Themes and Motifs: Determinism Fated

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Created to describe a situation that seems meant to be, as when Susan Reed seems destined for Hawkshaw's barbershop in "Hair." --LW & BR

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"Appendix: Compson", 330 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Moral›Stealing | Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Money›Lost
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away
"Appendix: Compson", 332 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Ambivalence
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Determinism›Fated | Values›Family honor | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
"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", 120 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›July | Weather›Heat
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Saving money | Verbal›Badgering
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Character›Pride | Determinism›Fated
Relationships: Marital›Conflict
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
"Fool About a Horse", 122 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Badgering
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Determinism›Fated | Money›As motive
Aesthetics: Interpretation | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Disruption
"Fool About a Horse", 123 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Embarrassment | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Determinism›Fated
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Interpretation
"Hair", 131 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Persuasion | Work›Barbering
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"Smoke", 20 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Determinism›Fated | Memory›Forgetting
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!, 107 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Dehumanization
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Values›Justice
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Satan | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 12 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›April
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Self-pity | Mental›Fatalism | Mental›Realization | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Religion›God | Religion›Providence | War›Defeat | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Death›Like death | Determinism›Fated | Futility›Nothing to do | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Psychological›Trauma | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Long passage of time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Heaven | Figures of Speech›Negation | Tone›Elegiac
Absalom, Absalom!, 12 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Place›Church | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Interaction, Private›Breaking marriage engagement | Moral›Prohibiting | Moral›Renounce | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Requesting | Violent›Homicide
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Crime›Murder | Law›Inheritance refusal | Ritual›Wedding
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Character›Pride | Death›Murder | Determinism›Fated | Determinism›Lack of choice | Inheritance›Hereditary culpability | Inheritance›Inheritance of wrong | Objects›Corpse | Past›Past in present | Past›Traumatic | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Story-telling›Family oral tradition | Supernatural›Monster / monstrous | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Dysfunctional | Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sister-sister | Marital›Arrangements | Marital›Wedding | Romantic›Death | Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Satan | Figures of Speech›Creditor | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Language›Anaphora | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Summary | Style›List | Tone›Elegiac
Absalom, Absalom!, 13 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Rhetorical question
Cultural Issues: Religion›Providence | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Meaning | Story-telling›Audience response
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Interpretation›Theodicy
Absalom, Absalom!, 13 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom | Place›Church | Public›Street
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Moral›Judgmental | Play›Card playing | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Class›Respectability | Crime›Gambling | Law›Wedding license | Region›The South | Religion›Institutional | Religion›Methodism | Slavery›Manumission | Slavery›Southern curse | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Character›Teetotaler | Determinism›Fated | Inheritance›Hereditary culpability | Inheritance›Inheritance of wrong | Meaning | Past›Historical wrong | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Fatality | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Sister-sister | Friendship | Marital›Arrangements | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Divine intervention | Allusion, Biblical›Heaven | Description›Character portrait | Figures of Speech›Gambling imagery | Interpretation›Theodicy | Language›Anaphora
Absalom, Absalom!, 14 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Crime›Penalty for | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Slavery›Southern curse
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Determinism›Fated | Inheritance›Inheritance of wrong | Morals›Justice | Recurring Tropes›Doom
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Aunt-niece | Familial›Sister-sister | Intergenerational›Obligation | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Absalom, Absalom!, 15 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Mental›Insight | Perceptual›Overhearing | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Age›Youth vs age | Identity, Personal›Family role
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Character›Responsibility | Death›Deathbed | Determinism›Fated | Recurring Tropes›Fairy-tale | Story-telling›Family oral tradition
Relationships: Civic›child protection | Familial›Aunt-niece | Familial›Sister-sister | Intergenerational›Obligation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Narrative›Repetition
Absalom, Absalom!, 20 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Domestic Space›Pasture | Domestic Space›Stable | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Moral›Exploitation | Movement›Sneaking | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Dehumanization | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Class›Power | Gender›Inversion | Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Hierarchical | Religion›Providence | Slavery›Racialism | Slavery›Southern curse | Slavery›Violence | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Determinism›Fated | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Satan | Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Narrative›Reported narration
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 | Past›Unknown/concealed past | 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
The Hamlet, 130 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Inversion | Sexuality›Fantasy
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gethsemane | Allusion, Mythical›Venus
The Hamlet, 229 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Hamlet, 234 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Futility›Illusion of success or victory
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Hamlet, 237 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store porch
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic
Cultural Issues: Region›The West
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
The Mansion, 100 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary | Time of Year›Harvest
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Futility›Inability
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 142 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Education›West Point | Politics›Election | War›Civil War | War›Spanish American War | War›Wound
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Values›Idealism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Florida | Allusion, Historical›Spanish-American War | Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Mansion, 198 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: War›Aerial combat | War›Death
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Home›Homecoming
The Mansion, 210 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Shame | Military›Combat | Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war | Character›Inherited traits | Determinism›Fated | Memory›Haunted by past
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Twins
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Mansion, 242 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Physical resemblances | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Style›Address to reader
The Mansion, 26 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Mental›Imagining | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial resentment
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Cattle | Determinism›Fated
The Mansion, 283 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Predicting | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
The Mansion, 31 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Mansion, 40 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Train sound | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Communication›Telegraph | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 405 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 406 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Money›As motive
The Mansion, 43 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Hoofbeats
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 57 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pornography
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph | Determinism›Fated | Meaning›Mystery
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
The Mansion, 6 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Values›Justice | Values›Providence
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 7 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 315 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Tuesday
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Holiday
Themes and Motifs: Death | Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›First-person passim throughout section | Narrative›Foreshadowing