Themes and Motifs: Philosophical Luck

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"Smoke", 26 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Justice | Philosophical›Luck
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
As I Lay Dying, 156 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Recovery | Movement›Swimming | Physical›Repair | Physical›Searching | Play›Betting | Verbal›Arguing | Violent›Violence against animals
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Broken bones | Health and Illness›Injured | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Body›Breast | Death›Coffin | Objects›Construction tools | Philosophical›Luck
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate | Description›Character portrait | Figures of Speech›Simile
As I Lay Dying, 239 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Outrage
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Character›stoic | Philosophical›Luck
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional | Hierarchical›Doctor-patient
As I Lay Dying, 39 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Communication›Without words | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Philosophical›Luck | Psychological›Motivation
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
As I Lay Dying, 41 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Sawing | Weather›Storm
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Obesity | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Themes and Motifs: Death | Philosophical›Ethics | Philosophical›Luck
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous | Tone›Sarcastic
Go Down, Moses, 38 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Moral›Scheming | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Government›Inheritance | Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Justice | Philosophical›Luck
Relationships: Familial›Patriarch | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Go Down, Moses, 41 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still | Philosophical›Luck
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Slot machine
The Mansion, 4 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck
Relationships: Marital›Shotgun marriage
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem and Eula marry
The Mansion, 64 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck | Values›Family honor
The Reivers , 49 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Moral›Scheming | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Education›Informal | Modernity›Speed | Progress›Trains
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 51 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Corrupting
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck | Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
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, 117 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Voices | Auditory›Whistle | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Hills | Natural›River | Place›Rural | Public›Bridge | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower | Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Hunting›Fishing | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Male gathering | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Fishing contest | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Progress›Factory | Progress›Streetcar line
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fish trout | Money›Prize value | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Fishing rod | Objects›Watch | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Solitary | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Proverbs | Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Allusion, Geographical›Canada | Description›Color yellow | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Southern dialect | Figures of Speech›Fire | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Threads
The Sound and the Fury, 19 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek
Actions: Mental›Impairment | Play›Playing in water
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Luck | 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
The Sound and the Fury, 28 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Domestic›Milking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Cows | Animals›Horses | Philosophical›Luck
The Sound and the Fury, 29 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Mental›Predicting | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Death | Naming›Renaming | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Precognition / Something to happen | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 30 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Domestic Space›Servants' home
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Sleeping | Domestic›Milking | Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Migration›Intraregional migration | Migration›Movement to city
Themes and Motifs: Death | Naming›Change over time | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Precognition / Something to happen | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Supernatural›Signs / Omen | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 58 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Education›Illiteracy | Religion›Religious faith
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Faith | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Philosophical›Luck | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Book of life | Allusion, Biblical›New Testament Book of Revelation | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 70 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Domestic›Feeding | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Nurturing | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Food
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Renaming | Objects›Fire | Philosophical›Luck | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 88 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Body›Bowels | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Past›Personal past | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Door | Supernatural›Signs / Omen | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Conflation of several possible sources | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Isaiah | Allusion, Literary›Hopkins, Gerard Manley | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Windhover" | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Language›Archaic | Language›Biblical | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation