Themes and Motifs: Psychological Manipulation

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"Centaur in Brass", 160 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Moral›Deception | Verbal›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
"Centaur in Brass", 162 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Razor | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
"Gold Is Not Always", 233 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Store clothes
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure | Psychological›Manipulation | Texts›Map
"Gold Is Not Always", 234 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Starlight | Place›Decayed house | Place›Decayed plantation
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Physical›Digging | Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Law›Bill of sale | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Race›Black property ownership | Race›Stereotype lower intelligence
Themes and Motifs: Money›Silver dollar | Objects›Coin | Psychological›Manipulation
"Knight's Gambit", 181 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Distrust | Perceptual›Seeing | Play›Chess | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Manipulation
"Knight's Gambit", 181 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Play›Chess | Verbal›Discussion
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
"Monk", 61 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Divine plan | Psychological›Manipulation
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Absalom, Absalom!, 243 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Emotional›Hate | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Psychological›Manipulation | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sabine people | Figures of Speech›Military analogy | Figures of Speech›Technological imagery | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 269 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Scheming | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 269 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Mental›Calculation | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Economy›Ledger | Gender›Chivalry | Violence›Dueling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun | Psychological›Manipulation | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Values›Honor
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | 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, 137 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Water moving / flowing | Public›Bridge | Weather›Flood
Actions: Domestic›Care | Emotional›Worry | Movement›Crossing
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing | Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Duty | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Courage | Values›Determination | Values›Sacrifice
Aesthetics: Tone›Apocalyptic
As I Lay Dying, 17 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Bodily›Dipping snuff | Bodily›Dying | Economic›Delivery | Emotional›Resentment | Emotional›Shame | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Persuasion | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency
Themes and Motifs: Death | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Parents-children | Intergenerational›Obligation | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Language›Ellipsis | Style›Unfinished sentence
As I Lay Dying, 188 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Confession | Moral›Exploitation | Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Bargaining
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Death›Corpse | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
As I Lay Dying, 192 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Economic›Horse trading
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Matched team of horses or mules
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Helpless | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
As I Lay Dying, 255 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Asking for money | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Coercion | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Hierarchical›Parent-child
As I Lay Dying, 29 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Indecision | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Go Down, Moses, 42 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Mental›Planning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Intergenerational›Rivalry
The Hamlet, 223 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Cure | Religion›Folk superstition
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Family honor
The Town, 259 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Law›Lawsuit
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Money›Payoff | Psychological›Manipulation
Aesthetics: Diction›Malapropism | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Town, 282 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Sexuality›Pornography
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
The Town, 293 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Manipulation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery | Narrative›Imagined conversation