Actions: Moral
Child Terms
- Aiding and abetting
- Blackmail
- Cheating
- Condoning
- Confession
- Corrupting
- Deception
- Defeat
- Entrapment / trapping
- Exploitation
- Forgiveness
- Fraud
- Grave-digging or -violating
- Judgmental
- Legal surrender
- Lying
- Praying
- Prohibiting
- Punishment
- Purification
- Rationalization
- Reform
- Renounce
- Scheming
- Secret
- Stealing
Tagged Events
Actions: Interaction, Private›Assist | Moral›Rationalization | Play›Joking around | Play›Prank
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Emotional›Self-pity | Moral›Scheming | Play›Joking around | Play›Prank | Verbal›Joking
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Cure | Health and Illness›Indian medicine | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Invisibility | Time›Measuring time
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Auditory | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Indian mound
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Place›Indian mound
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Moral›Deception | Moral›Scheming | Play›Prank | Verbal›Revealing | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Law›Revenue officer
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Explaining
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Place›Indian mound
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Communication›Language barriers | Moral›Deception | Movement›Walking | Physical›Capture | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Revealing | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Lamp or lantern | Objects›Shotgun
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Moral›Scheming
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Explanatory passage
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Moral›Prohibiting | Movement›Following
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Romantic›Courtship
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Olfactory›Old woman smell
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Moral›Lying | Movement›Hiding | Perceptual›Investigating | Perceptual›Listening | Violent›Killing of animals
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Trans-regional | Gender›Chivalry | War›Homefront | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Home›Distance from home
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway
Actions: Moral›Secret | Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
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
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Moral›Stealing | Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Money›Lost
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away
Cultural Issues: Religion›Damnation | Religion›Presbyterian | Religion›Sin | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Fetishism | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Feminine | Body | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Longing for death | Death›Suicide | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Family honor | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Illegitimacy
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Driven away | Money›Stolen
Relationships: Economical›Trustee-ward
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Natural›Woods
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Kinship
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Point-of-view | Meaning›Mystery | Story-telling›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Character›Predatory
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
Cultural Issues: Clothes | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Gender›Clothing | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Water
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Property | Race›Black property ownership | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black | Marital›Husband-wife
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Politics›City government | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Harvest | Figures of Speech›Monument
Actions: Moral›Deception | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Gender›Marriage | Race›Hierarchical
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass | Psychological›Manipulation
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Objects›Brass
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Razor | Psychological›Manipulation
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Sunset
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Year›New Year
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Audit | Law›Warrant | Politics›City government
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Communication›Newspaper columns and notices | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Driving | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming | Region›Hospitality
Relationships: Marital›Secrecy | Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Moral›Deception
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Character›Pride | Character›Provincialism | Character›Swagger | Determinism›Fated
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation | Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Deception | Physical›Sitting
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Marital›Conflict
Aesthetics: Interpretation
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Character›Pride | Objects›Tobacco | Values›Honor
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Tone›Mock-heroic
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
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | Education›Dropping out
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Time of Day›Daybreak
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Meaning›Mystery
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Country store | Public›Store porch
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Community›Opinion | Objects›Tobacco | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Relationships: Marital›Abandonment
Environment: Time of Year›Sunday
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Moral›Confession | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Pneumonia
Actions: Moral›Confession | Verbal›Threat
Relationships: Institutional›Jailer-prisoner
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Paying | Economic›Scamming | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Realization | Moral›Exploitation | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Eating | Physical›Sitting | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Negotiation
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Day›Dinner
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Self-emancipation | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer | Time of Year›Winter
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Progress›Infrastructure | War›Pillage | War›Union Army
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm
Environment: Domestic Space›Outhouse
Cultural Issues: War›Pillage | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Supper
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Moral›Cheating | Play›Gambling | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Interracial | Violent›Murder | Violent›Suicide
Cultural Issues: Gender›All-male space
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Past›Repetition
Actions: Communication›Non-human | Moral›Deception | Perceptual›Ambiguity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Point-of-view | Values›Good conduct
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Moral›Deception
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text
Actions: Communication›Miscommunication | Moral›Fraud
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees | Slavery›Re-enslavement | War›Profiting from war
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees | War›Profiting from war
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris escapes Yankees
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Performance
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating
Cultural Issues: Race›Negro reporting white behavior
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Crying | Moral›Exploitation | Movement›Carriage | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Double standard
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Character›Blackguard
Relationships: Sexual›Extramarital | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Moral›Stealing | Movement›Buggy | Physical›Escape from confinement | Play›Fireworks | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Extramarital
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Bodily›Drooling | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Physical›Ambush | Physical›Holding | Play›Fireworks | Verbal›Message | Verbal›Promising | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Threatening
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Extramarital
Environment: 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
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall
Actions: Moral›Corrupting
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | War›Profiting from war
Themes and Motifs: Money›Cash | Texts›Military communications
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mottstown | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Moral›Forgiveness | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Praying
Cultural Issues: Region›Lost Cause
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Love letter
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Love letter
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Byron robs bank
Actions: Moral›Blackmail | Physical›Protection
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Love letter
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›February
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Log house | Domestic Space›Porch | Natural›Hills | Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Soil quality | Gender›Masculinity | Land-Use›Corn farming | Land-Use›Cotton farming
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Intertextuality›Embedded text, lettering
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Cleaning | Domestic›Cooking | Domestic›Milking | Domestic›Nursing | Domestic›Washing | Mental›Discovery | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Rural poverty
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Goat | Naming›False name | Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Collaborative narration
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Technology›Race
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Emotional›Guilt | Moral›Aiding and abetting | Moral›Confession | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Memory›Haunted by past | Recurring Tropes›Dream turns to dust | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
Actions: Moral›Renounce | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution | Marital›Arrangements
Actions: Moral›Forgiveness
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos
Actions: Mental›Logically reasoning | Moral›Rationalization
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Morals›Injustice | Recurring Tropes›Design | Values›Conscience
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate
Actions: Moral›Deception | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Race›Mixed race
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: Emotional›Outrage | Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Marriage proposal
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Morality | Time›Running out
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Moral›Exploitation
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Actions: Emotional›Hate | Moral›Exploitation
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Moral›Exploitation
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Doom
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Moth | Narrative›Anticipation
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright
Relationships: Familial
Environment: Domestic Space›Library | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Thunderclap
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Recurring Tropes›Destiny | Recurring Tropes›Dream
Relationships: Friendship
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 Eve
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Group Mentality›Community collective | Slavery›Big house vs quarters | Slavery›Traditions
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Values›Loyalty
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking | Moral›Corrupting | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive | Cultural Identity›Puritan | Economy›Wealth | Ritual›Initiation | Sexuality | Slavery›Commodity | Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Recurring Tropes›Imitation
Relationships: Friendship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Photography | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Moral›Corrupting
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Puritan | Ritual›Initiation | Sexuality›Prostitution | Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Character›Provincialism | Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine | Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Relationships: Friendship | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Face
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation | Moral›Corrupting | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Puritan | Race›White race | Religion›Godhead | Ritual›Initiation | Sexuality›Prostitution | Sexuality›Racialized | Slavery›Commodity | Slavery›Racialism | Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Body›Hair | Character›Gambler | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Philosophical›Evolution | Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine | Values›Decorum | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Friendship | Interracial›Marriage
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Seed
Themes and Motifs: Time›Anticipation
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Appearance of
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Lamp or lantern
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: Moral›Judgmental | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Emotional›Repentance | Moral›Judgmental | Moral›Praying | Moral›Punishment
Cultural Issues: Religion›Challenge | Religion›Heresy | Religion›Piety | Religion›Sacrilege | Religion›Sin | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Character›Pride | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Redemption | Philosophical›Salvation
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Social›Neighbor
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Mental›Skepticism | Moral›Rationalization
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic | Memory›Remembering | Story-telling
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Emptying oneself | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Animals›Geese | Character›Duty | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Liminal | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Naming | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood | Familial›Parents-children
Actions: Moral›Praying | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Salvation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Guilt | Moral›Confession | Moral›Forgiveness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Satan
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
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: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Resentment | Emotional›Sympathy | Moral›Judgmental
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Gender›Menstruation / menstrual cycle | Gender›Sexual double standard | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Health and Illness›Abortion | Health and Illness›Quackery | Religion›Consolation | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Community›Stranger | Meaning›Paternity | Morals›Responsibility | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Interaction, Private›Coercion | Interaction, Private›Interrogation | Moral›Exploitation | Moral›Fraud | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Threat
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Interaction, Private›Coercion | Interaction, Private›Sexual | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Abortion | Health and Illness›Medicine | Sexuality›Predatory
Environment: Place›Cottonfield
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking | Bodily›Sweating | Emotional›Passivity | Mental›Fatalism | Moral›Exploitation | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Deathbed | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Shaking | Emotional›Grief | Moral›Rationalization | Physical›Sawing | Verbal›Shouting | Work›Carpenter
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Parents-children
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Running | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Rage | Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Accusatory
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Fish
Environment: Auditory›Sawing | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Gender›Labor | Health and Illness›Abortion | Health and Illness›Medical advice | Health and Illness›Obesity | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Cultural Issues: Religion›Preacher / Minister
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Time›Being late / tardiness
Environment: Olfactory›Pipe smoke
Actions: Communication›Transcribing | Communication›Writing | Domestic›Cleaning | Moral›Blackmail | Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Gender›Work | Race›Native American stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Objects›Air gun | Objects›Letter | Objects›Phonograph
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Exoticism | Metafictional›Picture/image
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Weak heart | War›Draft | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging | War›Noncombatant
Cultural Issues: Crime›Horse theft | War›Civil War
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Drooling | Bodily›Watching | Economic›Banking | Emotional›Rage | Emotional›Terror | Moral›Blackmail | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Beating | Violent›Dragging | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Health and Illness›Insomnia | Sexuality›Fantasy
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Actions: Communication›Writing | Moral›Deception
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Aesthetics: Language›Archaic | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Actions: Moral›Cheating | Play›Gambling | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Interracial | Violent›Murder | Violent›Suicide
Cultural Issues: Gender›All-male space
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Hunter
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Actions: Moral›Renounce | Verbal›Renunciation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Land-Use›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Texts›Deed
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Descendants
Actions: Mental›Curiosity | Moral›Secret | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Inheritance of wrong | Past›Historical wrong
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text
Environment: Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Government›Inheritance | Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Justice | Philosophical›Luck
Relationships: Familial›Patriarch | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Crime›Moonshining
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Husband-wife | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Actions: Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Crime›Moonshining
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Physical›Digging
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›Daybreak
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating
Cultural Issues: Food›Breakfast | Law›Sheriff | Segregation›Daily life
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging | Economic›Buying timber | Legal›Standing guard | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Driving | Physical›Hiding | Violent›Lynch mob
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Race›White supremacists
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Car | Perceptual›Sensing the past
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›North vs South | History›Immigration | Race›Equal rights | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Race as a form of behavior
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Mental›Remembering | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Verbal›Warning
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Walking
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Institutional›Jailer-prisoner
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Objects›Coffin | Objects›Shovel
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Dogs
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Father-son
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Horse
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Physical›Digging | Physical›Discovering
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Death›Moving a dead body
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Hurrying
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Moving a dead body
Actions: Emotional›Worry | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Gossip
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
Actions: Economic›Buying timber | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Verbal›Conversation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Mental›Imagining | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating
Aesthetics: Narrative›Fantasy | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Sleeping | Mental›Deduction | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Violent›Lynch mob | Violent›Murder
Relationships: Friendship›Interracial | Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Emotional›Surprise | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Physical›Digging
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Moral›Stealing | Physical›Concealing
Relationships: Familial›Adoptive | Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Moral›Stealing | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Calling by name | Verbal›Lying
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
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
Actions: Legal›Marriage | Mental›Remembering | Moral›Purification
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›America vs Europe
Environment: Place›Jail | Time of Day›Ten o'clock a.m. | Time of Year›March
Actions: Bodily›Miscarriage | Moral›Forgiveness | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Garrulousness | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype: smell | Religion›Religious faith | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Violence›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Salvation | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›Mammy-child | Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Moral›Scheming
Aesthetics: Narrative›Withholding
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
Environment: Auditory›Music | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Environment: Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Yard | Place›Gate
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello | Public›Drugstore | Time of Day›Five o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Bribing | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Professional surveillance
Cultural Issues: Technology›Public telephone
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Supper
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Moral›Rationalization
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Moral›Rationalization
Cultural Issues: Religion›Church service | Religion›Relationship with God | Religion›Sect
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Christmas card
Relationships: Familial›Stepparent-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mexico | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Government›Congress | History›American Revolution | Identity, Personal›Ancestral | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Change over time
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal Bureau of Investigation | History›Anti-Communism|McCarthy Era
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Mississippi | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Misspelling
Cultural Issues: Law›Abuse of office | Violence›By police | Violence›Interracial
Actions: Hunting›Goose hunting | Moral›Scheming
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New York | Allusion, Historical›Cincinnatus
Actions: Moral›Rationalization
Environment: Place›Livery stable | Place›Pond
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Reconstructed
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Education›Informal | Progress›Infrastructure
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity
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›Kitchen
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Race horse | Objects›Car | Objects›Gold tooth
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Place›Saloon | Public›Sidewalk | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Moral›Blackmail | Perceptual›Surveillance
Cultural Issues: Labor›Prostitution
Actions: Moral›Scheming | Perceptual›Voyeurism
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Attic
Cultural Issues: Labor›Prostitution
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Defiance | Moral›Reform | Verbal›Denial | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Whispering
Cultural Issues: Labor›Prostitution | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Cultural Issues: Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Actions: Emotional›Love | Emotional›Repentance | Moral›Reform | Perceptual›Eavesdropping
Cultural Issues: Gender›Separate spaces | Labor›Prostitution | Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wedding ring | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gold tooth
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Hotel
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Ether | Food | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Labor›Prostitution | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Religion›Baptist
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Allusion, Historical›Caesar, Julius | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Hotel | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Socks | Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Naming›Alias | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Hotel | Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Clothes›Socks | Entertainment›Horse race
Environment: Domestic Space›Ladies parlor | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Alias | Values›Refinement
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Hotel kitchen | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Objects›Gold tooth
Environment: Place›Plantation | Public›Road
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Excitement | Moral›Scheming | Moral›Secret | Movement›Buggy | Physical›Driving
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Agriculture›Cotton | Clothes›Socks | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Race horse | Objects›Gold tooth
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Environment: Domestic Space›Paddock
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Animals›Horses | Objects›Gold tooth
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Cultural Issues: Law›Corruption
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gold tooth
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: Communication›By sound | Communication›Car horn | Communication›Telegraph | Moral›Reform | Movement›Car | Violent›Animal abuse
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Evening | Time of Day›Sunset
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Office
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Barking | Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Nature | Olfactory›Flowers
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Office
Actions: Moral›Secret | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Hierarchical
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Solidarity
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Mental›Remembering | Moral›Secret | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Environment: Olfactory›Alcohol | Olfactory›Benzene | Olfactory›Shaving lotion | Olfactory›Starch | Olfactory›Tobacco | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Fear | Moral›Confession | Moral›Scheming
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Livery stable | Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Progress›New replacing old | Technology›Telephone
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Death›Deathbed | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Objects›Car | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Themes and Motifs: Values›Moral authority
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Moral›Corrupting
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck | Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Time of Day›Noon
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Hierarchical›Child as authority
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Faustus | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Dinner
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical | Technology›Car
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Race›Naming
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Hee hee hee
Environment: Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Recreation
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin
Cultural Issues: Law›Motor vehicle
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Grist mill | Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Religion›African American | Religion›Sabbath
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Neologism | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Carriage house | Domestic Space›Garage | Olfactory›Gasoline
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Inferiority | Emotional›Joy | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Selfishness | Moral›Praying | Moral›Punishment | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Blood | Class›Class consciousness | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Class›Respectability | Gender›Female stereotype | Gender›Lady | Gender›Maternal impulse | Gender›Sexual double standard | Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits | Character›Reputation | Death›Anticipation of death | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Salvation | Philosophical›Suffering | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Marital›Husband-wife | Marital›Social respectability
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Psalms | Allusion, Biblical›Valley of the shadow of death | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Bricolage | Style›Long sentence | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Reassurance | Emotional›Shame | Emotional›Worry | Interaction, Private›Courting | Moral›Deception | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Salt lick | Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Death | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Values›Honor | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Mental›Imagining | Moral›Scheming | Physical›Meddling | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Throwing downstairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›British nobility | Class›Elite | Clothes›Silk | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Divinity school | Food›Pumpkin pie | Gender›Bitch | Gender›Lady | Gender›Maternal impulse | Gender›Southern woman | History›Confederacy / Confederate States of America / C.S.A. | Race›Black family working for white | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Region›The South | Slavery›Galley slave
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flower orchid | Objects›Handkerchief | Objects›Shotgun | Recurring Tropes›Sole owner and proprietor | Recurring Tropes›Twilight | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Interracial›Master-servant | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Canada | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Genre Conventions›Melodrama | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Tone›Overwrought | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
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›Doom | Otherworldly›Hellfire
Actions: Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Shame | Moral›Punishment | Moral›Purification | Physical›Burning | Physical›Pointing
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Suicide | Recurring Tropes›Beyond | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Luke | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Literary›Dante's Inferno | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" | Figures of Speech›Clean flame | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
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
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
Actions: Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Lust | Moral›Confession | Perceptual›Blurring | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Verbal›Responding
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Disgust with sex | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Values›Evil | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Sexual
Environment: Natural›Cedar trees | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Otherworldly›Hellfire
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Confession | Moral›Punishment | Moral›Purification | Physical›Burning | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Pointing | Physical›Starting over
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Class›Class consciousness | Religion›Damnation | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Orgasm | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Character›Responsibility | Death›Afterlife | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Luke | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Literary›Dante's Inferno | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" | Figures of Speech›Affirmation | Figures of Speech›Clean flame | Figures of Speech›Locked | Figures of Speech›Wild breath | Language›Fragments | Language›yes Yes Yes yes | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Bricolage | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Light | Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Heartbeat | Auditory›Insect sounds | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Creek | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›Sand | Natural›Sky | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Rain | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Heart beating | Bodily›Panting | Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Lying | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Starting over | Physical›Touching | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Skirt | Clothes›Wet clothes | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Sensuality | Sexuality›Sex and death | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Insects crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Hips | Body›Knee | Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Objects›Fence | Objects›Willow tree | Objects›knife | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Romantic›Sexual | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Description›Color gray | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Island of silence | Figures of Speech›Mirror | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Language›no no | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Cleansing power of water | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Selling | Moral›Reform | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Farming tools
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Heaven | Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Leprosy
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Leprosy
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Receiving mail | Economic›Asking for money | Moral›Lying | Moral›Stealing | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement
Themes and Motifs: Money›Gift of money
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Crime›Forgery | Entertainment›Traveling show
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Crime›Forgery | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Character›Forbearance | Character›Self-righteousness | Money›Check | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Crime›Forgery
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement
Themes and Motifs: Money›Check | Philosophical›Suffering | Values›Family honor
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Communication›Letter | Economic›Asking for money | Economic›Scheming | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-son
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Resentment | Moral›Deception | Moral›Lying | Moral›Stealing | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Economy›Economic speculation | Technology›Car
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Money›Stingy with money
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Environment: Public›Telegraph office
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Economy›Economic speculation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Crying | Moral›Punishment | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Nonverbal taunting or teasing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Food›Birthday cake | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Fire | Objects›knife | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Feeling pain | Emotional›Crying | Moral›Punishment | Physical›Burning | Physical›Nonverbal taunting or teasing | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Food›Birthday cake | Health and Illness›Bandage | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Injured | Health and Illness›Poisoning
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Mouth | Objects›Fire | Objects›Slipper | Objects›Stove | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Rain on roof | Time of Year›November
Actions: Domestic›Discipline | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Private›Parenting | Mental›Disbelief | Mental›Skepticism | Mental›Understanding | Moral›Lying | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Honor | Verbal›Lying | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female | Violence›Child abuse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Frogs | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Chair | Objects›Fire | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Physical discipline
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Domestic Space›Library | Olfactory›Smelling trees
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Mental›Studying | Moral›Punishment | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Burning | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Lifting
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Body›Mouth | Body›Shoulder | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Chair | Objects›Cushion | Objects›Fire | Objects›Mirror | Objects›Paper | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son
Actions: Moral›Confession | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Objects›Flowers Dogwood | Objects›Flowers Milkweed | Objects›Flowers Roses | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Sadness | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Taunt | Verbal›Teasing
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Gender›Women | Region›The South | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Death›Like death | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Philosophical›Nihilism | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Friendship›College roommate | Friendship›Male-male relationship | Social›Adversarial | Social›Homoerotic
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bells
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Confession | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Allusion, Historical›Saint Francis | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
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: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Domestic Space›Apartment | Domestic Space›College dormitory | Natural›River | Public›Chapel | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Birth / Being born | Emotional›Stubbornness | Moral›Condoning | Moral›Forgiveness | Movement›Boat | Play›Sports Crew / rowing
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›British nobility | Class›noblesse-oblige | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Education›Chapel Service (morning prayers) | Gender›Lady | Region›The South | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Character›Regal | Naming›French noble names | Naming›Long name | Time›Return to present time | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Cambridge, Massachusetts | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Geographical›Mason and Dixon Line | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | 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: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Curious | Moral›Deception | Physical›Nonverbal taunting or teasing | Physical›Running | Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Yelling
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Objects›Flashlight
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Self-correction | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Audit
Actions: Economic›Investing | Emotional›Surprise | Mental›Realization | Moral›Purification | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›St. Louis | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Self-correction
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Entertainment›Movies | Law›Burglary
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy | Time of Day›Nine o'clock a.m.
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Hysteria | Moral›Stealing | Perceptual›Investigating | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning | Work›Doctor / medical care
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Drugs | History›Civil War as point of reference | Law›Police | Mass Media›Newspaper
Actions: Emotional›Suspicion | Moral›Scheming | Perceptual›Investigating | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Government›Civic officials | Law›Clue | Law›Legal issue | Sexuality›Pornography
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Grammatically incorrect
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry | Interracial›Boss-employee
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee | Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Anticipation
Actions: Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: History›Frontier outlawry | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Character›Stupid | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Economy›Banking | Law›Corruption
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Latin phrase | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Aesthetics: Narrative›Communal narrative
Environment: Place›Country store
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Actions: Bodily›Shaking | Bodily›Trembling | Moral›Fraud | Moral›Judgmental | Verbal›Banter / small talk | Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues: Food›Race | Race›Racial consciousness | Religion›Catholicism | Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Open secret | Recurring Tropes›Scandal
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Smith, Al | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: War›As metaphor
Actions: Mental›Believing | Mental›Understanding | Moral›Forgiveness
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Sex and death
Themes and Motifs: Community›Conformity | Death›Response to
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Scheming | Economic›Trading | Emotional›Vengeful | Moral›Deception | Physical›Digging | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift | Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness | Values›Bad conduct | Values›Truth/Lies
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Miscommunication | Moral›Fraud | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Displacement | War›Profiting from war | War›Union Army
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees | War›Displacement | War›Profiting from war
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: War›Profiting from war | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Firelight
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | War›Profiting from war
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Moral›Secret
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Place›Church | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›October
Actions: Moral›Forgiveness | Physical›Praying
Cultural Issues: Region›Lost Cause | Religion›Sin
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Silver | Objects›Silverware | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Olfactory›Old woman smell
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Moral›Lying | Movement›Hiding | Perceptual›Investigating | Perceptual›Listening | Violent›Killing of animals
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Trans-regional | Gender›Chivalry | War›Homefront | War›Union Army
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris escapes Yankees
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Moral›Deception
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text