Actions: Violent Hitting
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Airplane crash
- Animal abuse
- Animal attack on human
- Animal predatory behavior
- Arson
- Asphyxiation
- Assault
- Beating
- Boxing
- Car accident
- Castration
- Dehumanization
- Destructive behavior
- Disfigurement
- Domestic violence
- Dragging
- Entry
- Explosion
- Fighting
- Homicide
- Intent to kill
- Interracial
- Intimidation
- Kicking
- Kidnapping
- Killing
- Killing in war
- Killing of animals
- Lynch mob
- Murder
- Mutilation
- Poisoning
- Raiding
- Restraining
- Scratching
- Self-mutilation
- Sexual assault
- Shooting
- Slapping
- Stabbing
- Suicide
- Tar-and-feather
- Threatening
- Throwing downstairs
- Vengeance
- Violence against animals
- Whipping
Tagged Events
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Running | Emotional›Despair | Verbal›Command | Violent›Domestic violence | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Frogs | Animals›Whippoorwills | Home | Objects›Candle | Philosophical›Ethics | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Sibling | Marital›Abusive | Marital›Conflict
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Women | Gender›Femininity
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Sibling
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Kinship
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal issue
Themes and Motifs: Values›Justice | Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Breathing | Natural›Moon | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering | Health and Illness›Injury | Law›Arrest
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Money›Owed
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Terror | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Violence›Child abuse
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Addiction | Race | Violence›Interracial
Relationships: Institutional›Jailer-prisoner
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Nancy confronts white man
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Bodily›Drooling | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Physical›Ambush | Physical›Holding | Play›Fireworks | Verbal›Message | Verbal›Promising | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Threatening
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Extramarital
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Terror | Verbal›Warning | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Race
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Mausoleum | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Story-telling›Retelling | Supernatural›Haunted house
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative shift
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Stairway
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering | Gender›Masculine woman | Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Body›Skin | Objects›Keys | Objects›Matchstick | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Door | Supernatural›Haunted house
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
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
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Johnny Sartoris shot down
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry
Cultural Issues: Race›Equal rights
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness
Environment: Auditory›Tree / leaves | Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›House | Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Falling | Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Singing | Bodily›Smoking | Movement›Walking | Physical›Hitting | Physical›Panting | Physical›Sleeping | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Asphyxiation | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency | Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Menstruation | Bodily›Vomiting | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›School | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Religion›Fanaticism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Archangel Michael | Allusion, Biblical›Jezebel | Allusion, Biblical›Satan
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Communication›Note | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Taunt | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Hitting
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bed | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Lamp or lantern
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Place›Church | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Public›Street
Actions: Movement›Car | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Holding | Physical›Running | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Racism | Race›Miscegenation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Place›Jail | Place›Sheriff's office | Public›Restaurant | Public›Street | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Looking | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Threat | Verbal›Yelling | Violent›Hitting
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Watching | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Religion›Fanaticism
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Parents-children
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Cold
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Movement›Horse | Verbal›Moralizing | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation | Religion›Fanaticism
Relationships: Sexual›Extramarital
Environment: Domestic Space›Deathbed | Domestic Space›House | Public›Church
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Pregnancy | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Abortion | Race›White supremacists | Religion›Fanaticism
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›House
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Movement›Hiding | Movement›Running | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Race›Behaving "white" | Race›Behaving/becoming "black" | Race›Racial identity
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Outrage | Movement›Car | Movement›Running | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Pushing away | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Castration | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Killing | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Race›White race | Violence›Castration | Violence›Lynching | Violence›Shooting
Environment: Domestic Space›Dressing room
Actions: Mental›Disapproval | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Screaming | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Interracial
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Jewelry | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family | Money›Cash | Objects›Baby bottle
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-infant | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Marital›Adultery
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Identity, Personal›Hypocritical | Sexuality›Interracial
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Nightgown | Clothes›Raincoat | Gender›Chivalry | Sexuality›Desire | Violence›Sexual
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured | Violence›Domestic
Relationships: Romantic›Infidelity
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Abuse of office | Violence›Gendered
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Ladies parlor | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Restraining
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Alps | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Domestic Space›Hogwallow | Natural›Mud | Olfactory›Hog / pig pen | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Sweetness | Perceptual›Tasting | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Touching | Physical›Turning away | Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Sensuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Face | Body›Fingers | Body›Legs | Body›Lips | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Freudian | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Bodily›Heart beating | Emotional›Humiliation | Emotional›Love | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Injury | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Actions: Bodily›Squatting | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Undressing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Clothes›Undressing | Education›Primary school | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Natural›Hills
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Laughing | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Mental›Hallucinating | Perceptual›Ambiguity | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Kicking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Champagne | Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Pigs | Community›Wedding | Objects›Bottle | Objects›Coffee | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Anguish | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Observing | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Hitting
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Contempt | Emotional›Crying | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Hay | Agriculture›Matched team of horses or mules | Alcohol | Health and Illness›Injured | Prejudice›White supremacy | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Philosophical›Nihilism | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Horace | Allusion, Literary›Latin pastoral poetry | Allusion, Mythical›Arcadia | Tone›Humorous | Tone›Sarcastic
Environment: Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Marriage announcement | Economic›Banking | Economic›Selling | Emotional›Contempt | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Mental›Distrust | Mental›Learning | Movement›Car | Movement›Limousine | Physical›Driving | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Clothes›Garter | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Harvard | Entertainment›Circus | Gender›Marriage | Region›The South | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Elephants | Animals›Fleas | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Teeth | Character›Inherited traits | Character›Reputation | Community›Wedding | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Inheritance›Traits | Memory›Remembering | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Honor | Objects›Candle | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Supernatural›Spell | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College roommate | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Fiance | Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual | Social›Adversarial | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›South Bend, Indiana | Allusion, Literary›Byron | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Don Juan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Marmion" | Allusion, Literary›Scott, Walter | Figures of Speech›Puppy | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Long sentence | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation