Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures Arrival in Yoknapatawpha

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"Appendix: Compson", 328 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian agency | Place›Okatoba | Place›Old Jefferson
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Government›US Bureau of Indian Affairs | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Relocation | Body›Physical disability | Naming›Importance of naming | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Natchez Trace | Allusion, Historical›Lycurgus of Sparta | Allusion, Historical›Year 1860 | Narrative›Anticipation
"Hair", 131 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
"Smoke", 3 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Outlander
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
"There Was a Queen", 727 (Event)
Actions: Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Migration›Intraregional migration
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Familiar | Domestic Space›House | Place›Jefferson | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Day›Sunday | Time of Day›Sunday morning | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›September
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Economic›Purchase | Legal›Marriage | Movement›Riding | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Widow | Group Mentality›Communal story | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Law›Legal ownership | Law›Property | Ritual›Wedding | Violence›Retribution
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Community›Local legends | Death›Future | Death›Spousal | Determinism›Fated | Home›New home | Meaning›Mystery | Meaning›Paternity | Memory›Collective memory | Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Time›Duration of time | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Past | Values›Justice
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis | Figures of Speech›Breath | Narrative›Background | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Origin | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Summary
Absalom, Absalom!, 9 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jefferson
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Interaction, Social›Gentleman's agreement | Movement›Riding | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Class›Respectability | Cultural Identity›Outlander | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Gentleman | Gender›Women | Gender›Women as sacred | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Community›Opinion | Community›Supportive | Morals›Honor | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Moral authority
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community | Marital›Social respectability | Romantic›Potential | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Military terminology | Figures of Speech›Weaponry imagery | Narrative›Frame | Narrative›Repetition
Go Down, Moses, 238 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Rationing | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant
Go Down, Moses, 295 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Carpentry
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | History›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Light in August, 250 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Buying a house | Legal›Marriage | Verbal›Tirade
Cultural Issues: Politics›Voting | Slavery›Biblical analogy
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Moses | Allusion, Geographical›Israel | Allusion, Geographical›Red Sea | Allusion, Historical›Lincoln, Abraham
Light in August, 31 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sawmill
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Verbal›Discussion | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Changing clothes | Clothes›Hat, straw | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Tie
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Naming›Importance of naming
Light in August, 485 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Train | Verbal›Hushing
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Light in August, 61 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Requiem for a Nun, 183 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Requiem for a Nun, 195 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›July Fourth | Time of Year›Juneteenth | Time of Year›New Year | Time of Year›Thanksgiving
Actions: Agricultural›Milking a cow | Legal›Bailing out | Work›Yard work
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Hangover | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›As loss | Progress›Electrification | Progress›Neon lights | Progress›New replacing old
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Harpe | Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
Requiem for a Nun, 30 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Planning | Work›Architect
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Building structure | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Paris | Allusion, Geographical›Sugar Islands|Carribbean | Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Sutpen's arrival | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 35 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Slavery›Growth of
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Requiem for a Nun, 6 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
The Hamlet, 4 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Nationality›Foreigners | Nationality›French
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Community›Local legends | Naming›Wrong name
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Old Frenchman's arrival
The Mansion, 170 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Exile›Dispossession
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mexico | Recurring Episodes›Byron Snopes' children | Recurring Episodes›Byron robs bank
The Mansion, 372 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop | Public›Street
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: War›Veterans
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
The Town, 315 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Thursday
Cultural Issues: Education›Missing school | Health and Illness›Polio
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
The Town, 32 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming life | Class›Snopesism | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Self-correction
The Town, 331 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Migration
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | History›Arrival of whites in Mississippi | Migration›Intraregional migration | Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
The Town, 338 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Migration | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Past›Family history | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›First settlers arrive | Recurring Episodes›Old Frenchman's arrival
The Town, 37 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Assault | Work›Blacksmith
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Marital›Bigamy
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Masons | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 377 (Event)
Environment: Place›Railroad | Time of Year›July
Actions: Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Dehumanization | Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Texts | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Widower
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 42 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Work›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Tie
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Animals›Termites | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Body›Face | Character›Ruthless
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Self-correction