Themes and Motifs: Home Estranged

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"Appendix: Compson", 335 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Exile | Home›Estranged | Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Abandonment
"Pantaloon in Black", 248 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Worry | Movement›Running | Verbal›Requesting
Themes and Motifs: Home›Estranged
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Absalom, Absalom!, 10 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Emotional›Despair | Military›Combat | Moral›Renounce | Movement›Return | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Crime›Fratricide | Gender›Widow | Gender›Women | History›Civil War as point of reference | War›Civil War | War›Confederate Army
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Absence/Loss›Separation | Character›Fool|Foolishness | Character›Pride | Character›Scoundrel | Death›Deathbed | Determinism›Fated | Home›Estranged | Supernatural›Monster / monstrous
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Virginia | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Diction›Misogynistic wording | Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Style›Long sentence
Absalom, Absalom!, 19 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Interaction, Social›Withdrawal from public | Mental›Believing | Mental›Realization | Mental›Reinterpretation | Moral›Judgmental | Physical›Protection
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Gender›Work
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Character›Responsibility | Home›Estranged | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Triumph | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Obligation | Marital›Conflict | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Revision | Narrative›Summary
Absalom, Absalom!, 267 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Interaction, Social›Celebration | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Big house vs quarters
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Home›Estranged | Story-telling›Collaborative
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 267 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Movement›Steamboat
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Home›Estranged | Story-telling›Collaborative
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Go Down, Moses, 141 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Worry | Verbal›Requesting
Themes and Motifs: Home›Estranged
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Uncle-nephew
The Reivers , 278 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Confederate uniform | Migration›Intraregional migration | War›Civil War | War›Displacement
Themes and Motifs: Home›Estranged
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Chickhahominy River | Allusion, Geographical›Gaines's Mill | Allusion, Historical›Hampton, Wade | Allusion, Historical›Porter, Fitz-John | Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Narrative›Parentheses
The Sound and the Fury, 201 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Cedar trees | Place›Cemetery | Weather›Rain
Actions: Economic›Asking for money | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Mourning | Work›Losing job
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Absence/Loss›Separation | Character›Trust | Death›Funeral | Home›Estranged | Money›Stingy with money | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term