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Aesthetics: Symbolism Shared humanity

Parent Term

  • Symbolism

Sibling Terms

  • Archetype
  • Blood
  • Cage
  • Christian
  • Cleansing power of water
  • Created by characters
  • Fire
  • Freudian
  • Hamsa
  • Impermanence
  • Rebirth
  • Reflection
  • Roman
  • Sexual symbol
  • Shadows
  • Theatrical
  • Time

Tagged Events

"Go Down, Moses", 263 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Olfactory›Old woman smell | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Biblical analogy | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation | Slavery›Music
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Eyes | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Historical›Roman senator | Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Language›Call and response | Narrative›Quotation as thought | Symbolism›Shared humanity | Typography/Orthography›Square brackets
Go Down, Moses, 361 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Hearth | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Symbolism›Shared humanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics