Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures Secrecy

Description

This term is for occasions when people leave a place in order to hide something from their neighbors, as when Flem and Eula go to Texas so that the birth of her illegitimate child can be kept secret from the population of Frenchman's Bend. SR

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"Centaur in Brass", 149 (Event)
Actions: Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›America and opportunity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Marital›Shotgun marriage | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem and Eula marry
"Hair", 135 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Community›Knowledge
"Spotted Horses", 166 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy
Absalom, Absalom!, 55 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Claustrophobic | Domestic Space›Confined living quarters
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Sister-sister | Marital›Arrangements
Flags in the Dust, 359 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Starlight | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Exile
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-horse
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
The Mansion, 158 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Rural sales
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy
The Town, 125 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bank | Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Economy›Banking | Gender›Men vs women | Government›Audit | Government›National authority
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Byron robs bank
The Town, 93 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›January
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Anxiety | Emotional›Fear | Physical›Delivering
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Texts›Love letter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Wagner, Richard | Description›Eyes | Narrative›First-person passim throughout section