Themes and Motifs: Morals Responsibility

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"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 693 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Library | Domestic Space›Upstairs
Actions: Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army | War›Insubordination
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Responsibility
Relationships: Institutional›Military | Romantic›Courtship
"Smoke", 36 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Responsibility
"Tomorrow", 90 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Defending | Legal›Recess | Legal›Summation | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Agriculture›Farming life | Law›Eye for an eye | Law›Grand jury | Law›Hearing | Law›Indictment | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits | Morals›Justice | Morals›Responsibility | Philosophical›Human nature
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
As I Lay Dying, 134 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›November
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Economic›Purchase | Mental›Discovery | Moral›Deception | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Labor›Farming | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Money›Expenses | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Responsibility | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-horse | Marital›Adultery
As I Lay Dying, 198 (Event)
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
The Town, 117 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Time of Day›Tea
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Education›College | Food›Ice-cream
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Responsibility | Objects›Tea | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 185 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Character›Duty | Morals›Justice | Morals›Responsibility | Objects›Keys | Recurring Tropes›Door | Values›Truth/Lies
The Unvanquished, 230 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Verbal›Planning | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Changing customs
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Responsibility | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana | Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals