Actions: Interaction, Social
Child Terms
- Auction
- Ball/dance
- Barbecue
- Camaraderie
- Celebration
- Charity
- Church
- Civic discussion
- Civic dispute
- Competition
- Concealment
- Confrontation
- Conspiracy
- Conversion
- Dances
- Elopement
- Exposure
- Female gathering
- Frontier life
- Gentleman's agreement
- Gossip
- Greeting
- Hosting
- Incarcerating
- Leadership
- Making progress
- Male gathering
- Marketing
- Marriage
- Mixed-race gathering
- Noblesse oblige
- Partying
- Peer group
- Picnic
- Shaking hands
- Shopping
- Social protest
- Spectate
- Teacher-class of students
- Visiting
- Voting
- Withdrawal from public
Tagged Events
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Naming›Change over time | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic | Physical›Burning | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Revealing | Violent›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Past | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Interaction, Social›Competition
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Actions: Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Horse | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift | Entertainment›Horse race
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Old days
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white | Social›Homoerotic | Social›Homosocial rivalry
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Social›Competition | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry | Ritual
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Actions: Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Age›Rite of passage | Gender›Male rivalry | Ritual
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Old days | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white | Social›Homosocial rivalry
Environment: Time of Day›Evening | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Falling | Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Racing | Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship | Social›Homosocial rivalry
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Interaction, Social›Competition
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Time of Day›Sunrise
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Running | Physical›Rescuing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male body | Gender›Male rivalry
Relationships: Social›Homoerotic | Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Indian name
Actions: Interaction, Social›Frontier life
Actions: Interaction, Social›Frontier life
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marketing
Cultural Issues: Progress›Ironies of
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Napoleon | Figures of Speech›Personification | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Year›July Fourth
Actions: Interaction, Social›Barbecue
Aesthetics: Narrative›Background
Actions: Interaction, Social›Making progress
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier to civilization | Slavery›Fugitive
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic dispute
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | Progress›Mail delivery
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Interaction, Social›Incarcerating
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Communal story | Identity, Personal›On frontier | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Environment: Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›America and opportunity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Environment: Auditory›Postal horn | Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic dispute
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Government›US Bureau of Indian Affairs | Government›US Post Office | Law›Legal ownership
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Personification
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Morality | Naming›Named for historical figure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Withholding
Actions: Interaction, Social›Conspiracy
Cultural Issues: Government›Secrecy
Aesthetics: Narrative›Withholding
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Buggy
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Relationships: Institutional›Minister and parishioner
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Sexuality›Premarital
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Scandal
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Military | Gender›Masculinity
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
Actions: Interaction, Social›Camaraderie | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Southern stereotype | War›Death
Actions: Interaction, Social›Incarcerating | Work›Law enforcement
Actions: Interaction, Social›Exposure | Violent›Fighting
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative shift
Actions: Interaction, Social›Exposure | Violent›Fighting
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative shift
Environment: Domestic Space›Study | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Exposure | Violent›Murder | Work›Performance
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Disguise | Entertainment›Circus
Themes and Motifs: Character›Hubris | Psychological›Motivation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical | Genre Conventions›Parable | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Interaction, Social›Conspiracy | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Following | Play›Gambling | Work›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Crime›Sedition | Crime›Treason | Government›Right of secession | Health and Illness›Amputation | Health and Illness›Injury | History›Burr conspiracy | War›American Revolution | War›Recuperation
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Inheritance›Traits
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Interaction, Social›Conspiracy | Verbal›Provoking
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession | Exile›Driven away | Inheritance›Traits | Objects›Sword | Past›Repetition
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Narrative›Repetition
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Public›Store
Actions: Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Cultural Issues: Age›Agelessness | Age›Spinsterhood | Agriculture›Cotton | Agriculture›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Class›Social decline | Class›Social mobility | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession | Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Popular magazines
Actions: Interaction, Social›Leadership
Cultural Issues: Politics›Corruption
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism | Character›Power
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Huey Long
Actions: Interaction, Social›Conversion | Verbal›Lying
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | History›Civil Rights legislation | Politics›Corruption | Politics›Exploitative | Politics›Political ambition | Race›Negro-lover | Race›Segregation | Region›The South
Actions: Interaction, Social›Leadership | Military›Training
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Actions: Emotional›Expecting | Interaction, Social›Picnic
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Temporal projection
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Social Shaming | Politics›Campaigning
Aesthetics: Narrative›Unidentified character
Environment: Place›Country store
Cultural Issues: Gender›All-male space
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic
Cultural Issues: Politics›Campaigning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Actions: Interaction, Social›Leadership
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Law›Legal authority
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Character›Personality change
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Space program | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Audit | Politics›City government | Race›Hierarchical
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip | Verbal›Speculation
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Class›Middle
Themes and Motifs: Body›Appearance-plain
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Intergenerational›Female
Aesthetics: Narrative›Indeterminacy
Actions: Interaction, Social›Peer group
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Class›Class consciousness
Actions: Interaction, Social›Peer group | Verbal›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Community›Social life
Relationships: Social›Adversarial | Social›Snobbery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile-mask
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Health and Illness›Fever
Environment: Domestic Space›Closet
Actions: Interaction, Social›Competition | Verbal›Rumor | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Race›Passing | Race›Racial identity | Sexuality›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Racialized
Relationships: Interracial›Prospective
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Moral›Lying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Crime›Numbers | Gender›Traits | Law›Execution | Mass Media›Newspaper | Race›Division | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Coffin | Death›Corpse | Determinism›Genetic | Inheritance›Traits | Money›Expenses
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Quotation as thought
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Weather›Heat
Actions: Interaction, Social›Charity | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Corpse | Money›Collecting money | Money›Expenses
Actions: Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Movement›Train
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Community›Crowd | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Rumor
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
Themes and Motifs: Body›Physical disability
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Interaction, Social›Picnic
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Crime | Law›Arrest | Violence›Drunken brawling
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Social›Competition | Physical›Riding | Play›Sport-fencing
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Gender›Female stereotype
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement | Romantic›Multiple
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: War›Going to war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Robinson Crusoe | Description›Landscape
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
Environment: Atmospheric›Peaceful | Place›Decayed plantation | Place›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ben-Hur | Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Bodily›Dipping snuff | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Physical›Digging
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wagon | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control | Psychological›Paranoia
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Interaction, Social›Elopement | Interaction, Social›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Relationships: Marital›Civil marriage | Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Interaction, Social›Charity
Themes and Motifs: Futility
Relationships: Civic›child protection
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Marital›Loving | Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Government›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Death
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Doom becomes chief
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Locking a door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Actions: Interaction, Social›Voting
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Yelling
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Actions: Interaction, Social›Church | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Labor | Religion›Rituals and rites
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip | Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shawl | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Southern woman | Region›Lost Cause
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-Reflective
Actions: Emotional›Embarrassment | Interaction, Social›Gossip | Movement›Running away | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Reproduction
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Narrative›Self-Reflective
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation
Environment: Public›Store porch
Actions: Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Prejudice›Socio-economic
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Advent
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit
Actions: Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Actions: Economic›Auction | Emotional›Despair | Interaction, Social›Auction | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Washing clothes
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Clothes›Rural poverty | Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as disguise | Chaos/Order›Control | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Aesthetics: Diction›Western vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Domestic›Cooking | Hunting›And race | Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Moral›Deception | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Alcohol›Whiskey | Food›Breakfast | Food›Brunswick stew | Gender›All-male space | Hunting and Fishing›Annual | Hunting and Fishing›Marksmanship | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Raccoon | Animals›Squirrel | Animals›Turkey | Animals›Wildcats | Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Searching
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Movement›Walking | Physical›Building
Actions: Interaction, Social›Noblesse oblige
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Rural | Religion›Episcopal | Religion›Methodism | Slavery›Freedom
Themes and Motifs: Community›Cooperation | Texts›Ledger
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering
Cultural Issues: Region›Rural South | Slavery›Freedom | Slavery›Segregation of space | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites
Environment: Time of Day›Sunday morning
Actions: Interaction, Social›Church
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Demographics
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Actions: Interaction, Social›Charity | Verbal›Preaching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shabby | Cultural Identity›Lost Cause | War›Defeat | War›Homefront
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Race›Black family working for white
Relationships: Interracial›Domestic | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Interaction, Social›Elopement | Moral›Prohibiting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Elopement
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Drugs | Religion›Preacher / Minister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Conflict
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Law›Wedding license
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Freedom
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Violent›Murder | Violent›Vengeance | Violent›Whipping
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Wash kills Sutpen
Environment: Place›Plantation | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Actions: Interaction, Social›Charity | Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Poverty | Health and Illness›Traumatized
Actions: Interaction, Social›Charity | Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Wilde, Oscar | Metafictional›Theatrical setting
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Curse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Meaning›Limitations of words / language
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Social›Charity
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Smoking | Interaction, Social›Camaraderie
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Moral›Renounce
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Engagement
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Clothes›Confederate uniform | Clothes›Dirty
Themes and Motifs: Futility | Morals›Morality | Recurring Tropes›Design | Time›Running out
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
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: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Interracial
Aesthetics: Interpretation | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Mental›Disorientation
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Interracial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Actions: Interaction, Social›Greeting | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Hat | Group Mentality›Community collective
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Objects›Basket | Objects›Portmanteau | Objects›Tarpaulin
Relationships: Civic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Narrative›Anti-climax
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Character›Power | Character›Ruthless | Objects›Basket | Objects›Portmanteau | Objects›Tarpaulin
Relationships: Civic
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Legal›Arrest
Relationships: Institutional›Police-arrestee | Marital›Arrangements
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Naming slaves
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Art›Music | Objects›Piano
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Greek tragedy | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Mask
Actions: Emotional›Vindictive | Interaction, Social›Visiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Interaction, Social›Visiting
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Face
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Chaos/Order | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Physical resemblances
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Face
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Complexion | Character›Regal | Recurring Tropes›Performance
Relationships: Familial›Sister-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Figures of Speech›Personification
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Carriage
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Dolls | Recurring Tropes›Illusion | Time›Frozen / Static
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Styx | Figures of Speech›Butterfly
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Interaction, Social›Visiting
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Environment: Atmospheric›Claustrophobic | Domestic Space›Confined living quarters
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Sister-sister | Marital›Arrangements
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Domestic labor
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Sister-sister
Environment: Time of Year›New Year
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Interaction, Social›Visiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Watching
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Movement›Carriage
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Sister-sister
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic
Actions: Bodily›Starvation | Communication›Writing | Interaction, Social›Gossip | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper | Region›Lost Cause | War›Confederate Army
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping
Cultural Issues: Gender
Themes and Motifs: Money
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Carriage
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Domestic›Care | Interaction, Private›Courting | Interaction, Social›Marriage
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Economy›Property
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
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Substitute
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Re-marriage
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | War›Return from war
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Interaction, Social›Camaraderie | Verbal›Swearing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Alcohol›Wine | Health and Illness›Amputation | Health and Illness›Anaesthetic | Health and Illness›Headache | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Tea
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sports | Gender›Male gaze | Mass Media›Movies | Mass Media›Newspaper | Sexuality›Virginity | War›Draft | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
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: Atmospheric›Firelight | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage | Legal›Divorce | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Embrace / hugging
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Actions: Interaction, Social›Exposure | Mental›Incomprehension
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Bodily›Watching | Emotional›Coldness | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Shopping | Physical›Tripping | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Sensuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable | Body›Eyes
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Body›Eyes
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Ghost
Environment: Atmospheric›Candlelight
Actions: Interaction, Social›Hosting
Themes and Motifs: Past›Grander than present
Environment: Atmospheric›Creepy
Actions: Domestic›Cleaning | Interaction, Social›Hosting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Gender›Masculinity
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Movement›Carriage | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Interracial›White-black | Social›Snobbery
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Cultural Issues: Government›Interference
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Marital›Loving | Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Domestic›Cooking | Hunting›And race | Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Interaction, Social›Celebration
Cultural Issues: Gender›All-male space | Hunting and Fishing›Annual | Ritual›Birthday
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Interaction, Social›Celebration | Non-human›Attack
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Livestock | Gender›All-male space
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Inheritance›Property | Memory›Collective memory | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Diction›Ethnic slur
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness
Actions: Interaction, Social›Charity
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Money›Collecting money
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Death›Coffin
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Suit
Environment: Place›Jail | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip | Legal›Charge/accuse | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Race›Black incarceration
Actions: Communication›Engrave | Interaction, Social›Marriage
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Receiving mail | Communication›Sending mail | Communication›Writing | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Legal›Will | Mental›Learning | Verbal›Giving advice
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Racial solidarity
Relationships: Social›Mentorship
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial consciousness | Religion›Fanaticism
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Place›Church | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Interaction, Social›Church | Movement›Mule
Actions: Interaction, Social›Charity
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Income | Values›Charity
Relationships: Hierarchical›Pastor-congregant | Marital›Husband-wife | Marital›Secrecy
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Domestic›Housekeeping | Interaction, Social›Charity | Verbal›Gossip
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage | Violent›Kidnapping
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Marital›Abandonment | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Interaction, Social›Leadership
Themes and Motifs: Community›Preserving order
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Church | Place›Country club
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Domestic›Housekeeping | Interaction, Social›Partying | Interaction, Social›Peer group | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Sharing confidences
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Respectability | Class›Status, low | Health and Illness›Hangover | Modernity›Interwar years | Religion›Catholicism
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Interaction, Social›Partying
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Whiskey
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drugged | Alcohol›Drunkenness
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic dispute
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier times
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Year›Confederate Decoration Day
Actions: Interaction, Social›Celebration | Verbal›Rebel yell
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Lost Cause
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Monument | Past›And monuments
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Burnside, Ambrose | Allusion, Historical›Grant, Ulysses S. | Allusion, Historical›Hooker, Joseph | Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" | Allusion, Historical›Johnston, Joseph E. | Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Allusion, Historical›Longstreet, James | Allusion, Historical›McClellan, George B. | Allusion, Historical›Pope, John | Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Confederate monument unveiled
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Moral›Scheming
Aesthetics: Narrative›Withholding
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Interaction, Social›Making progress | Physical›Building | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Silk | Progress›Building structure | Slavery›Labor
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money | Slavery›Etiquette | Slavery›Field slaves vs house slaves
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Building | Work›Architect | Work›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Aesthetics: Language›Latin phrase | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Actions: Interaction, Social›Voting
Cultural Issues: Government›Voting rights | Race›Segregation
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Actions: Interaction, Social›Voting
Cultural Issues: Government›Voting rights | Progress›Cars | Race›Integration | Race›White supremacists | Technology›Electricity | Technology›Neon
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wanting a drink | Progress›Frontier times | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Social›Social protest
Cultural Issues: History›Indian Removal
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Indian Removal
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Interaction, Social›Frontier life
Cultural Issues: History›Colonization | History›Frontier outlawry | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Interracial›White-black | Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Extramarital
Actions: Communication›Swearing | Interaction, Social›Civic discussion | Verbal›Cursing | Work›Postal worker
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Auditory›Music | Time of Day›Saturday | Time of Year›May
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Entertainment›Music
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Falling | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Mourning | Emotional›Sadness | Interaction, Social›Partying | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Invitation | Verbal›Screaming | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Clothes›Hat cap | Entertainment›Traditional music | Health and Illness›Bullet hole | Religion›Hymns
Themes and Motifs: Art›Jazz music | Chaos/Order›Chaos | Death›Funeral | Death›Wake | Objects›Coffin
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Time of Day›Saturday evening
Actions: Interaction, Social›Dances | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Dancing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Education›College life
Themes and Motifs: Art›Jazz music
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Home Sweet Home
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Interaction, Social›Picnic
Cultural Issues: Politics›Campaigning | Politics›Election | Religion›Church service
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Movement›Buggy
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Gender›Male rivalry
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Livestock
Actions: Emotional›Mourning | Interaction, Social›Marriage
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Rural
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Values›Faithfulness
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Orphan | Marital›Death of spouse
Environment: Public›Store porch
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Interaction, Social›Concealment
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment
Actions: Bodily›Dismemberment | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Physical›Throwing
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Race›Subverting a stereotype
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Picture/image | Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Mental›Curiosity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›As character
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Education›West Point | Politics›Election | War›Civil War | War›Spanish American War | War›Wound
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Values›Idealism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Florida
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Government›Civic officials | Politics›Election
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment | Place›Artist's studio
Actions: Interaction, Social›Partying | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Modernist style
Themes and Motifs: Art›Painting | Art›Sculpture | Meaning›Aesthetic experience | Recurring Tropes›Reunion
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Newspapers
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Crime›Bootlegging | Education›Female education
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Horace
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Materialism›Status | Progress›Electrification | Progress›Gentrification
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Physical›Travel
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Cultural Issues: History›Communism | History›Pre-World War II issues | History›Spanish Civil War | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism
Aesthetics: Style›Address to reader | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Interaction, Social›Charity | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Integration | Religion›Church service
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Interaction, Social›Charity
Cultural Issues: Law›Regulation
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Politics›Campaigning
Environment: Place›Mill | Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Cultural Issues: Politics›Campaigning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Cumberland County, Mississippi
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Themes and Motifs: Values›Determination
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured | Violence›Ambush
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Alcohol›Bootlegging | Class›Respectability | Gender›Masculine woman | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Cincinnatus
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Thackeray
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | History›Post-war prosperity | Progress›Racialized | Sexuality›Pregnancy
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Shock | Interaction, Social›Spectate
Cultural Issues: Technology›Jaguar
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Entropy
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Crime›Bootlegging
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Time of Day›Evening
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hardwick, Tennessee | Language›Profanity
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Language›Hee hee hee
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic dispute
Cultural Issues: Law›Motor vehicle
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry
Environment: Time of Year›Saturday | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gentleman's agreement | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Motoring clothes | Entertainment›Motoring | Progress›Cars
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Domestic›Sewing | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Work›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Open secret
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Outlaw country | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Conversion | Physical›Riding | Violent›Fighting
Themes and Motifs: Values›Moral authority
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Interaction, Social›Noblesse oblige
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Place›Paducah
Actions: Interaction, Social›Greeting
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Dressed up | Education›Psychology class | Religion›Hinduism | Ritual›Sati or suttee
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral pyre / cremation | Objects›Books | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flat-iron | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Environment: Domestic Space›Fireplace|Mantel
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Bribing | Economic›Gifting | Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Economic›Lending Money | Economic›Offering to buy | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Hurting | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Interaction, Social›Shaking hands | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Learning | Moral›Cheating | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Physical›Intrusion | Physical›Travel | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Flattery | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Revealing | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Education›College or school traditions | Education›Harvard | Education›Life after graduation | Education›School year | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Widow | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper comics / funny paper | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Premarital | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Character›Bookishness | Character›Honesty | Character›Integrity | Memory›Remembering | Money›As motive | Money›Bill | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigar | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Values›Devotion | Values›Honor | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Fiance | Sexual›Extramarital | Social›Adversarial | Social›Fellow alumni of a college or university
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›Havana, Cuba | Allusion, Literary›Galahad | Diction›Double entendre | Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech›Parrot | Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Voices | Auditory›Whistle | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Hills | Natural›River | Place›Rural | Public›Bridge | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower | Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Hunting›Fishing | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Male gathering | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Fishing contest | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Progress›Factory | Progress›Streetcar line
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fish trout | Money›Prize value | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Fishing rod | Objects›Watch | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Solitary | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Proverbs | Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Allusion, Geographical›Canada | Description›Color yellow | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Southern dialect | Figures of Speech›Fire | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Threads
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›Full moon | Atmospheric›Harvest moon | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Otherworldly›Moon / Lunar | Time of Year›Lunar month / cycle
Actions: Emotional›Attraction | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Lust | Interaction, Social›Concealment
Cultural Issues: Gender›Body | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Menstruation / menstrual cycle | Gender›Women as gentler sex / delicate | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Sexuality›Birth control | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Disgust with sex | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Sensuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Body›Foot / Feet | Body›Hips | Body›Pregnancy | Body›Thighs | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Recurring Tropes›Father said
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›River | Public›Bridge | Public›Railroad tracks
Environment: Domestic Space›Chicken coop / hen house | Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Indignation | Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Picnic | Legal›Arrest | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Movement›Procession | Physical›Climbing | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Beating | Violent›Kidnapping | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Veil | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Law›Custody | Law›Marshal | Technology›Automobile | Violence›Child abuse | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Body›Foot / Feet | Memory›Forgetting
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Diction›Malapropism | Figures of Speech›Glove | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Profanity
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Interaction, Social›Picnic | Perceptual›Blurring | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Banter / small talk | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Questioning
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
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
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
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Violent›Threatening
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Character›Naivety | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Interaction, Social›Partying
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Sibling
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Atmospheric›Wind | Auditory›Bells | Place›Church
Actions: Interaction, Social›Church | Mental›Impairment | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Race›Segregation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Place›Church | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Interaction, Social›Church | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Religion›Church service | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Ritual›Easter
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Diminishment / fading | Objects›Flowers
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›St. Louis
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Public›Road | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Social›Church | Mental›Realization | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Religion›Preacher / Minister | Religion›Sermon
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Aesthetics: Narrative›Epiphany | Narrative›Foreshadowing
Environment: Domestic Space›Cellar
Actions: Bodily›Hiding | Interaction, Social›Celebration
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Perceptual›Tasting | Perceptual›Tickling
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Natural›Trees
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Laughing | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Champagne | Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Domestic Space›Cellar | Olfactory›Smelling trees
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Laughing | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Champagne | Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Veil | Clothes›Wedding dress
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Animals›Dogs | Community›Wedding | Objects›Bottle | Objects›Flowers | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Firelight | Olfactory›Smelling trees | Olfactory›Trees | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Worry | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Mental›Unaware | Movement›Running | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Verbal›Calling | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Wishing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Shoes | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Bottle | Objects›Chair | Objects›Fire | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Time›Past
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Domestic Space›Porch | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Flowers
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Champagne | Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Undressing | Clothes›Veil | Clothes›Vest | Clothes›Wedding dress
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Flowers Roses | Objects›Mirror | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Figures of Speech›Armor | Figures of Speech›Cloud | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Interaction, Social›Celebration | Movement›Marching | Verbal›Conversation | Work
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat, stovepipe | Clothes›Uniform | History›Civil War | History›Civil War consequences | Prejudice›Racism | Ritual›Birthday | Ritual›Commemoration | Slavery›Abolition | War›Civil War | War›Grand Army of the Republic / G.A.R.
Themes and Motifs: Character›Laziness | Community›Crowd | Community›Decoration Day | Community›Parade | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Flag | Past›Family history
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Sitting room | Natural›Grass | Public›Store | Time of Year›September
Actions: Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Moral›Lying | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Repair | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning | Work›Jeweler
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Boat race | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Objects›Clock | Objects›Jeweler's loupe / magnifying glass | Objects›Watch | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Auditory›Clock chiming | Natural›Dirt / Earth | Public›School | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Scolding | Interaction, Private›Teacher-student | Interaction, Social›Teacher-class of students | Mental›Counting | Mental›Day-dreaming | Mental›Failing / Failure | Mental›Inattentativeness | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Education›Primary school | Health and Illness›Gastrointestinal discomfort | History›Explorers
Themes and Motifs: Body›Brain / mind | Body›Fingers | Body›Foot / Feet | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Stomach/belly | Memory›Remembering | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Measuring time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Friendship›School classmates | Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Actions: Emotional›Theatricality | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Khaki | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Silk | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Memory›Remembering | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Description›Color blue | Description›Color bronze | Description›Color brown | Diction›Misogynistic wording | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
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
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Pasture | Olfactory›Camphor | Olfactory›Oversweet organic
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Seduction | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Moral›Deception | Movement›Car | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Flattery | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Punning
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Salt lick | Class›Pretension | Education›Harvard | Gender›Femininity | Health and Illness›Medicine camphor | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Death›Coffin | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Car | Objects›Honeysuckle | Objects›Trunk | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Romantic›Fiance | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Suspicion | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Moral›Deception | Physical›Saluting | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | Verbal›Code-switching / Change in dialect | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Rumor | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Racial|Regional stereotypes about drinking | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Uniform | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Divinity school | Education›Graduation | Education›Harvard | Ethnicity›Italian | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes | Race›Rules / norms for addressing whites | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Race›Uncle Tom | Ritual›Holiday | War›Grand Army of the Republic / G.A.R. | War›Military rank of general
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Community›Columbus Day | Community›Parade | Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Hypocrisy | Objects›Luggage | Recurring Tropes›Gossip | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black | Social›Mentorship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Princeton University | Allusion, Historical›Columbus, Christopher | Allusion, Historical›Lincoln, Abraham | Allusion, Historical›Women's Christian Temperance Union / W.C.T.U. | Allusion, Literary›Stowe, Harriet Beecher | Allusion, Literary›Uncle Tom's Cabin | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing
Actions: Interaction, Social›Celebration
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming