Actions: Perceptual Listening

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"A Bear Hunt", 72 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Watching | Play›Poker
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Objects›Lamp or lantern | Objects›Shotgun
"Ambuscade", 11 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Olfactory›Old woman smell
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Moral›Lying | Movement›Hiding | Perceptual›Investigating | Perceptual›Listening | Violent›Killing of animals
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Trans-regional | Gender›Chivalry | War›Homefront | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Home›Distance from home
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
"Ambuscade", 5 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway
Actions: Moral›Secret | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Vicksburg | Recurring Episodes›Burying Sartoris silver
"Barn Burning", 23 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Running | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Grief | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Violence›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Barn Burning", 24 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Hope | Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | War›Confederate Army | War›Mercenary
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Maturity | Money | Values›Greed
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Institutional›Military
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Centaur in Brass", 151 (Event)
Environment: Place›Grocery
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Gossip | Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Government | Group Mentality›Community collective | Politics›City government
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Character›Predatory | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Economical | Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow
"Lion", 193 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Raid", 40 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Self-emancipation
"Raid", 46 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Migration | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | History›Awareness of / Being in history | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Displacement
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
"The Bear", 281 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Local legend
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Hunting
"The Bear", 293 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Domestic Space›Office | Natural›Wilderness | Natural›Woods | Place›Plantation
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Gender›All-male space | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Hunting
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Interracial›Master-servant
"There Was a Queen", 728 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Care | Movement›Carriage | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Travel
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride
"Two Soldiers", 81 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Education | Health and Illness›Deafness | Mass Media›Radio | War›Aerial combat | War›World War II
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular passim
"Two Soldiers", 82 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Bodily›Idleness | Emotional›Worry | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Withholding | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Radio
"Two Soldiers", 82 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Cold
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Worry | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Radio
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling | Social›Neighbor
"Two Soldiers", 83 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Worry | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Hushing | Work›Chopping wood
Cultural Issues: Age›War | Age›Youth | Nationality›Japanese | War›Patriotism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Home | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling
"Two Soldiers", 85 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Chopping | Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Idleness | Domestic›Cooking | Domestic›Sewing | Domestic›Washing | Interaction, Private›Conversation | Mental›Understanding | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: War›Patriotism | War›World War II
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Absalom, Absalom!, 101 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Reading
Themes and Motifs: Body›Voice | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
Absalom, Absalom!, 132 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Mental›Submission / Acquiescence | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Marriage proposal
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hand / Palm | Objects›Ring | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Touch | Time›Frozen / Static
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Stone | Metafictional›Signs | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 139 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fixation | Story-telling›Audience response
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
Absalom, Absalom!, 140 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Mystery | Recurring Tropes›Fixation | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Narrative›Delayed revelation
Absalom, Absalom!, 15 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Domestic Space
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Art›Music | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Texts | Time›Frozen / Static
Aesthetics: Metafictional
Absalom, Absalom!, 157 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Listening
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 17 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Eavesdropping | Perceptual›Listening
Relationships: Familial
Absalom, Absalom!, 171 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Overwhelmed | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Past›Repetition
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 299 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming
Actions: Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Time›Measuring time
Absalom, Absalom!, 3 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Auditory›Haunting | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Mourning | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wisteria | Past›Past in present | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Voice | Figures of Speech›Water | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Metafictional | Narrative›Indeterminacy | Style›Long sentence
Absalom, Absalom!, 4 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor | Violence
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis | Symbolism›Hamsa | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 4 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Dialogue
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity | Region›The South | Slavery›Labor | Violence
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 5 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Class›Professional | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Education›Harvard
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Philosophical›Power of literature
Relationships: Intergenerational
Absalom, Absalom!, 62 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Sewing | Movement›Carriage | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Trousseau | Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Butterfly | Figures of Speech›Military analogy
Absalom, Absalom!, 8 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Mental›Envisioning | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Photograph | Story-telling | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Allusion, Mythical›Niobe | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Voice | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Flags in the Dust, 123 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Food
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Genre Conventions›War story | Tone›Apocalyptic
Flags in the Dust, 244 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›July
Actions: Perceptual›Eavesdropping | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Race›Division
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 273 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Mental›Planning | Perceptual›Listening
Go Down, Moses, 167 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Hunting season
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Perceptual›Listening
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Go Down, Moses, 289 (Event)
Environment: Place›Decayed house
Actions: Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance
Go Down, Moses, 337 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Perceptual›Listening
Go Down, Moses, 59 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Listening
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Intruder in the Dust, 105 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Four o'clock a.m.
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Legal›Exhumation order | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Socks | Clothes›Underclothes, male | Food›Breakfast
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Light in August, 184 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Menstruation | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Sexuality›Desire
Light in August, 198 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Hitting | Physical›Holding | Physical›Sitting | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Romantic›Sexual
Light in August, 247 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Tirade
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial identity
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Lamp or lantern
Light in August, 256 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Eating supper | Bodily›Gaining weight | Communication›Note | Emotional›Curious | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Rage | Mental›Curiosity | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Concealing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Fantasy | Sexuality›Interracial | Sexuality›Learning about | Sexuality›Perverse | Sexuality›Sexual passion
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Furniture
Relationships: Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Beardsley | Allusion, Historical›Petronius | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 267 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Calm | Emotional›Coldness | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Talking
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Light in August, 273 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Communication›Note | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Taunt | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Hitting
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bed | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Lamp or lantern
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 317 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Footsteps | Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Study | Olfactory›Bad smell | Olfactory›House | Time of Year›August | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Windows
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 366 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Music | Domestic Space›Study | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Religion
Themes and Motifs: Time›Being outside of time
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 382 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Study
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Watching | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Talking
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Light in August, 417 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house | Time of Day›Monday morning
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 500 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Watching | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Extra-marital
Relationships: Romantic›Unrequited
Light in August, 63 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Collar | Clothes›Shirtsleeves | Clothes›Sunday clothes
Light in August, 87 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Study
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Explaining
Requiem for a Nun, 124 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Church | Place›Country club
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Domestic›Housekeeping | Interaction, Social›Partying | Interaction, Social›Peer group | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Sharing confidences
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Respectability | Class›Status, low | Health and Illness›Hangover | Modernity›Interwar years | Religion›Catholicism
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hemingway, Ernest | Description›Stage direction | Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 31 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Building | Work›Architect | Work›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Sanctuary, 111 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Music | Time of Day›Saturday | Time of Year›May
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Entertainment›Music
Sanctuary, 114 (Event)
Environment: Public›Jail
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial spheres
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Sanctuary, 124 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male gaze | Race›Racial spheres
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lacking
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 13 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating supper | Domestic›Washing | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Listen
Sanctuary, 14 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Listening
Sanctuary, 15 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Delta | Place›Indian mound | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Age›Middle age
Themes and Motifs: Money›Social force
Sanctuary, 152 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating supper | Bodily›Smoking | Emotional›Fear | Mental›Remembering | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Animals›Dogs | Objects›Bed | Objects›Bowl | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Curtains | Objects›Dresser | Objects›Furniture | Objects›Matchstick | Objects›Mirror | Objects›Pitcher | Objects›Slop jar | Objects›Towel | Objects›Watch
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Sanctuary, 157 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Violence›Sexual
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 162 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Night
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Smelling | Bodily›Snoring | Emotional›Fear | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Watching | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 193 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Perfume smell | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire
Sanctuary, 195 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Sleeplessness | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire
Sanctuary, 218 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Snoring | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues: Violence›Sexual
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's
Sanctuary, 53 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Curious | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
Sanctuary, 61 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Gender›Maternal impulse
Sanctuary, 79 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Ordering
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Nightgown | Clothes›Raincoat
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Sanctuary, 86 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Sunday morning | Time of Year›May
Actions: Bodily›Defecation | Bodily›Waking | Emotional›Fear | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Stockings | Clothes›Underclothes, female
The Reivers , 76 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Nature | Domestic Space›Boarding house | Domestic Space›Loft | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Laughing | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Renaming
Themes and Motifs: Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Relationships: Friendship›Racial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Sound and the Fury, 100 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bells | Auditory›Clock chiming | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›Month of brides
Actions: Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Peace | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Awareness of time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bride / Bridal | Figures of Speech›Synesthesia
The Sound and the Fury, 114 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Hunting horn | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Auditory›Voices | Natural›Body of water | Olfactory›Kerosene lantern | Place›Graveyard | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›October | Weather›Flood
Actions: Domestic›Cleaning | Emotional›Nostalgia | Hunting›Possum | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Insects lice | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Coal oil | Objects›Hunting horn | Objects›Lamp or lantern | Past›Old days | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›Domestic | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Johnstown, Pennsylvania | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Flood imagery | Language›WhoOoooo | Language›WhoOooooooooooooooo | Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia
The Sound and the Fury, 135 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Flowers | Natural›Moss | Natural›River | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Natural›Woods | Place›Road
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Emotional›Worry | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Sensing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hair ribbons | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Food›Bread | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Hair pigtails | Appearance›Invisibility | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Home | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Meaning›Profound | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Solitude | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell
The Sound and the Fury, 137 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Voices | Auditory›Water | Natural›Body of water | Natural›River
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Swimming | Perceptual›Listening | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Death›Death by water / Drowning | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Running out
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Irony
The Sound and the Fury, 14 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek | Public›Golf course
Actions: Domestic›Washing | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Searching | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Play›Sports Golf
Cultural Issues: Age | Entertainment›Traveling show | Food›Birthday cake
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation | Memory›Remembering | Money›Lost | Objects›Candle | Objects›Jimson weed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 51 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Weather›Rain
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Waiting | Legal›Marriage | Movement›Sneaking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 57 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Rain on roof | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Sadness | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Embrace / hugging
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Narrative›Unreliable narrator | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 57 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Crying | Moral›Punishment | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Nonverbal taunting or teasing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Food›Birthday cake | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Fire | Objects›knife | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 62 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 62 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Library | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Olfactory›Rain
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Carrying | Play›Children playing | Verbal›Complaining | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Class consciousness | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Nickname | Naming›Renaming | Objects›Chair | Objects›Cushion | Objects›Dolls | Objects›Fire | Objects›Mirror | Objects›Scissors | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Narrative›Unreliable narrator | Symbolism›Reflection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 66 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Rain on roof
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Cushion | Objects›Fire | 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, 68 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Olfactory›Rain
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Smelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Fire | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: 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, 71 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Library | Domestic Space›Stairway | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 72 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Empty room | Domestic Space›Sick room | Olfactory›Smelling trees | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Bodily›Hiding | Bodily›Squatting | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Moaning | Movement›Hiding | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Finding | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Mumbling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift | Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Memory›Remembering | Money›Gift of money | Objects›Slipper | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
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, 74 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Sick room | Olfactory›Smelling death
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Kissing | Bodily›Sleeping | Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Cleaning | Emotional›Caring | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Obeying / obedience
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Clothes›Undressing | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling | Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
The Sound and the Fury, 76 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›Thursday
Actions: Mental›Contemplation | Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Curtains | Objects›Watch | Past›Family history | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being in time | Time›Watch
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Joyce, James | Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
The Sound and the Fury, 76 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking
Actions: Mental›Contemplation | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Collar box | Objects›Watch | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being in time | Time›Past
The Sound and the Fury, 77 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Dressing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar | Clothes›Pants | Education›College | Education›Harvard | Entertainment›Boat race
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Mouth | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Watch | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being in time | Time›Being late / tardiness | Time›Being on time / punctuality | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College roommate | Friendship›Male-male relationship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 78 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Domestic Space›College dormitory | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Collar | Education›Chapel Service (morning prayers) | Education›College | Religion›Church service
Themes and Motifs: Body›Foot / Feet | Objects›Books | Objects›Curtains | Objects›Watch | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Being in time | Time›Being on time / punctuality
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Flood imagery
The Sound and the Fury, 79 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bells | Auditory›Clock chiming
Actions: Non-human›Bird flying | Non-human›Bird watching a human | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Sparrow | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Objects›Clock | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-bird
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Bible verse on sparrows | Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Luke | Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Matthew | Allusion, Historical›Saint Francis | Allusion, Literary›Hymn "His Eye Is on the Sparrow"
The Sound and the Fury, 81 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Feeling pain | Bodily›Shaving | Communication›Addressing for mail delivery | Communication›Letter | Communication›Writing | Domestic›Packing | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Dressing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Suit | Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Keys | Objects›Paper | Objects›Trunk | Objects›Watch | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption
The Sound and the Fury, 83 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Clock ticking | Public›Clock tower | Public›Store | Public›Store window | Public›Street
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Street vendor / service worker | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking away | Perceptual›Seeing | Work›Boot-black / Shoe shine | Work›Jeweler
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Baldness | Money›Gift of money | Money›Nickel coin | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Jeweler's loupe / magnifying glass | Objects›Watch | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Town clock
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Simile
The Sound and the Fury, 92 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Natural›Body of water | Natural›River | Public›Bridge
Actions: Communication›Letter | Movement›Direction east | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Touching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Watch | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Return to present time | Time›Transcended
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
The Town, 61 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Government›Local laws and regulations | Politics›City government
The Town, 61 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Night | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Bodily›Eating supper | Bodily›Laughing | Communication›Telephone | Domestic›Sewing | Movement›Car | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Play›Checkers | Play›Chess | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Bachelor
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Coffee | Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Unvanquished, 17 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway
Actions: Moral›Secret | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Silver | Objects›Silverware | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Vicksburg | Allusion, Historical›Vicksburg | Language›Shhhh | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Unvanquished, 26 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Olfactory›Old woman smell
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Moral›Lying | Movement›Hiding | Perceptual›Investigating | Perceptual›Listening | Violent›Killing of animals
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Trans-regional | Gender›Chivalry | War›Homefront | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Home›Distance from home | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
The Unvanquished, 99 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Migration | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | History›Awareness of / Being in history | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Displacement
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Time›Long passage of time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jordan | Typography/Orthography›Dots