Actions: Moral Deception

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"A Bear Hunt", 78 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Moral›Deception | Moral›Scheming | Play›Prank | Verbal›Revealing | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Law›Revenue officer
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Explaining
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"A Bear Hunt", 78 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian mound
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Communication›Language barriers | Moral›Deception | Movement›Walking | Physical›Capture | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Revealing | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Lamp or lantern | Objects›Shotgun
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Native American languages | Language›Indian
"A Name for the City", 206 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Deception
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Explanatory passage
"A Point of Law", 215 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Actions: Moral›Deception | Movement›Walking | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Transporting
"A Point of Law", 217 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Actions: Moral›Deception | Physical›Hiding | Work›Law enforcement
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Centaur in Brass", 149 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Auction | Moral›Deception
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Character›Predatory
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
"Centaur in Brass", 152 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Moral›Deception | Perceptual›Looking | Work›Fireman
Cultural Issues: Clothes | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Gender›Clothing | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Character›Predatory | Objects›Brass
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Water
"Centaur in Brass", 154 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Property | Race›Black property ownership | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Predatory | Objects›Brass | Objects›Watch
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black | Marital›Husband-wife
"Centaur in Brass", 156 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
"Centaur in Brass", 158 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Moral›Deception | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Politics›City government | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes
"Centaur in Brass", 158 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Laughing | Moral›Deception
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Harvest | Figures of Speech›Monument
"Centaur in Brass", 160 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Deception | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Gender›Marriage | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
"Centaur in Brass", 160 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Moral›Deception | Verbal›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
"Centaur in Brass", 161 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Deception | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Objects›Brass
"Centaur in Brass", 162 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Empathy | Emotional›Surprise | Moral›Deception
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person
"Centaur in Brass", 162 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Razor | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
"Centaur in Brass", 162 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Moral›Deception | Physical›Ambush | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Disguise
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
"Fool About a Horse", 119 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Deception | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Marital›Conflict
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
"Fool About a Horse", 119 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Moral›Deception
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Fool About a Horse", 120 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation | Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Deception | Physical›Sitting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Character›Pride
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Marital›Conflict
Aesthetics: Interpretation
"Fool About a Horse", 122 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Deception | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Character›Pride
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
"Hair", 135 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Deception | Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | Education›Dropping out
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night
"Hand upon the Waters", 78 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Moral›Deception
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Meaning›Mystery
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 137 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country store | Public›Store porch
Actions: Moral›Deception | Physical›Squatting | Verbal›Discussion
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Community›Opinion | Objects›Tobacco | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Relationships: Marital›Abandonment
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 667 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Day›Dinner
Actions: Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Freedom | Slavery›Slaves vs masters | War›Homefront
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 669 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic
Actions: Moral›Deception | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Self-emancipation | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Silver
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 670 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Freedom
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 670 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Moral›Deception | Physical›Digging | Physical›Hiding
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Dulcimer | Objects›Heirloom | Objects›Silver
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 673 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Progress›Infrastructure | War›Pillage | War›Union Army
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 675 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 675 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Outhouse
Actions: Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: War›Pillage | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 675 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Bodily›Running | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 676 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Deception | Verbal›Shouting
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 687 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Sadness | Moral›Deception
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 699 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Moral›Deception
"Race at Morning", 305 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Silence
Actions: Communication›Non-human | Moral›Deception | Perceptual›Ambiguity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Point-of-view | Values›Good conduct
"Raid", 37 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chivalry
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text
"Red Leaves", 325 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Emotional›Laughing | Moral›Deception
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
"Smoke", 24 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Deception | Violent›Animal abuse | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder
"Smoke", 38 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Moral›Deception
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Performance
"The Bear", 286 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Domestic›Cooking | Hunting›And race | Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Moral›Deception | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Alcohol›Whiskey | Food›Breakfast | Food›Brunswick stew | Gender›All-male space | Hunting and Fishing›Annual | Hunting and Fishing›Marksmanship | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Raccoon | Animals›Squirrel | Animals›Turkey | Animals›Wildcats | Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Searching
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
"Uncle Willy", 245 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Moral›Deception | Physical›Walking
Cultural Issues: Technology›Race
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Absalom, Absalom!, 212 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Deception | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Race›Mixed race
As I Lay Dying, 130 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Jealousy | Moral›Deception | Verbal›Revealing
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
As I Lay Dying, 134 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›November
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Economic›Purchase | Mental›Discovery | Moral›Deception | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Labor›Farming | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Money›Expenses | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Responsibility | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-horse | Marital›Adultery
As I Lay Dying, 172 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Nature
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Pregnancy | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Emptying oneself | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Animals›Geese | Character›Duty | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Liminal | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Naming | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood | Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Figures of Speech›Violent in figurative sense | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Flags in the Dust, 167 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Deception | Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Weak heart | War›Draft | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging | War›Noncombatant
Flags in the Dust, 272 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drooling | Mental›Planning | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Flags in the Dust, 371 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Moral›Deception
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Intruder in the Dust, 220 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Receiving money | Moral›Deception | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Intruder in the Dust, 221 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Woods
Actions: Moral›Deception | Violent›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol
Intruder in the Dust, 221 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Woods
Actions: Moral›Deception | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder
The Mansion, 267 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Scheming | Moral›Deception | Verbal›Writing
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal Bureau of Investigation | History›Anti-Communism|McCarthy Era
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Mississippi | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Misspelling
The Mansion, 32 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Planning | Moral›Deception
The Reivers , 10 (Event)
Environment: Place›Livery stable | Place›Pond
Actions: Emotional›Sulking | Interaction, Private›Courting | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Reconstructed
The Reivers , 54 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Dinner
Actions: Moral›Deception | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical | Technology›Car
Themes and Motifs: Values›Virtue
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 54 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Blinking | Moral›Deception | Moral›Lying | Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Race›Naming
Themes and Motifs: Values›Virtue
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Hee hee hee
The Sound and the Fury, 102 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Reassurance | Emotional›Shame | Emotional›Worry | Interaction, Private›Courting | Moral›Deception | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Salt lick | Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Death | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Values›Honor | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 216 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bank
Actions: Moral›Deception | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Crime›Forgery | Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Money›Check
The Sound and the Fury, 216 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Crime›Forgery | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Character›Forbearance | Character›Self-righteousness | Money›Check | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
The Sound and the Fury, 216 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bank
Actions: Moral›Deception | Movement›Sneaking
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Crime›Forgery
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, 221 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Communication›Letter | Economic›Asking for money | Economic›Scheming | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson as synonym for state insane hospital | Language›Grandiloquence
The Sound and the Fury, 226 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Resentment | Moral›Deception | Moral›Lying | Moral›Stealing | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Economy›Economic speculation | Technology›Car
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Money›Stingy with money
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
The Sound and the Fury, 94 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Pasture | Olfactory›Camphor | Olfactory›Oversweet organic
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Seduction | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Moral›Deception | Movement›Car | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Flattery | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Punning
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Salt lick | Class›Pretension | Education›Harvard | Gender›Femininity | Health and Illness›Medicine camphor | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Death›Coffin | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Car | Objects›Honeysuckle | Objects›Trunk | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Romantic›Fiance | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery | Figures of Speech›Simile | 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, 97 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Suspicion | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Moral›Deception | Physical›Saluting | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | Verbal›Code-switching / Change in dialect | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Rumor | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Racial|Regional stereotypes about drinking | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Uniform | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Divinity school | Education›Graduation | Education›Harvard | Ethnicity›Italian | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes | Race›Rules / norms for addressing whites | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Race›Uncle Tom | Ritual›Holiday | War›Grand Army of the Republic / G.A.R. | War›Military rank of general
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Community›Columbus Day | Community›Parade | Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Hypocrisy | Objects›Luggage | Recurring Tropes›Gossip | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black | Social›Mentorship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Princeton University | Allusion, Historical›Columbus, Christopher | Allusion, Historical›Lincoln, Abraham | Allusion, Historical›Women's Christian Temperance Union / W.C.T.U. | Allusion, Literary›Stowe, Harriet Beecher | Allusion, Literary›Uncle Tom's Cabin | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing
The Town, 137 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Curious | Moral›Deception | Physical›Nonverbal taunting or teasing | Physical›Running | Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Objects›Flashlight
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Self-correction | Tone›Humorous
The Town, 19 (Event)
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Moral›Deception | Moral›Stealing
Cultural Issues: Race›Division
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass | Objects›Magnet | Objects›Pipe | Objects›Tobacco
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Collaborative narration | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Imagined conversation | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 8 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Scheming | Economic›Trading | Emotional›Vengeful | Moral›Deception | Physical›Digging | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift | Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness | Values›Bad conduct | Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
The Unvanquished, 78 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chivalry
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text