Themes and Motifs: Psychological Madness

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"A Rose for Emily", 123 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Pity | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Denial
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Death | Objects›Corpse | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Communal narrative
"A Rose for Emily", 123 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Health and Illness›Mental illness
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Psychological›Madness
"A Rose for Emily", 123 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Formal | Gender›Body | Gender›Patriarchy | Health and Illness›Mental illness
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Horsewhip | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow
"A Rose for Emily", 125 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Conflict
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 151 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Verbal›Threat
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Madness
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 376 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Freeing | Verbal›Promising
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Chivalry | Psychological›Madness
Absalom, Absalom!, 130 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Character›Ruthless | Character›Vanity | Psychological›Madness | Time›Running out
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Mirage | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Shell | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 132 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Mental›Submission / Acquiescence | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Marriage proposal
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hand / Palm | Objects›Ring | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Touch | Time›Frozen / Static
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Stone | Metafictional›Signs | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 133 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Ku Klux Klan
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Dream
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Satan | Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 135 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Memory | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Supernatural›Phantom | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Values›Love
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Pilgrim | Interpretation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 148 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Imagining
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Class
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Importance of naming | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Dream turns to dust | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Faustus | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Allusion, Mythical›Dragon's teeth | Figures of Speech›Creditor | Figures of Speech›Scythe | Narrative›Summary | Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 105 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Laughing | Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Obeying / obedience
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Community›Opinion | Death›Dying wish | Death›Respect | Morals›Honor | Morals›Hypocrisy | Psychological›Madness | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Parents-children
As I Lay Dying, 212 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Taunt
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cats | Death›Corpse | Meaning›Maternity | Meaning›Paternity | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
As I Lay Dying, 214 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Listening | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Religion›Consolation
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Psychological›Madness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
As I Lay Dying, 237 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Surprise | Mental›Understanding
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
As I Lay Dying, 250 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Absence/Loss›Substitute | Animals›Cows | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Objects›Toys | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people | Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
As I Lay Dying, 254 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Eating
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness
Aesthetics: Language›yes Yes Yes yes
Go Down, Moses, 314 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Perceptual›Hearing
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos | Psychological›Madness
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Light in August, 125 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Planning | Mental›Submission / Acquiescence | Mental›Thinking | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Undressing | Verbal›Discussion | Verbal›Whispering
Cultural Issues: Religion›Fanaticism | Religion›God
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Madness | Values›Misogyny
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Sanctuary, 220 (Event)
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Sexuality›Perverse
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Madness
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Reba's
The Hamlet, 370 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Money›Hidden | Psychological›Madness
The Hamlet, 375 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Money›Confederate | Money›Hidden | Objects›Silver | Psychological›Madness
The Mansion, 408 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›September
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking | Communication›And deafness | Mental›Planning | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drink recipe | Alcohol›Moonshine | Government›State government | Law›Incarceration | Law›Parole
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Philosophical›Human nature | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
The Mansion, 411 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Kinlessness | Home›Destroyed | Money›Cash | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Familial›Extended family
The Mansion, 50 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Hysteria
Cultural Issues: Law›Insanity plea
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Madness
The Sound and the Fury, 139 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Running sound | Natural›Water moving / flowing
Actions: Bodily›Retching | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Laughing | Legal›Arrest | Legal›Handcuffing | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Physical›Holding | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Stuttering / stammering | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Kidnapping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Vest | Food›Bread | Health and Illness›Nausea | Law›Badge | Law›Constitutional right to remain silent | Law›Criminal assault | Law›Criminal assault and battery | Law›Custody | Nationality›Foreigners | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Insects butterflies | Appearance›Dirty | Body›Arm | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Shoulder | Body›Stomach/belly | Body›Throat | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Civic | Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Assailant-victim
Aesthetics: Description›Color yellow | Language›Foreign accent / dialect | Language›ah ah ah
The Sound and the Fury, 232 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Resentment | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Following | Movement›Sneaking | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Death from drinking | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Economy›Economic speculation | Ethnicity›Jewish | Progress›Telegraph | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Gasoline | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New York | Allusion, Geographical›Nicaragua | Allusion, Geographical›Washington, D.C.
The Sound and the Fury, 65 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Play | Work
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos | Psychological›Madness | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics