Actions: Emotional
Child Terms
- Amazement
- Ambivalence
- Anger
- Anguish
- Annoyed
- Anxiety
- Apathy
- Attraction
- Betrayal
- Bewilderment
- Callousness
- Calm
- Caring
- Coldness
- Comforting
- Contempt
- Cruelty
- Crying
- Curious
- Cynicism
- Defeat
- Defiance
- Dementia
- Despair
- Detachment
- Disappointment
- Embarrasment
- Empathy
- Exasperation
- Excitement
- Exhaustion
- Exultation
- Fascination
- Fear
- Frustration
- Fury
- Gratitude
- Grief
- Guilt
- Hate
- Hero worship
- Homesickness
- Hope
- Horror
- Humiliation
- Hurried
- Hurting
- Hysteria
- Impatience
- Incredulity
- Indecision
- Indifference
- Indignation
- Inferiority
- Intimidation
- Introspective
- Intuition
- Jealousy
- Joy
- Laughing
- Longing
- Love
- Lust
- Moaning
- Mourning
- Nostalgia
- Nurturing
- Outrage
- Overwhelmed
- Passivity
- Patience
- Peace
- Petulance
- Pity
- Possessiveness
- Practicality
- Rage
- Reassurance
- Rebelliousness
- Recovery
- Refusal
- Regret
- Relief
- Repentance
- Resentment
- Resignation
- Respect
- Restlessness
- Sadness
- Satisfaction
- Scolding
- Seduction
- Self-consciousness
- Self-doubt
- Self-pity
- Selfishness
- Shame
- Shock
- Stubbornness
- Sulking
- Surprise
- Suspicion
- Sympathy
- Terror
- Theatricality
- Tolerance
- Tragic / tragedy
- Triumph
- Vengeful
- Vindictive
- Waiting
- Worry
Tagged Events
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Cultural Issues: Gender›All-male space
Themes and Motifs: Community›Social life
Actions: Emotional›Curious | Play›Joking around
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Olfactory›Food | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Day›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house | Domestic Space›Veranda | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Interaction, Private›Conversation | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Law›Sheriff | Mass Media›Telephone | Race›Etiquette | Race›Masquerade
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›Etiquette | Social›Paternalism
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Porch | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Perceptual›Seeing
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Hyperbole
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Mass Media›Telephone | Race›Masquerade
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Senegambia | Diction›Racist term | Intertextuality›Shakespeare | Style›Character portrait
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence | Law›Legal issue | Law›Spousal privilege | Law›Witness | Race›Masquerade
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Marital›Spousal privilege
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Race›Masquerade
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Conflict | Interracial›White-black
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Law›Wedding license | Race›Masquerade
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Conflict | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Embedded text, cursive
Cultural Issues: Politics›Presidential administration
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Naming self | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Law›Wedding license
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Domestic Space›Stable | Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Year›Laid-by season | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Impatience | Work›Farming
Relationships: Marital›Father in law-son in law
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Death | Objects›Corpse | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Communal narrative
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Group Mentality›Community collective
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injury | Nationality | War›Prisoner
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Tobacco | Philosophical›Human nature
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Antony and Cleopatra | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Technology | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Airplane | Time›Frozen / Static
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Thunderclap | Metafictional›Picture/image
Cultural Issues: Age | Progress›Air travel
Themes and Motifs: Art›Music | Art›Photograph | Death | Past›Past vs present
Actions: Emotional›Betrayal | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Mental›Uncertainty | Violent›Animal abuse
Actions: Emotional›Humiliation | Movement›Sneaking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Education›Flight school | Identity, Personal›Mistaken identity | War›Demotion | War›Military reassignment
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›England
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Food | War›Casualties of war | War›Demotion | War›Deployment | War›Military reassignment | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Futility
Aesthetics: Language›Slang, military
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph | Character›Recklessness | Objects›Matchstick | Values›Courage
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Idleness | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Washing clothes | Verbal›Begging | Verbal›Command | Work›Chopping wood
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Objects›Coffee | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›France | Allusion, Literary›Gulliver's Travels
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Hope | Work›Chopping wood
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Country store | Public›Court | Time of Day›Morning
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Running | Emotional›Despair | Verbal›Command | Violent›Domestic violence | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Frogs | Animals›Whippoorwills | Home | Objects›Candle | Philosophical›Ethics | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Sibling | Marital›Abusive | Marital›Conflict
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Running | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Grief | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Listening
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Hope | Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Maturity | Money | Values›Greed
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Institutional›Military
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Body›Intestines | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures | Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Naming | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Hierarchical | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Peace | Movement›Walking | Physical›Cooking
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Honeysuckle | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›Conflict | Interracial›White-black
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Gossip | Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Government | Group Mentality›Community collective | Politics›City government
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Character›Predatory | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Economical | Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Storytelling
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Harvest | Figures of Speech›Monument
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Denial | Verbal›Silence | Violent›Vengeance
Relationships: Marital›Adultery | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Monument | Figures of Speech›Water
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming | Law›Legal document
Actions: Economic›Paying | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Hysteria | Movement›Flight | Verbal›Screaming
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Entertainment›Barnstorming
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Washington, George
Actions: Emotional›Restlessness | Perceptual›Misreading
Cultural Issues: Race›Shadow of Negro
Cultural Issues: Nationality›American | Segregation›Marriage | Sexuality›Interracial
Relationships: Interracial›Marriage
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Breathing | Natural›Moon | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Car | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Dehumanization | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Kidnapping | Violent›Lynch mob
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Pathetic fallacy
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Health and Illness›Fever
Aesthetics: Language›Interjection
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Mass Media›Fantasy | Mass Media›Movies
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Interracial›Romantic
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Paranoia
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Repression
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Emotional›Introspective
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Recurring Tropes›Dark house | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Emotional›Exultation
Relationships: Interracial›As rebellious
Environment: Place›Shrubbery | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Rebelliousness | Emotional›Shame
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness
Relationships: Interracial›As rebellious
Environment: Auditory›Footsteps | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Emotional›Frustration | Emotional›Introspective
Actions: Emotional›Resignation
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery
Actions: Emotional›Introspective
Themes and Motifs: Home›Getting away | Objects›Mirror
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Emotional›Impatience
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Communication›Using writing with deafness | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Defiance | Interaction, Private›Domineering
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Racism | Race›Segregation
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Emotional›Longing | Verbal›Whispering
Themes and Motifs: Time›Unsynchronized clocks
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom
Actions: Emotional›Seduction | Violent›Domestic violence | Violent›Intent to kill
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Cleansing power of water
Environment: Auditory›Cars passing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Car accident
Actions: Emotional›Refusal | Mental›Realization
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Time of Day›Noon | Weather›Heat
Actions: Emotional›Indecision
Aesthetics: Narrative›Quotation as thought
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
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Language›Call and response
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Work›Barbering
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Themes and Motifs: Character›Personality change
Actions: Emotional›Fascination | Perceptual›Watching
Actions: Emotional›Fascination | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Actions: Emotional›Patience | Perceptual›Observing
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Emotional›Curious
Actions: Emotional›Curious | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper comics / funny paper
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic›Fiance
Aesthetics: Diction›Ethnic slur
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Practicality | Work›Horse training
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Emotional›Fear | Legal›Locking up | Physical›Protection | Work›Lawyering
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Hate | Violent›Violence against animals
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Cost of war | War›Unity
Actions: Emotional›Indecision | Verbal›Message
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Newspapers
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Intimidation | Movement›Train | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Objects›Suitcase | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Hunting›Deer hunting | Hunting›Shooting
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread | Natural›Wilderness | Place›Hunting camps | Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Objects›Compass | Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conversation with oneself | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Appearance›Scruffiness | Body›Blood
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Hunting›Injury | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Animal bear
Environment: Time of Day›Noon | Weather›Sun
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Animal Dog
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of animal companion | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Animal Dog
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Fury | Mental›Realization | Physical›Hammering | Physical›Repair
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Squirrel | Objects›Gun | Past›Recent past | Time›Living in the present
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Place›Seedy parts of town
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | Mass Media›Magazines | Mass Media›Movies
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Allusion, Mythical›Vestal
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Satisfaction
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Terror | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Violence›Child abuse
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Complexion | Body›Eyes | Body›Face
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Anemia | Health and Illness›Medical advice
Actions: Emotional›Embarrasment | Emotional›Fear | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Strip searching | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Learning about | Sexuality›Puberty
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Past›Parental
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Emotional›Attraction | Interaction, Private›Domineering
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Olfactory›Evoking memory
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Exultation | Mental›Channeling
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Gaining weight | Communication›Letter | Emotional›Pity | Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Poisoning | Sexuality›Frustration
Environment: Olfactory›Evoking memory
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Healing | Bodily›Insomnia | Bodily›Pregnancy | Bodily›Waking | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Recovery | Physical›Dreaming
Themes and Motifs: Futility›When will it stop | Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Texts›Letters
Environment: Domestic Space›Cellar | Domestic Space›Yard
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Paying | Economic›Scamming | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Realization | Moral›Exploitation | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Eating | Physical›Sitting | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Negotiation
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Environment: Domestic Space›Library | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Institutional›Military
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Dinner
Cultural Issues: Race
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Supper
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Sadness | Perceptual›Overhearing
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army
Actions: Emotional›Indifference
Cultural Issues: War›Insubordination | War›Strategy
Environment: Weather›Perfect Weather
Actions: Emotional›Excitement | Movement›Boat
Actions: Emotional›Excitement
Environment: Time of Day›Pre-dawn | Weather›Perfect Weather
Actions: Emotional›Exultation | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Race›Inequalities
Actions: Emotional›Satisfaction
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Sacramental
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Home›Homebound | Values›Good conduct
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Perceptual›Seeing
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Actions: Economic›Share-cropping | Emotional›Fear
Relationships: Familial›Surrogate | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Hunting horn
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Movement›Boat
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Themes and Motifs: Home›Substitute | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Surrogate
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Hunting and Fishing›Ritual
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Silence
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality | Race›Stereotype: smell
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Olfactory›Food | Time of Day›Dusk
Themes and Motifs: Death›Indian burial practices
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Emotional›Fear
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured | Race›Stereotype: smell
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Community›Crowd | Death›Funeral | Death›Indian burial practices
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Domestic Space›Field | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Grief | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Running | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Homefront
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Parents-children
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Homefront
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Friday | Time of Year›July
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Communication›Newspaper columns and notices | Emotional›Grief | Movement›Truck | Physical›Walking | Work›Churning butter
Themes and Motifs: Community›Social life
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Meaning›Profound
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Town v. country/farm
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Parlor
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Homefront
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Parents-children
Environment: Public›Alley | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Emotional›Triumph | Mental›Insight | Perceptual›Moment of vision
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›American | Identity, Cultural›National
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Health and Illness›Injury | Labor
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Domestic Space›Gender stereotype | Domestic Space›Race | Time of Year›Spring
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Southern woman | War›Return
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-daughter
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shawl | Race›Hierarchical | Region›Lost Cause
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Parasol | Objects›Surrey
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female
Actions: Emotional›Embarrasment | Interaction, Social›Gossip | Movement›Running away | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Reproduction
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Narrative›Self-Reflective
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Work›Getting water
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Reproduction | War›Death | War›Women
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female | Interracial›White-black
Actions: Emotional›Embarrasment
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Identity, Personal›Soldier
Relationships: Institutional›Military
Actions: Emotional›Defeat | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Mourning | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›Widow | Politics›Voting | Region›Lost Cause | Region›Reconstruction
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Intergenerational›Female
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Mourning | Gender›Southern woman | Region›Lost Cause
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-daughter | Institutional›Military | Intergenerational›Female | Marital›Forced
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos
Relationships: Institutional›Military
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Veil | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Southern woman | Politics›Election | Politics›Voting | Region›Lost Cause | Region›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Community›Wedding | Objects›Ballot Box | Objects›Pokeberry juice | Objects›Surrey
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Actions: Economic›Auction | Emotional›Despair | Interaction, Social›Auction | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Washing clothes
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Clothes›Rural poverty | Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as disguise | Chaos/Order›Control | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Aesthetics: Diction›Western vernacular
Actions: Emotional›Impatience
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Chaos/Order›Chaos
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Race›Racist child | Violence›Domestic
Relationships: Friendship | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread | Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Race
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Child as authority
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Singing | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Stalking | Verbal›Speculation
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Terror
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Emotional›Excitement | Hunting
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | Ritual›Initiation | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Story-telling
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Environment: Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Emotional›Self-doubt | Hunting›Teaching
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Actions: Emotional›Excitement | Hunting›Waiting | Verbal›Whispering
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Environment: Otherworldly
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Renewal | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Ancestral›Indian | Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Olfactory›Flowers
Actions: Emotional›Surprise | Perceptual›Watching
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Gender›Widow | Migration›Intraregional migration | War›Civil War consequences
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation | Emotional›Anger
Cultural Issues: Food›Race | Race›Race as a form of behavior
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Ethnicity›Jewish | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›Women as gentler sex / delicate | Identity, Cultural›South vs North
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Emotional›Vindictive
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Realization
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Love letter
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Interaction, Private›Sexual
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Love letter
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism
Actions: Economic›Ascent | Emotional›Love | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Sawmilling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Honesty | Character›Responsibility | Character›Trust | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Dying | Emotional›Love | Legal›Marriage | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Storytelling
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Economy›Wealth | Education›Mentorship
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bugs | Body›Flesh | Memory | Objects›Car | Philosophical›Human nature | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Recurring Tropes›Going fast | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Mentorship | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Shakespeare
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Hill country | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Premarital
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Named for historical figure | Objects›Pistol
Environment: Domestic Space›Log house | Domestic Space›Porch | Natural›Hills | Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Soil quality | Gender›Masculinity | Land-Use›Corn farming | Land-Use›Cotton farming
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Intertextuality›Embedded text, lettering
Environment: Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Bodily›Idleness | Emotional›Worry | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Withholding | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Radio
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Cold
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Radio
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Worry | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Hushing | Work›Chopping wood
Cultural Issues: Age›War | Age›Youth | Nationality›Japanese | War›Patriotism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Home | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Cultural Issues: War›Patriotism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Suitcase
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Mental›Understanding
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Love | Physical›Kissing | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming life | Mass Media›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Determinism›Lack of choice | Time
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Sexuality›Predatory | War›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-horse | Sexual›Inappropriate
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Hero worship | Mental›Imagining
Cultural Issues: Religion›Apotheosis
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism | Objects›Scythe
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
Cultural Issues: Crime›Fratricide | History›Civil War as point of reference | War›Confederate Army
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Death
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Satan | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Perceptual›Watching | Play›Children playing
Themes and Motifs: Community›Alienation
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Recurring Tropes›Dream
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden
Actions: Emotional›Love | Perceptual›Voyeurism
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fairy-tale
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Seed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›War | Region›The South | War›Deprivation
Relationships: Familial›Exigent circumstances
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Calm | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Burial | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Rebel yell | Work›Carpenter
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral | Recurring Tropes›Echo | Recurring Tropes›Mediation | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Place›Grave | Time of Year›Winter
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ruthless | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Rape | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Time›Running out | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | History›Carpetbaggers | Race›Ku Klux Klan | Race›Riots | Region›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Character›Ruthless | Character›Vanity | Psychological›Madness | Time›Running out
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Mirage | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Shell | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Marriage | Gender›Southern woman | Group Mentality›Community collective | War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Death | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Actions: Bodily›Starvation | Emotional›Outrage | Verbal›Marriage proposal | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Class›Respectability | Class›White trash | Crime›Murder | History›Stealing Indian land | Region›Reconstruction | Slavery›Emancipation | War›Civil War | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Mausoleum | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Beelzebub | Allusion, Historical›Davis, Jefferson | Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Allusion, Literary›Faustus | Allusion, Mythical›Agamemnon | Allusion, Mythical›Cassandra | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Allusion, Mythical›Pyramus and Thisbe | Figures of Speech›Creditor | Figures of Speech›Jackal | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Scythe | Narrative›Summary | Tone›Shift
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Class›Disruption
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Ribbons | Economy›Commerce | Food›Bread | Food›Candy | Food›Meat | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Money
Relationships: Romantic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Curious | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Inscription | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Wilde, Oscar | Metafictional›Theatrical setting
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Mask
Cultural Issues: Gender›Feminine man | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Racial identity
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Technological imagery
Actions: Emotional›Overwhelmed | Mental›Thinking
Themes and Motifs: Death
Actions: Emotional›Overwhelmed | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Past›Repetition
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Outrage | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Class›Power | Gender›Inversion | Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Racialism | Slavery›Southern curse | Slavery›Violence | Violence›Interracial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Emotional›Detachment | Emotional›Fear
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Revolt | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling | Time›Being in time
Cultural Issues: Slavery | Violence›Interracial
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Doom
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Design | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Narrative›Irony
Cultural Issues: War›Return from war
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Marriage proposal
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Morality | Time›Running out
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Race | Religion›Apotheosis | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Class›Planter vs farmer | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Narrative›Gaps
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon
Themes and Motifs: Memory | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Disease
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Psychological›Manipulation | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Mourning | Ethnicity›Language barrier
Aesthetics: Language | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Actions: Emotional›Hate | Moral›Exploitation
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Actions: Emotional›Resignation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Cultural Issues: Gender›Feminine man
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Character›Inherited traits | Recurring Tropes›Imitation | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College companions / classmates
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Character›Inherited traits
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Messenger | Emotional›Longing
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Actions: Emotional›Longing | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Horse | Movement›Steamboat | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Disappointment | Mental›Thinking
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Perspective | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Auditory›Combat sounds
Actions: Communication›Lack of communication | Emotional›Anguish | Mental›Thinking | Military›Combat
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Actions: Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Longing | Mental›Thinking | Mental›Uncertainty | Military›Retreat
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Alabama | Allusion, Geographical›Georgia | Allusion, Geographical›Richmond, Virginia | Allusion, Geographical›South Carolina | Allusion, Historical›Johnston, Joseph E. | Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Communication›Lack of communication | Emotional›Longing
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Character›Inherited traits
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Terror | Verbal›Warning | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Race
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Mausoleum | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Story-telling›Retelling | Supernatural›Haunted house
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative shift
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Perceptual›Watching | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Hat | Group Mentality›Community collective | Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Labor | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mosquitoes | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Fatality | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Place›Livery stable | Place›Plantation | Place›Slave Quarters | Place›Smokehouse
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Economic›Borrowing | Emotional›Patience | Hunting›Deer hunting | Perceptual›Watching | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Rumor | Violent›Fighting | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Whiskey | Class›Respectability | Gender›Inversion | Gender›Masculinity | Group Mentality›Community collective | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Turkey | Chaos/Order | Meaning›Mystery | Money›Dowry | Money›Gold | Objects›Footprint | Recurring Tropes›Solitude | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Memory›Remembering | Past›Past in present | Time›Simultaneity of time
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Gate | Olfactory›Decay
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Hatchet | Objects›Umbrella | Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Supernatural›Haunted house | Time›Simultaneity of time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow | Genre Conventions›Gothic
Actions: Emotional›Impatience
Themes and Motifs: Death | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Hatchet | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Door | Supernatural›Haunted house
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic | Metafictional›Painting
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway
Themes and Motifs: Body›Mental disability | Meaning›Mystery | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Meaning›Misinterpretation | Story-telling
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Auditory›Haunting | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wisteria | Past›Past in present | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Intergenerational
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom
Themes and Motifs: Body›Mental disability | Objects›Fire
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›College dormitory
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Church | Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Surprise | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Sabbath
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Electricity | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Emotional›Resentment | Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Crime | Government›Uncle Sam | Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Godhead | Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Oxen | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Chandlier | Objects›Crystal | Objects›Furniture
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Hysteria | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Shawl | Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Domestic labor
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Environment: Atmospheric›Claustrophobic
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Emotional›Hate
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Respectability | Gender
Themes and Motifs: Death›In childbirth
Relationships: Familial
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Bluebeard | Figures of Speech›Face | Figures of Speech›Tornado
Actions: Emotional›Vindictive | Interaction, Social›Visiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial
Cultural Issues: War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Appearance | Objects›Candelabra | Objects›Damask | Objects›Porcelain
Relationships: Familial
Actions: Emotional›Frustration
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Importance of naming | Recurring Tropes›Illusion
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Picture/image
Relationships: Familial›Sister-sister
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright
Relationships: Familial
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Exile
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Recurring Tropes›Destiny | Recurring Tropes›Dream
Relationships: Friendship
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Community›Secrecy
Actions: Emotional›Detachment | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Mental›Fatalism | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Character›Barbarism | Character›Sophistication
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Roman consul | Allusion, Historical›Scythian
Actions: Emotional›Love | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Gender
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Unconscious
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic
Actions: Emotional›Love | Moral›Renounce | Movement›Horse | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Clothes›Cloak | Clothes›Gown | Clothes›Hat | Gender›Cross-dress | Group Mentality›Community collective | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Character›Maturity | Character›Provincialism | Character›Sophistication | Recurring Tropes›Imitation
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male attraction
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Futility | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Friendship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Actions: Emotional›Detachment | Verbal›Rumor
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Actions: Emotional›Detachment | Mental›Discovery | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Futility
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Mental›Envisioning | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Photograph | Story-telling | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Suspicion | Perceptual›Investigating | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana
Relationships: Familial | Friendship
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Values›Loyalty
Actions: Emotional›Seduction | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Imitation | Supernatural›Spell | Values›Devotion
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship
Cultural Issues: Gender
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male attraction
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Don Juan | Figures of Speech›Shadow
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fatality
Relationships: Friendship | Interracial›Marriage
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Practicality | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Fish | Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Death›Dying wish | Objects›Toys | Philosophical›Existentialism
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Kinship
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Community›Opinion | Death›Dying wish | Death›Respect | Morals›Honor | Morals›Hypocrisy | Psychological›Madness | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Indecision | Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Persuasion
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs
Actions: Emotional›Stubbornness
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Persuasion
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Eyes
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Decomposition | Domestic›Cooking | Domestic›Making a bed | Emotional›Stubbornness
Themes and Motifs: Death›Respect | Story-telling›Retelling
Cultural Issues: Gender›Patriarchy | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Relationships: Marital
Themes and Motifs: Time›Anticipation
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Supernatural›Insight
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Gender | Sexuality›Experience
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing | Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Character›Duty | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Courage | Values›Determination | Values›Sacrifice
Aesthetics: Tone›Apocalyptic
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Mother-son | Social›Adversarial
Environment: Natural›Water moving / flowing |