Keywords
| Term ID | Term | Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2265 | Burial | Death | ||
| 5694 | Burial society | Death | ||
| 3186 | Burning a town | Absence/Loss | ||
| 5578 | Buttocks | Body | ||
| 2909 | Buzzards | Animals | ||
| 4417 | Camera | Objects | ||
| 2198 | Candelabra | Objects | ||
| 1268 | Candle | Objects | ||
| 4562 | Cannon | (First level term) | ||
| 4563 | Cannon | Objects | ||
| 4674 | Canteen | Objects | ||
| 1385 | Capture as loss | Absence/Loss | ||
| 670 | Car | Objects | ||
| 1350 | Car accident | Death | ||
| 3402 | Cards | Objects | ||
| 2724 | Carnival | Community | ||
| 906 | Case file | Texts | ||
| 4853 | Cash | Money | ||
| 5161 | Catechism | Objects | ||
| 2722 | Cats | Animals | ||
| 593 | Cattle | Animals | ||
| 3855 | Cautious | Character | ||
| 745 | Census | Texts | ||
| 3066 | Chair | Objects | ||
| 2340 | Chamber pot | Objects | ||
| 2034 | Chandlier | Objects | ||
| 2433 | Change over time | Naming | ||
| 1369 | Chaos | Chaos/Order | ||
| 385 | Chaos/Order | (First level term) | ||
| 366 | Character | (First level term) | ||
| 4656 | Charity | Values | ||
| 2511 | Chasing a person | Recurring Tropes |
For the many instances when a human being is hunted by others - the slave in "Red Leaves," the architect in Absalom!, Christmas several times in Light in August, Miss Quentin in The Sound and the Fury, etc. SR |
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| 4675 | Chastity belt | Objects | ||
| 4119 | Check | Money | ||
| 1739 | Chickens/roosters | Animals | ||
| 4997 | Child | Death | ||
| 2684 | Child's name | Naming | ||
| 3536 | Childlike | Character | ||
| 3995 | Chins | Body | ||
| 1320 | Chivalry | Morals | ||
| 3272 | Christian art or iconography | Art | ||
| 4709 | Christmas card | Texts | ||
| 1221 | Cicadas | Animals | ||
| 1042 | Cigar | Objects | ||
| 3800 | Cigarette | Objects | ||
| 5406 | Cigarette lighter | Objects | ||
| 4051 | Citizenship papers | Texts | ||
| 1678 | Civic records | Texts | ||
| 5635 | Classical Greek | Art | ||
| 4720 | Classical music | Art | ||
| 646 | Clock | Objects | ||
| 3815 | Coal oil | Objects | ||
| 1127 | Coffee | Objects | ||
| 5682 | Coffee pot | Objects | ||
| 1790 | Coffin | Death | ||
| 4679 | Coffin | Objects | ||
| 3964 | Coin | Money | ||
| 4024 | Coin | Objects | ||
| 3062 | Collaborative | Story-telling | ||
| 3267 | Collar box | Objects | ||
| 2200 | Collecting money | Money |
Added for when Gavin Stevens raises money to pay for the funeral in "Go Down, Moses"; can be used for anytime characters take a collection or otherwise raise money for some cause. JBP |
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| 2237 | Collective memory | Memory | ||
| 3703 | Columbus Day | Community | ||
| 2266 | Comforter | Character | ||
| 4952 | Commercial origins | Naming | ||
| 571 | Communal mythology | Story-telling | ||
| 368 | Community | (First level term) | ||
| 3721 | Compared to living | Death | ||
| 3842 | Compared to sleep | Death | ||
| 2068 | Compass | Objects | ||
| 1243 | Complexion | Appearance | ||
| 3522 | Condition of heaviness | Appearance | ||
| 2744 | Condom | Objects | ||
| 5301 | Confederate | Money | ||
| 2204 | Confederate monument | Recurring Tropes | ||
| 3598 | Conformity | Community | ||
| 3734 | Confusion | Chaos/Order | ||
| 2092 | Conscience | Values | ||
| 2938 | Conservatism | Values |
Here conservatism is meant as a value and is politically agnostic. It is roughly being used as prudence, common sense, and tradition all wrapped up in one. JB |
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| 4345 | Constitutive moment | Character | ||
| 5338 | Constitutive moment | Recurring Tropes |
A moment in a character's story when something happens that changes the arc of his or her life. For example, when in Absalom! Thomas Sutpen is turned away from the front door of that Tidewater plantation. Or in The Mansion, when Houston tells Mink Snopes he still owes the one dollar "pound fee" (28). SR |
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| 4214 | Construction tools | Objects | ||
| 2013 | Continuity | Time |
Any time the past is consonant with the present, or a tradition is passed on. For example, the Hampton's being Sheriffs is a historical continuity. JB |
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| 601 | Control | Chaos/Order | ||
| 5425 | Conventional | Character | ||
| 4362 | Conviction | Character | ||
| 4815 | Cook book | Texts | ||
| 4856 | Cooperation | Community | ||
| 4702 | Corncob | Objects | ||
| 1525 | Corpse | Objects | ||
| 1788 | Corpse | Death | ||
| 2090 | Cosmetics | Appearance | ||
| 684 | Courage | Values | ||
| 3671 | Courteous | Character | ||
| 2741 | Coward | Character | ||
| 2473 | Cows | Animals | ||
| 2509 | Creating order | Chaos/Order | ||
| 1894 | Creation | Chaos/Order | ||
| 3713 | Crib / Cradle | Objects | ||
| 2486 | Crickets | Animals |