Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures Return

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"A Bear Hunt", 66 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured | Hunting and Fishing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cats | Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Body›Face | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Diction›Southern dialect | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Narrative shift | Tone›Humorous
"A Courtship", 378 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Surprise | Movement›Horse | Movement›Running | Verbal›News
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
"A Courtship", 379 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Poisoning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Naming›Renaming
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Doom becomes chief | Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
"A Name for the City", 201 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Ambiguity
"A Point of Law", 215 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cabin
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Home›Dwelling
"A Point of Law", 218 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Stable | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation
Actions: Verbal›Command | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Panama hat | Law›Spousal privilege
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Car
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Kinship | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Style›Character portrait
"A Rose for Emily", 127 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship | Social›Neighbor
"All the Dead Pilots", 526 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Movement›Crash | Movement›Flight | Violent›Animal abuse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Character›Recklessness
"Ambuscade", 8 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
"An Error in Chemistry", 124 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Physical›Kicking | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Ordering
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
"Centaur in Brass", 149 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Auction | Moral›Deception
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Character›Predatory
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
"Delta Autumn", 267 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
"Delta Autumn", 268 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Recovery | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
"Dry September", 174 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Migration›Work
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Body›Face
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
"Go Down, Moses", 266 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Quotation as thought
"Hair", 140 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Paying
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
"Hair", 144 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Rejection
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Medical treatment
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
"Knight's Gambit", 232 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Charge/accuse | Military›Enlistment | Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | War›Draft | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging | War›Going to war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 370 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | Violence›Implied shooting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Pistol
"Monk", 43 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Back country
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Marital›Common law
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Raid", 57 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Return
"Red Leaves", 320 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Global›Travel
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Money›Filthy lucre | Money›Luxury | Objects›Slipper
"Red Leaves", 332 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Running | Perceptual›Smelling
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Drum
"Spotted Horses", 167 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Narrative›Communal narrative
"Spotted Horses", 167 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Chaos/Order›Wildness
"The Old People", 202 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive | Slavery›Concubinage | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Naming
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
"The Tall Men", 59 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Kissing | Physical›Burial
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | War›Going to war | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Philosophical›Individualism | Values›Family values
"Tomorrow", 101 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Genre Conventions›Mystery
"Tomorrow", 98 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Time of Year›March | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Movement›Buggy | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Sawmilling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Goat | Arrivals/Departures›Return
"Two Soldiers", 81 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Education›Primary school | Global›Pacific Ocean
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
"Uncle Willy", 243 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Refusal
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Absalom, Absalom!, 26 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Hat | Crime›Waistcoat | Slavery›Forced migration
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Money›Gold | Money›Loot
Aesthetics: Narrative›Revision
Absalom, Absalom!, 261 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 266 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 299 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Meaning›Misinterpretation | Story-telling
Absalom, Absalom!, 33 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Emotional›Resentment | Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Crime | Government›Uncle Sam | Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Godhead | Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Oxen | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Chandlier | Objects›Crystal | Objects›Furniture
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Absalom, Absalom!, 56 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Absalom, Absalom!, 83 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Friendship | Romantic›Courtship
As I Lay Dying, 204 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Public›Street
Actions: Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Ordering
Cultural Issues: Law›Marshal
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Arrivals/Departures›Return
As I Lay Dying, 206 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Medical treatment
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Tone›Absurdist | Tone›Farce
As I Lay Dying, 210 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Mental›Counting | Mental›Incomprehension | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of animal companion | Animals›Buzzards | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Toys
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
As I Lay Dying, 89 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Injured | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Community›Opinion | Death›Funeral | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial›Kinship | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
Go Down, Moses, 231 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Perceptual›Hearing
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›Native American languages
Go Down, Moses, 238 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Surrey
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Go Down, Moses, 278 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Feminine man
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Go Down, Moses, 300 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Logging | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 320 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Alcohol›Whiskey | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Go Down, Moses, 320 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Recovery | Hunting›Teaching | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Go Down, Moses, 327 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Expecting
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Requiem for a Nun, 59 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment | Time of Day›Ten o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›March
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit | Health and Illness›Sleeping pill
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
The Hamlet, 62 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
The Mansion, 141 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
The Mansion, 181 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chivalry
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jacob | Allusion, Mythical›Helen
The Mansion, 231 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
The Mansion, 69 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Surprise
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
The Sound and the Fury, 104 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Lunch
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Movement›Streetcar
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Body›Brain / mind | Body›Stomach/belly | Chaos/Order›Confusion | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Measuring time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Style›Neologism | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 129 (Event)
Environment: Place›Livery stable | Public›Store
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Education›College | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Law›Marshal | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts
The Sound and the Fury, 135 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Flowers | Natural›Moss | Natural›River | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Natural›Woods | Place›Road
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Emotional›Worry | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Sensing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hair ribbons | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Food›Bread | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Hair pigtails | Appearance›Invisibility | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Home | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Meaning›Profound | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Solitude | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell
The Town, 43 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Joking | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Money | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Ancestral
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Metafictional | Narrative›Parentheses
The Unvanquished, 117 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Return