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"A Bear Hunt", 78 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Curious | Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Revealing
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Motivation
"A Point of Law", 222 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Naming self | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Law›Wedding license
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still | Objects›Well | Psychological›Peace
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy | Style›Character portrait | Tone›Humorous
"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", 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", 125 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Conflict
"All the Dead Pilots", 519 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Meaning›Misinterpretation | Psychological›Paranoia
"An Error in Chemistry", 116 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Motivation
Aesthetics: Diction›Misogynistic wording
"An Error in Chemistry", 119 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Economy›Property | Identity, Cultural›Northerner | Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Motivation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Commandments | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"An Error in Chemistry", 135 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Study | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Exposure | Violent›Murder | Work›Performance
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Disguise | Entertainment›Circus
Themes and Motifs: Character›Hubris | Psychological›Motivation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical | Genre Conventions›Parable | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"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
"Appendix: Compson", 342 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Mental›Dreaming | Mental›Fantasizing
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Violence›Ambush
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece
"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
"Death Drag", 193 (Event)
Environment: Public›Restaurant
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Milk | Psychological›Trauma
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Canada
"Death Drag", 195 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›August | Time of Year›January
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Shaking | Economic›Scheming | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Alcohol›Abstinence | Entertainment›Barnstorming | Health and Illness›Smoking habit | Race›Jewish
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
"Elly", 207 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Paranoia
"Elly", 207 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Despair
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Repression
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
"Elly", 210 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Recoiling
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness | Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Psychological›Disembodiment
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Christian
"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
"Lion", 190 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Body›Eyes | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Will to endure
Relationships: Social›Isolation
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 136 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Dipping snuff | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Physical›Digging
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wagon | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 150 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Mental›Realization
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 151 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Verbal›Threat
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Madness
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 373 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Cold | Weather›Mild | Weather›Rain
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control | Psychological›Paranoia
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 376 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Freeing | Verbal›Promising
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Chivalry | Psychological›Madness
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 378 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Evoking memory
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Communication›Newspaper columns and notices | Communication›Writing | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Reading
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Marital›Vicarious wedding
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Allusion, Biblical›Mary
"Monk", 52 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Education›Mentorship
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable | Psychological›Motivation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Self-Reflective
"Monk", 53 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Motivation
"Monk", 61 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Divine plan | Psychological›Manipulation
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Red Leaves", 335 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Slave hunting | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Obesity
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Slipper | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
"Red Leaves", 340 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Noon
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Freedom
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Peace
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
"Smoke", 24 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Guilt
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Repression
"That Evening Sun", 306 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Singing | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Stalking | Verbal›Speculation
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Terror
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"The Hound", 156 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Physical›Whittling
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Community›Social life | Psychological›Paranoia | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Absalom, Absalom!, 116 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Gender
Themes and Motifs: Body›Sensory experience | Body›Womb | Memory›Forgetting | Psychological›Will to endure | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Mediation | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Fish | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 12 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Defeat | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma
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
Absalom, Absalom!, 152 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Wind
Actions: Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues: Class
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Psychological›Peace | Supernatural›Eternity
Relationships: Friendship | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Narrative›Fantasy | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 178 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Community | Psychological›Trauma
Absalom, Absalom!, 18 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Thunder | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Plantation house | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Movement›Carriage | Perceptual›Eavesdropping
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Fever | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Memory | Psychological›Terror | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Threshold | Recurring Tropes›Triumph | Supernatural›Place
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Breath
Absalom, Absalom!, 200 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Food›Sugar
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma | Recurring Tropes›Odor
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
Absalom, Absalom!, 301 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Verbal›Howling | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Death | Psychological›Trauma | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 42 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space
Actions: Verbal›Teasing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Thimble | Past›Past in present | Psychological›Trauma
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Absalom, Absalom!, 75 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Love | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Gender
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Unconscious
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic
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, 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
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
As I Lay Dying, 39 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Communication›Without words | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Philosophical›Luck | Psychological›Motivation
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
As I Lay Dying, 65 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Claustrophobic | Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Psychological›Trauma
Flags in the Dust, 155 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Despair
Themes and Motifs: Community›Alienation | Philosophical›Nihilism | Psychological›Disembodiment
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Three score and ten | Recurring Episodes›Bayard and the lost generation
Flags in the Dust, 160 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›Uniform | War›Peace | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Community›Populace | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Car | Objects›Monument | Psychological›Trauma | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Beauregard, P. G. T. | Allusion, Historical›Hinson, Jack | Allusion, Historical›Johnston, Joseph E.
Flags in the Dust, 211 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Mental›Nightmare | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Progress›Tractor | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Free indirect discourse
Flags in the Dust, 256 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Bodily›Trembling | Emotional›Terror | Mental›Nightmare | Verbal›Screaming | Verbal›Swearing | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 323 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Grayness | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Disgust with sex
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Haunted by past | Psychological›Disembodiment | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Sexual›Desertion
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Flags in the Dust, 7 (Event)
Environment: Place›Farm | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Movement›Carriage | Movement›Sneaking | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Nationality›Foreigners | War›World War I | War›Wound
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Psychological›Trauma
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Symbolism›Shadows
Go Down, Moses, 314 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Perceptual›Hearing
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos | Psychological›Madness
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Go Down, Moses, 333 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Underclothes, male | Gender›Body
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Order | Home›Substitute | Psychological›Peace
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
Intruder in the Dust, 36 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Mystery | Psychological›Motivation
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, 137 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Flowers | Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›May
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma
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
Sanctuary, 57 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Self-justifying
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Rationalizing
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
The Hamlet, 128 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Character›Self-deception | Psychological›Denial | Psychological›Obsession
The Hamlet, 130 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Inversion | Sexuality›Fantasy
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gethsemane | Allusion, Mythical›Venus
The Hamlet, 186 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Psychological›Obsession
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 Hamlet, 231 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
The Hamlet, 237 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Psychological›Denial
The Hamlet, 247 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Psychological›Peace
The Hamlet, 263 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Sexual
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Having sex
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
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 Hamlet, 394 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Threatening
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Values›Greed
The Hamlet, 404 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Domestic›Feeding
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
The Mansion, 127 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnancy
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
The Mansion, 149 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Banking
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
The Mansion, 150 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Crying
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chastity / purity
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 164 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Art›Painting | Art›Photograph | Objects›Camera | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Italy
The Mansion, 363 (Event)
Actions: Agricultural›Hog farming | Emotional›Hysteria | Physical›Building
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Regulations
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
The Mansion, 364 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
The Mansion, 370 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Violent›Shooting | Violent›Violence against animals
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Hog | Objects›Gun | Psychological›Obsession
The Mansion, 405 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document | Law›Parole
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Rationalizing
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
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, 416 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Character›Coward | Psychological›Rationalizing
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 451 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Unaware
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Paranoia
The Mansion, 46 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Mental›Realization
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Paranoia
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 460 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Repression | Texts›Deed
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
The Mansion, 50 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Hysteria
Cultural Issues: Law›Insanity plea
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Madness
The Reivers , 38 (Event)
Environment: Place›Livery stable
Actions: Domestic›Polish | Domestic›Washing
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Car | Psychological›Obsession
The Reivers , 45 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shame | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Progress›Cars | Progress›Trains
Themes and Motifs: Death›Deathbed | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Objects›Car | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Sound and the Fury, 100 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bells | Auditory›Clock chiming | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›Month of brides
Actions: Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Peace | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Awareness of time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bride / Bridal | Figures of Speech›Synesthesia
The Sound and the Fury, 105 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Trees
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Kimono
Themes and Motifs: Body›Arm | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Apple tree | Objects›Bed | Objects›Curtains | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Garden of Eden | Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 105 (Event)
Environment: Natural›River | Natural›Tide flat / marsh | Natural›Trees | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Weather
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Anxiety | Mental›Contemplation | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige | Entertainment›Boat race | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Traits | Gender›Women | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Art›Photograph | Character›Inherited traits | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Boat | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Evil
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Romantic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New London, Connecticut | Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
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, 112 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Voices
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic›Fiance | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 112 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Body of water | Natural›Cavern / Grotto | Natural›Sea / Ocean
Actions: Bodily›Healing
Cultural Issues: Progress›Smoke stack | Religion›Resurrection
Themes and Motifs: Death›Bones | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Objects›Flat-iron | Psychological›Peace | Time›Awareness of time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Judgment Day | Allusion, Literary›Coleridge, Samuel | Allusion, Literary›Dickinson, Emily | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Kubla Khan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Literary›The Tempest | Symbolism›Sexual symbol
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, 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, 137 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Domestic Space›Hogwallow | Natural›Mud | Olfactory›Hog / pig pen | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Sweetness | Perceptual›Tasting | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Touching | Physical›Turning away | Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Sensuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Face | Body›Fingers | Body›Legs | Body›Lips | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Freudian | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
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, 147 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hand / Palm | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Description›Color gray | 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, 147 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Sky | Olfactory›Oversweet organic
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Sensuality | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Knee | Body›Throat | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 147 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Trees | Olfactory›Perfume smell | Place›Stone wall | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hysteria | Emotional›Laughing | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Sadness | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Mental›Suppression / trying not to think | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Car | Movement›Swimming | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Touching | Physical›Wave / waving | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Chatter
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wine | Alcohol›Wine hamper | Class›Gentility | Ethnicity›Italian | Food›Bread | Gender›Dirty girl | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Knee | Body›Throat | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›Coal dust | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence
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, 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, 172 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Body of water
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Longing for death | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Peace
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 173 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Body of water | Olfactory›Gasoline
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Suicide | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Peace | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Time›Watch
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Moses | Language›Fragments | Language›Latin phrase | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Quentin's suicide | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 174 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Cavern / Grotto
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Communication›Marriage announcement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Community›Wedding | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Suicide | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Peace
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
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, 3 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Public›Golf course | Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Impairment | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Misreading | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Searching | Play›Sports Golf
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Food›Birthday cake | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lost | Objects›Fence | Objects›Flag | Objects›Flowers | Psychological›Learning disability
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›First-person passim throughout section | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Narrative›Unreliable narrator
The Sound and the Fury, 320 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Anguish | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Observing | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Hitting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Chaos/Order›Creating order | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Chaos/Order›Out of ordered place | Objects›Windows | Psychological›Terror | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument | Recurring Tropes›Door
The Sound and the Fury, 48 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Atmospheric›Wind | Domestic Space›Backyard | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Weed | Public›Golf course | Weather›Sun | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Private›Courting | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Spying | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Searching | Play›Sports Golf | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Age | Clothes›Tie | Entertainment›Magic trick | Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Deafness | Health and Illness›Mute | Ritual›Birthday | Sexuality›Birth control | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Body›Hair | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Mouth | Futility | Money›Lost | Objects›Condom | Objects›Fence | Objects›Fire | Objects›Flag | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Golf ball | Objects›Jimson weed | Objects›Poison | Objects›Swing | Objects›Windows | Psychological›Learning disability | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Symbolism›Christian | Typography/Orthography›Italics
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
The Sound and the Fury, 76 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Cultural Issues: Religion›Religious art or iconography
Themes and Motifs: Art›Christian art or iconography | Death›Longing for death | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Allusion, Historical›Saint Francis
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, 81 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Domestic Space›Porch | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Flowers
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Champagne | Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Undressing | Clothes›Veil | Clothes›Vest | Clothes›Wedding dress
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Flowers Roses | Objects›Mirror | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Figures of Speech›Armor | Figures of Speech›Cloud | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Italics
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, 96 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Streetlamp | Natural›Hills
Actions: Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 96 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Streetlamp | Auditory›Insect sounds | Time of Year›August | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Suspicion | Perceptual›Sensing | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Patriarchy | Gender›Women | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Nihilism | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Values›Evil
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Fertilise / Fertility imagery | 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, 96 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Respect | Perceptual›Spying | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Patriarchy | Gender›Women | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Town, 121 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Regret
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Helen of Troy
The Town, 142 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anguish | Emotional›Indecision | Emotional›Seduction
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Illegitimacy
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Relationships: Marital›Wedding | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
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, 275 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Saving money
Cultural Issues: Economy›Dowry | Education›Need to be educated | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Character›Humility | Character›Ruthless | Money›Social force | Psychological›Motivation | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Familial›Stepparent-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
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
The Town, 302 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Peace
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
The Town, 304 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Rhetorical question
Cultural Issues: Law›Contract
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance | Psychological›Motivation
Relationships: Marital›Conflict
Aesthetics: Narrative›Imagined conversation | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 345 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Trading | Mental›Believing | Verbal›Marriage proposal | Verbal›Promising
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Impotence
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Denial | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›"Wait" | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 374 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Entertainment›Football
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Psychological›Denial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 374 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Handkerchief | Psychological›Repression
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
The Town, 96 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Wagner, Richard | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Self-correction | Typography/Orthography›Dots
The Unvanquished, 10 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Will to endure | Time›Past