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"A Courtship", 369 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Relationships: Social›Homoerotic
"A Courtship", 369 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed
Relationships: Social›Homoerotic
"A Courtship", 370 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Hiding | Bodily›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Relationships: Social›Homoerotic
"A Courtship", 370 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules
Relationships: Intergenerational | Social›Homosocial rivalry
"A Courtship", 370 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white | Social›Homoerotic | Social›Homosocial rivalry
"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
"A Courtship", 375 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Evening | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Falling | Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Racing | Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship | Social›Homosocial rivalry
"A Courtship", 376 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Time of Day›Sunrise
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Running | Physical›Rescuing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male body | Gender›Male rivalry
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun
Relationships: Social›Homoerotic | Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"A Courtship", 378 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Domestic›Food preparation | Movement›Steamboat
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage | Slavery›Labor
Relationships: Familial›Genealogy | Social›Homosocial rivalry
"A Justice", 359 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Building | Physical›Jumping
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"A Point of Law", 214 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house | Domestic Space›Veranda | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Interaction, Private›Conversation | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Law›Sheriff | Mass Media›Telephone | Race›Etiquette | Race›Masquerade
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›Etiquette | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Conjectural narration
"A Point of Law", 218 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Stable | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation
Actions: Verbal›Command | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Panama hat | Law›Spousal privilege
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Car
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Kinship | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Style›Character portrait
"A Point of Law", 221 (Event)
Environment: Public›Court
Actions: Emotional›Anger
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Law›Wedding license | Race›Masquerade
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Conflict | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Embedded text, cursive
"A Point of Law", 222 (Event)
Environment: Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation | Time of Year›Quail season
Actions: Hunting›Quail hunting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Quail
Relationships: Interracial›White-black | Social›Paternalism
"A Rose for Emily", 122 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Bad smell
Relationships: Social›Isolation
"A Rose for Emily", 123 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Pity | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Denial
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Death | Objects›Corpse | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Communal narrative
"A Rose for Emily", 127 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship | Social›Neighbor
"A Rose for Emily", 128 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Time of Year›December
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Age›Maturing | Government›Generational reform | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Art›Painting
Relationships: Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Monument
"A Rose for Emily", 128 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Dying
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Death
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic
"Ad Astra", 415 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Homosocial rivalry
"An Error in Chemistry", 118 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Interaction, Social›Incarcerating | Work›Law enforcement
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
"An Error in Chemistry", 124 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Protection
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
"Barn Burning", 4 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Food
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Grief | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shabby | Law›Acquittal | Law›Testimony
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures | Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Naming | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Hierarchical | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
"By the People", 131 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | Group Mentality›Community collective | History›Silver Shirts | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Character›Opportunism
Relationships: Social›Social organizations
"By the People", 134 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Age›Generation gap | Progress›Social | War›As educational
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Social›Social organizations
"By the People", 89 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Violence›Gendered | Violence›Interracial
Relationships: Social›Gang
"Dry September", 174 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Peer group | Verbal›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Community›Social life
Relationships: Social›Adversarial | Social›Snobbery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile-mask
"Dry September", 174 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Migration›Work
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Body›Face
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
"Dry September", 175 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Clothes›Dress | Mass Media›Movies | Sexuality›Unattractiveness
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Romantic›Courtship | Social›Isolation | Social›Neighbor
"Fool About a Horse", 119 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation | Emotional›Intuition | Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Character›Pride | Character›Provincialism | Character›Swagger | Determinism›Fated
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah
"Fool About a Horse", 122 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Embarrassment
Cultural Issues: Economy›Bargaining
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
"Fool About a Horse", 128 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Worry
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Community›Crowd
Relationships: Social›Crowds
"Lion", 187 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting›Bear hunting | Movement›Train | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking | Violent›Animal predatory behavior | Violent›Destructive behavior
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Named bear Ben | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Nickname
Relationships: Social›Fame
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Boxers Dempsey and Tunney | Allusion, Historical›Boxers Sullivan and Kilrain
"Lion", 190 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Body›Eyes | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Will to endure
Relationships: Social›Isolation
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 139 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Competition
Cultural Issues: Economy›Rural sales
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 369 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Movement›Return
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter passim | Social›Isolation
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 369 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Domestic›Child care
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Quilt
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 372 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Despair
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Anemia | Health and Illness›Medical advice
Relationships: Social›Isolation
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 374 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Confined living quarters
Relationships: Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Military terminology
"Monk", 43 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Log house
Actions: Movement›Car | Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Progress›Infrastructure
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Social›Isolation
"Monk", 49 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Domestic›Knitting
Cultural Issues: Labor›Menial
Relationships: Social›Mentorship
"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
"Pantaloon in Black", 243 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sawmill
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Singing | Bodily›Work song | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Land-Use›Logging
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Relationships: Hierarchical›Foreman-worker | Social›Coworker
"Raid", 37 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Walking
Cultural Issues: Gender›Lady's accoutrements
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Note
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
"Raid", 45 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Migration
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype Superstitious | Region›Hapless Yankees | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Displacement
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder
Relationships: Social›Paternalism
"Raid", 46 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction | War›Displacement
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Retreat", 20 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
"Shall Not Perish", 111 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Stockings | Clothes›Sunday shoes
Themes and Motifs: Character›Principle
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Neighbor
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 58 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Identity, Personal›Soldier | Politics›Voting | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering passim
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Conflict
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
"Skirmish at Sartoris", 64 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Embarrassment | Interaction, Social›Gossip | Movement›Running away | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Reproduction
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Body›Hair
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Narrative›Self-Reflective
"Spotted Horses", 166 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Flight | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Attractiveness | Sexuality›Female
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship | Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"That Will Be Fine", 271 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"That Will Be Fine", 273 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Crying | Moral›Exploitation | Movement›Carriage | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Double standard
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Character›Blackguard
Relationships: Sexual›Extramarital | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
"There Was a Queen", 741 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Clothes›Hat
Relationships: Ancestral | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery
"Tomorrow", 101 (Event)
Environment: Place›Field
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Shotgun
Relationships: Social›Conflict | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Tomorrow", 90 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Place›Rural
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Relationships: Social›Assailant-victim
"Two Soldiers", 81 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Education | Health and Illness›Deafness | Mass Media›Radio | War›Aerial combat | War›World War II
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular passim
"Two Soldiers", 82 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Cold
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Worry | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Radio
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling | Social›Neighbor
"Two Soldiers", 89 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Paying | Economic›Trading | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls | Identity, Cultural›Rural | Mass Media›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Objects›knife
Relationships: Civic›child protection | Familial›Sibling | Social›Adversarial | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Tone›Humorous
"Uncle Willy", 225 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Domestic›Housekeeping | Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Gender›Bachelor | Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Morals
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Conflict | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Narrative›First-person passim | Narrative›Parentheses
"Uncle Willy", 226 (Event)
Environment: Public›Drugstore
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Class consciousness | Food›Ice-cream | Health and Illness›Drugs
Themes and Motifs: Past›Personal past
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Parentheses
"Uncle Willy", 227 (Event)
Environment: Public›Church
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Drugs | Religion›Preacher / Minister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Conflict
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
"Uncle Willy", 230 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Physical›Capture | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Uncle Willy", 230 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Confining
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Addiction
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Conflict
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Texas
"Uncle Willy", 232 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Announcing | Verbal›Vowing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype | Health and Illness›Addiction | Religion›Rebirth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
"Uncle Willy", 232 (Event)
Environment: Public›Drugstore
Actions: Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Legal›Warrant | Verbal›Cursing | Work›Dismissing from work
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Food›Ice-cream | Law›Warrant
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Social›Adversarial
"Uncle Willy", 233 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Return
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Cure | Health and Illness›Drugs
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Body›Skin | Body›Thinness | Memory›Not remember
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Description›Eyes
"Uncle Willy", 234 (Event)
Environment: Public›Drugstore
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Laughing | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Food›Ice-cream
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Anticipation
"Uncle Willy", 235 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Carrying
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Crime›Breaking and entering
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Adversarial
"Uncle Willy", 236 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›July | Weather›Heat
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Clothing
Relationships: Marital›Elopement | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Uncle Willy", 236 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Law›Wedding license
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
"Uncle Willy", 237 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›July
Actions: Movement›Driving | Movement›Hurrying | Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype | Gender›Woman smoking | Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
"Uncle Willy", 237 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›July
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Economic›Asking for money | Physical›Meddling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Law›Wedding license
Themes and Motifs: Community›Stranger
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Language›Profanity
"Uncle Willy", 238 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Daytime | Weather›Heat
Actions: Movement›Driving
Cultural Issues: Gender›Clothing | Gender›makeup | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
"Uncle Willy", 238 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Bankrupcy | Verbal›Ordering
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype | Religion›Rebirth
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
"Uncle Willy", 238 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Selling a house or place | Physical›Confining | Physical›Escape from confinement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Insanity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Death›Anticipation of death
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Interpretation›Debunking story | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Delayed revelation
"Uncle Willy", 241 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Law›Aviation
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Institutional›Doctor-patient | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Keeley Institute, Memphis | Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Tone›Humorous
"Uncle Willy", 244 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Race›Racial consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Interracial›White-black | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
"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
"Wash", 536 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Economy›Property | Slavery›Loyalty | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Diction›Rural vernacular
"Wash", 536 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Bad smell
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›White trash | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Objects›Scythe | Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
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!, 50 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Buggy
Relationships: Social›Isolation
Absalom, Absalom!, 79 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Solitude | Supernatural›Telepathy
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Desert island | Figures of Speech›Shadow
As I Lay Dying, 10 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Bodily›Dipping snuff | Bodily›Drinking
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Tobacco
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 107 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Place›Church | Place›Road
Actions: Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Indecision | Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Persuasion
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs
As I Lay Dying, 112 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Public›Bridge | Public›Store porch | Time of Day›Sunset | Weather›Flood
Actions: Bodily›Decomposition | Communication›Gossip | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›News
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
As I Lay Dying, 114 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bridge | Weather›Flood
Actions: Emotional›Stubbornness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Pride
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 115 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Persuasion
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Death›Burial | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Eyes
As I Lay Dying, 123 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Movement›Following | Movement›Mule
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 131 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Lamp or lantern
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 14 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Carpentry
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Grief | Physical›Building
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Mother-son | Social›Adversarial
As I Lay Dying, 166 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Emotional›Repentance | Moral›Judgmental | Moral›Praying | Moral›Punishment
Cultural Issues: Religion›Challenge | Religion›Heresy | Religion›Piety | Religion›Sacrilege | Religion›Sin | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Character›Pride | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Redemption | Philosophical›Salvation
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 166 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Judgmental | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Religion›Piety
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 17 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Bodily›Dipping snuff | Bodily›Dying | Economic›Delivery | Emotional›Resentment | Emotional›Shame | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Persuasion | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency
Themes and Motifs: Death | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Parents-children | Intergenerational›Obligation | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Language›Ellipsis | Style›Unfinished sentence
As I Lay Dying, 181 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Place›Farm
Actions: Domestic›Care | Emotional›Gratitude | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Death›Corpse | Objects›Coffin
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Narrative shift | Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 184 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Flood
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Indebtedness | Interaction, Social›Charity | Movement›Horse | Verbal›Persuasion
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus
As I Lay Dying, 192 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Economic›Horse trading
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Matched team of horses or mules
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Helpless | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 21 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Caring
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism | Death›Deathbed | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 22 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Delivery | Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Exaggeration
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Parents-children | Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 22 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Religion›Piety
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife
Relationships: Familial | Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 22 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Religion›Piety
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral
Relationships: Familial›Kinship | Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Ambiguity
As I Lay Dying, 26 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cottonfield
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking | Bodily›Sweating | Emotional›Passivity | Mental›Fatalism | Moral›Exploitation | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Relationships: Familial›Kinship | Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 29 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Indecision | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 30 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Auditory›Carpentry | Auditory›Sawing | Auditory›Voices | Time of Day›Five o'clock p.m.
Actions: Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Hunting and Fishing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Character›Comforter | Death | Objects›Fish
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical | Description›Animate/Inanimate | Description›Eyes
As I Lay Dying, 33 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Attraction | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Resentment | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Wagon
Relationships: Romantic›Potential | Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 58 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Sawing | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Pregnancy | Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Worry | Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Gender›Labor | Health and Illness›Abortion | Health and Illness›Medical advice | Health and Illness›Obesity | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Themes and Motifs: Death›Liminal
Relationships: Social›Isolation
As I Lay Dying, 68 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Waking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 69 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Creepy | Domestic Space›House | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Pity | Mental›Thinking
Cultural Issues: Religion›Religious faith
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm | Philosophical›Human nature | Philosophical›Suffering
Relationships: Familial›Surrogate | Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 7 (Event)
Environment: Place›Bedroom
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Power
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Body›Face
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 75 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Light | Auditory›Silence | Olfactory›Sulfur | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Rain | Weather›Storm
Actions: Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Raincoat
Themes and Motifs: Death›Coffin | Objects›Lamp or lantern | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 85 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Ten o'clock a.m. | Weather›Flood
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Community›Opinion | Time›Measuring time
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
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, 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, 88 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bridge | Weather›Flood
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Memory›Collective memory
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 88 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bridge
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Memory›Remembering
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, 90 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident | Character›Precision | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
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
As I Lay Dying, 92 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Flood
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Interaction, Private›Assist | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Death›Dying wish
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 92 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Care | Domestic›Child care | Hunting›Fishing | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Religion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Fish
Relationships: Familial›Childlessness | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Flags in the Dust, 11 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Character›Playfulness
Relationships: Institutional›Military | Social›Fame
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Flags in the Dust, 166 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility
Relationships: Social›Snobbery
Flags in the Dust, 166 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility | Migration›Intraregional migration
Relationships: Social›Snobbery
Flags in the Dust, 167 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Disappointment
Cultural Issues: War›Noncombatant | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Naming›Nickname | Past›Anxiety about|Resistance to change
Relationships: Familial›Surrogate | Romantic›Flirtation | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Forrest, Nathan Bedford | Allusion, Historical›Johnston, Joseph E.
Flags in the Dust, 45 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Bodily›Groaning | Domestic›Care | Emotional›Petulance | Mental›Nightmare | Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shawl
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Objects›Milk
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Intergenerational›Conflict | Social›Paternalism
Flags in the Dust, 6 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Movement›Carriage | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Interracial›White-black | Social›Snobbery
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
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, 13 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery
Actions: Bodily›Drinking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Gender›Southern woman | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Body›Teeth | Past›Old days
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew | Romantic›Courtship | Social›Neighbor
Go Down, Moses, 136 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sawmill
Actions: Bodily›Eating
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Labor›Menial
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Relationships: Hierarchical›Foreman-worker | Social›Coworker
Go Down, Moses, 156 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Hunting›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Age›Rite of passage | Gender›All-male space | Hunting and Fishing›Ritual
Relationships: Social›Mentorship
Go Down, Moses, 156 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Law›Inheritance | Slavery›Miscegenation
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult | Social›Mentorship
Go Down, Moses, 157 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Reminiscence
Relationships: Familial›Genealogy | Social›Mentorship
Go Down, Moses, 158 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Slave trading
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Neighbor
Go Down, Moses, 163 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Race›Chickasaw
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Hill dialect
Go Down, Moses, 168 (Event)
Environment: Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming
Relationships: Social›Isolation
Go Down, Moses, 235 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Breaking camp | Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›All-male space | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Animal Dog | Death›Respect | Story-telling›Hunting
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Go Down, Moses, 7 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Anglophile | Gender›Bachelor | Race›Mixed race | Slavery›Courtship | Slavery›Family | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Fox | Past›Old days
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Go Down, Moses, 8 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality | Slavery›Quarters
Themes and Motifs: Past›Old days
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Light in August, 15 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Physical›Bathing | Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Shirt
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Conflict
Light in August, 233 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Receiving mail | Communication›Sending mail | Communication›Writing | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Legal›Will | Mental›Learning | Verbal›Giving advice
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Racial solidarity
Relationships: Social›Mentorship
Light in August, 287 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Movement›Car | Movement›Truck | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Discovering | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Showing | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Responding | Verbal›Speculation | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Killing | Violent›Sexual assault
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Group Mentality›Racial solidarity | Race›Negro-lover | Religion›Apotheosis | Religion›Fanaticism
Themes and Motifs: Body›Throat | Death›Corpse | Death›Moving a dead body
Relationships: Social›Assailant-victim | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 344 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Public›Street
Actions: Movement›Car | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Holding | Physical›Running | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Racism | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Light in August, 73 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Knowing | Mental›Understanding
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Light in August, 74 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Study | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Verbal›Discussion | Verbal›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human nature
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends | Social›Neighbor
Light in August, 93 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Threat
Relationships: Sexual | Social›Assailant-victim
Requiem for a Nun, 24 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Interaction, Social›Making progress | Physical›Building | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Silk | Progress›Building structure | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Iron box
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 57 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Self-justifying
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Rationalizing
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
The Mansion, 328 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Violence›Interracial
Relationships: Social›Gang
The Mansion, 361 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Hog farming | Agricultural›Raising|shipping cattle
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Livestock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Hog
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
The Mansion, 364 (Event)
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Neighbor
The Mansion, 438 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking | Verbal›Lying
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Government›Veterans Administration | Health and Illness›Hospitalization|Operation
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Doddsville, Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi Delta
The Reivers , 153 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Alias
Relationships: Familial›Orphan | Social›Isolation
The Reivers , 17 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Class›Elite | Race›Genealogy | Race›Mixed race
Relationships: Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 201 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Hotel
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Moral›Reform | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Ether | Food | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Labor›Prostitution | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Allusion, Historical›Caesar, Julius | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
The Reivers , 25 (Event)
Actions: Work›Livery stable
Cultural Issues: Education›Primary school
Relationships: Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 30 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Place›Motordrome
Actions: Movement›Driving
Cultural Issues: Education›Informal | Land-Use›Recreation | Law›Motor vehicle
Relationships: Social›Mentorship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 39 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Entertainment›Motoring | Law›Motor vehicle | Modernity›Changing customs | Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Sound and the Fury, 106 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Flowers | Place›Sawmill
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Mental›Imagining | Moral›Scheming | Physical›Meddling | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Throwing downstairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›British nobility | Class›Elite | Clothes›Silk | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Divinity school | Food›Pumpkin pie | Gender›Bitch | Gender›Lady | Gender›Maternal impulse | Gender›Southern woman | History›Confederacy / Confederate States of America / C.S.A. | Race›Black family working for white | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Region›The South | Slavery›Galley slave
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flower orchid | Objects›Handkerchief | Objects›Shotgun | Recurring Tropes›Sole owner and proprietor | Recurring Tropes›Twilight | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Interracial›Master-servant | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Canada | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Genre Conventions›Melodrama | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Tone›Overwrought | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 107 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Fireplace|Mantel
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Bribing | Economic›Gifting | Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Economic›Lending Money | Economic›Offering to buy | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Hurting | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Interaction, Social›Shaking hands | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Learning | Moral›Cheating | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Physical›Intrusion | Physical›Travel | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Flattery | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Revealing | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Education›College or school traditions | Education›Harvard | Education›Life after graduation | Education›School year | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Widow | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper comics / funny paper | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Premarital | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Character›Bookishness | Character›Honesty | Character›Integrity | Memory›Remembering | Money›As motive | Money›Bill | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigar | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Values›Devotion | Values›Honor | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Fiance | Sexual›Extramarital | Social›Adversarial | Social›Fellow alumni of a college or university
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›Havana, Cuba | Allusion, Literary›Galahad | Diction›Double entendre | Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech›Parrot | Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 111 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Natural›River | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Mental›Unaware | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Physical›Meddling | Physical›Protection | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Sick as euphemism for pregnancy | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Cousin | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Allusion, Literary›Antony and Cleopatra | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Gods | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 112 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic›Fiance | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 120 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Train sound | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›River | Natural›Trees | Otherworldly›Earth / the world | Place›Road | Place›Rural | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Walking | Physical›Trampling | Play›Sports Crew / rowing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Religion›Apotheosis
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Infinity | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Gull | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Pencil | Figures of Speech›Stencil | Language›Fragments
The Sound and the Fury, 123 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Despair | Legal›Marriage | Moral›Cheating | Moral›Lying | Play›Card playing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Education›Exams / tests | Education›Expelled / expulsion | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Character›Blackguard | Character›Scoundrel | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Bad conduct | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced | Social›Adversarial | Social›Club | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Coventry, England | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 124 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Defeat | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Escaping | Physical›Starting over | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock | Sexuality›Sex and death
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 125 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Olfactory›Baking / bread
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Caring | Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Charity | Moral›Judgmental | Moral›Stealing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Jewish | Ethnicity›Offensive terminology | Food›Bread | Food›Cake | Food›Coffee | Gender›Femininity | Gender›Masculine woman | Gender›Stereotype librarian / school teacher | Mass Media›Newspaper | Nationality›American | Nationality›Foreigners | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants | Prejudice
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Librarian look | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Money›Nickel coin | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Coffee | Objects›Ring | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Civic›Charity | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem/song "The Star-Spangled Banner" | Description›Color gray | Diction›Ethnic slur | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Toy bear / teddybear | Genre Conventions›Parody | Tone›Sarcastic
The Sound and the Fury, 129 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Following | Perceptual›Looking back | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Food›Bread | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Isolation
The Sound and the Fury, 139 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Running sound | Natural›Water moving / flowing
Actions: Bodily›Retching | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Laughing | Legal›Arrest | Legal›Handcuffing | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Physical›Holding | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Stuttering / stammering | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Kidnapping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Vest | Food›Bread | Health and Illness›Nausea | Law›Badge | Law›Constitutional right to remain silent | Law›Criminal assault | Law›Criminal assault and battery | Law›Custody | Nationality›Foreigners | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Insects butterflies | Appearance›Dirty | Body›Arm | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Shoulder | Body›Stomach/belly | Body›Throat | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Civic | Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Assailant-victim
Aesthetics: Description›Color yellow | Language›Foreign accent / dialect | Language›ah ah ah
The Sound and the Fury, 141 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Chicken coop / hen house | Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Indignation | Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Picnic | Legal›Arrest | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Movement›Procession | Physical›Climbing | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Beating | Violent›Kidnapping | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Veil | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Law›Custody | Law›Marshal | Technology›Automobile | Violence›Child abuse | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Body›Foot / Feet | Memory›Forgetting
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Diction›Malapropism | Figures of Speech›Glove | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Profanity
The Sound and the Fury, 142 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Olfactory›Tobacco | Public›Town hall
Actions: Communication›Pen and ink well | Legal›Arraign | Legal›Charge/accuse | Legal›Hearing | Legal›Pronouncing sentence | Legal›Record keeping | Legal›Release of prisoner | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Procession | Violent›Kidnapping | Work›Leaving work
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Ethnicity›Italian | Labor | Law›Corruption | Law›Evidence | Law›Eyewitness | Law›Hearing | Law›Justice of the Peace | Law›Legal document | Law›Legal fine | Law›Marshal | Law›Testimony | Nationality›Foreigners | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants | Nationality›U.S. citizenship | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Body›Nose | Chaos/Order›Order in a courtroom | Money›Payoff | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Stove | Objects›Table | Recurring Tropes›Door | Texts›Citizenship papers | Texts›Map | Texts›Plat
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Institutional›Police-arrestee | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Description›Color gray | Description›Color yellow | Language›Foreign accent / dialect
The Sound and the Fury, 147 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Trees | Olfactory›Perfume smell | Place›Stone wall | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hysteria | Emotional›Laughing | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Sadness | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Mental›Suppression / trying not to think | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Car | Movement›Swimming | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Touching | Physical›Wave / waving | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Chatter
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wine | Alcohol›Wine hamper | Class›Gentility | Ethnicity›Italian | Food›Bread | Gender›Dirty girl | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Knee | Body›Throat | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›Coal dust | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence
The Sound and the Fury, 148 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River
Actions: Perceptual›Blurring | Physical›Winking | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Talking | Violent›Killing in war
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat cap | Clothes›Motoring clothes | Clothes›Uniform | Gender›Male body | Gender›Masculinity | War›U.S. Army
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Death | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Boat | Objects›Oars
Relationships: Institutional›Military | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 154 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Frogs | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Rain
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic›Sexual | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 158 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek | Public›Bridge | Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Khaki | Gender›Male body
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigarette
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 159 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Natural›Creek | Natural›Sky | Public›Bridge | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Bodily›Heart beating | Emotional›Humiliation | Emotional›Love | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Injury | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 52 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Walking | Physical›Escape from confinement | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Objects›Fence | Recurring Tropes›Touch | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Social›Assailant-victim | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 78 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Sadness | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Taunt | Verbal›Teasing
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Gender›Women | Region›The South | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Death›Like death | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Philosophical›Nihilism | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Friendship›College roommate | Friendship›Male-male relationship | Social›Adversarial | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Diction›Misogynistic wording | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 79 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Rationalization | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Violent›Intimidation
Cultural Issues: Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 80 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Body of water
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Sadness | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Realization | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Seeing | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Resurrection | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Preventing or avoiding sex | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Death›Bones | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Suicide | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Objects›Flat-iron | Philosophical›Existentialism | Philosophical›Nihilism | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Long passage of time | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Judgment Day | Allusion, Biblical›New Testament Book of Revelation | Allusion, Literary›Coleridge, Samuel | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Kubla Khan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 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, 92 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 92 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Theatricality | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Khaki | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Silk | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Memory›Remembering | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Description›Color blue | Description›Color bronze | Description›Color brown | Diction›Misogynistic wording | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 92 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Marriage announcement | Economic›Banking | Economic›Selling | Emotional›Contempt | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Mental›Distrust | Mental›Learning | Movement›Car | Movement›Limousine | Physical›Driving | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Clothes›Garter | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Harvard | Entertainment›Circus | Gender›Marriage | Region›The South | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Elephants | Animals›Fleas | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Teeth | Character›Inherited traits | Character›Reputation | Community›Wedding | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Inheritance›Traits | Memory›Remembering | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Honor | Objects›Candle | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Supernatural›Spell | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College roommate | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Fiance | Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual | Social›Adversarial | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›South Bend, Indiana | Allusion, Literary›Byron | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Don Juan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Marmion" | Allusion, Literary›Scott, Walter | Figures of Speech›Puppy | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Long sentence | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 94 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Pasture | Olfactory›Camphor | Olfactory›Oversweet organic
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Seduction | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Moral›Deception | Movement›Car | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Flattery | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Punning
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Salt lick | Class›Pretension | Education›Harvard | Gender›Femininity | Health and Illness›Medicine camphor | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Death›Coffin | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Car | Objects›Honeysuckle | Objects›Trunk | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Romantic›Fiance | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 97 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Suspicion | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Moral›Deception | Physical›Saluting | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | Verbal›Code-switching / Change in dialect | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Rumor | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Racial|Regional stereotypes about drinking | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Uniform | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Divinity school | Education›Graduation | Education›Harvard | Ethnicity›Italian | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes | Race›Rules / norms for addressing whites | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Race›Uncle Tom | Ritual›Holiday | War›Grand Army of the Republic / G.A.R. | War›Military rank of general
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Community›Columbus Day | Community›Parade | Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Hypocrisy | Objects›Luggage | Recurring Tropes›Gossip | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black | Social›Mentorship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Princeton University | Allusion, Historical›Columbus, Christopher | Allusion, Historical›Lincoln, Abraham | Allusion, Historical›Women's Christian Temperance Union / W.C.T.U. | Allusion, Literary›Stowe, Harriet Beecher | Allusion, Literary›Uncle Tom's Cabin | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing
The Town, 10 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Cooking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Apron | Clothes›Bathing suit | Clothes›Women | History›Civil War as point of reference | Politics›City government | Politics›Election | Sexuality›Attractiveness | War›Confederate Army
Relationships: Ancestral | Familial›Father-son | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Personification | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Communal narrative
The Town, 103 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Legal›Hearing | Verbal›Taunt
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Character›Swagger
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Homosocial rivalry
The Town, 12 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic dispute
Cultural Issues: Politics›Election | Progress›Historical
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Objects›Ax | Recurring Tropes›Gossip | Recurring Tropes›Scandal
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Cuba | Allusion, Historical›Caesar, Julius
The Town, 14 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Interaction, Social›Leadership
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Movies
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car
Relationships: Social›Fame
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Grable, Betty | Allusion, Historical›Harlow, Jean | Allusion, Historical›Monroe, Marilyn | Figures of Speech›Personification | Tone›Absurdist
The Town, 176 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
The Town, 220 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Addressing for mail delivery | Communication›Receiving mail
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›North vs South | Education›College | Education›Virginia | Identity, Cultural›Southern stereotype
Relationships: Social›Snobbery
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 246 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Gallop
Actions: Economic›Insurance payment | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 364 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Death›Suicide | Objects›Monument | Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Violent in figurative sense | Narrative›First-person passim throughout section | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Self-correction
The Town, 58 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›December
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Politics›City government
Themes and Motifs: Past›Yoknapatawpha founders | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Snobbery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
The Town, 61 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Night | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Bodily›Eating supper | Bodily›Laughing | Communication›Telephone | Domestic›Sewing | Movement›Car | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Play›Checkers | Play›Chess | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Bachelor
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Coffee | Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Unvanquished, 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, 224 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Progress›Trains
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ruthless
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Social›Conflict
The Unvanquished, 225 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Investing | Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Progress›Regional | Progress›Trains
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris builds railroad
The Unvanquished, 225 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Train sound
Actions: Economic›Investing | Movement›Train | Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Progress›Regional | Progress›Trains
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Unvanquished, 226 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues: Politics›Election
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Uncertain
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Adversarial
The Unvanquished, 232 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Drive | Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›Parlor | Olfactory›Flowers | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Violent›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Community›Tradition | Death›Corpse | Death›Response to | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Unvanquished, 46 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
The Unvanquished, 48 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Body›Physical disability
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
The Unvanquished, 48 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming life | Agriculture›Soil quality | Economy›Property | Land-Use›Collective exploitation | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites
Themes and Motifs: Community
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
The Unvanquished, 49 (Event)
Environment: Public›Pasture
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | War›Confederate Army | War›Going to war
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Social›Neighbor
The Unvanquished, 50 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | War›Confederate Army | War›Military reassignment
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Battle of Second Manassas
The Unvanquished, 78 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Gender›Lady's accoutrements
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Mirror | Objects›Parasol
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
The Unvanquished, 91 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Migration
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype Superstitious | Region›Hapless Yankees | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Displacement | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Social›Paternalism
The Unvanquished, 92 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Loyalty | War›Destruction | War›Displacement
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Objects›Silver
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect