Actions: Moral Rationalization

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"A Bear Hunt", 67 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Assist | Moral›Rationalization | Play›Joking around | Play›Prank
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
Absalom, Absalom!, 12 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Refusal | Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Economy›Poverty | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›War | Prejudice›Racism | Region›The South | War›Civil War consequences | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Death›Of parent | Morals›Injustice | Objects›Sword | Values›Courage | Values›Family honor | Values›Honor | Values›Valor
Relationships: Familial›Exigent circumstances | Familial›Orphan | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Language›Anaphora | Language›Biblical | Narrative›Argument | Narrative›Repetition | Style›List | Style›Long sentence | Symbolism›Fire | Tone›Apocalyptic | Tone›Ironic | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Absalom, Absalom!, 211 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Logically reasoning | Moral›Rationalization
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Morals›Injustice | Recurring Tropes›Design | Values›Conscience
Relationships: Marital›Divorce
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate
Absalom, Absalom!, 224 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Marriage proposal
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Morality | Time›Running out
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Fertilise / Fertility imagery | Figures of Speech›Technological imagery | Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 17 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Sun
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Mental›Skepticism | Moral›Rationalization
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic | Memory›Remembering | Story-telling
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
As I Lay Dying, 47 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Deathbed | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Shaking | Emotional›Grief | Moral›Rationalization | Physical›Sawing | Verbal›Shouting | Work›Carpenter
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Death›Deathbed
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Parents-children
As I Lay Dying, 53 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Running | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Rage | Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Fish
The Hamlet, 30 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Moral›Rationalization
Themes and Motifs: Character›Independence
The Mansion, 110 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Communication›Letter | Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Religion›Church service | Religion›Relationship with God | Religion›Sect
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Christmas card
Relationships: Familial›Stepparent-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mexico | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 7 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Rationalization
The Sound and the Fury, 79 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Rationalization | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Violent›Intimidation
Cultural Issues: Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Town, 274 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: History›Frontier outlawry | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic | Money›As motive | Morals›Morality
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Violent in figurative sense | Narrative›First-person passim throughout section