Themes and Motifs: Inheritance Property

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"Appendix: Compson", 325 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Meteor shower | Natural›Woods | Place›Jefferson
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Economic›Trading
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Birthright | Class›French nobility | Cultural Identity›American | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | War›Refugee
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession | Inheritance›Property | Naming›Indian name | Naming›Renaming | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness | Recurring Tropes›Year the stars fell | Texts›Translation
Relationships: Familial›Foster family | Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Scotland | Allusion, Historical›Bonaparte, Napoleon | Figures of Speech›King and/or queen | Language›Fragments | Language›French | Recurring Episodes›Compson land acquired | Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom" | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 136 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Physical›Building
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Cotton farming | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Objects›European in U.S. | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Old Frenchman's arrival
"Smoke", 35 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
"Smoke", 5 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Running away | Violent›Domestic violence
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Character›Inherited traits | Inheritance›Property
Go Down, Moses, 162 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Story-telling›Old days | Time›Simultaneity of time
Relationships: Intergenerational›Tutor-student
Go Down, Moses, 241 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Land-Use›Agricultural | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property
Go Down, Moses, 242 (Event)
Environment: Place›History
Actions: Moral›Renounce | Verbal›Renunciation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Land-Use›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Texts›Deed
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Descendants
Go Down, Moses, 285 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 286 (Event)
Actions: Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Inheritance›Property | Money›Inheritance
Go Down, Moses, 287 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Inheritance›Property | Memory›Collective memory | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Diction›Ethnic slur
Go Down, Moses, 291 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance | Inheritance›Property
Go Down, Moses, 291 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Accounting | Economic›Indebtedness
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Money›Inheritance
Go Down, Moses, 293 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Money›Inheritance
Aesthetics: Narrative›Irony
Go Down, Moses, 293 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Actions: Economic›Lending Money | Verbal›Renunciation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Money›Bill
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Descendants
Go Down, Moses, 297 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Manipulative
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Money›Inheritance | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Romantic›Sexual
Go Down, Moses, 298 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Manipulative
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Eve
Go Down, Moses, 342 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Northern dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 343 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Shaking | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Love | Verbal›Banishment
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | History›Great Migration | Race›Segregation | Segregation›Marriage | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Inheritance›Property | Inheritance›Traits | Money›Filthy lucre | Naming›And caste | Objects›Hunting horn | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Interracial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
The Mansion, 463 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Texts›Deed
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Good Samaritan | Allusion, Geographical›Los Angeles | Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›New York
The Town, 296 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Sexuality›Attractiveness
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Recurring Tropes›Destiny
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Ford, Henry | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Town, 341 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Will
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
The Town, 343 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Esoteric language
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Texts›Will
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
The Town, 368 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Plantation house
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Waiting | Work›Lawyering
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Identity, Cultural›Southern stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Italy | Allusion, Historical›Grant, Ulysses S. | Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses