Aesthetics: Figures of Speech People compared to animals
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Affirmation
- Animals compared to objects
- Animals compared to people
- Ants
- Armor
- Arrow
- Bestial imagery
- Bird
- Bloom
- Breath
- Bride / Bridal
- Butterfly
- Calf rope
- Chains
- Chess
- Chess imagery stalemate
- Clay
- Clean flame
- Cloud
- Coal dust
- Coupled
- Creditor
- Death / Dead imagery
- Dehumanizing
- Desert island
- Disease
- Drained marsh
- Drama / Theatre imagery
- Electricity
- Embroidery
- Exoticism
- Expression
- Eyes
- Face
- Fertilise / Fertility imagery
- Fire
- Fish
- Flag
- Flood imagery
- Food and drink imagery
- Gambling imagery
- Ghost
- Glass
- Glove
- Gull
- Harvest
- Hunting metaphor / imagery
- Hyperbole
- Invisible wire
- Island of silence
- Jackal
- King and/or queen
- Locked
- Loom
- Mask
- Medical / Surgical
- Metaphor
- Metonym
- Military analogy
- Military terminology
- Mirage
- Mirror
- Monument
- Moth
- Musical imagery
- Native American
- Negation
- Old maid
- Oxymoron
- Paint
- Parrot
- Pathetic fallacy
- Pencil
- Periodical filth
- Personification
- Photography
- Pilgrim
- Planets
- Planting
- Poisoned
- Puppy
- Rabbit
- Rain
- Rape
- Rats
- Replica
- Ripple
- Sacrifice
- Scarecrow
- Scientific
- Scratch
- Scythe
- Seed
- Shadow
- Sheep
- Shell
- Simile
- Simile-mask
- Skeleton
- Skull
- Slot machine
- Space program
- Stage manager
- Stencil
- Stone
- Swallows
- Swine
- Synesthesia
- Talisman
- Technological imagery
- Threads
- Thunderclap
- Tomb
- Tornado
- Toy bear / teddybear
- Toys
- Train / locomotive imagery
- Treadmill
- Vernacular
- Violent in figurative sense
- Voice
- Water
- Weaponry imagery
- Wild breath
- Woodpile
Tagged Events
Environment: Time of Day›Eleven o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Fear | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Hearing | Play›Joking around | Play›Prank | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Cure | Health and Illness›Indian medicine | Health and Illness›Insanity | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Death›Funeral pyre / cremation | Objects›Fire
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Suspicion | Mental›Curiosity | Mental›Realization | Play›Prank | Verbal›Bragging | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Technology›Automobile
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Change over time | Naming›Indian name
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Military | Nationality
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›National
Themes and Motifs: Time›Being outside of time
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Nihilism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Post-war | Philosophical›Human experience | Philosophical›Redemption
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
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
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Relocation
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
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
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Death›Funeral | Objects›Monument | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
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
Environment: Place›Memphis | Time of Year›December | Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Cold
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Age›Youth | Alcohol›Whiskey | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Mixed race
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Economic›Indebtedness | Economic›Scamming | Economic›Scheming | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Digging
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Soil quality | Economy›Poverty | Labor›Domestic | Labor›Farming
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Time of Day›Noon
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Global›Exoticism | Labor›Menial | Race›Stereotype cannibalism | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Ownership | Slavery›Quarters | Slavery›Slave trading
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
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Government›Inherited position | Labor›Menial | Race›Stereotype cannibalism | Race›Stereotype sweat | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Death
Relationships: Hierarchical
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Agricultural
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Quarters
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
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
Cultural Issues: Religion›Religious art or iconography | Religion›Rituals and rites
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Public›Store porch
Actions: Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Prejudice›Socio-economic
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Advent
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Attractiveness | Sexuality›Female
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship | Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Relationships: Familial›Physical resemblances | Familial›Twins
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Father said
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Interaction, Social›Noblesse oblige
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Rural | Religion›Episcopal | Religion›Methodism | Slavery›Freedom
Themes and Motifs: Community›Cooperation | Texts›Ledger
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Olfactory›Flowers
Actions: Emotional›Surprise | Perceptual›Watching
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Naming›Named for historical figure
Environment: Place›Farm | Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Addiction
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Clothes›Confederate uniform | Clothes›Yankee uniform | Slavery›Violence
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Dehumanization
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Values›Justice
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Memory | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Supernatural›Phantom | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Values›Love
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Class›Dehumanization | Class›Status, low
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Cultural Issues: Race›Segregation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: Law›Wedding license | Race›Colorism
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Clothes | Race›Colorism | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Actions: Economic›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Quarters
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Haunted house
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Genre Conventions›Gothic
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites | Violence›Interracial | Violence›Lynching
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Right-of-way
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites
Themes and Motifs: Character›Constitutive moment | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Actions: Mental›Internal argument | Mental›Thinking
Cultural Issues: Class›Planter vs farmer | Violence›Imagined
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
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
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Design
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out | Values›Determination
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Perceptual›Watching | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Objects›Pistol | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Shadow
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: Atmospheric›Cold
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Ritual | Slavery›Loyalty
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Character›Vanity | Community›Wedding | Objects›Pine knots | Values›Dignity
Aesthetics: Diction | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Interracial | Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness | Naming›Importance of naming
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Actions: Perceptual›Investigating
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Ants | Meaning›Meaninglessness
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Self-doubt | Mental›Discovery | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Self-justifying | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental illness | Violence›Ambush
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Capture as loss | Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›May
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Place›Railroad | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Frost
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Construction | Work›Railroad workers
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Ethnicity›Scottish / Scots | Race›Black stereotype
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Communication›Telephone | Domestic›Sewing | Emotional›Restlessness | Mental›Imagining | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Monologue
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Entertainment›Traditional music | Gender›Chivalry | Race›Friendly interaction
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Objects›Car
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Grave
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Time of Day›Tea
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sports | Gender›Male gaze | Mass Media›Movies | Mass Media›Newspaper | Sexuality›Virginity | War›Draft | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Playing music | Emotional›Jealousy | Physical›Kissing | Play›Tennis | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Sports | Gender›Men vs women | Mass Media›Magazines | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Health and Illness›Deafness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Horses | Art›African American music | Chaos/Order›Emptiness | Character›Noisiness | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Work›Glassblowing
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Art›Artistic creation
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Economic›Lending Money | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Theatricality | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Health and Illness›Convalescence | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Tone›Incongruous
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Medical advice
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Entertainment›Movies
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Time of Year›Thanksgiving
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage | Ritual›Holiday dinner
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Actions: Bodily›Watching | Emotional›Coldness | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Shopping | Physical›Tripping | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Sensuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable | Body›Eyes
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Cold
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Atmospheric›Grayness | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Disgust with sex
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Haunted by past | Psychological›Disembodiment | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Year›December
Actions: Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ancestral
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Boots | Health and Illness›Deafness | History›Prohibition
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Objects›Books | Objects›Keys | Objects›Locks | Objects›Silver
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interspecies›Man-dog
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Dragging
Cultural Issues: Economy›Industrialization | War›Death
Themes and Motifs: Body›Moustache | Character›Ambitious | Futility | Home›Homecoming | Objects›Cigar
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Actions: Communication›Letter | Movement›Hot-air balloon | Verbal›Rumor
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Community›Carnival
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Movement›Horse | Movement›Hot-air balloon
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shabby | Gender›Separate spaces | Health and Illness›Poisoning
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Character›Violent
Cultural Issues: War›Return to war | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Cost of war | War›Trenches | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust
Actions: Emotional›Indifference | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Speed | Technology›Automobile
Environment: Public›Store porch
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Interaction, Private›Sexual
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Having sex
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Bodily›Ejaculating | Economic›Share-cropping|Tenantry
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Time of Year›July Fourth
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Religion›Religious faith
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Community›Tradition | Death›Funeral
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Race›Hierarchical | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Commercial›Boss-underling | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Law›Corruption | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Law
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Health and Illness›Injured
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Values›Refinement
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Hotel
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Ether | Food | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Labor›Prostitution | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Religion›Baptist
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Allusion, Historical›Caesar, Julius | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Values›Conservatism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Natural›River | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Mental›Unaware | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Physical›Meddling | Physical›Protection | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Sick as euphemism for pregnancy | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Cousin | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Allusion, Literary›Antony and Cleopatra | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Gods | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Physical›Winking | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female body | Gender›Male body | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Disgust with sex | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Objects›Oars | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Othello | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Abduction myths | Allusion, Mythical›Euboeleus / Eubuleus | Allusion, Mythical›Persephone | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›Coupled | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Swine | Language›Fragments | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Communication›Letter | Verbal›News
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Time of Day›Dusk
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Missing
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Time of Day›Tea
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Responsibility | Objects›Tea | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Education›Primary school
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Naming›Child's name
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Character›Work ethic | Objects›Shotgun | Objects›Watermelon
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Self-correction
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Curious | Moral›Deception | Physical›Nonverbal taunting or teasing | Physical›Running | Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Yelling
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Objects›Flashlight
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Self-correction | Tone›Humorous
Actions: Emotional›Attraction | Emotional›Surprise | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha | Time›Awareness of time
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Gender›Changing relationships | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Puberty
Relationships: Familial›Cohesion | Familial›Mother-daughter
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Reproduction | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bugs | Animals›Insects lice | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Uncertain relationship | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Actions: Economic›Banking | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Learning | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Speculation
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Money›Filthy lucre
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Economic›Borrowing | Economic›Investing | Mental›Realization | Physical›Running | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Refusing
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Hysteria | Moral›Stealing | Perceptual›Investigating | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning | Work›Doctor / medical care
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Drugs | History›Civil War as point of reference | Law›Police | Mass Media›Newspaper
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female body
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Tone›Sarcastic
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee
Environment: Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Jealousy | Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Baseball
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Self-correction
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Education›Graduation | Entertainment›Movies
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Character›Resolve | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Perceptual›Spying
Themes and Motifs: Time›Awareness of time | Values›Propriety
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Delivering | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dressed up
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Texts›Letters | Time›Frozen / Static
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry | Interracial›Boss-employee
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit
Actions: Movement›Running away
Themes and Motifs: Money›As symbol | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Recurring Tropes›Scandal
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Sexuality›Attractiveness
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Recurring Tropes›Destiny
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Romantic›Courtship
Cultural Issues: Race›White savior
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Character›Fool|Foolishness
Themes and Motifs: Values›Bad conduct | Values›Honor
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Plantation house
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Identity, Cultural›Southern stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Objects›Car
Actions: Violent›Assault | Work›Blacksmith
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Texts | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Widower
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Hunting›Teaching | Violent›Dehumanization
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing
Relationships: Familial›Stepparent-child | Hierarchical›Parent-child
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Work›Restauranteer
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Commercial›Employer-employee | Familial›Parents-children
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house | Place›Hotel
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Objects›Furniture | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Military terminology | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Scientific | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Present-time reference | Typography/Orthography›All caps
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Animals›Termites | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Body›Face | Character›Ruthless
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage | Sexuality›Attractiveness
Themes and Motifs: Death›Suicide | Recurring Tropes›Fixation | Recurring Tropes›Gaze
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Twins | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Adultery
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic dispute | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Father said
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Rural | Religion›Episcopal | Religion›Methodism | Slavery›Freedom
Themes and Motifs: Community›Cooperation | Texts›Ledger
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Movement›Hiding | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Assault | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Actions: Violent›Fighting | Violent›Killing | Violent›Restraining | Violent›Shooting | Violent›Stabbing
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Clothes›Confederate uniform | Clothes›Yankee uniform | Slavery›Violence
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Communication›Letter | Movement›Surrey
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | War›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Community›Conformity | Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Domestic Space›Log yard
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›Oh Oh Oh Oh
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Day›Evening
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Changing customs
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Responsibility | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Clothes | War›Deprivation | War›Fog of War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Relationships: Familial›Father-son