Themes and Motifs: Texts Note

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"Raid", 37 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Walking
Cultural Issues: Gender›Lady's accoutrements
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Note
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
"Raid", 37 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Physical›Wagon|Car maintenance
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Note
"Smoke", 8 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Government›Taxes, local
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Civic records | Texts›Note
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Vendee", 110 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Violence | Violence›Interracial | Violence›Lynching
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Texts›Note
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Absalom, Absalom!, 5 (Event)
Environment: Otherworldly | Time of Day›Midday | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Messenger | Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Coldness | Emotional›Surprise | Mental›Insight | Mental›Misunderstanding | Mental›Realization | Mental›Understanding | Perceptual›Misreading | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Verbal›Invitation | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Age›Generation gap | Age›Old age | Age›Youth vs age | Race›Using a Negro as messenger
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ruthless | Objects›Paper | Texts›Letters | Texts›Note
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Language›Archaic | Narrative›Reported narration | Narrative›Withholding | Typography/Orthography›Handwriting
Absalom, Absalom!, 6 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Note | Communication›Writing | Mental›Deciding | Mental›Realization | Mental›Reinterpretation | Mental›Speculation | Mental›Thinking | Mental›Understanding | Perceptual›Ambiguity | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War | History›Civil War consequences | Region›Lost Cause | Region›The South | Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Godhead | Religion›Providence | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Military defeat | Absence/Loss›War | Inheritance›Traits | Meaning›Paternity | Memory›Haunted by past | Past›As explanatory | Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Old insult (abiding affront) | Story-telling›Audience response | Story-telling›Explaining | Texts›Note | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Intergenerational›Obligation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Divine intervention | Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Water | Language›Biblical | Narrative›Self-correction | Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Sanctuary, 208 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Communication›Note | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Money›Stingy with money | Texts›Note
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Reba's
The Hamlet, 256 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Message
Themes and Motifs: Money›In prospect | Texts›Note
The Unvanquished, 177 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Weather›Cold
Actions: Movement›Mule | Physical›Riding | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Violence | Violence›Lynching
Themes and Motifs: Character›Predatory | Death›Corpse | Texts›Note
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Underlining