Actions: Movement
Child Terms
- Ambulance
- Bicycle
- Boat
- Buggy
- Bus
- Car
- Carriage
- Cart
- Chasing
- Constant
- Crash
- Crossing
- Direction east
- Driving
- Ferry
- Fetching
- Flight
- Following
- Getting closer
- Hiding
- Horse
- Hot-air balloon
- Hurrying
- Interurban streetcar / trolley
- Limousine
- Limping
- Marching
- Matching / Paralleling
- Migration
- Mule
- Ox
- Procession
- Racing
- Random
- Return
- Riding
- Running
- Running away
- Ship
- Sneaking
- Spitting
- Steamboat
- Streetcar
- Surrey
- Swimming
- Taxi
- Tractor
- Traffic
- Train
- Truck
- Wagon
- Walking
Tagged Events
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars | Progress›Technological
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes
Themes and Motifs: Character›Popularity
Themes and Motifs: Values›Family honor
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Movement›Steamboat
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Relationships: Social›Homoerotic
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white | Social›Homoerotic | Social›Homosocial rivalry
Cultural Issues: Ritual
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Actions: Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Age›Rite of passage | Ritual
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white | Social›Homosocial rivalry
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Racing | Movement›Running
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Running | Physical›Rescuing
Relationships: Social›Homoerotic | Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Domestic›Food preparation | Movement›Steamboat
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Relationships: Romantic›Unrequited
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Solomon | Figures of Speech›Personification | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Place›Farm | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
Relationships: Familial›Kinship | Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Cultural Issues: Class›Dehumanization | Class›Power | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Slavery›Slave trading
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Trading | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Violent›Intimidation
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Environment: Time of Year›Fall
Environment: Olfactory›Food | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Day›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Ambiguity
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Cotton farming | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name
Environment: Auditory›Postal horn | Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: Government›National authority
Environment: Place›Cottonfield | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation | Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime›Bootlegging | Economy›Share-cropping | Law›Sheriff's deputy
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry | Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Rivalry | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
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
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency | Law›Bail
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Intergenerational›Rivalry | Interracial›Conflict
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Bodily›Staring | Economic›Bargaining | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Negotiation
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Intergenerational›Conflict | Marital›Arrangements
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Elite | Class›Power | Class›Professional | Economy›Wealth | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Reproduction | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Glove | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Men vs women | Group Mentality›Community collective
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Buggy
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Relationships: Institutional›Minister and parishioner
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | War›Aerial combat
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Education›Flight school | Education›Military education | War›Aerial combat | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Canada
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Character›Recklessness
Actions: Emotional›Humiliation | Movement›Sneaking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Education›Flight school | Identity, Personal›Mistaken identity | War›Demotion | War›Military reassignment
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›England
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
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
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Environment: Place›Smokehouse | Time of Day›Afternoon | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Movement›Following | Perceptual›Surveillance
Cultural Issues: Race›Behaving "white" | Slavery›Loyalty | Slavery›White anxiety
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Movement›Following | Perceptual›Surveillance | Verbal›Yelling
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Environment: Place›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Following | Perceptual›Surveillance
Environment: Domestic Space›Livestock pen
Actions: Movement›Mule | Perceptual›Surveillance
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Slavery›Emancipation | War›Union Army
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Door
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Mule | Verbal›Whispering
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Honeysuckle
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Country store | Public›Court | Time of Day›Morning
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Running | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Grief | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Listening
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Hope | Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Maturity | Money | Values›Greed
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Institutional›Military
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Economy›Bargaining
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Economy›Share-cropping | Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Relocation
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Peace | Movement›Walking | Physical›Cooking
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Honeysuckle | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›Conflict | Interracial›White-black
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Otherworldly›Beyond living world passim
Actions: Movement›Driving | Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Death›Car accident
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Cultural Issues: Migration
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Advent | Character›Bargainer
Relationships: Familial
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›America and opportunity
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Education›Yale | Gender›Bachelor | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Femininity | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Advent | Body›Face | Character›Predatory | Recurring Tropes›Sexual power
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype mule
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›First-person
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Environment: Public›Post office | Time of Day›Daytime
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Movement›Flight | Violent›Airplane crash
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
Environment: Time of Year›January
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming
Actions: Economic›Paying | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Hysteria | Movement›Flight | Verbal›Screaming
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Entertainment›Barnstorming
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Environment: Auditory›Airplane sound | Time of Year›January
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming
Cultural Issues: Economy›Bargaining
Themes and Motifs: Money›Stingy with money
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Washington, George
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Time›Travel back in time
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Time›Travel back in time
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Hunting›Setting up camp | Movement›Boat
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Light | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Crime›Vigilantism | Prejudice›Racism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Pathetic fallacy | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Ellipsis
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Breathing | Natural›Moon | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Car | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Dehumanization | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Kidnapping | Violent›Lynch mob
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Pathetic fallacy
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Natural›Moon
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Time of Day›Night
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Ellipsis
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Auditory›Silence | Natural›Moon | Time of Day›Midnight
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Magazines | Violence›Domestic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Interracial›Romantic
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Actions: Interaction, Private›Rejection | Movement›Getting closer
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Marital›Social respectability
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Not caring about race | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Violence›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Relationships: Marital›Interracial
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Weather›Heat
Actions: Interaction, Social›Charity | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Corpse | Money›Collecting money | Money›Expenses
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Community›Crowd | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Death›Funeral | Objects›Monument | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Place›Country vs city
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Environment: Place›River-bottom | Time of Year›July
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Trotline
Environment: Auditory›Cars passing | Auditory›Moving wagon | Place›Dirt lane | Time of Day›Sunset
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Relationships: Interspecies›Animals preying on humans
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Reality
Cultural Issues: Labor›Translation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Environment: Time of Day›Evening
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Porch
Themes and Motifs: Time›Timelessness
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: War›Going to war
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Animals›Named dog Lion
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Stars | Place›Railroad log line | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting›Bear hunting | Movement›Train | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking | Violent›Animal predatory behavior | Violent›Destructive behavior
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Named bear Ben | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Nickname
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Intimidation | Movement›Train | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Objects›Suitcase | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Shooting | Movement›Train | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Movement›Swimming | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Animal predatory behavior | Violent›Killing of animals
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Hunting›Injury | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Animal bear
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Stock trading | Economic›Trading | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Whiskey
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter passim | Social›Isolation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Pistol
Environment: Place›Lonelier parts of town
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control
Environment: Domestic Space›Log house
Cultural Issues: Progress›Infrastructure
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Social›Isolation
Environment: Public›Filling Station
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Relocation
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Environment: Time of Year›June
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Panama hat
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable
Relationships: Institutional›Police-arrestee
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Place›Cottonfield | Place›Field | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Divine plan
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Public›Road
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Movement›Mule
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Dinner
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Outhouse | Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Dinner
Cultural Issues: Race
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Lot
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Movement›Mule
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army | War›Fog of War
Environment: Domestic Space›Drive | Domestic Space›Library
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Gender›Southern woman | War›Confederate Army
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Accent
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Year›Hunting season
Actions: Movement›Boat | Perceptual›Moment of vision
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular passim
Environment: Weather›Perfect Weather
Actions: Emotional›Excitement | Movement›Boat
Environment: Time of Day›Pre-dawn | Weather›Perfect Weather
Actions: Emotional›Exultation | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Race›Inequalities
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Nursing
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Sentience | Chaos/Order›Creating order
Actions: Mental›Realization | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Home›Distance from home
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Hunting horn
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Movement›Boat
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Time of Day›Noon
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Global›Exoticism | Labor›Menial | Race›Stereotype cannibalism | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Ownership | Slavery›Quarters | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Ambitious | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Values›Honor
Relationships: Friendship | Sexual
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Gender›Reproduction
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Actions: Movement
Cultural Issues: Global›Travel | Slavery›Slave trading
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Themes and Motifs: Death›Indian burial practices
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Religion›Bible | Slavery›Middle passage
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Obesity
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Slipper | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Letter | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Homefront
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Environment: Time of Year›December
Cultural Issues: War›Going to war | War›Patriotism
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Friday | Time of Year›July
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Communication›Newspaper columns and notices | Emotional›Grief | Movement›Truck | Physical›Walking | Work›Churning butter
Themes and Motifs: Community›Social life
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Climbing stairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Sunset
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›July
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›American | Identity, Cultural›Mankind
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Farming tools
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | Government›Federal laws and regulations | Labor
Cultural Issues: Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Body | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Masculinity | Identity, Personal›Soldier | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Death | War›Scorched-earth policy
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Institutional›Military | Romantic›Fiance
Actions: Emotional›Embarrasment | Interaction, Social›Gossip | Movement›Running away | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Reproduction
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Narrative›Self-Reflective
Actions: Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Gender›Men vs women
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-daughter
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Mourning | Gender›Southern woman | Region›Lost Cause
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-daughter | Institutional›Military | Intergenerational›Female | Marital›Forced
Actions: Movement›Car | Violent›Car accident
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Drugs | Law›Arrest
Actions: Movement›Running away | Violent›Domestic violence
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Character›Inherited traits | Inheritance›Property
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Entropy
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Auditory›Confused din
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Chaos/Order›Disorder
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›First-person vernacular passim
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Attractiveness | Sexuality›Female
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship | Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Relationships: Marital›Shotgun marriage
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›First-person passim
Cultural Issues: Labor›Domestic | Race›Racist child | Race›Self-abnegation
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Place›Hotel | Time of Day›Pre-dawn | Time of Year›Christmas
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Movement›Buggy | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Movement›Carriage | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›As anaesthetic
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Character›Blackguard
Relationships: Sexual›Extramarital | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Economic›Scamming | 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: Emotional›Mourning | Movement›Walking | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Singing
Relationships: Interracial›Mammy-child | Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Relationships: Interracial›Mammy-child
Actions: Movement›Running away
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Relocation
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Environment: Natural›Wilderness | Place›Field
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Agricultural | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Perspective
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting›Breaking camp | Movement›Wagon
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Atmospheric›Stillness | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Year›November
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Movement›Walking | Physical›Building
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness
Themes and Motifs: Time›Permanence
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Race›Etiquette | Race›Miscegenation
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Gender›Widow | Migration›Intraregional migration | War›Civil War consequences
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›February
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Environment: Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Economic›Paying | Movement›Walking | Physical›Apprehending | Physical›Hitting | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority
Themes and Motifs: Money›Filthy lucre | Objects›Ax
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Economy›Wealth | Education›Mentorship
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bugs | Body›Flesh | Memory | Objects›Car | Philosophical›Human nature | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Recurring Tropes›Going fast | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Mentorship | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Shakespeare
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Mental›Contemplation | Movement›Driving
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
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
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Place›Sawmill | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Storytelling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Time of Year›March | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Movement›Buggy | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Sawmilling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Goat | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Education | Health and Illness›Deaf | Mass Media›Radio | War›Aerial combat | War›World War II
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular passim
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Cultural Issues: War›Patriotism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Suitcase
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Public›Road
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Environment: Place›Country vs city
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Character›Innocence
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Place›Office
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Telephone | War›Deployment
Environment: Atmospheric›Light | Place›Country vs city | Public›Highway
Cultural Issues: Technology›Elevator
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Movement›Running away
Themes and Motifs: Morals
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Conflict | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Insanity
Actions: Emotional›Bewilderment | Emotional›Despair | Movement›Car | Physical›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Drugs
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Drugs
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Time of Day›Daytime
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Time of Day›Monday morning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›July
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Actions: Emotional›Excitement | Movement›Car
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Hooooooooo
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Mourning | Movement›Car | Physical›Holding
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Sexuality›Predatory | War›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-horse | Sexual›Inappropriate
Environment: Time of Year›Sunday
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation | Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Actions: Communication›Writing | Movement›Surrey
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Appearance›Similarity | Body›Face | Community›Social life | Death›Burial | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Loom | Figures of Speech›Skull | Figures of Speech›Stone | Narrative›Self-Reflective
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Movement›Mule
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Satan | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Crime›Murder
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway | Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal | Race›Division | Race›Miscegenation | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Body›Face | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Touch | Supernatural›Haunting
Relationships: Familial | Interracial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Race›Etiquette
Themes and Motifs: Body›Voice | Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Touch | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Sickness | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Supernatural›Spell
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic | Metafictional | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Movement›Sneaking | Perceptual›Voyeurism
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Gender | Sexuality›Puberty
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Values›Love
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Reality
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Winter
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | War›Deprivation | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Face
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Arrangements
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Time›Running out | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Crime›Murder | Violence›Language | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Olfactory›Old woman smell
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Buggy
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Personification | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Gallop | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Movement›Carriage | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class | Race›Stereotype: teeth | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Djinn | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Face | Figures of Speech›Replica | Figures of Speech›Tornado
Cultural Issues: Class | War›Civil War | War›Going to war | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding | Values›Loyalty | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Face | Death›Corpse | Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Age›Premature aging | Age›Spinsterhood | Clothes›Confederate uniform | Clothes›Glove
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Appearance | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral | Objects›Corpse | Objects›Sword
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs | Typography/Orthography›Inscription | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Meaning›Absurdity | Objects›Tombstone
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Thunder | Public›Church
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype | Race›Stereotype: teeth | Religion›Sabbath
Cultural Issues: Race›Inequalities
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Race›Segregation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Face
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Supernatural›Haunted house
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Race | Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›White anxiety
Environment: Atmospheric›Thunder | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Plantation house | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Movement›Carriage | Perceptual›Eavesdropping
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Fever | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Memory | Psychological›Terror | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Threshold | Recurring Tropes›Triumph | Supernatural›Place
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Breath
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Oxen | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites | Violence›Interracial | Violence›Lynching
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Recurring Tropes›Design
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Actions: Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Watching
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Movement›Walking
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Exile | Time›Simultaneity of time | Values›Honor | Values›Love
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Psychological›Manipulation | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Themes and Motifs: Meaning | Objects›Letter | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Hat | Crime›Waistcoat | Slavery›Forced migration
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out | Values›Determination
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Relationships: Familial | Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Actions: Emotional›Longing | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Horse | Movement›Steamboat | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Collaborative
Relationships: Familial | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic›Courtship
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Interaction, Social›Celebration | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Big house vs quarters
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Home›Estranged | Story-telling›Collaborative
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Home›Estranged | Story-telling›Collaborative
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Incest | War›Going to war
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Actions: Communication›Letter | Military›Enlistment | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: War›Going to war
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy | Objects›Photograph
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Embrace / hugging
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation | War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Reunion
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Shiloh | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Solitary
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Gaps
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dust | Olfactory›Old woman smell
Actions: Movement›Buggy | Perceptual›Tasting
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Breath | Genre Conventions›Gothic
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Memory›Remembering | Past›Past in present | Time›Simultaneity of time
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Themes and Motifs: Death | Home›Homecoming | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Hatchet | Objects›Umbrella
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Technological imagery
Environment: Public›Church | Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Surprise | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Sabbath
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Electricity | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Interaction, Social›Greeting | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Hat | Group Mentality›Community collective
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Emotional›Resentment | Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Crime | Government›Uncle Sam | Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Godhead | Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Oxen | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Chandlier | Objects›Crystal | Objects›Furniture
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Objects›Basket | Objects›Portmanteau | Objects›Tarpaulin
Relationships: Civic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Narrative›Anti-climax
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Character›Power | Character›Ruthless | Objects›Basket | Objects›Portmanteau | Objects›Tarpaulin
Relationships: Civic
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Mental›Self-consciousness | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Formal | Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Hat | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Character›Swagger
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Hysteria | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Shawl | Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Domestic labor
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Invitation
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Rain
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Complexion | Character›Regal | Recurring Tropes›Performance
Relationships: Familial›Sister-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Figures of Speech›Personification
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Carriage
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Dolls | Recurring Tropes›Illusion | Time›Frozen / Static
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Styx | Figures of Speech›Butterfly
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Domestic labor
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Sister-sister
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Watching
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Movement›Carriage
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Sister-sister
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Time of Year›Fall | Weather›Heat
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Figures of Speech›Tomb | Genre Conventions›Gothic
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Trousseau | Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Butterfly | Figures of Speech›Military analogy
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda | Time of Day›Twilight
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fireflies | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Time›Past
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Exile
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Love | Moral›Renounce | Movement›Horse | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Clothes›Cloak | Clothes›Gown | Clothes›Hat | Gender›Cross-dress | Group Mentality›Community collective | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Character›Maturity | Character›Provincialism | Character›Sophistication | Recurring Tropes›Imitation
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male attraction
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Carriage
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Relationships: Familial | Friendship
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Values›Loyalty
Cultural Issues: Gender
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male attraction
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Don Juan | Figures of Speech›Shadow
Actions: Military›Enlistment | Movement›Carriage
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Body›Face
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Actions: Military›Enlistment | Movement›Hiding |