Actions: Verbal Accusatory
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Announcing
- Apology
- Arguing
- Badgering
- Banishment
- Banter / small talk
- Begging
- Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye
- Bless
- Bragging
- Calling
- Calling by name
- Chanting
- Chatter
- Code-switching / Change in dialect
- Command
- Complaining
- Confession
- Congratulating
- Consoling
- Conversation
- Cursing
- Daring
- Debating
- Defining
- Demanding
- Denial
- Dialogue
- Disagreeing
- Discussion
- Eloquence
- Esoteric language
- Exaggeration
- Explaining
- Family history
- Flattery
- Flirting
- Garrulousness
- Giving advice
- Gossip
- Haggling
- Honor
- Howling
- Hushing
- Instructing
- Insulting
- Interruption
- Invitation
- Joking
- Listen
- Lying
- Marriage proposal
- Message
- Misspeaking
- Monologue
- Moralizing
- Mumbling
- Naming self
- Negotiation
- News
- Omission
- Ordering
- Persuasion
- Planning
- Praising
- Praying
- Preaching
- Predicting
- Promising
- Provoking
- Punning
- Questioning
- Reading aloud
- Rebel yell
- Refusing
- Renunciation
- Repetition
- Requesting
- Responding
- Reticence
- Revealing
- Rhetorical question
- Rumor
- Screaming
- Self-justifying
- Sharing confidences
- Shouting
- Silence
- Singing
- Social criticism
- Speculation
- Speech
- Stating intent to leave home / run away
- Storytelling
- Stuttering / stammering
- Swearing
- Talking
- Taunt
- Teasing
- Telling
- Thanking
- Threat
- Tirade
- Ultimatum
- Vowing
- Warning
- Whimper
- Whispering
- Wishing
- Withholding
- Writing
- Yelling
Tagged Events
Actions: Legal›Standing guard | Verbal›Accusatory | Violent›Lynch mob
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Region›Hapless Yankees
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Race›Racial consciousness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Interracial›White-black | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Comforting | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Self-justifying | Verbal›Swearing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Race›Black foresight | Race›Racial consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Loyalty | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Delayed revelation
Environment: Place›Official office
Actions: Communication›Writing | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Legal›Marriage | Mental›Deduction | Moral›Deception | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Gender›Gentleman | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Law›Legal document | Law›Wedding license
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Wedding license | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Marital›Social respectability | Social›Adversarial | Social›Snobbery
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Moral›Judgmental | Play›Card playing | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Class›Respectability | Crime›Gambling | Law›Wedding license | Region›The South | Religion›Institutional | Religion›Methodism | Slavery›Manumission | Slavery›Southern curse | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Character›Teetotaler | Determinism›Fated | Inheritance›Hereditary culpability | Inheritance›Inheritance of wrong | Meaning | Past›Historical wrong | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Fatality | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Sister-sister | Friendship | Marital›Arrangements | Social›Adversarial
Actions: Mental›Predicting | Perceptual›Eavesdropping | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Overhearing | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Refusing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Patriarchy
Themes and Motifs: Character›Responsibility | Recurring Tropes›Father said
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Narrative›Reported narration
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Interaction, Social›Gentleman's agreement | Movement›Riding | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Class›Respectability | Cultural Identity›Outlander | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Gentleman | Gender›Women | Gender›Women as sacred | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Community›Opinion | Community›Supportive | Morals›Honor | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Pistol | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Moral authority
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community | Marital›Social respectability | Romantic›Potential | Social›Adversarial
Actions: Mental›Disapproval | Moral›Judgmental | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Age›Youth vs age | Class›Respectability | Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Character›Naivety | Meaning›Misinterpretation | Psychological›Denial | Values›Moral authority
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Hierarchical›Parent-child | Romantic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›First-person | Tone›Sarcastic
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Perceptual›Overhearing | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Persuasion | Verbal›Promising
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Running | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Rage | Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Accusatory
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Fish
Actions: Legal›Standing guard | Verbal›Accusatory | Violent›Lynch mob
Actions: Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Legacy after emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Exodus | Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m.
Actions: Emotional›Regret | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Persuasion
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Group Mentality›Racial solidarity | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Race›Racial spheres | Slavery›Metaphorical | War›World War I
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Verbal›Accusatory
Actions: Emotional›Calm | Emotional›Contempt | Emotional›Stubbornness | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Discussion
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Law›Plead guilty/not guilty | Law›Sheriff
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Environment: Place›Official office
Actions: Emotional›Dread | Emotional›Repentance | Legal›Pardon | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Command
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Mental›Repression | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Mumbling | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Whiskey | Crime›Prostitution | Entertainment›Movies | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Relationships: Marital›As atonement
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Old vs new selves
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Cigarette lighter | Past›Past in present | Values›Honor | Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hamlet | Description›Stage direction | Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Verbal›Accusatory
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›France | Diction›Southern dialect
Actions: Movement›Car | Verbal›Accusatory | Violent›Car accident
Actions: Verbal›Accusatory | Violent›Murder
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional
Environment: Time of Day›Four o'clock p.m.
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Olfactory›Baking / bread
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Caring | Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Charity | Moral›Judgmental | Moral›Stealing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Jewish | Ethnicity›Offensive terminology | Food›Bread | Food›Cake | Food›Coffee | Gender›Femininity | Gender›Masculine woman | Gender›Stereotype librarian / school teacher | Mass Media›Newspaper | Nationality›American | Nationality›Foreigners | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants | Prejudice
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Librarian look | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Money›Nickel coin | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Coffee | Objects›Ring | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Civic›Charity | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Isolation
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Scolding | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Courting | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Legal›Arrest | Movement›Car | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Kidnapping
Cultural Issues: Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Clothes›Veil | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Gender›Dirty girl | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›Women as gentler sex / delicate | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Identity, Cultural›Yankee | Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self | Technology›Automobile
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic
Aesthetics: Description›Color white | Tone›Sarcastic
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Year›Easter
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Emotional›Cruelty | Emotional›Sulking | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Locking a door | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Smallpox | Mass Media›Newspaper | Religion›Divine judgment | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Character›Self-righteousness | Death›Longing for death | Objects›Fire | Objects›Mirror | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Uncle-niece
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Atmospheric›Wind | Domestic Space›Backyard | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Weed | Public›Golf course | Weather›Sun | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Private›Courting | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Spying | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Searching | Play›Sports Golf | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Age | Clothes›Tie | Entertainment›Magic trick | Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Deafness | Health and Illness›Mute | Ritual›Birthday | Sexuality›Birth control | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Body›Hair | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Mouth | Futility | Money›Lost | Objects›Condom | Objects›Fence | Objects›Fire | Objects›Flag | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Golf ball | Objects›Jimson weed | Objects›Poison | Objects›Swing | Objects›Windows | Psychological›Learning disability | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Domestic Space›Garden | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Weed | Public›Golf course
Actions: Economic›Offering to sell | Economic›Taking without paying | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Misunderstanding | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Play›Sports Golf | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lost | Objects›Fence | Objects›Flag | Objects›Golf ball | Objects›Jimson weed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Feeling pain | Emotional›Crying | Moral›Punishment | Physical›Burning | Physical›Nonverbal taunting or teasing | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Food›Birthday cake | Health and Illness›Bandage | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Injured | Health and Illness›Poisoning
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Mouth | Objects›Fire | Objects›Slipper | Objects›Stove | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Supper table | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Comforting | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Arguing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Napkin | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Interracial›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos | Home›Home as prison | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Pasture | Natural›Ditches | Natural›Woods
Actions: Interaction, Private›Interrogation | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Race›Behaving/becoming "black" | Race›Stereotype black women's sexual promiscuity | Sexuality›Disgust with sex | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Sexuality›Sexual passion
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Pasture | Olfactory›Camphor | Olfactory›Oversweet organic
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Seduction | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Moral›Deception | Movement›Car | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Flattery | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Punning
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Salt lick | Class›Pretension | Education›Harvard | Gender›Femininity | Health and Illness›Medicine camphor | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Death›Coffin | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Car | Objects›Honeysuckle | Objects›Trunk | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Romantic›Fiance | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Atmospheric›Streetlamp | Natural›Hills
Actions: Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority | Law›Sheriff
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Physical›Being pursued | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Race›Subverting a stereotype | Region›Hapless Yankees | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hickahala bottom