Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss Absence as loss

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"A Name for the City", 208 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"A Name for the City", 208 (Event)
Environment: Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›America and opportunity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Story-telling›Communal mythology
"Elly", 213 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 378 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Evoking memory
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Sadness | Work›Painting|Drawing
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Marital›Separated
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
"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", 239 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Walking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Footprint
"There Was a Queen", 742 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Verbal›Promising
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son
As I Lay Dying, 249 (Event)
Environment: Public›Clock tower | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Objects›Toys | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Flags in the Dust, 353 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking
Actions: Hunting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Pathetic fallacy
Go Down, Moses, 109 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Race›Division
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends
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
The Sound and the Fury, 9 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Carriage house
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Moaning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Wheel | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics