Themes and Motifs: Community Stranger
Description
I'm thinking of the times when someone enters a community who is unknown and the collective community has suspicions about this character. A clear example would be Lena Grove. (jj)
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Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Community›Stranger | Time›Timelessness
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Actions: Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Community›Stranger | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Perceptual›Seeing
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends | Interspecies›Man-horse
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Practicality | Work›Horse training
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Environment: Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Work›Store clerk
Relationships: Institutional›Church-Town
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›July
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Economic›Asking for money | Physical›Meddling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Law›Wedding license
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Language›Profanity
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Place›Plantation
Actions: Hunting›Slave hunting | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Moral›Deception | Movement›Riding | Physical›Building
Cultural Issues: Class›Dehumanization | Class›Respectability | History›Dispossessing Indians | Land-Use›Ownership | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Native American | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Creating order | Community›Stranger | Exile›Driven away | Naming›Place name | Objects›Pistol | Past›Personal past | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave | Marital›Social respectability | Social›Isolation
Environment: Atmospheric›Peaceful | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bells | Place›Blacksmith shop | Place›Church | Place›Hotel | Place›Livery stable | Place›Saloon | Public›Courthouse | Public›Store | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Sunday morning | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Interaction, Social›Church | Mental›Curiosity | Movement›Crossing | Movement›Horse | Movement›Riding | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Calling by name
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Economy›Commerce | Gender›Femininity | Gender›Lady | Group Mentality›Community collective | Group Mentality›Creating an Other | Race›Etiquette | Religion›Church service | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Community›Crowd | Community›Opinion | Community›Stranger | Naming›Importance of naming | Objects›Fan | Objects›Parasol | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Time›Past
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Institutional›Church-Town | Interracial›Master-servant | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ancient Greek Chorus | Description›Character portrait | Description›Location portrait | Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Musical imagery | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Revision | Recurring Episodes›Sutpen's arrival | Style›List | Style›Long sentence | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Resentment | Emotional›Sympathy | Moral›Judgmental
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Gender›Menstruation / menstrual cycle | Gender›Sexual double standard | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Health and Illness›Abortion | Health and Illness›Quackery | Religion›Consolation | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Community›Stranger | Meaning›Paternity | Morals›Responsibility | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Movement›Car | Violent›Car accident
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Tennis shoes