Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures Mysterious

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"By the People", 88 (Event)
Environment: Place›Mill
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic
Cultural Issues: Politics›Campaigning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
"Knight's Gambit", 160 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Change of environment
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 678 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Relationships: Romantic
"The Old People", 204 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Squatting | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Past›Old days
Relationships: Friendship›Racial
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Hill dialect | Diction›Native American languages
"The Old People", 210 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Hunting›Tracking
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anti-climax
"There Was a Queen", 730 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
"There Was a Queen", 737 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Travel
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood
"Tomorrow", 101 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Verbal›Dialogue
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Absalom, Absalom!, 10 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Mental›Disapproval | Movement›Riding | Verbal›Insulting
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Class›Respectability | Economy›Property | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Slavery›Big house vs quarters
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›As character | Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Character›Swagger | Morals›Hypocrisy | Past›Discovering it | Past›Unknown/concealed past
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-niece | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Sister-sister | Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Engagement | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Face | Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Narrative›Withholding | Tone›Sarcastic
Go Down, Moses, 73 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Relationships: Familial›Father-son in law
The Reivers , 20 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Memory›Collective memory
Relationships: Familial›Mentorship | Familial›Orphan
The Town, 178 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Bewilderment | Emotional›Fascination | Verbal›Discussion
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Character›Reputation | Recurring Tropes›Door
The Town, 5 (Event)
Environment: Place›Farm
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration | Narrative›Delayed revelation | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Self-correction
The Town, 5 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
The Town, 6 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Law›Wedding license
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Relationships: Marital›Elopement | Romantic›Multiple
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual