Actions: Verbal Cursing
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Accusatory
- Announcing
- Apology
- Arguing
- Badgering
- Banishment
- Banter / small talk
- Begging
- Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye
- Bless
- Bragging
- Calling
- Chanting
- Chatter
- Code-switching / Change in dialect
- Command
- Complaining
- Confession
- Consoling
- Conversation
- Daring
- Debating
- 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
- 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
- Threat
- Tirade
- Ultimatum
- Vowing
- Warning
- Whimper
- Whispering
- Wishing
- Withholding
- Yelling
Tagged Events
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Cottonfield | Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Law›Spousal privilege | Race›Etiquette
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Money›Dowry | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Well | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Conflict | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Conflict | Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›National
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Time›Anticipation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Post-war | Philosophical›Human experience | Philosophical›Redemption
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures | Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Naming | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Hierarchical | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Relationships: Hierarchical›Doctor-patient | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Suicide | Morals›Faith | Philosophical›Metaphysics
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Love | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Themes and Motifs: Death›Compared to living | Death›Response to
Aesthetics: Language›German | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Dinner | Time of Day›Noon
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering | Health and Illness›Injury | Law›Arrest
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Gun
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Stock trading | Economic›Trading | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Whiskey
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman
Relationships: Marital›Abandonment | Marital›Adultery
Environment: Natural›Woods | Place›Lonelier parts of town
Actions: Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Sexuality›Appearance of | Sexuality›Puberty
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Lot
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Communication›Letter | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: War
Cultural Issues: War›Irregular troop
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Family history | Verbal›Yelling
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Mammy-child
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Christmas
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Movement›Carriage | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›As anaesthetic
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Character›Blackguard
Relationships: Sexual›Extramarital | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Economic›Transactional | Physical›Confining | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›As anaesthetic
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Physical›Confining | Physical›Escape from confinement | Play›Fireworks | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Extramarital
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Movement›Buggy | Physical›Escape from confinement | Play›Fireworks | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Extramarital
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›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Paying | Economic›Trading | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls | Identity, Cultural›Rural | Mass Media›Telephone
Relationships: Civic›child protection | Familial›Sibling | Social›Adversarial | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Place›Office
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Telephone | War›Deployment
Actions: Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Social›Adversarial
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›July | Weather›Heat
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Animal abuse | Violent›Restraining
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Domestic Space›Barn
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Animals›Cows | Animals›Horses | Death›Response to | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Vitality
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Animals›Buzzards | Death›Response to | Philosophical›Existentialism | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Mental›Imagining | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Kicking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Supernatural›Insight
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fury | Movement›Hurrying | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Cursing
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Style›Cubism
Actions: Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Intimidation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Moonshine | War›Death | War›World War I
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Bodily›Watching | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Shopping | Physical›Tripping | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable | Body›Eyes
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Body›Moustache | Character›Ambitious | Futility | Home›Homecoming | Objects›Cigar
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Environment: Place›Farm | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Psychological›Trauma
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Symbolism›Shadows
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Dining room
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Backyard | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Sunday
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Place›Saloon | Public›Sidewalk | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Sunday
Environment: Olfactory›Alcohol | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Teetotaling | Clothes›Immodest female clothing | Politics›Republican | Religion›Chistian Scientist | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Sexual Harassment | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Racist child
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Hotel | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Socks | Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Naming›Alias | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Paddock
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Animals›Horses | Objects›Gold tooth
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Baseball
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›Personification | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Library | Domestic Space›Stairway | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece
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: Economic›Investing | Emotional›Surprise | Mental›Realization | Moral›Purification | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›St. Louis | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Self-correction
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Embarrasment | 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: Law›Legal authority | Law›Sheriff
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
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Verbal›Cursing
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
Environment: Auditory›Cars passing | Public›Town Square | Time of Year›Sunday
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Interpretation of symbol
Actions: Legal›Bailing out | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Daring | Violent›Fighting | Work›Losing job | Work›Quitting job
Cultural Issues: Law›Frontier justice
Themes and Motifs: Body›Physical disability | Body›Prosthetic | Body›Stomach/belly
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Money›As motive | Money›Owed | Objects›Broom | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Scientific | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Comedy | Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Cursing | Work›Losing job | Work›Restauranteer
Themes and Motifs: Character›Honesty | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Self-correction
Cultural Issues: Law›Bill of sale
Actions: Economic›Auction | Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Scamming | Emotional›Indecision | Verbal›Cursing
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned | Tone›Humorous
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
Environment: Time of Year›December
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Politics›City government
Themes and Motifs: Past›Yoknapatawpha founders | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Snobbery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic dispute | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December
Actions: Bodily›Hiding | Movement›Car | Physical›Repair | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Destructive behavior
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia
Actions: Economic›Delivery | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Anger | Interaction, Social›Shopping | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral arrangements | War›Confederate Army
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Staring | Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Outrage | Emotional›Vengeful | Physical›Dancing | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Extra-marital
Environment: Public›Court | Time of Year›January
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | Government›Municipal meeting
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flowers Roses
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Loyalty | Slavery›Resistance | Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Home›Destroyed | Objects›Silver
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Profanity