Actions: Legal
Child Terms
- Arraign
- Arrest
- Bailing out
- Bonding
- Calling police
- Charge/accuse
- Claim
- Confession
- Counsel
- Defending
- Deliberating
- Discharging jury
- Dismissing a case
- Divorce
- Exhumation order
- Handcuffing
- Hearing
- Locking up
- Marriage
- Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer
- Pardon
- Pronouncing sentence
- Recess
- Record keeping
- Release of prisoner
- Remarriage
- Standing guard
- Summation
- Testifying
- Trial
- Warrant
- Will
Tagged Events
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Legal›Record keeping
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Objects›Iron box | Texts›Civic records
Actions: Legal›Marriage | Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Cultural Issues: Economy›Savings | Health and Illness›Fever | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic›Fiance
Aesthetics: Diction›Ethnic slur
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Emotional›Fear | Legal›Locking up | Physical›Protection | Work›Lawyering
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype
Relationships: Romantic›Infidelity
Actions: Legal›Charge/accuse | Military›Enlistment | Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | War›Draft | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging | War›Going to war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Objects›Flower orchid
Aesthetics: Language›Spanish | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Crime›Murder | Health and Illness›Mental limitations | Law›Alienating
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental limitations
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Corpse | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight | Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Law›Alienating
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Actions: Legal›Confession
Cultural Issues: Law›Justice of the Peace
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-Reflective
Cultural Issues: Law›Justice of the Peace
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Environment: Domestic Space›Drive | Domestic Space›Library
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Gender›Southern woman | War›Confederate Army
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Accent
Actions: Legal›Standing guard | Verbal›Accusatory | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Gender | Race | Religion | Sexuality›Prostitution
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Time of Day›Sunrise
Actions: Bodily›Dismemberment | Legal›Arrest | Physical›Searching | Violent›Animal attack on human | Violent›Violence against animals
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Animals›Dogs
Actions: Legal›Remarriage
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Dying | Emotional›Love | Legal›Marriage | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Storytelling
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Cultural Issues: Education›Law school | Law›Law school | Law›Trial
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Place›Crime scene | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Actions: Legal›Confession | Verbal›Confession
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence | Law›Justice of the Peace
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Place›Memphis
Actions: Communication›Newspaper article | Legal›Claim
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Law›Inheritance | Law›Property | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wedding license
Relationships: Marital›Alleged | Marital›Husband-wife
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Agriculture›Farming life | Law›Eye for an eye | Law›Grand jury | Law›Hearing | Law›Indictment | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits | Morals›Justice | Morals›Responsibility | Philosophical›Human nature
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Hill country | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Premarital
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Named for historical figure | Objects›Pistol
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Legal›Discharging jury
Actions: Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Legal›Warrant | Verbal›Cursing | Work›Dismissing from work
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Social›Adversarial
Actions: Legal›Locking up
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Insanity | Law›Guardianship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Respectability
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wedding license | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Race›Colorism | Race›Segregation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Legal›Locking up
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Group Mentality›Community collective
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Legal›Arrest
Relationships: Institutional›Police-arrestee | Marital›Arrangements
Actions: Legal›Arraign | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Law›Bail | Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Rain
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Objects›Pine knots
Actions: Communication›Writing | Legal›Marriage
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Actions: Legal›Charge/accuse | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Destructive behavior | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Crime›Arson | Economy›Evaluate exchange value | Economy›Property | Health and Illness›Mental illness
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Divine plan | Death›Burial | Philosophical›Ethics | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson | Values›Propriety
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Substitute
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Re-marriage
Actions: Legal›Divorce | Mental›Nightmare | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype | Sexuality›Fantasy
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
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
Cultural Issues: Global›Travel | Identity, Cultural›Englishness | Nationality›English / British
Actions: Legal›Divorce | Legal›Remarriage
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Global›Travel | Nationality›American
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Legal›Marriage | Work›Building structure
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Communication›Writing | Legal›Record keeping
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Texts›Bible
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance | Race›Miscegenation
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming | Class›Town v. country/farm
Relationships: Familial›Genealogy | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Actions: Legal›Divorce | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure | Objects›Metal detector
Actions: Legal›Divorce | Mental›Changing one's mind
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Race›Etiquette
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Marital›Divorce
Actions: Legal›Standing guard | Verbal›Accusatory | Violent›Lynch mob
Actions: Economic›Accounting | Legal›Record keeping
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Furnish bill | Economy›Commerce | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Land-Use›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance
Relationships: Sexual›Inappropriate
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Crime›Moonshining
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Intergenerational›Obligation | Romantic›Courtship
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Romantic›Courtship
Environment: Time of Day›Four o'clock a.m.
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Legal›Exhumation order | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Socks | Clothes›Underclothes, male | Food›Breakfast
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging | Economic›Buying timber | Legal›Standing guard | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Driving | Physical›Hiding | Violent›Lynch mob
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Legal›Standing guard | Movement›Walking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Ten o'clock p.m.
Actions: Legal›Release of prisoner | Movement›Walking
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Legal›Handcuffing | Violent›Interracial
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
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Saturday
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Actions: Emotional›Calm | Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Waiting | Emotional›Worry | Legal›Standing guard | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Lynch mob
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Southern dialect | Narrative›Parentheses
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Economic›Paying | Emotional›Exasperation | Legal›Counsel | Perceptual›Looking | Violent›Lynch mob | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Law›Eyewitness | Law›Miscarriage of justice
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners
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
Cultural Issues: Politics›Voting | Slavery›Biblical analogy
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Environment: Public›Street | Public›Town Square
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Inscription | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging | Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Actions: Legal›Testifying | Verbal›Confession
Actions: Emotional›Apathy | Legal›Testifying | Legal›Trial | Mental›Remembering | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Self-justifying
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter
Actions: Legal›Marriage | Mental›Remembering | Moral›Purification
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›America vs Europe
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Legal›Arrest | Verbal›Confession
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Legal›Pronouncing sentence | Verbal›Confession
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Law›Trial
Environment: Place›Official office
Actions: Emotional›Dread | Emotional›Repentance | Legal›Pardon | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Command
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Place›Jail | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›July Fourth | Time of Year›Juneteenth | Time of Year›New Year | Time of Year›Thanksgiving
Actions: Agricultural›Milking a cow | Legal›Bailing out | Work›Yard work
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Hangover | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›As loss | Progress›Electrification | Progress›Neon lights | Progress›New replacing old
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Past›Discovering it
Relationships: Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Communication›Receiving mail | Communication›Sending mail | Economic›Trading | Legal›Record keeping
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier to civilization | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Iron box | Texts›Civic records
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Actions: Legal›Trial | Verbal›Announcing
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority
Environment: Auditory›Unseen voice | Public›Court | Public›Courtroom | Time of Day›Five o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›November
Actions: Legal›Pronouncing sentence | Verbal›Announcing | Verbal›Praying
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order | Death›Death sentence | Death›Murder
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Theatrical effect | Symbolism›Theatrical
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Moral›Secret | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Legal›Testifying
Actions: Legal›Testifying
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple testifying
Actions: Legal›Testifying | Verbal›Lying
Themes and Motifs: Home›Trying to go home
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Popeye's execution
Cultural Issues: Law›Civil suit
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Law›Informal arrangement | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Law
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Cultural Issues: Law›Corruption
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gold tooth
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Entertainment›Horse race | Law›Corruption | Law›Custody | Politics›Democracy | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Segregation
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Legal›Locking up
Cultural Issues: Law›Corruption | Law›Informal arrangement
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Environment: Time of Day›Breakfast | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Domestic›Washing | Legal›Locking up | Moral›Scheming | Physical›Washing clothes
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Clothes›Dirty | Entertainment›Horse race | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Abuse of office
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Legal›Locking up
Cultural Issues: Labor›Racialized
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hardwick, Tennessee
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Legal›Locking up | Movement›Car | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Law›Abuse of office
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hardwick, Tennessee | Language›Profanity
Actions: Legal›Bailing out
Actions: Legal›Locking up | Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Time of Day›Evening
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hardwick, Tennessee | Language›Profanity
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Fever | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Recurring Tropes›Touch
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Legal›Marriage | Mental›Uncertainty | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Mystery | Meaning›Paternity | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Touch
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Despair | Legal›Marriage | Moral›Cheating | Moral›Lying | Play›Card playing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Education›Exams / tests | Education›Expelled / expulsion | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Character›Blackguard | Character›Scoundrel | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Bad conduct | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced | Social›Adversarial | Social›Club | Social›Isolation
Actions: Legal›Marriage | Work›Doctor / medical care
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Running sound | Natural›Water moving / flowing
Actions: Bodily›Retching | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Laughing | Legal›Arrest | Legal›Handcuffing | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Physical›Holding | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Stuttering / stammering | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Kidnapping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Vest | Food›Bread | Health and Illness›Nausea | Law›Badge | Law›Constitutional right to remain silent | Law›Criminal assault | Law›Criminal assault and battery | Law›Custody | Nationality›Foreigners | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Insects butterflies | Appearance›Dirty | Body›Arm | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Shoulder | Body›Stomach/belly | Body›Throat | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Civic | Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Assailant-victim
Aesthetics: Description›Color yellow | Language›Foreign accent / dialect | Language›ah ah ah
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
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Olfactory›Tobacco | Public›Town hall
Actions: Communication›Pen and ink well | Legal›Arraign | Legal›Charge/accuse | Legal›Hearing | Legal›Pronouncing sentence | Legal›Record keeping | Legal›Release of prisoner | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Procession | Violent›Kidnapping | Work›Leaving work
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Ethnicity›Italian | Labor | Law›Corruption | Law›Evidence | Law›Eyewitness | Law›Hearing | Law›Justice of the Peace | Law›Legal document | Law›Legal fine | Law›Marshal | Law›Testimony | Nationality›Foreigners | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants | Nationality›U.S. citizenship | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Body›Nose | Chaos/Order›Order in a courtroom | Money›Payoff | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Stove | Objects›Table | Recurring Tropes›Door | Texts›Citizenship papers | Texts›Map | Texts›Plat
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Institutional›Police-arrestee | Social›Adversarial
Actions: Economic›Getting a receipt | Economic›Paying | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Coldness | Emotional›Impatience | Interaction, Private›Courting | Legal›Dismissing a case | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Demanding
Cultural Issues: Class›Etiquette | Class›Gentility | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Offensive terminology | Law›Corruption
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Diction›Ethnic slur | Language›Profanity
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Scolding | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Courting | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Legal›Arrest | Movement›Car | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Kidnapping
Cultural Issues: Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Clothes›Veil | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Gender›Dirty girl | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›Women as gentler sex / delicate | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Identity, Cultural›Yankee | Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self | Technology›Automobile
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic
Aesthetics: Description›Color white | Tone›Sarcastic
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial consciousness | Religion›African American | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Weather›Rain
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Waiting | Legal›Marriage | Movement›Sneaking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Ice floes / iceberg | Atmospheric›Wind | Natural›River | Time of Year›March | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Economic›Renting | Legal›Calling police | Mental›Believing | Movement›Boat | Movement›Car | Movement›Following | Movement›Matching / Paralleling | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Fur coat / suit | Clothes›Hat, straw | Law›Police | Religion›God | Religion›God with human characteristics | Religion›Godhead | Religion›Relationship with God | Religion›Sacrilege
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Character›Regal
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Geographical›Arctic | Allusion, Geographical›Charles River | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Geographical›Massachusetts | Allusion, Historical›Explorers | Figures of Speech›King and/or queen | Figures of Speech›Planets | Figures of Speech›Sheep | Figures of Speech›Simile
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Homosocial rivalry
Actions: Legal›Arrest | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Entertainment | Progress›Technological | Sexuality›Pornography
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bravado | Morals›Hypocrisy | Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Scandal
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Class›Snopesism
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Legal›Bailing out | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Daring | Violent›Fighting | Work›Losing job | Work›Quitting job
Cultural Issues: Law›Frontier justice
Themes and Motifs: Body›Physical disability | Body›Prosthetic | Body›Stomach/belly
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Legal›Charge/accuse