Actions: Movement Horse
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Ambulance
- Aviation
- Bicycle
- Boat
- Buggy
- Bus
- Canoe
- Car
- Carriage
- Cart
- Chasing
- Constant
- Crash
- Crossing
- Direction east
- Driving
- Ferry
- Fetching
- Flat tire
- Flight
- Following
- Getting closer
- Hiding
- Hitch-hiking
- Hot-air balloon
- Hurrying
- Interurban streetcar / trolley
- Limousine
- Limping
- Marching
- Matching / Paralleling
- Migration
- Mule
- Ox
- Procession
- Racing
- Random
- Return
- Riding
- Running
- Running away
- Ship
- Sneaking
- Spitting
- Steamboat
- Stopping
- Streetcar
- Surrey
- Swimming
- Taxi
- Traffic
- Train
- Truck
- Wagon
- Walking
- Wrong direction
Tagged Events
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Domestic›Food preparation | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Ethnicity›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Character›Popularity
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race | Gender›Masculinity
Actions: Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Horse | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift | Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Cotton farming | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous | Auditory›Postal horn | Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: Government›National authority
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Money›Reward
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | History›Indian Removal | Land-Use›Collective exploitation | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Oklahoma | Language›Fragments | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Running | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Grief | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Listening
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Economy›Bargaining
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Dinner
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Outhouse | Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Lot
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Drive | Domestic Space›Library
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Gender›Southern woman | War›Confederate Army
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Accent
Environment: Time of Day›Pre-dawn | Weather›Perfect Weather
Actions: Emotional›Exultation | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Race›Inequalities
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Nursing
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Sentience | Chaos/Order›Creating order
Actions: Mental›Realization | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Home›Distance from home
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust
Cultural Issues: Gender›Lady's accoutrements | Race›Stereotype eyes | Race›Stereotype: smell | Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder
Themes and Motifs: Death›Indian burial practices
Actions: Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Ambush | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Actions: Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | War›Violence against civilians
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Home›Distance from home
Cultural Issues: Violence›Shooting | War›Glorification | War›Violence against civilians
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Entropy
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Perspective
Environment: Domestic Space›Livestock pen | Time of Year›December
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Henry kills Bon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Winter
Cultural Issues: War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Face
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Time›Running out | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial
Cultural Issues: Class | War›Civil War | War›Going to war | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding | Values›Loyalty | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs | Typography/Orthography›Inscription | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Race | Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›White anxiety
Actions: Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Watching
Environment: Atmospheric›Peaceful | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bells | Place›Blacksmith shop | Place›Church | Place›Hotel | Place›Livery stable | Place›Saloon | Public›Courthouse | Public›Store | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Sunday morning | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Interaction, Social›Church | Mental›Curiosity | Movement›Crossing | Movement›Horse | Movement›Riding | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Calling by name
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Economy›Commerce | Gender›Femininity | Gender›Lady | Group Mentality›Community collective | Group Mentality›Creating an Other | Race›Etiquette | Religion›Church service | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Community›Crowd | Community›Opinion | Community›Stranger | Naming›Importance of naming | Objects›Fan | Objects›Parasol | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Time›Past
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Institutional›Church-Town | Interracial›Master-servant | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ancient Greek Chorus | Description›Character portrait | Description›Location portrait | Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Musical imagery | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Revision | Recurring Episodes›Sutpen's arrival | Style›List | Style›Long sentence | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Exile | Time›Simultaneity of time | Values›Honor | Values›Love
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Playing cards
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Weaponry imagery | Narrative›Summary
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Abstinence | Alcohol›Sobriety | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Objects›Pistol
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Relationships: Familial | Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Actions: Emotional›Longing | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Horse | Movement›Steamboat | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Collaborative
Relationships: Familial | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic›Courtship
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Interaction, Social›Celebration | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Big house vs quarters
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Home›Estranged | Story-telling›Collaborative
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Actions: Communication›Letter | Military›Enlistment | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: War›Going to war
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy | Objects›Photograph
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Heat | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Natural›Mud | Place›Plantation | Time of Day›Sunrise | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›Summer | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Exhaustion | Emotional›Fury | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Observing | Perceptual›Watching | Work›Building structure | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Hat | Group Mentality›Community collective | Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Labor | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mosquitoes | Character›Work ethic | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Fatality | Supernatural›Ghost | Values›Determination
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Social›Crowds
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Gaps
Environment: Place›Plantation | Public›Road | Time of Year›April
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Movement›Horse | Movement›Riding | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat | Crime›Vigilantism | Group Mentality›Community collective | Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Law›Sheriff
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Community›Posse | Community›Preserving order | Objects›Basket | Objects›Portmanteau | Objects›Tarpaulin
Relationships: Civic | Institutional›Police-arrestee | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Anti-climax | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Withholding
Environment: Place›Hotel | Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Mental›Believing | Movement›Horse | Movement›Riding | Movement›Stopping | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Talking | Work›Hotel employee
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Place›Hotel | Public›Road | Public›Street | Public›Town Square
Actions: Communication›Lack of communication | Communication›Silence | Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Legal›Warrant | Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Following | Movement›Horse | Movement›Procession | Movement›Riding | Movement›Stopping | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Class›Status, low | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Formal | Clothes›Hat | Crime›Vigilantism | Group Mentality›Community collective | Law›Warrant | Politics›Public opinion
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Character›Resolve | Character›Unknowable | Community›Opinion | Community›Posse | Objects›Basket | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Pistol | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Watching
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Exile
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Love | Moral›Renounce | Movement›Horse | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Clothes›Cloak | Clothes›Gown | Clothes›Hat | Gender›Cross-dress | Group Mentality›Community collective | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Character›Maturity | Character›Provincialism | Character›Sophistication | Recurring Tropes›Imitation
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male attraction
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Familial | Friendship
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Values›Loyalty
Cultural Issues: Gender
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male attraction
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Don Juan | Figures of Speech›Shadow
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Group Mentality›Community collective | War›Going to war
Relationships: Friendship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Priapus | Figures of Speech›Sacrifice | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Laughing | Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Obeying / obedience
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Community›Opinion | Death›Dying wish | Death›Respect | Morals›Honor | Morals›Hypocrisy | Psychological›Madness | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Parents-children
Actions: Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Indecision | Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Persuasion
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Animal abuse | Violent›Restraining
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Temporal projection
Environment: Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›November
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Labor›Farming | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Money›Expenses | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Responsibility | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-horse | Marital›Adultery
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Balance | Character›Cautious | Character›Recklessness | Time›Cyclical | Time›Measuring time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Moral›Confession | Moral›Forgiveness | Moral›Praying | Movement›Horse | Movement›Swimming
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Satan
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Hypocritical
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gethsemane | Allusion, Biblical›Jesus
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Broken bones
Themes and Motifs: Death›Like death | Objects›Construction tools | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Flood
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Indebtedness | Interaction, Social›Charity | Movement›Horse | Verbal›Persuasion
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Health and Illness›Doctoring
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Decomposition | Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Fury | Movement›Horse | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Yelling
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Confession | Moral›Exploitation | Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Bargaining
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Death›Corpse | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Loss of animal companion | Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Hunting›Fox hunting | Movement›Horse | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Religion›Methodism | Religion›camp meeting
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Character›Unruliness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Richard I of England
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Place›Railroad | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Frost
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Construction | Work›Railroad workers
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Ethnicity›Scottish / Scots | Race›Black stereotype
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Atmospheric›Dangerous | Place›Livery stable
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Character›Impulsiveness | Character›Recklessness
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Atmospheric›Spectral | Auditory›Bugle | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Midnight
Themes and Motifs: Character›Courteous | Character›Recklessness | Objects›Anchovies | Objects›Coffee
Relationships: Institutional›Military
Actions: Movement›Horse | Violent›Animal attack on human | Violent›Intimidation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Violence›Accident
Environment: Time of Year›June
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Uniform | Gender›Dirty girl | Gender›Double standard | Religion›Damnation
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Interracial›Master-servant | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Art›African American music | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Pipe
Aesthetics: Language›Hymn | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Horse | Physical›Ambush
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Sartoris captures Yankees
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›December | Weather›Frost
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Time of Day›Twilight | Weather›Frost
Actions: Hunting›Fox hunting | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Dog-fox | Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Starlight | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Exile
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-horse
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Race›Stereotype: smell
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Actions: Movement›Horse | Movement›Hot-air balloon
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shabby | Gender›Separate spaces | Health and Illness›Poisoning
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Character›Violent
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Horse | Physical›Digging | Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Warning
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Lot | Time of Day›Afternoon
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Horse
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Relationships: Friendship›Interracial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Race›Division
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Conversation
Environment: Public›Church | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Domestic Space›Stable | Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Sitting | Moral›Stealing | Movement›Horse | Physical›Climbing stairs | Physical›Turning away | Verbal›Calling by name | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Taunt
Relationships: Familial›Adoptive | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Rain
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
Actions: Movement›Horse | Physical›Locking a door
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Environment: Auditory›Postal horn
Actions: Communication›By sound | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Government›National authority | Progress›Frontier times
Cultural Issues: Age›Precocious | Gender›Female body | Gender›Male gaze | Sexuality›Female
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Friday
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Football
Cultural Issues: Education›Rural school | Gender›Male domination
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Voltaire
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ascetic | Character›Self-deception | Psychological›Denial | Psychological›Obsession
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Conversation | Work›Traveling salesman
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Sewing machine | Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Religion›camp meeting | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Male control female sexuality | Sexuality›Sexualizing a minor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Auditory›Nature | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Gender›Male rivalry | Religion›Church service
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Heaven
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige
Environment: Time of Day›Breakfast
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Share-cropping|Tenantry
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›France
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Character›Shrewdness | Exile›Dispossession
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Tragic / tragedy | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Class›Social decline
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Memory›Sensory memory
Environment: Time of Year›Saturday
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ab's war wound
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Atmospheric›Squalor | Place›Well|Wellhouse | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Clothes›Hat
Themes and Motifs: Art›Sculpture | Futility›Nothing to do
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Conversation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Time of Day›Sunrise
Actions: Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›April
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Objects›Cigar
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Penitentiary | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›July
Cultural Issues: Gender›Inversion | History›Convict labor | Land-Use›Logging | Politics›Corruption | Sexuality›Interracial | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Teeth | Memory›Haunted by past
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Atmospheric›Wind | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Rural sales | Race›Sundown town
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Tobacco | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ab Snopes Horse trading
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Clothes›Tennis shoes | Food›Candy | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Foreshadowing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Objects›Portmanteau
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Dowsing | Physical›Digging | Physical›Finding | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Religion›Folk superstition
Aesthetics: Diction›Hill dialect | Style›Character portrait
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Agriculture›Cotton | Clothes›And class | Crime›Moonshining | Crime›Murder | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Corruption | Government›Interference | Identity, Cultural›Hill country | Law›Justice of the Peace | Politics›Democracy | Race›Segregation | Race›Sundown town
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Friday
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Risque
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Actions: Economic›Buying on credit | Economic›Indebtedness | Movement›Horse
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Buggy | Movement›Horse | Verbal›Garrulousness
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming
Environment: Domestic Space›Stable | Place›Farm
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Car | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Physical›Repair
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Materialism›Status | Progress›Electrification | Progress›Gentrification
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | Race›Behaving/becoming "black"
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Right-of-way
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Race›Hierarchical | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Commercial›Boss-underling | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Education›Informal | Religion›Baptist | Religion›Catholicism | Religion›Islam
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Education›Informal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Hunting and Fishing›Marksmanship | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Cultural Issues: Law›Corruption
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gold tooth
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Values›Conservatism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Atmospheric›Crowded | Auditory›Confused din | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Politics›Democracy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Triumph
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Atmospheric›Crowded | Auditory›Voices | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Age›Rite of passage | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Triumph
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Mental›Remembering | Moral›Secret | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Time of Day›Daytime
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Solidarity | Race›Stereotype cannibalism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Horses
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Sunday
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes | Race›Stereotype: smell | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Displacement
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Disorder
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Livestock pen | Time of Year›December | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›December | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Alabama
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›December | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Actions: Movement›Hiding | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Assault | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: Crime›Voter fraud | Gender›Marriage | Gender›Men vs women | Race›Disenfranchisement | War›Reconstruction
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Dusk
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Oxford, Mississippi
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Oxford, Mississippi
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›September
Cultural Issues: Gender›Clothing | Gender›Masculine woman
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | Progress›Trains
Relationships: Economical›Partnership | Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Allusion, Geographical›Georgia
Environment: Domestic Space›Drive
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends | Friendship›Interracial
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Noon
Relationships: Friendship›Interracial
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Weather›Heat
Cultural Issues: Crime›Horse theft
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Reunion
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Cultural Issues: Crime›Horse theft | Slavery›Minstrelsy | War›Plunder
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Language›Profanity
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Military | Slavery›Minstrelsy | War›Capture | War›Union Army
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Home›Distance from home
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming
Cultural Issues: War›Glorification | War›Union Army | War›Violence against civilians
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Profanity
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Olfactory›Evoking memory
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming | Objects›Sword
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Kinship | Interspecies›Man-horse
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Masculine woman | War›Destruction | War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos