Cure | Health and Illness›Indian medicine | Health and Illness›Insanity | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Death›Funeral pyre / cremation | Objects›Fire
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson as synonym for state insane hospital | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile | Tone›Humorous
"Appendix: Compson", 328 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation | Place›Sawmill
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Savagism | History›Indian Removal | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Native American stereotype | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Ownership | Technology›Steam locomotive
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Character›Persistence | Exile›Indian Removal | Past›Past in present | Time›Future
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
"Elly", 211 (Event)
Environment: Place›Shrubbery | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Silence | Emotional›Rebelliousness | Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness
Relationships: Interracial›As rebellious
"Fool About a Horse", 128 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Worry
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Community›Crowd
Relationships: Social›Crowds
"Fool About a Horse", 132 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Understanding
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Irony | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption
"Red Leaves", 340 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"Spotted Horses", 167 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Chaos/Order›Wildness
"Spotted Horses", 167 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit
Actions: Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Chaos/Order›Wildness
"Spotted Horses", 168 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Auction | Emotional›Despair | Interaction, Social›Auction | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Washing clothes
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Clothes›Rural poverty | Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as disguise | Chaos/Order›Control | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Relationships: Marital›Abusive
Aesthetics: Diction›Western vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
"The Bear", 291 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness
"The Bear", 294 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Teaching | Mental›Reinterpretation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft | Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Character›Humility | Character›Pride | Values›Liberty
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interracial›Indian-white | Interracial›White-black | Interspecies›Man-bear | Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn" | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Absalom, Absalom!, 123 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Domestic›Sewing | Hunting | Physical›Waiting | Work›Chopping wood | Work›Gardening
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation | Slavery›Civil War | War›Deprivation | War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 15 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Gallop | Auditory›Hoofbeats | Public›Church | Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Carriage | Movement›Racing | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class | Clothes›Driving gear | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Stereotype: teeth | Religion›Church service | Religion›Redemption | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Community›Crowd | Memory›Haunted by past | Memory›Remembering | Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Going fast | Recurring Tropes›Performance | Recurring Tropes›Threshold | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Djinn | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›Face | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Replica | Figures of Speech›Tornado | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Metafictional›Picture/image | Narrative›Foreshadowing
Absalom, Absalom!, 27 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Mud | Natural›Swamp | Place›Plantation | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Communication›Language barriers | Communication›Speaking | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Suspicion | Interaction, Social›Male gathering | Interaction, Social›Withdrawal from public | Movement›Riding | Perceptual›Observing | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Building structure | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Group Mentality›Community collective | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Land-Use›Ownership | Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Alligators | Animals›Dogs | Appearance›Nakedness | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Community›Local legends | Objects›Bricks | Objects›Pistol | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Values›Determination
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Communal narrative | Narrative›Reconstructed
Absalom, Absalom!, 4 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Thunder | Olfactory›Sulfur
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Riding | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Clearing land | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Sitting | Work›Architect | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Labor›Racialized | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Racial consciousness | Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Art›Painting | Body›Hair | Body›Hand / Palm | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Objects›Ax | Objects›Shovel | Recurring Tropes›Paradox
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Description›Character portrait | Description›Stage direction | Description›Tableau | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›Chains | Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Thunderclap | Metafictional›Painting | Recurring Episodes›Architect captured | Recurring Episodes›Sutpen's arrival | Style›Long sentence | Symbolism›Hamsa | Tone›Overwrought
Absalom, Absalom!, 48 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Communication›Language barriers | Economic›Buying | Mental›Planning | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Interracial | Slavery›Buying slaves | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness | Naming›Importance of naming | Objects›Wagon
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Clytemnestra | Allusion, Mythical›Dragon's teeth | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 66 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house
Actions: Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Appearance›Cosmetics | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Death›Deathbed | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Supernatural›Place
Relationships: Familial›Sister-sister
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people | Figures of Speech›Butterfly | Figures of Speech›Moth | Symbolism›Blood
As I Lay Dying, 170 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Nature | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Restlessness
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness | Memory›Remembering
Flags in the Dust, 126 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Atmospheric›Dangerous | Place›Livery stable
Actions: Economic›Offering to buy | Movement›Horse | Verbal›Warning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Character›Impulsiveness | Character›Recklessness
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Simile
Go Down, Moses, 158 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Betrayal
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Slavery›Biblical curse | Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness
Relationships: Familial›Cousin
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Ham | Narrative›Perspective | Symbolism›Blood | Symbolism›Cage
Go Down, Moses, 205 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 220 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Pony | Chaos/Order›Creating order | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Morals›Loyalty
The Hamlet, 299 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cap | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Tie | Health and Illness›Home remedy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Advent | Body›Moustache | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jezebel | Allusion, Biblical›Job | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi River
The Hamlet, 312 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Panic | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Kicking
Cultural Issues: Food›Corn
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Chaos | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
The Hamlet, 317 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Violence against animals
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Objects›Pistol
The Hamlet, 318 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Auction | Verbal›Announcing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Chaos/Order›Wildness
The Hamlet, 331 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Physical›Pursuit | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos | Chaos/Order›Creating order | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
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