Actions: Physical Hiding
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Ambush
- Apprehending
- Bathing
- Being pursued
- Breaking
- Building
- Burial
- Burning
- Camping
- Capture
- Carrying
- Chase
- Chopping wood
- Clearing land
- Climbing
- Climbing stairs
- Climbing tree
- Climbing/descending rope
- Concealing
- Confining
- Cooking
- Crawling
- Crowding
- Cuddling
- Curtsy
- Cutting
- Dancing
- Delivering
- Digging
- Discovering
- Dragging
- Drawing
- Dreaming
- Dressing
- Driving
- Eating
- Embrace / hugging
- Emptying
- Escape from confinement
- Escaping
- Evasion
- Extinguishing fire
- Fasting
- Finding
- Freeing
- Gardening
- Getting water
- Hammering
- Hanging
- Hitting
- Holding
- Inaction / Not doing something
- Intrusion
- Jumping
- Kicking
- Kissing
- Lifting
- Loading
- Locking a door
- Lying down
- Meddling
- Mimicking
- new item
- Nodding
- Nonverbal taunting or teasing
- Obeying / obedience
- Panting
- Pointing
- Praying
- Probing
- Protection
- Pursuit
- Pushing away
- Questing
- Race
- Reading
- Repair
- Rescuing
- Restraining
- Riding
- Rolling / wallowing
- Running
- Saluting
- Sawing
- Screaming
- Searching
- Showing
- Sitting
- Sleeping
- Squatting
- Stalking
- Starting fire
- Starting over
- Stomping
- Struggling
- Taking
- Throwing
- Touching
- Trampling
- Transporting
- Travel
- Trembling
- Tripping
- Turning away
- Undressing
- Wagon|Car maintenance
- Waiting
- Walking
- Washing clothes
- Watching
- Wave / waving
- Whistling
- Whittling
- Winking
- Wrestling
Tagged Events
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed
Relationships: Social›Homoerotic
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust
Cultural Issues: Crime
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha | Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Orphan
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Self-emancipation | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer | Time of Year›Winter
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Time of Day›Afternoon
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Frogs
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Swamp
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Spectral
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Region›Hapless Yankees
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype | Slavery›Etiquette | Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Naming›Named for historical figure
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Hill country | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Premarital
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Named for historical figure | Objects›Pistol
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom | Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Spectral | Atmospheric›Stillness | Domestic Space›Yard | Public›Street
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Hiding
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Objects›Fence | Past›Old days | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Vision | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Past
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Intergenerational›Conflict | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Cassandra | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Description›Tableau | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Voice | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Narrative›Pause
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›House | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Starvation | Communication›Newspaper article | Communication›Writing | Domestic›Feeding | Interaction, Social›Gossip | Physical›Concealing | Physical›Confining | Physical›Hiding | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women | Mass Media›Newspaper | Region›Lost Cause | War›Civil War | War›Confederate Army | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging | War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Art›Poetry | Naming›Importance of naming | Past›And monuments | Past›Past in present | Psychological›Will to endure | Texts›Epitaph | Texts›Newspapers | Texts›Poetry | Values›Determination | Values›Devotion | Values›Durability
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Providing for
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
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
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Physical›Hiding
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Midnight
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging | Economic›Buying timber | Legal›Standing guard | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Driving | Physical›Hiding | Violent›Lynch mob
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Place›Blacksmith shop | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Closet | Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Anxiety | Emotional›Attraction | Emotional›Hurried | Emotional›Passivity | Perceptual›Overhearing | Physical›Discovering | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Whispering
Themes and Motifs: Body›Stomach/belly | Objects›Toothpaste
Relationships: Sexual
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Year›Saturday
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›House | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Smoking | Movement›Car | Physical›Dancing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Hat
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Public›Road
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Cultural Issues: Politics›Voting | Race›White supremacists | War›Civil War consequences
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Eating supper | Bodily›Gaining weight | Communication›Note | Emotional›Curious | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Rage | Mental›Curiosity | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Concealing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Fantasy | Sexuality›Interracial | Sexuality›Learning about | Sexuality›Perverse | Sexuality›Sexual passion
Relationships: Sexual
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Movement›Car | Movement›Truck | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Discovering | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Showing | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Responding | Verbal›Speculation | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Killing | Violent›Sexual assault
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Group Mentality›Racial solidarity | Race›Negro-lover | Religion›Apotheosis | Religion›Fanaticism
Relationships: Social›Assailant-victim | Social›Crowds
Environment: Place›Church | Time of Year›Sunday
Environment: Public›Filling Station
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Hungering | Economic›Buying | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Ordering | Verbal›Threat
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Cultural Issues: Class›Homelessness | Progress›Trains
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Cultural Issues: Government›Congress | History›American Revolution | Identity, Personal›Ancestral | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Change over time
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Environment: Olfactory›Bad smell | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And race | Clothes›Sunday clothes
Environment: Natural›Body of water | Natural›Leaf / leaves | Natural›River | Public›Bridge
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Religion›Resurrection
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fish | Animals›Insects mayflies | Appearance›Depth / deepness | Appearance›Surface | Body›Eyes | Death›Afterlife | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Bones | Death›Compared to sleep | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Objects›Flat-iron | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Judgment Day | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Allusion, Mythical›Narcissus | Figures of Speech›Arrow | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Simile | Symbolism›Christian
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
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Empty room | Domestic Space›Sick room | Olfactory›Smelling trees | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Bodily›Hiding | Bodily›Squatting | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Moaning | Movement›Hiding | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Finding | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Mumbling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift | Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Memory›Remembering | Money›Gift of money | Objects›Slipper | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Place›Power Plant | Time of Day›Daybreak
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Scheming | Economic›Trading | Emotional›Vengeful | Moral›Deception | Physical›Digging | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift | Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness | Values›Bad conduct | Values›Truth/Lies
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype | Region›Hapless Yankees | Slavery›Etiquette | Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home
Relationships: Institutional›Military
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Language›Profanity