Cultural Issues: Ritual

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"A Courtship", 371 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Fasting | Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry | Ritual
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
"A Courtship", 372 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Social›Competition | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry | Ritual
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
"A Courtship", 373 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Age›Rite of passage | Gender›Male rivalry | Ritual
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Old days | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white | Social›Homosocial rivalry
"An Error in Chemistry", 130 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Drinking
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Performance
"An Error in Chemistry", 132 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Drinking
"An Error in Chemistry", 132 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Drinking
"Appendix: Compson", 326 (Event)
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
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession | Exile›Indian Removal | Morals›Honor | Objects›Sword | Texts›Deed | Values›Honor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Washington, D.C. | Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Andrew | Diction›Native American languages | Figures of Speech›Native American | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal | Tone›Sarcastic
"Go Down, Moses", 260 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Heat
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Moral›Lying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Crime›Numbers | Gender›Traits | Law›Execution | Mass Media›Newspaper | Race›Division | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Coffin | Death›Corpse | Determinism›Genetic | Inheritance›Traits | Money›Expenses
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Quotation as thought
"Go Down, Moses", 262 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral arrangements
"Go Down, Moses", 262 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Heat
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Political solidarity | Group Mentality›Racial solidarity | Mass Media›Advertising | Mass Media›Newspaper | Progress›Trains | Race›Segregation | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Corpse | Death›Funeral | Home›Homecoming | Money›Expenses | Objects›Flowers | Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Square brackets
"Go Down, Moses", 263 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Olfactory›Old woman smell | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Biblical analogy | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation | Slavery›Music
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Eyes | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Historical›Roman senator | Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Language›Call and response | Narrative›Quotation as thought | Symbolism›Shared humanity | Typography/Orthography›Square brackets
"Go Down, Moses", 264 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Panic | Movement›Flight | Verbal›Apology
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation | Slavery›Music
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Interracial›Pseudo-family
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Language›Call and response
"Go Down, Moses", 265 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Heat
Actions: Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Progress›Trains | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Community›Crowd | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
"Go Down, Moses", 265 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Death›Funeral | Objects›Monument | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"Go Down, Moses", 266 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Quotation as thought
"Hair", 132 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Reticence
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Fatness / obesity | Community›Knowledge | Objects›Dolls
"Hair", 133 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fascination | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
"Hair", 135 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Community›Knowledge
"Hair", 138 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial
"Hair", 139 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Commemoration
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Body›Hair | Death›Burial
"Hair", 140 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Visit
"Hair", 140 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Economic›Paying
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Visit
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial
"Hair", 141 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Visit
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
"Hair", 142 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Economy›Savings | Ritual›Visit
"Hair", 143 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Reticence
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Visit
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
"Hair", 143 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Economic›Gifting | Work›Barbering
Cultural Issues: Age | Ritual›Visit
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret
"Hair", 145 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Domestic›Housekeeping | Economic›Paying
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Visit
Themes and Motifs: Past›Family history | Texts›Accounts
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Embedded text, cursive
"Hair", 148 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Visit
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
"Hand upon the Waters", 74 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Cars passing | Auditory›Moving wagon | Place›Dirt lane | Place›Graveyard | Public›Church | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Movement›Car | Movement›Procession
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Cemetery decorations
"Hand upon the Waters", 77 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Death›Burial
"Pantaloon in Black", 238 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Emotional›Grief
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
"Red Leaves", 314 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Silence | Natural›Moon
Actions: Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Ritual | Slavery›African origins | Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›Quarters | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Hearth | Objects›Toys
"Red Leaves", 316 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Death | Past
"Red Leaves", 322 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Movement›Carriage | Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Death›Indian burial practices
"Red Leaves", 329 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Stable | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Ritual
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Objects›Drum | Objects›Fire
Aesthetics: Diction›Neologism
"Smoke", 30 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Ritual›Dueling
"That Will Be Fine", 266 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Family history | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Religion›Sacrilege | Ritual›Christmas gift game
Themes and Motifs: Money›Nickel coin
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Mammy-child
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Profanity
"The Bear", 286 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Domestic›Cooking | Hunting›And race | Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Moral›Deception | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Alcohol›Whiskey | Food›Breakfast | Food›Brunswick stew | Gender›All-male space | Hunting and Fishing›Annual | Hunting and Fishing›Marksmanship | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Raccoon | Animals›Squirrel | Animals›Turkey | Animals›Wildcats | Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Searching
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
"The Old People", 201 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Running | Emotional›Anxiety | Hunting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | Ritual›Initiation | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Story-telling
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
"The Old People", 204 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Hunting›Possum | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral
"The Old People", 207 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Ritual›Initiation
"The Old People", 207 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Spiritual | Ritual›Hunting | Ritual›Initiation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Time›Transcended
"The Old People", 209 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country vs city
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing | Gender›Masculinity | Ritual›Initiation
"The Old People", 210 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Spiritual
Cultural Issues: Age›Rite of passage | Ritual›Initiation
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Time›Timelessness
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-deer
Aesthetics: Language›Indian | Narrative›Epiphany
"Vendee", 115 (Event)
Environment: Place›Grave | Time of Day›Dusk | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Crying
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
"Vendee", 116 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Rain
Actions: Violent›Mutilation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Family role | Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"Vendee", 97 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Freedom
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Eulogy | Objects›Umbrella
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Absalom, Absalom!, 37 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Law›Bail | Ritual›Wedding
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Values›Conscience
Relationships: Marital›Father in law-son in law
Absalom, Absalom!, 43 (Event)
Environment: Public›Church
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Physical›Throwing | Violent
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Ritual | Slavery›Loyalty
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Character›Vanity | Community›Wedding | Objects›Pine knots | Values›Dignity
Relationships: Marital | Social›Conflict
Aesthetics: Diction | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Absalom, Absalom!, 87 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking | Moral›Corrupting | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive | Cultural Identity›Puritan | Economy›Wealth | Ritual›Initiation | Sexuality | Slavery›Commodity | Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Recurring Tropes›Imitation
Relationships: Friendship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Photography | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 89 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Ritual›Initiation | Violence›Dueling
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Character›Provincialism | Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Relationships: Friendship | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Medical / Surgical
Absalom, Absalom!, 90 (Event)
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Moral›Corrupting
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Puritan | Ritual›Initiation | Sexuality›Prostitution | Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Character›Provincialism | Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine | Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Relationships: Friendship | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Face
Absalom, Absalom!, 91 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation | Moral›Corrupting | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Puritan | Race›White race | Religion›Godhead | Ritual›Initiation | Sexuality›Prostitution | Sexuality›Racialized | Slavery›Commodity | Slavery›Racialism | Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Body›Hair | Character›Gambler | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Philosophical›Evolution | Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine | Values›Decorum | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Friendship | Interracial›Marriage
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Seed
As I Lay Dying, 86 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Domestic Space›Porch | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Physical›Repair | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Community | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Picture/image
As I Lay Dying, 86 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Death | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 89 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Injured | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Community›Opinion | Death›Funeral | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial›Kinship | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
As I Lay Dying, 91 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Mourning | Emotional›Respect | Verbal›Preaching | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Religion›Preacher / Minister | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Community›Tradition
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Voice
Flags in the Dust, 300 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Thanksgiving
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Hunting›Fishing | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Marriage proposal
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage | Ritual›Holiday dinner
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Coffee
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Flags in the Dust, 323 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Grayness | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Disgust with sex
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Haunted by past | Psychological›Disembodiment | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Sexual›Desertion
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Flags in the Dust, 355 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country vs city | Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Progress›Consumerism | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 363 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Cold
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating | Economic›Bribing | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Flags in the Dust, 367 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas gift game | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Exile
Flags in the Dust, 368 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas gift game | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 368 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Race›Segregation | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Exile | Objects›Train
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Go Down, Moses, 103 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Law›Inheritance | Race›Miscegenation | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Syria
Go Down, Moses, 129 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Actions: Emotional›Grief
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
Go Down, Moses, 163 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial
Go Down, Moses, 181 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Bodily›Drinking
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Ritual›Hunting
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Hunting
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›De Spain creates camp
Go Down, Moses, 193 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Domestic›Cooking | Hunting›And race | Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Interaction, Social›Celebration
Cultural Issues: Gender›All-male space | Hunting and Fishing›Annual | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Raccoon
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Go Down, Moses, 235 (Event)
Environment: Place›Grave
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Eulogy | Death›Funeral
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Fire
Go Down, Moses, 241 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Ritual›Birthday
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin
Go Down, Moses, 300 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Go Down, Moses, 359 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Go Down, Moses, 360 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness
Actions: Interaction, Social›Charity
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Money›Collecting money
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Go Down, Moses, 363 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering
Cultural Issues: Progress›Trains | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Death›Coffin
Requiem for a Nun, 154 (Event)
Environment: Public›Jail
Cultural Issues: Race›Black incarceration | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Death›Child | Death›Funeral
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 156 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Emotional›Grief | Mental›Thinking | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Ritual›Funeral | Violence›Interracial
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
Sanctuary, 308 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Health and Illness›Developmental problems | Ritual›Birthday | Sexuality›Impotence
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Cats
Relationships: Familial›Surrogate
The Hamlet, 152 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Dueling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol
The Hamlet, 153 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Dueling | Violence›Interracial
The Mansion, 13 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Resentment
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Regulations | Alcohol›Moonshine | Class›Class consciousness | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
The Mansion, 14 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Agriculture›Regulations | Alcohol›Store-bought vs moonshine | Prejudice›White supremacy | Race›Stereotype eyes | Ritual›Dueling
The Mansion, 162 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Birthday
The Mansion, 228 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Holiday dinner
The Mansion, 238 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women | Ritual›Holiday dinner
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming
The Mansion, 239 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Economic›Banking
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness | Ritual›Holiday dinner
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Caesar, Julius | Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn" | Style›Address to reader
The Mansion, 256 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Domestic›Cooking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Alcohol›Wine | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Ritual›Holiday dinner
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Furniture
The Sound and the Fury, 101 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Dressed up | Education›Psychology class | Religion›Hinduism | Ritual›Sati or suttee
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral pyre / cremation | Objects›Books | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flat-iron | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Semiramis | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Sacrifice | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Irony | Tone›Sarcastic
The Sound and the Fury, 189 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Communication›Letter | Emotional›Suspicion | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Labor›Racialized | Prejudice›Racism | Ritual›Easter
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Insect boll weevil | Money›Check | Objects›Farming tools | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Narrative›African-American folk sayings
The Sound and the Fury, 277 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Year›Easter
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Bodily›Waking | Domestic›Discipline | Emotional›Self-pity | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering | Religion›Church service | Religion›Resurrection | Ritual›Easter
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Diction›Racist term
The Sound and the Fury, 289 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Place›Church | Weather›Rain
Actions: Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Religion›Church service | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Ritual›Easter
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Umbrella
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›St. Louis
The Sound and the Fury, 292 (Event)
Environment: Place›Church | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Interaction, Social›Church | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Religion›Church service | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Ritual›Easter
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Diminishment / fading | Objects›Flowers
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›St. Louis
The Sound and the Fury, 296 (Event)
Environment: Place›Church
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Mental›Realization | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Religion›African American | Religion›Church service | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Religion›Resurrection | Religion›Sermon | Ritual›Easter
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Salvation | Philosophical›Suffering
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Bible verse on children | Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Allusion, Biblical›Mary | Allusion, Biblical›New Testament Book of Revelation | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Epiphany | Symbolism›Blood | Symbolism›Christian
The Sound and the Fury, 3 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Public›Golf course | Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Impairment | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Misreading | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Searching | Play›Sports Golf
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Food›Birthday cake | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lost | Objects›Fence | Objects›Flag | Objects›Flowers | Psychological›Learning disability
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›First-person passim throughout section | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Narrative›Unreliable narrator
The Sound and the Fury, 312 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Place›Drugstore / pharmacy | Time of Year›Easter
Actions: Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Movement›Driving | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Ritual›Easter
Themes and Motifs: Time›Awareness of time
The Sound and the Fury, 48 (Event)
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
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Symbolism›Christian | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 56 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Candlelight | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Olfactory›Weed
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Crying | Physical›Searching | Play
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Food›Birthday cake | Food›Eggs | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lost | Money›Stingy with money | Objects›Bottle | Objects›Candle | Objects›Dogfennel | Objects›Fire | Objects›Flowers | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Master-servant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
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, 73 (Event)
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
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 82 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street
Actions: Interaction, Social›Celebration | Movement›Marching | Verbal›Conversation | Work
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat, stovepipe | Clothes›Uniform | History›Civil War | History›Civil War consequences | Prejudice›Racism | Ritual›Birthday | Ritual›Commemoration | Slavery›Abolition | War›Civil War | War›Grand Army of the Republic / G.A.R.
Themes and Motifs: Character›Laziness | Community›Crowd | Community›Decoration Day | Community›Parade | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Flag | Past›Family history
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Italian flag | Allusion, Historical›Columbus, Christopher | Allusion, Historical›Garibaldi, Giuseppe | Diction›Racist term
The Sound and the Fury, 83 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Sitting room | Natural›Grass | Public›Store | Time of Year›September
Actions: Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Moral›Lying | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Repair | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning | Work›Jeweler
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Boat race | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Objects›Clock | Objects›Jeweler's loupe / magnifying glass | Objects›Watch | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations
The Sound and the Fury, 86 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Auditory›Bells | Natural›Mountains | Natural›Mud | Natural›Sky | Public›School | Public›Town Square | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December | Time of Year›New Year
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Waiting | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Train | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Passing from sight
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Blanket | Clothes›Pants | Education›Primary school | Entertainment›Fireworks | Food›Candy | Health and Illness›Gastrointestinal discomfort | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Prejudice›Infantilizing of blacks | Prejudice›White supremacy | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Uncle as term for black man | Race›White race | Ritual›Christmas gift game | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Technology›Steam locomotive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Body›Stomach/belly | Character›Childlike | Character›Reliability | Home›Homebound | Memory›Remembering | Money›Quarter coin | Objects›Toys | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Time›Frozen / Static
Relationships: Interracial›White-black | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Rabbit | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Skeleton | Style›Long sentence | Style›Numerous adjectives
The Sound and the Fury, 97 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Suspicion | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Moral›Deception | Physical›Saluting | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | Verbal›Code-switching / Change in dialect | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Rumor | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Racial|Regional stereotypes about drinking | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Uniform | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Divinity school | Education›Graduation | Education›Harvard | Ethnicity›Italian | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes | Race›Rules / norms for addressing whites | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Race›Uncle Tom | Ritual›Holiday | War›Grand Army of the Republic / G.A.R. | War›Military rank of general
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Community›Columbus Day | Community›Parade | Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Hypocrisy | Objects›Luggage | Recurring Tropes›Gossip | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black | Social›Mentorship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Princeton University | Allusion, Historical›Columbus, Christopher | Allusion, Historical›Lincoln, Abraham | Allusion, Historical›Women's Christian Temperance Union / W.C.T.U. | Allusion, Literary›Stowe, Harriet Beecher | Allusion, Literary›Uncle Tom's Cabin | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing
The Town, 116 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Burial | Physical›Discovering
Cultural Issues: Religion›Mason | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Death›Moment of
The Town, 315 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Holiday
Themes and Motifs: Death | Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›First-person passim throughout section | Narrative›Foreshadowing
The Town, 358 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor
Cultural Issues: Religion›Preacher / Minister | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 360 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›All-male space | Gender›Men vs women | Ritual›Funeral
The Town, 72 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Delivery | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Anger | Interaction, Social›Shopping | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral arrangements | War›Confederate Army
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flowers
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Unvanquished, 155 (Event)
Environment: Place›Grave | Place›Graveyard | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Freedom | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Burial | Death›Coffin | Death›Eulogy | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Objects›Gun | Objects›Umbrella
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
The Unvanquished, 184 (Event)
Environment: Place›Grave | Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Year›February | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Crying
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Cemetery decorations | Ritual›Commemoration
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
The Unvanquished, 185 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Rain | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Holding | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Family role | Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Corpse | Recurring Tropes›Reunion | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Unvanquished, 221 (Event)
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
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Battle of Second Manassas | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Recurring Episodes›Henry kills Bon | Recurring Episodes›Sartoris deposed | Recurring Episodes›Sutpen rejects KKK