Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes
Child Terms
- Ab Snopes at De Spain's house
- Ab's war wound
- Architect captured
- Battle of Jefferson
- Bayard and the lost generation
- Bayard avenges Johnny
- Benjy accosts schoolgirl
- Benjy castrated
- Benjy committed
- Benjy's name changed
- Boon shoots Negro
- Buck and Buddy's experiment
- Burying Sartoris silver
- Byron robs bank
- Byron Snopes' children
- Caddy's marriage ends
- Caddy's wedding
- Colonel Sartoris killed
- Compson land acquired
- Compsons sell pasture
- Confederate monument unveiled
- Confederate raid in Memphis
- De Spain creates camp
- Doom becomes chief
- Driving to Goodwin's
- Etching name on window
- Eula's medallion unveiled
- First settlers arrive
- Flem and Eula marry
- Flem reaches Jefferson
- General Compson's military record
- Harriss' death
- Henry kills Bon
- Houston murdered
- Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
- Indian removal
- Jefferson's first car
- Jenny arrives
- Johnny Sartoris shot down
- Looking upon evil
- Mannie Hait cashes check
- Mannie's death
- McCarron ambushed
- Miss Quentin runs away
- Nancy confronts white man
- Narcissa marries Bayard
- Narcissa's anonymous letters
- Negro voting
- Old Bayard's death
- Old Frenchman's arrival
- Plantation to housing development
- Popeye's execution
- Quentin's suicide
- Recurring event, intertextual
- Recurring event, intratextual
- Rider in jail
- Ringo whips Ab
- Sartoris builds railroad
- Sartoris captures Yankees
- Sartoris deposed
- Sartoris escapes Yankees
- Sartoris raises regiment
- Sutpen rejects KKK
- Sutpen's arrival
- Temple at Goodwin's
- Temple at Reba's
- Temple leaves train
- Temple testifying
- Texas horses auctioned
- Tommy's murder
- Trying to kill Gualdres
- Wash charges posse
- Wash kills Sutpen
- Will Mayes lynched
- Young Bayard's death
Tagged Events
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Crime›Murder | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Suspicious | Naming›Renaming
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Slavery›Ownership
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Cultural Issues: Class›Dehumanization | Class›Power | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Slavery›Slave trading
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Violent›Poisoning | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Class›Power | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Sexuality›Desire | Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Doom becomes chief
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | History›Founding fathers
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Old days
Cultural Issues: History›Indian Removal | Progress›Historical
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
Actions: Interaction, Social›Frontier life
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Actions: Interaction, Social›Making progress
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier to civilization | Slavery›Fugitive
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Cotton farming | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Cultural Issues: History›Indian Removal | Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Texts›Letter of protest
Relationships: Marital›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Padlock | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Environment: Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Arthritis | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Mail delivery
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Letters | Texts›Newspapers
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic | Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Twins
Cultural Issues: War›Aerial combat | War›Revenge
Environment: Time of Year›July
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway
Actions: Moral›Secret | Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Environment: Atmospheric›Meteor shower | Natural›Woods | Place›Jefferson
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Economic›Trading
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Birthright | Class›French nobility | Cultural Identity›American | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | War›Refugee
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession | Inheritance›Property | Naming›Indian name | Naming›Renaming | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness | Recurring Tropes›Year the stars fell | Texts›Translation
Relationships: Familial›Foster family | Interracial›Indian-white
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | History›Indian Removal | Land-Use›Collective exploitation | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Oklahoma | Language›Fragments | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Government›National authority | Government›Usurpation | Group Mentality›Political solidarity | History›Dispossessing Indians | History›Indian Removal | Identity, Cultural›National | Ritual›Dueling | War›Indian / Native American wars
Actions: Economic›Selling land
Cultural Issues: History›Dispossessing Indians | Progress›Clearing the land
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Compson land acquired
Actions: Mental›Failing / Failure
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War | War›Military rank of general
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Mental›Failing / Failure
Actions: Mental›Failing / Failure
Themes and Motifs: Futility›In battle | Recurring Tropes›Life as repetition
Actions: Economic›Borrowing | Economic›Selling land
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility | Economy›Banking | History›Carpetbaggers | History›Reconstruction | War›Destruction
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Burning a town | Time›Future
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
Environment: Public›Golf course
Actions: Economic›Selling land
Cultural Issues: Class›Social decline
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Moral›Stealing | Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Money›Lost
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away
Actions: Economic›Selling land
Cultural Issues: Education›College | Education›Harvard | Health and Illness›Mental limitations
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession | Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Wedding
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Atmospheric›Dereliction | Domestic Space›Boarding house | Place›Houses | Public›Golf course
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Modernization | Progress›Building structure | Progress›Homogeneity
Themes and Motifs: Time›And change | Time›Future
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Plantation to housing development
Cultural Issues: Religion›Damnation | Religion›Presbyterian | Religion›Sin | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Fetishism | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Feminine | Body | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Longing for death | Death›Suicide | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Family honor | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency | Naming›Child's name | Past›Repetition
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Indiana | Recurring Episodes›Caddy's wedding
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Caddy's marriage ends
Actions: Communication›Silence | Physical›Escaping
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away
Actions: Economic›Saving money | Economic›Selling a house or place
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Alcoholism | Class›Snopesism | Class›Social decline | Education›Trade school | Gender›Bachelor
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Home›Destroyed
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Dysfunctional | Interracial›Master-servant
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Slavery›Emancipation | Slavery›Metaphorical
Relationships: Sexual›Extramarital
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Benjy committed
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Child's name
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Interracial›Pseudo-family
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental limitations
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Absence/Loss›Of loved one
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Actions: Violent›Castration
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Benjy castrated
Actions: Mental›Forgetting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental illness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Substitute
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Benjy committed | Tone›Incongruous
Environment: Time of Year›Easter
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Money›Stolen
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away | Symbolism›Christian
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Over time | Home›Getting away
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Bigamy | Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Year›Spring
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ab's war wound
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Peace | Movement›Walking | Physical›Cooking
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Honeysuckle | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›Conflict | Interracial›White-black
Cultural Issues: Migration
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Advent | Character›Bargainer
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem reaches Jefferson
Actions: Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›America and opportunity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Marital›Shotgun marriage | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem and Eula marry
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Character›Predatory
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War as point of reference
Themes and Motifs: Past›Grander than present
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›De Spain creates camp
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Breathing | Natural›Moon | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Interracial›Romantic
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Manipulative
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Cultural Issues: History›Arrival of whites in Mississippi | History›Founding fathers | Progress›Historical
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Communication›Telephone
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Mystery | Recurring Episodes›Harriss' death
Environment: Place›Spring | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Movement›Driving | Movement›Getting closer
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Character›Bookishness | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-horse
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Trying to kill Gualdres
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age | Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Cultural Issues: Violence›Accident | Violence›Interracial
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Cotton farming | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Objects›European in U.S. | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Old Frenchman's arrival
Actions: Economic›Banking | Economic›Receiving money
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Mannie Hait cashes check
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Gender›Marriage | Race›Racial identity | Race›Segregated space | Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Funeral | Meaning›Profound | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Coworker
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Mannie's death
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Narrative›Summary | Recurring Episodes›Rider in jail
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Narrative›Summary | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Ambitious | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Values›Honor
Relationships: Friendship | Sexual
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Government›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Death
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Doom becomes chief
Actions: Interaction, Social›Voting
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris raises regiment
Actions: Military›Capturing prisoners | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees | Slavery›Minstrelsy
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris captures Yankees | Tone›Humorous
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris escapes Yankees
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Veil | Law›Legal issue | Politics›Election | Politics›Voting | Race
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Relationships: Marital›Shotgun marriage
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem and Eula marry
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
Aesthetics: Diction›Western vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Addiction | Race | Violence›Interracial
Relationships: Institutional›Jailer-prisoner
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Nancy confronts white man
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Age›Rite of passage | Hunting and Fishing›Ritual
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Recurring Tropes›Killing first deer/marked with blood
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Symbolism›Blood
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
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Bodily›Insomnia | Domestic›Cleaning | Mental›Realization
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Prejudice›White supremacy | Race›Economic basis of racism | Race›Racial spheres
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Home›Homecoming | Objects›Corpse | Objects›Shotgun | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Supernatural›Superstitions
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive | Slavery›Concubinage | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Naming
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Government›Abdication | Government›Inherited position | Government›Usurpation | Race›Chickasaw
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Doom becomes chief
Cultural Issues: Migration›Intraregional migration | War›Civil War
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Jenny arrives
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Relationships: Marital›Entrapment
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Narcissa marries Bayard
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Death
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Johnny Sartoris shot down
Actions: Communication›Letter
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | Sexuality›Harassment
Relationships: Familial›Orphan | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Narcissa's anonymous letters
Themes and Motifs: Death
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Byron robs bank
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype | Slavery›Violence
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ringo whips Ab
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction | War›Violence against civilians
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Violent›Murder | Violent›Vengeance | Violent›Whipping
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Wash kills Sutpen
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Lamp or lantern | Objects›Scythe
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Wash charges posse
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris deposed
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Henry kills Bon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | History›Carpetbaggers | History›Reconstruction | Race›Ku Klux Klan | Race›Riots
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sutpen rejects KKK | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Crime›Murder | Violence›Language | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Henry kills Bon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Design
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Recurring Tropes›Design
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Actions: Military›Enlistment | Perceptual›Surveillance
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›Tombstone | Values›Conscience
Relationships: Familial
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Class›Planter vs farmer | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Community›Posse | Death›Corpse | Objects›Scythe | Objects›knife
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Wash charges posse
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Body›Eyes | Body›Thinness | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Clay | Recurring Episodes›Sutpen's arrival
Cultural Issues: History›Battle of Shiloh|Pittsburg Landing
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Military defeat
Actions: Mental›Envisioning
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Racialism
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Crime›Murder | Violence›Interracial | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Henry kills Bon
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris raises regiment
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Recurring Episodes›Henry kills Bon
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Writing
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Public›Bridge | Public›Store porch | Time of Day›Sunset | Weather›Flood
Actions: Bodily›Decomposition | Communication›Gossip | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›News
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
Actions: Moral›Praying | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Salvation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Law›Eyewitness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Law›Eyewitness
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret
Actions: Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Intimidation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Moonshine | War›Death | War›World War I
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Recurring Episodes›Johnny Sartoris shot down
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Johnny Sartoris shot down
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Community›Alienation | Philosophical›Nihilism | Psychological›Disembodiment
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Migration›Intraregional migration
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Abraham | Recurring Episodes›Flem reaches Jefferson
Aesthetics: Diction›Imitation | Recurring Episodes›Sartoris escapes Yankees
Relationships: Institutional›Military
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris deposed
Actions: Work›Construction
Themes and Motifs: Money
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Sartoris builds railroad
Cultural Issues: War›World War I | War›Wound
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom | Place›Railroad | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Exhaustion | Mental›Fatalism | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Murder
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Recurring Episodes›Colonel Sartoris killed
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Horse | Physical›Ambush
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Sartoris captures Yankees
Actions: Violent›Interracial | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers | History›Reconstruction | Race›Disenfranchisement
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Restraining | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Speed | War›Aerial combat | War›Death | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Johnny Sartoris shot down
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Health and Illness›Bandage | Health and Illness›Nausea
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Byron robs bank
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Year›December
Actions: Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ancestral
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: War›Aerial combat | War›Death | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Death›Longing for death
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Johnny Sartoris shot down
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Burying Sartoris silver
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Movement›Flight | Violent›Airplane crash
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Ohio | Recurring Episodes›Young Bayard's death
Cultural Issues: Gender›Separate spaces | Race›Segregation
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial society | Death›Epitaph | Supernatural›Ghost | Texts›Epitaph
Cultural Issues: War›Aerial combat | War›Revenge | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | War›Aerial combat
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness | Values›Determination
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Military | Gender›War | Technology›Automobile | War›Play at War
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car | Objects›Flowers | Recurring Tropes›Performance
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Time of Day›Evening
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Uniform | Law›Evidence | Politics›And race | Prejudice›Racism | Religion›Salvation | Sexuality›Interracial | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness | Texts›Love letter
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Cultural Issues: Migration›North | Race›Miscegenation | Slavery›Marriage | Slavery›Slave trading
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Genealogy
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Gender›Marriage | Race›Racial identity | Race›Segregated space | Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Funeral | Meaning›Profound | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Coworker
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Mannie's death
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Narrative›Summary | Recurring Episodes›Rider in jail
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Narrative›Revision | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Narrative›Summary | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Concubinage | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Language›French | Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession | Familial›Cousin
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Doom becomes chief
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Ritual›Hunting
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Hunting
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›De Spain creates camp
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Age›Rite of passage | Hunting and Fishing›Ritual
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Killing first deer/marked with blood
Aesthetics: Narrative›Background | Recurring Episodes›Boon shoots Negro
Themes and Motifs: Past›Family history | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Cultural Issues: History›Indian Removal | Slavery›Curse
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Amelioration | Slavery›Discipline | Slavery›Ownership | Slavery›Purchase
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Buck and Buddy's experiment
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Death›Afterlife | Memory›Remembering | Time›Timelessness
Environment: Natural›Wilderness | Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Age›Rite of passage | History›Civil War as point of reference | Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Memory›Remembering | Past›Grander than present | Recurring Tropes›Killing first deer/marked with blood | Values›Good conduct
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interracial›Indian-white
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Manipulative
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Appearance›Nakedness
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Familial›Extended family
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Hearth | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Cultural Issues: Government›Inheritance | Slavery›Big house vs quarters
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Buck and Buddy's experiment
Actions: Communication›Engrave | Perceptual›Sensing the past
Actions: Communication›Engrave | Interaction, Social›Marriage
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Actions: Emotional›Hero worship | Violent›Killing
Themes and Motifs: Values›Moral authority
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Collective memory
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Collaborative
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple leaves train
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Violent›Kidnapping | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Crime›Kidnapping | Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Actions: Violent›Kidnapping
Cultural Issues: Crime›Kidnapping
Actions: Verbal›Confession
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Actions: Legal›Testifying | Verbal›Confession
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Compson land acquired
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Italian | Health and Illness›Physical deformity | Sexuality›Impotence
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Fur coat / suit | Clothes›Immodest female clothing | Clothes›Underclothes, female
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Immodest female clothing | Sexuality›Prostitution
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male domination
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Law›Miscarriage of justice
Actions: Emotional›Apathy | Legal›Testifying | Legal›Trial | Mental›Remembering | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Self-justifying
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Burial | Objects›Razor
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Mannie's death | Recurring Episodes›Rider in jail
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Time›Cyclical
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | History›Indian Removal | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
Cultural Issues: History›Indian Removal
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian
Cultural Issues: Education›Female education | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Progress›Building structure | Slavery›And progress
Relationships: Romantic›Love at first sight
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction | War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Burning a town
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
Actions: Economic›Partnership | Physical›Building
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers | History›Reconstruction | Progress›Building structure | Progress›Trains
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Economic›Partnership | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Running away | Verbal›Disagreeing | Violent›Murder | Violent›Shooting
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Environment: Time of Year›Confederate Decoration Day
Actions: Interaction, Social›Celebration | Verbal›Rebel yell
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Lost Cause
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Monument | Past›And monuments
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Burnside, Ambrose | Allusion, Historical›Grant, Ulysses S. | Allusion, Historical›Hooker, Joseph | Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" | Allusion, Historical›Johnston, Joseph E. | Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Allusion, Historical›Longstreet, James | Allusion, Historical›McClellan, George B. | Allusion, Historical›Pope, John | Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Confederate monument unveiled
Actions: Movement›Car | Violent›Car accident
Cultural Issues: Progress›Ironies of | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Old Bayard's death
Cultural Issues: Government›Local laws and regulations | Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Jefferson's first car
Environment: Place›Jail | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›July Fourth | Time of Year›Juneteenth | Time of Year›New Year | Time of Year›Thanksgiving
Actions: Agricultural›Milking a cow | Legal›Bailing out | Work›Yard work
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Hangover | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›As loss | Progress›Electrification | Progress›Neon lights | Progress›New replacing old
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Building structure | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Physical›Capture | Physical›Escape from confinement | Physical›Pursuit | Work›Architect
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Architect captured
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Confederate uniform | War›Going to war
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris raises regiment
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Cultural Issues: War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Values›Durability
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
Cultural Issues: Economy›Cotton planting | Land-Use›Cotton farming | Slavery›Local origins
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Social›Social protest
Cultural Issues: History›Indian Removal
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Indian Removal
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
Cultural Issues: History›Indian Removal | Race›Mixed race | Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Identity, Personal›Hypocritical | Sexuality›Interracial
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Double standard
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Texts›Telegram
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Divorce | Marital›Husband-wife
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Old Frenchman's arrival
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Suspicion | Interaction, Private›Courting
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello | Place›City
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Reba's
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age | Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Moonshine
Environment: Atmospheric›Night
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Smelling | Bodily›Snoring | Emotional›Fear | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Watching | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Communication›Note | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Money›Stingy with money | Texts›Note
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Reba's
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Performance
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Drinking | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Hearing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chastity / purity | History›European
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Military equipment
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Snoring | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Taunt
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Stereotype librarian / school teacher | Race›Behaving/becoming "black"
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Sexuality›Perverse
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Madness
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Reba's
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Losing consciousness | Perceptual›Hearing
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing | Violent›Sexual assault
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Clothes›Handbag | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Objects›Bed | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Gun | Objects›Perfume
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Reba's
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Interaction, Private›Courting | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Extended family | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden
Actions: Interaction, Private›Courting | Perceptual›Watching
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Actions: Legal›Testifying
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple testifying
Actions: Legal›Testifying | Verbal›Lying
Themes and Motifs: Home›Trying to go home
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Popeye's execution
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple leaves train
Actions: Emotional›Self-consciousness | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Self-justifying
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Driving to Goodwin's
Environment: Time of Day›Two o'clock p.m.
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Work clothes | Progress›Roads
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Driving to Goodwin's
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Decayed plantation
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Ugliness
Actions: Perceptual›Watching
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Ordering
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›McCarron ambushed
Cultural Issues: Law›Wedding license
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem and Eula marry
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ab's war wound
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered
Environment: Time of Day›Sunrise
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Economic›Auction
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
Cultural Issues: War›Profiting from war
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ab's war wound
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Race›Subverting a stereotype
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ringo whips Ab
Cultural Issues: Nationality›Foreigners
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Wrong name
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Old Frenchman's arrival
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›McCarron ambushed | Style›Address to reader
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem and Eula marry | Style›Address to reader
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem reaches Jefferson
Themes and Motifs: Death›Car accident
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Old Bayard's death
Environment: Time of Year›October
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Eula's medallion unveiled
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Art›Sculpture | Objects›Monument | Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine | Texts›Epitaph
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Eula's medallion unveiled
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Clothes›Uniform | Economy›Economic speculation
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Cultural Issues: War›Aerial combat | War›Death | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Death›Car accident
Relationships: Marital›Abandonment
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Old Bayard's death
Cultural Issues: Progress›Air travel
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Death›Plane accident
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Ohio | Recurring Episodes›Young Bayard's death
Environment: Public›Barber shop
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Trying to kill Gualdres
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Race›Miscegenation | Violence›Torture
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Quentin's suicide
Actions: Play›Sports Golf
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Compsons sell pasture
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Caddy's marriage ends
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Illegitimacy
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental illness
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Benjy committed
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure | Progress›Growing population
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past vs present
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Plantation to housing development
Cultural Issues: Law›Regulation | Technology›Car
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Jefferson's first car
Environment: Auditory›Train sound | Auditory›Unseen voice
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Emotional›Regret | Mental›Thinking | Work›Railroad workers
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Race›Racial resentment
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Train | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck
Relationships: Marital›Shotgun marriage
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem and Eula marry
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Law›Incarceration | Sexuality›Pornography
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Actions: Mental›Realization
Cultural Issues: Law›Federal vs state crime
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Cultural Issues: History›Founding fathers | Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›First settlers arrive
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Freedom
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Race›Racial resentment
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Public›Alley | Time of Year›May
Environment: Place›Hunting camps | Place›River-bottom | Time of Year›Hunting season
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Law›Property
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›De Spain creates camp
Cultural Issues: History›Battle of Shiloh|Pittsburg Landing
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›General Compson's military record
Cultural Issues: History›Attack on Atlanta
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›General Compson's military record
Actions: Movement›Car | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars | Progress›Electrification
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Recurring Episodes›Jefferson's first car
Environment: Public›Pioneer settlement
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Infrastructure | Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Confederate raid in Memphis
Environment: Atmospheric›Streetlamp | Natural›Hills | Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Crib / Cradle | Objects›Fire | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Escaping | Physical›Starting over
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Futility | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Money | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Compsons sell pasture | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Play›Playing in water
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Underclothes, female
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Underclothes, female | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Actions: Bodily›Squatting | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Undressing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Clothes›Undressing | Education›Primary school | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Body of water | Olfactory›Gasoline
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Suicide | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Peace | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Time›Watch
Environment: Natural›Cedar trees
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Confederate uniform | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›General Compson's military record
Actions: Emotional›Resentment | Emotional›Self-pity
Themes and Motifs: Death›Death by water / Drowning | Memory›Remembering | Past›Family history
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Quentin's suicide | Tone›Sarcastic
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Child-rearing | Economic›Child support | Emotional›Caring | Interaction, Private›Parenting | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Alcohol›Death from drinking | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Moral authority
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Abandonment | Marital›Breakup
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Caddy's marriage ends
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Time of Day›Sunset
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Surgical castration | Sexuality›Desire | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Benjy accosts schoolgirl
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Mental›Predicting | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Death | Naming›Renaming | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Precognition / Something to happen | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Natural›Trees
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Laughing | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Champagne | Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Auditory›Tree / leaves | Domestic Space›Parlor | Natural›Trees
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Climbing tree
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Atmospheric›Wind | Domestic Space›Backyard | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Weed | Public›Golf course | Weather›Sun | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Private›Courting | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Spying | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Searching | Play›Sports Golf | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Age | Clothes›Tie | Entertainment›Magic trick | Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Deafness | Health and Illness›Mute | Ritual›Birthday | Sexuality›Birth control | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Body›Hair | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Mouth | Futility | Money›Lost | Objects›Condom | Objects›Fence | Objects›Fire | Objects›Flag | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Golf ball | Objects›Jimson weed | Objects›Poison | Objects›Swing | Objects›Windows | Psychological›Learning disability | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Hurried | Emotional›Moaning | Movement›Running | Movement›Running away | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Home›Home as prison | Objects›Booksatchel | Objects›Fence | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing | Recurring Episodes›Benjy accosts schoolgirl
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Naming›Nickname | Naming›Renaming | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Parents-children
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Superstitions | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Natural›Grass | Natural›Trees
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Running away | Movement›Sneaking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Escape from confinement
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Nightgown | Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Surgical castration | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Body›Testicles | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Windows | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
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
Actions: Communication›Marriage announcement | Movement›Running | Verbal›Announcing
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Flowers Roses | Objects›Mirror | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Domestic Space›Porch | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Flowers
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Champagne | Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Undressing | Clothes›Veil | Clothes›Vest | Clothes›Wedding dress
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Flowers Roses | Objects›Mirror | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Figures of Speech›Armor | Figures of Speech›Cloud | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Themes and Motifs: Body›Bowels | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Past›Personal past | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Door | Supernatural›Signs / Omen | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Conflation of several possible sources | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Isaiah | Allusion, Literary›Hopkins, Gerard Manley | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Windhover" | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Language›Archaic | Language›Biblical | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Destiny
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›McCarron ambushed
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Age›Youth | Government›Generational reform | History›Indian Removal | Progress›Historical
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Law›Regulation | Modernity›Changing customs | Politics›City government | Progress›Cars
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Recurring Episodes›Jefferson's first car
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Lost Cause
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Monument | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Confederate monument unveiled
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage | Violent›Car accident
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Weak heart
Themes and Motifs: Death›Car accident
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Old Bayard's death
Cultural Issues: War›Aerial combat
Actions: Emotional›Restlessness | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Speed | War›Psychological effects
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Bayard and the lost generation
Actions: Violent›Airplane crash
Themes and Motifs: Death
Environment: Public›Bank | Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Economy›Banking | Gender›Men vs women | Government›Audit | Government›National authority
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Byron robs bank
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Death›Longing for death | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Old Bayard's death
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging | Crime›Murder | Technology›Car | Violence›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance | Death›Hearse | Money›Inheritance
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Actions: Economic›Barter | Mental›Misunderstanding
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance | Recurring Tropes›"Wait" | Recurring Tropes›Open secret
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Actions: Economic›Insurance payment | Mental›Distrust
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Mannie Hait cashes check
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Sexuality›Pornography
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Money›Dowry | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Cultural Issues: Class›Social mobility
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson | Time›Cyclical
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Cultural Issues: History›Arrival of whites in Mississippi | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | Religion›Atheism | Religion›Baptist | Religion›Episcopal | Religion›Judaism | Religion›Methodism | Religion›Presbyterian | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Burning a town | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
Cultural Issues: History›Arrival of whites in Mississippi | Migration›Intraregional migration | Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Past›Family history | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Actions: Economic›Auction | Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Scamming | Emotional›Indecision | Verbal›Cursing
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned | Tone›Humorous
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Emotional›Anguish | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Satisfaction | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Objects›Luggage | Objects›Marble columns | Objects›Monument | Objects›Tobacco | Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine | Texts›Epitaph
Themes and Motifs: Time›Just in time
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Byron Snopes' children
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Work›Restauranteer
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Commercial›Employer-employee | Familial›Parents-children
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Identity, Personal›Ambiguous | Law›Execution | War›Confederate Army
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War as point of reference | Hunting and Fishing›Annual
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›De Spain creates camp
Cultural Issues: Crime›Penalty for | Crime›Theft|Robbery | History›Civil War as point of reference | War›Confederate Army | War›Mercenary
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-correction | Recurring Episodes›Ab's war wound
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Marital›Father in law-son in law | Marital›Wedding
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem and Eula marry
Cultural Issues: Law›Wedding license
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War as point of reference
Themes and Motifs: Money›In prospect | Objects›Shotgun
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
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
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Actions: Interaction, Private›Courting | Physical›Riding
Relationships: Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Etching name on window
Actions: Movement›Hiding | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Assault | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Burying Sartoris silver
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Veil | Clothes›Wedding dress | Government›Voting rights | Race›White supremacists
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Environment: Auditory›Train sound | Domestic Space›Pasture
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Colonel Sartoris killed
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Gender›Marriage | Government›Voting rights | Law›Abuse of office | War›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Narrative›Gaps | Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | War›Reconstruction
Relationships: Institutional›Military
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris builds railroad
Cultural Issues: Government›Voting rights | History›Frontier outlawry | Race›White supremacists | Ritual›Dueling | War›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Dream turns to dust
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Skirt | Crime›Murder | Gender›Masculine woman | Progress›Regional | Region›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Community›Upliftment | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Dream
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hawkhurst | Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris builds railroad
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight | Weather›Cold
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Entertainment›Poker game | Slavery›Big house vs quarters | Slavery›Commodity | Slavery›Etiquette | Slavery›Resistance
Themes and Motifs: Body›Physical disability
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Buck and Buddy's experiment
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Politics›Democracy | War›Confederate Army | War›Going to war | War›Union Army
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Military | Slavery›Minstrelsy | War›Capture | War›Union Army
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris escapes Yankees