Themes and Motifs: Morals

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"A Name for the City", 213 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Morality | Naming›Named for historical figure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Withholding
"An Error in Chemistry", 115 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Debating
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice
"Appendix: Compson", 326 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Government›National authority | Government›Usurpation | Group Mentality›Political solidarity | History›Dispossessing Indians | History›Indian Removal | Identity, Cultural›National | Ritual›Dueling | War›Indian / Native American wars
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession | Exile›Indian Removal | Morals›Honor | Objects›Sword | Texts›Deed | Values›Honor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Washington, D.C. | Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Andrew | Diction›Native American languages | Figures of Speech›Native American | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal | Tone›Sarcastic
"Appendix: Compson", 331 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Love | Moral›Punishment
Cultural Issues: Religion›Damnation | Religion›Presbyterian | Religion›Sin | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Fetishism | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Feminine | Body | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Longing for death | Death›Suicide | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Family honor | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Recurring Episodes›Quentin's suicide
"Beyond", 785 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shock | Mental›Accepting | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Religion›Atheism
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Suicide | Morals›Faith | Philosophical›Metaphysics
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Ingersoll, Robert G. | Allusion, Literary›Paine, Thomas | Allusion, Literary›Voltaire | Language›Ellipsis
"Beyond", 788 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Internal argument | Mental›Remembering | Mental›Skepticism | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Imagined | Morals›Faith | Philosophical›Metaphysics
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Historical›Ingersoll, Robert G. | Allusion, Literary›Montesquieu | Allusion, Literary›Paine, Thomas | Allusion, Literary›Voltaire
"Beyond", 789 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Politics›Democrat | Politics›Republican
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Morals›Faith | Recurring Tropes›Solitary
"Beyond", 797 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Olfactory›Flowers
Actions: Emotional›Calm
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Changing clothes | Identity, Personal›Old vs new selves | Law›Trial
Themes and Motifs: Death›Compared to sleep | Death›Funeral | Morals›Justice | Objects›Flowers
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 376 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Freeing | Verbal›Promising
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Chivalry | Psychological›Madness
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 376 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Home›Home as prison | Morals›Chivalry
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 376 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Freeing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Morals›Chivalry | Objects›Eyeglasses
Relationships: Romantic›Fiance
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 378 (Event)
Environment: Place›Vacant house
Actions: Perceptual›Surveillance
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Morals›Chivalry
Relationships: Marital›Separated
"Mule in the Yard", 262 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Paying | Economic›Scamming | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Realization | Moral›Exploitation | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Eating | Physical›Sitting | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Gallic
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"Mule in the Yard", 264 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›January
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 693 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Library | Domestic Space›Upstairs
Actions: Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army | War›Insubordination
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Responsibility
Relationships: Institutional›Military | Romantic›Courtship
"Raid", 37 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Messenger | Domestic›Discipline
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Right
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Master-slave
"Raid", 39 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Right
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
"Smoke", 12 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice
"Smoke", 36 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Responsibility
"Spotted Horses", 178 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Overhearing | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Character›Independence | Morals›Justice
"Spotted Horses", 180 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Morals›Injustice
"That Evening Sun", 291 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Arrest | Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Gender | Race | Religion | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Hypocrisy
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"The Bear", 293 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Place›Plantation
Actions: Emotional›Pity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Diminishment / fading | Art›Poetry | Character›Pride | Morals›Honor | Morals›Justice | Texts›Poetry | Values›Courage | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
"Tomorrow", 89 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice | Morals›Right | Philosophical›Ethics
"Tomorrow", 90 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Defending | Legal›Recess | Legal›Summation | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Agriculture›Farming life | Law›Eye for an eye | Law›Grand jury | Law›Hearing | Law›Indictment | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits | Morals›Justice | Morals›Responsibility | Philosophical›Human nature
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
"Tomorrow", 92 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Verbal›Dialogue
Cultural Issues: Law›Hung jury
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice | Naming›Nickname
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Tone›Humorous
"Uncle Willy", 225 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Domestic›Housekeeping | Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Gender›Bachelor | Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Morals
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Conflict | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Narrative›First-person passim | Narrative›Parentheses
"Uncle Willy", 240 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Loyalty
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
"Uncle Willy", 245 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Comforting | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Self-justifying | Verbal›Swearing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Race›Black foresight | Race›Racial consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Loyalty | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Delayed revelation
Absalom, Absalom!, 120 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Character›Pride | Morals›Faith | Morals›Honor | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 208 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Morality | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas | Values›Conscience
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Familial›Father-son in law
Absalom, Absalom!, 211 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Logically reasoning | Moral›Rationalization
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Morals›Injustice | Recurring Tropes›Design | Values›Conscience
Relationships: Marital›Divorce
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate
Absalom, Absalom!, 218 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Clothes›Confederate uniform | Clothes›Dirty
Themes and Motifs: Futility | Morals›Morality | Recurring Tropes›Design | Time›Running out
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jericho | Allusion, Geographical›Rome | Figures of Speech›Technological imagery | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 224 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Marriage proposal
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Morality | Time›Running out
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Fertilise / Fertility imagery | Figures of Speech›Technological imagery | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 226 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Ribbons
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Faith
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Absalom, Absalom!, 227 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Overhearing | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Faith
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Absalom, Absalom!, 230 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Physical›Screaming | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Apotheosis | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Faith
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›Technological imagery | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 273 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Combat sounds
Actions: Communication›Lack of communication | Emotional›Anguish | Mental›Thinking | Military›Combat
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Incest | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Morality
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 291 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Religion›Apotheosis | Religion›God
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Faith
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective
Absalom, Absalom!, 301 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Outrage
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Morals›Morality | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 47 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War as point of reference
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Protest
Absalom, Absalom!, 64 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Denial
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Character›Personality change | Community›Alienation | Morals›Protest | Objects›Bible
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Military analogy
Absalom, Absalom!, 64 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic
Actions: Verbal›Denial
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Character›Integrity | Morals›Protest | Objects›Hammer
Absalom, Absalom!, 96 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Character›Trust | Morals›Faith | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: 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, 110 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bridge | Time of Day›Dusk | Weather›Flood | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Identity, Cultural›Rural | Labor | Land-Use›Agricultural | Religion›Divine judgment
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Memory›Collective memory | Morals›Hypocrisy | Philosophical›Salvation
As I Lay Dying, 134 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›November
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Economic›Purchase | Mental›Discovery | Moral›Deception | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Labor›Farming | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Money›Expenses | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Responsibility | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-horse | Marital›Adultery
As I Lay Dying, 198 (Event)
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Resentment | Emotional›Sympathy | Moral›Judgmental
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Gender›Menstruation / menstrual cycle | Gender›Sexual double standard | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Health and Illness›Abortion | Health and Illness›Quackery | Religion›Consolation | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Community›Stranger | Meaning›Paternity | Morals›Responsibility | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Flags in the Dust, 321 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Divorce | Movement›Flight
Cultural Issues: Global›Travel | Identity, Cultural›Englishness | Nationality›English / British
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Dishonor
Relationships: Marital›Desertion
Go Down, Moses, 220 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Loyalty
Go Down, Moses, 220 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Pony | Chaos/Order›Creating order | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Morals›Loyalty
Go Down, Moses, 236 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Refusal | Physical›Panting
Cultural Issues: Education›Missing school
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Loyalty
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Go Down, Moses, 294 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Carpentry
Themes and Motifs: Money›As symbol | Morals›Honor | Values›Selflessness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jesus
Go Down, Moses, 328 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Hunting and Fishing›Rules | Land-Use›Loss of wildlife | Sexuality›Sexual passion
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency | Morals›Morality | Values›Love
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis | Diction›Double entendre | Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
Go Down, Moses, 338 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Without words | Verbal›Renunciation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Misconduct
Themes and Motifs: Money›Filthy lucre | Morals›Dishonor
Intruder in the Dust, 135 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Race›White supremacists
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Morals›Chivalry
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Intruder in the Dust, 204 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Mental›Realization | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Morals›Morality | Values›Good conduct
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Intruder in the Dust, 228 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Cultural Issues: Food›Coffee
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Faith
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Light in August, 495 (Event)
Environment: Place›Gas station | Public›Road | Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Mental›Curiosity | Movement›Truck | Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Chivalry
Light in August, 496 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Talking | Verbal›Teasing
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Chivalry
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Romantic›Sexual
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 498 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country store | Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Economic›Buying | Emotional›Anxiety | Movement›Truck | Physical›Camping
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Chivalry
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Requiem for a Nun, 85 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Violence›Dueling
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Honor | Naming›Place name
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Hinds, General Thomas | Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Andrew
Requiem for a Nun, 86 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Southern secession | War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Morals›Right
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Johnston, Joseph E. | Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh
Sanctuary, 117 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Race›Behaving/becoming "black" | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Injustice | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Blackstone | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 127 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Law›Sheriff
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Hypocrisy
Sanctuary, 15 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Hypocrisy | Objects›Mirror
Relationships: Familial›Stepparent-child
Sanctuary, 207 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Crime›Prostitution | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Morals›Hypocrisy | Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 212 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Hiding | Verbal›Persuasion | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Law›Execution
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Morals›Justice | Past›Quest to recover
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 24 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden
Actions: Interaction, Private›Courting | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Flannel | Education›College
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Chivalry
Sanctuary, 261 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street
Actions: Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Crime›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Hypocrisy
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 265 (Event)
Environment: Public›Barber shop
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Bodily›Spitting | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Hypocrisy
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 280 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Confident
Cultural Issues: Gender›And religion
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Morals›Faith
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 58 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Accusatory | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Violence›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Chivalry
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional
The Hamlet, 39 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Negotiation
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Honor
The Mansion, 143 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cotillion Club | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability | Morals›Chivalry
The Mansion, 258 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Anglophile | History›Anti-Communism|McCarthy Era | Nationality›English / British | Religion›Martyrdom | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits | Morals›Faith
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Paris | Allusion, Geographical›Poland | Allusion, Historical›Churchill, Winston | Narrative›First-person
The Mansion, 393 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Identity, Cultural›And gender | Materialism›Status
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Chivalry | Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 61 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pornography
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Faith
The Mansion, 65 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Faith
The Reivers , 154 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Emotional›Indignation | Emotional›Respect | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Stabbing
Cultural Issues: Labor›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›knife
Aesthetics: Language›French | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 157 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Attic
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Sleeping | Moral›Reform | Verbal›Promising
Cultural Issues: Labor›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Character›Resolve | Morals›Chivalry | Values›Virtue
The Reivers , 170 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Alcohol | Olfactory›Sweat
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Sheriff | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Morals›Chivalry | Naming›Nickname | Past›Innocence
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Lord Fauntleroy | Allusion, Literary›Uncle Remus | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Ha ha ha | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 249 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Outrage | Emotional›Rage | Emotional›Shock | Movement›Buggy | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation | Crime›Vagrancy | Health and Illness›Nursing | Health and Illness›Stroke | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Violence›Gendered
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Morals›Chivalry | Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hardwick, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Nashville, Tennessee | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 253 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Ladies parlor | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Socks | Violence›Gendered
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Chivalry
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Alps | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 291 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Emotional›Love | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Legal›Marriage | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Chivalry
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hardwick, Tennessee | Language›Profanity
The Sound and the Fury, 101 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Streetlamp
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Inferiority
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Class consciousness | Class›Elite | Class›Equality | Class›Gentility | Government›Governor | Religion›Sin | War›Military rank of general
Themes and Motifs: Death›Compared to living | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Morality | Past›Family history | Recurring Tropes›Father said
Relationships: Ancestral | Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Eve | Allusion, Biblical›Garden of Eden | Figures of Speech›Poisoned | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 102 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Reassurance | Emotional›Shame | Emotional›Worry | Interaction, Private›Courting | Moral›Deception | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Salt lick | Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Death | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Values›Honor | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
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, 111 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Natural›River | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Mental›Unaware | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Physical›Meddling | Physical›Protection | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Sick as euphemism for pregnancy | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Cousin | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Allusion, Literary›Antony and Cleopatra | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Gods | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 123 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Love | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Character›Blackguard | Morals›Honor | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Forced
Aesthetics: Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 123 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Realization | Mental›Thinking
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock | Sexuality›Sex and death
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 123 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Despair | Legal›Marriage | Moral›Cheating | Moral›Lying | Play›Card playing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Education›Exams / tests | Education›Expelled / expulsion | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Character›Blackguard | Character›Scoundrel | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Bad conduct | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced | Social›Adversarial | Social›Club | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Coventry, England | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 123 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Religion›Religious faith
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Faith | Morals›Injustice | Philosophical›Nihilism | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 124 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Defeat | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Escaping | Physical›Starting over | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock | Sexuality›Sex and death
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 133 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Swallowing | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Physical›Kissing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Learning about | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic
Aesthetics: Description›Color red | Figures of Speech›Calf rope | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 148 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Physical›Winking | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female body | Gender›Male body | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Disgust with sex | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Objects›Oars | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Othello | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Abduction myths | Allusion, Mythical›Euboeleus / Eubuleus | Allusion, Mythical›Persephone | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›Coupled | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Swine | Language›Fragments | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 148 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Cedar trees | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Otherworldly›Hellfire
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Confession | Moral›Punishment | Moral›Purification | Physical›Burning | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Pointing | Physical›Starting over
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Class›Class consciousness | Religion›Damnation | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Orgasm | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Character›Responsibility | Death›Afterlife | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Luke | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Literary›Dante's Inferno | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" | Figures of Speech›Affirmation | Figures of Speech›Clean flame | Figures of Speech›Locked | Figures of Speech›Wild breath | Language›Fragments | Language›yes Yes Yes yes | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Bricolage | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 149 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Light | Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Heartbeat | Auditory›Insect sounds | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Creek | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›Sand | Natural›Sky | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Rain | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Heart beating | Bodily›Panting | Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Lying | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Starting over | Physical›Touching | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Skirt | Clothes›Wet clothes | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Sensuality | Sexuality›Sex and death | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Insects crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Hips | Body›Knee | Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Objects›Fence | Objects›Willow tree | Objects›knife | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Romantic›Sexual | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Description›Color gray | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Island of silence | Figures of Speech›Mirror | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Language›no no | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Cleansing power of water | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 157 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Domestic Space›Gate | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Love | Violent›Intent to kill
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Honor | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Values›Evil | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Description›Color gray | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 158 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek | Public›Bridge | Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Khaki | Gender›Male body
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigarette
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 159 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Suspicion
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Morals›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 159 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Natural›Creek | Natural›Sky | Public›Bridge | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Bodily›Heart beating | Emotional›Humiliation | Emotional›Love | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Injury | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 174 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Crying
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
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, 67 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Rain on roof | Time of Year›November
Actions: Domestic›Discipline | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Private›Parenting | Mental›Disbelief | Mental›Skepticism | Mental›Understanding | Moral›Lying | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Honor | Verbal›Lying | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female | Violence›Child abuse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Frogs | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Chair | Objects›Fire | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Physical discipline
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Narrative›Unreliable narrator | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 77 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Confession | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Objects›Flowers Dogwood | Objects›Flowers Milkweed | Objects›Flowers Roses | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Narrative›Imagined conversation | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 78 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Sadness | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Taunt | Verbal›Teasing
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Gender›Women | Region›The South | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Death›Like death | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Philosophical›Nihilism | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Friendship›College roommate | Friendship›Male-male relationship | Social›Adversarial | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Diction›Misogynistic wording | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 79 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bells
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Confession | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Religion›Damnation | Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Sin | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Allusion, Historical›Saint Francis | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 80 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Body of water
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Sadness | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Realization | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Seeing | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Resurrection | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Preventing or avoiding sex | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Death›Bones | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Suicide | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Objects›Flat-iron | Philosophical›Existentialism | Philosophical›Nihilism | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Long passage of time | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Judgment Day | Allusion, Biblical›New Testament Book of Revelation | Allusion, Literary›Coleridge, Samuel | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Kubla Khan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 92 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Marriage announcement | Economic›Banking | Economic›Selling | Emotional›Contempt | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Mental›Distrust | Mental›Learning | Movement›Car | Movement›Limousine | Physical›Driving | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Clothes›Garter | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Harvard | Entertainment›Circus | Gender›Marriage | Region›The South | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Elephants | Animals›Fleas | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Teeth | Character›Inherited traits | Character›Reputation | Community›Wedding | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Inheritance›Traits | Memory›Remembering | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Honor | Objects›Candle | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Supernatural›Spell | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College roommate | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Fiance | Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual | Social›Adversarial | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›South Bend, Indiana | Allusion, Literary›Byron | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Don Juan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Marmion" | Allusion, Literary›Scott, Walter | Figures of Speech›Puppy | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Long sentence | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 97 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Suspicion | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Moral›Deception | Physical›Saluting | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | Verbal›Code-switching / Change in dialect | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Rumor | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Racial|Regional stereotypes about drinking | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Uniform | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Divinity school | Education›Graduation | Education›Harvard | Ethnicity›Italian | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes | Race›Rules / norms for addressing whites | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Race›Uncle Tom | Ritual›Holiday | War›Grand Army of the Republic / G.A.R. | War›Military rank of general
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Community›Columbus Day | Community›Parade | Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Hypocrisy | Objects›Luggage | Recurring Tropes›Gossip | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black | Social›Mentorship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Princeton University | Allusion, Historical›Columbus, Christopher | Allusion, Historical›Lincoln, Abraham | Allusion, Historical›Women's Christian Temperance Union / W.C.T.U. | Allusion, Literary›Stowe, Harriet Beecher | Allusion, Literary›Uncle Tom's Cabin | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing
The Town, 117 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Time of Day›Tea
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Education›College | Food›Ice-cream
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Responsibility | Objects›Tea | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 171 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Arrest | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Entertainment | Progress›Technological | Sexuality›Pornography
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bravado | Morals›Hypocrisy | Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Scandal
The Town, 185 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Character›Duty | Morals›Justice | Morals›Responsibility | Objects›Keys | Recurring Tropes›Door | Values›Truth/Lies
The Town, 266 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Poorhouse
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Violent›Killing of animals | Violent›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice | Objects›Fire
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Symbolism›Fire
The Town, 274 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: History›Frontier outlawry | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic | Money›As motive | Morals›Morality
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Violent in figurative sense
The Town, 285 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Bribing | Economic›Paying
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Morals›Hypocrisy
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Language›French
The Town, 321 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Meaning | Morals›Justice | Morals›Morality | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Measuring time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Present-time reference
The Town, 327 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country store
Actions: Economic›Banking | Moral›Purification | Movement›Car | Physical›Eating
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Money | Morals›Morality
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Coolidge, Calvin | Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
The Town, 354 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Outrage
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing | Group Mentality›Social Shaming
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Morals›Dishonor | Morals›Justice
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person plural passim
The Town, 43 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Identity, Personal›Ambiguous | Law›Execution | War›Confederate Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Morals›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Ab's war wound | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
The Town, 78 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Staring | Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Outrage | Emotional›Vengeful | Physical›Dancing | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Character›Fool|Foolishness | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor
The Unvanquished, 230 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Verbal›Planning | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Changing customs
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Responsibility | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana | Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
The Unvanquished, 77 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Messenger | Domestic›Discipline
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Morals›Right
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Master-slave
The Unvanquished, 80 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Right
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous