Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss Over time

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"A Bear Hunt", 64 (Event)
Environment: Public›Church
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic | Physical›Burning | Play›Prank
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Naming›Change over time | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
"Ambuscade", 16 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Cultural Issues: Education›Informal | Race›Stereotype lower intelligence
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee
"Ambuscade", 16 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Impermanence
"Appendix: Compson", 342 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Over time | Home›Getting away
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Bigamy | Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away
"Delta Autumn", 267 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
"Delta Autumn", 270 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Labor›Racialized | Land-Use›Cotton farming | Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant
"Hand upon the Waters", 70 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
"Smoke", 5 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
As I Lay Dying, 89 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Injured | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Community›Opinion | Death›Funeral | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial›Kinship | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
Go Down, Moses, 300 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Go Down, Moses, 319 (Event)
Environment: Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Past›Past vs present
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Go Down, Moses, 324 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Delta rivers
Cultural Issues: Labor›Racialized | Land-Use›Cotton farming | Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Flood imagery
The Hamlet, 373 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Cedar trees
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Time›And change
The Hamlet, 373 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Place›Decayed plantation
Cultural Issues: History›Great Migration | Race›Segregation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Money›Hidden | Objects›Honeysuckle
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Architect builds Old Frenchman's place
The Unvanquished, 35 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Symbolism›Impermanence