Actions: Play Gambling
Tagged Events
Cultural Issues: Class›Dehumanization | Class›Power | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Slavery›Slave trading
Actions: Communication›Writing | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi River
Environment: Place›Country vs city | Place›Jail
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Crime›Breaking and entering
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Social›Leadership | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Poker game | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Religion›Godhead
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Ownership
Relationships: Interracial›Competitive | Interracial›White-black | Interspecies›Man-dog
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Ambitious | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Values›Honor
Relationships: Friendship | Sexual
Actions: Communication›Writing | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
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
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Big house vs quarters | Slavery›Music | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male attraction | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house
Cultural Issues: Gender›All-male space | Gender›Work | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Semiramis
Cultural Issues: Sexuality
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Burial | Objects›Razor
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Art›Jazz music
Cultural Issues: Crime›Kidnapping
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Dice | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Olfactory›Food | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Hysteria | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Banishment | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Insulting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Gamecock | Animals›Horses | Animals›Race horse | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Education›West Point | Politics›Election | War›Spanish American War | War›Wound
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Scar
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Cuba
Cultural Issues: Race›White savior
Environment: Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Cold
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Hunting›Rabbit hunting | Physical›Jumping | Play›Children playing | Play›Gambling | Play›Playing in water | Violent›Shooting
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends | Interracial›Competitive | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses