Actions: Physical
Child Terms
- Ambush
- Apprehending
- Bathing
- Being pursued
- Breaking
- Building
- Burial
- Burning
- Camping
- Capture
- Carrying
- Chase
- Chopping wood
- Clearing land
- Climbing
- Climbing stairs
- Climbing tree
- Climbing/descending rope
- Concealing
- Confining
- Cooking
- Crawling
- Crowding
- Cuddling
- Curtsy
- Cutting
- Dancing
- Delivering
- Digging
- Discovering
- Dragging
- Drawing
- Dreaming
- Dressing
- Driving
- Eating
- Embrace / hugging
- Emptying
- Escape from confinement
- Escaping
- Evasion
- Extinguishing fire
- Fasting
- Finding
- Freeing
- Gardening
- Getting water
- Hammering
- Hanging
- Hiding
- Hitting
- Holding
- Inaction / Not doing something
- Intrusion
- Jumping
- Kicking
- Kissing
- Lifting
- Loading
- Locking a door
- Lying down
- Meddling
- Mimicking
- new item
- Nodding
- Nonverbal taunting or teasing
- Obeying / obedience
- Panting
- Pointing
- Praying
- Probing
- Protection
- Pursuit
- Pushing away
- Questing
- Race
- Reading
- Repair
- Rescuing
- Restraining
- Riding
- Rolling / wallowing
- Running
- Saluting
- Sawing
- Screaming
- Searching
- Showing
- Sitting
- Sleeping
- Squatting
- Stalking
- Starting fire
- Starting over
- Stomping
- Struggling
- Taking
- Throwing
- Touching
- Trampling
- Transporting
- Travel
- Trembling
- Tripping
- Turning away
- Undressing
- Wagon|Car maintenance
- Waiting
- Walking
- Washing clothes
- Watching
- Wave / waving
- Whistling
- Whittling
- Winking
- Wrestling
Tagged Events
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Naming›Change over time | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
Environment: Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Swearing | Emotional›Relief | Hunting›Racoon hunting | Interaction, Private›Conversation | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Walking | Play›Gambling | Play›Joking around | Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Hay | Health and Illness›Indian medicine | Progress›Agricultural
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Technological imagery
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
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic | Physical›Burning | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Revealing | Violent›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Past | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed
Relationships: Social›Homoerotic
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Time of Day›Sunrise
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Running | Physical›Rescuing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male body | Gender›Male rivalry
Relationships: Social›Homoerotic | Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Actions: Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Physical›Jumping | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Intimidation | Violent›Killing of animals
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Olfactory›Food | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Day›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Interpretation of symbol | Objects›Padlock
Environment: Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Actions: Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And race | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Death | Objects›Corpse | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Communal narrative
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Environment: Place›Smokehouse | Place›Well|Wellhouse | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Physical›Ambush | Play›Historical recreation | Work›Getting water
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes | Slavery›Resistance | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Friendship›Childhood friends | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial›Companions
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Afternoon
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object
Actions: Emotional›Detachment | Physical›Building
Relationships: Familial›Father-son in law
Actions: Physical›Protection
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Actions: Physical›Protection
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tartan | Ethnicity›Scottish / Scots | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants | War›Jacobite Rebellion
Environment: Place›Frontier | Public›Pioneer settlement
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Clothes›Tartan | History›American Revolution | War›American Revolution | War›Jacobite Rebellion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Exile›Post-war
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Cultural Issues: Class›Social decline
Themes and Motifs: Death
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tallahatchie River
Actions: Communication›Silence | Physical›Escaping
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away
Environment: Time of Year›Easter
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Money›Stolen
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away | Symbolism›Christian
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Idleness | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Washing clothes | Verbal›Begging | Verbal›Command | Work›Chopping wood
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Objects›Coffee | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›France | Allusion, Literary›Gulliver's Travels
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: Atmospheric›Crowded | Otherworldly›Beyond living world passim
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Voltaire
Cultural Issues: Religion›Church service
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Interspecies›Man-horse
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Physical›Riding | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ancestral
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Objects›Books | Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Books | Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Emotional›Contempt | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Grief | Physical›Waiting | Physical›Walking | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Meaning›Absurdity | Objects›Briefcase | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Photograph | Philosophical›Existentialism
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Love | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Death›Compared to living | Death›Response to | Objects›Tombstone | Philosophical›Existentialism
Aesthetics: Language›German | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Objects›Brass
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Objects›Brass
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Sunset
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Year›April
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Clothes›Disguise
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Centaur
Environment: Public›Airfield | Time of Year›January
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cap | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Suit | Entertainment›Barnstorming | Race›Jewish | War›World War I
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Aboriginal
Themes and Motifs: Death›Indian burial practices
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Natural›Moon
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Health and Illness›Fever
Actions: Physical›Undressing
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Objects›Clock
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
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Cultural Issues: Race›Inequalities
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Economy›Evaluate exchange value
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Livestock | Animals›Mules | Objects›Flashlight | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Actions: Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
Environment: Atmospheric›Night
Actions: Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Objects›Flashlight
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Race›Behaving/becoming "black" | Race›Race as a form of behavior
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Torch-light | Natural›Creek bottom
Environment: Atmospheric›Starlight | Place›Decayed house | Place›Decayed plantation
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Physical›Digging | Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Law›Bill of sale | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Race›Black property ownership | Race›Stereotype lower intelligence
Themes and Motifs: Money›Silver dollar | Objects›Coin | Psychological›Manipulation
Themes and Motifs: Body›Physical disability
Cultural Issues: Crime
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha | Home›Homecoming
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›New Year
Actions: Communication›Silence | Communication›Writing | Physical›Travel
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Riding
Relationships: Familial›Stepparent-child
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Emotional›Fear | Legal›Locking up | Physical›Protection | Work›Lawyering
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Social›Competition | Physical›Riding | Play›Sport-fencing
Actions: Movement›Driving | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Chess | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Mental›Understanding | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
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
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Injury | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Values›Courage | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Reported narration
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Appearance›Scruffiness | Body›Blood
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Fury | Mental›Realization | Physical›Hammering | Physical›Repair
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Squirrel | Objects›Gun | Past›Recent past | Time›Living in the present
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Cotton farming | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Objects›European in U.S. | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Old Frenchman's arrival
Actions: Bodily›Dipping snuff | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Physical›Digging
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wagon | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Place›Country store | Public›Store porch
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Community›Opinion | Objects›Tobacco | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Relationships: Marital›Abandonment
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Economic›Indebtedness | Economic›Scamming | Economic›Scheming | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Digging
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Soil quality | Economy›Poverty | Labor›Domestic | Labor›Farming
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Impatience | Perceptual›Dowsing | Physical›Digging | Physical›Searching
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Folk customs
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Environment: Place›Seedy parts of town
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | Mass Media›Magazines | Mass Media›Movies
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Allusion, Mythical›Vestal
Actions: Physical›Discovering
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Sexuality›Appearance of
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control | Psychological›Paranoia
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Place›Lonelier parts of town
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control
Environment: Natural›Woods | Place›Lonelier parts of town
Actions: Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Sexuality›Appearance of | Sexuality›Puberty
Themes and Motifs: Home›Home as prison | Time›Long passage of time
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman
Themes and Motifs: Home›Home as prison
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Chivalry | Psychological›Madness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Values›Faithfulness
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Environment: Olfactory›Evoking memory
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Communication›Newspaper columns and notices | Communication›Writing | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Reading
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Marital›Vicarious wedding
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Allusion, Biblical›Mary
Environment: Olfactory›Evoking memory
Actions: Mental›Imagining | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Discovering
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper
Environment: Olfactory›Evoking memory
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Healing | Bodily›Insomnia | Bodily›Pregnancy | Bodily›Waking | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Recovery | Physical›Dreaming
Themes and Motifs: Futility›When will it stop | Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Texts›Letters
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Health and Illness›Mental limitations
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Orphan
Environment: Time of Year›Sunday
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Environment: Place›Crime scene | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Year›April
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Environment: Domestic Space›Cellar | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Running
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›Noon
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda | Public›Store
Environment: Auditory›Hoofbeats | Domestic Space›Cellar | Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Morning | Weather›Fog
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Domestic›Milking | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Scamming | Physical›Sitting | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Negotiation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | 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: Domestic Space›Attic
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Self-emancipation | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
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: Domestic Space›Outhouse
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Summer house
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Physical›Reading
Environment: Domestic Space›Library
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Themes and Motifs: Home›Improvements | Objects›Stove
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Physical›Throwing | Work›Sawmilling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Character›Superhuman strength
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place
Environment: Time of Day›Evening
Cultural Issues: Gender›Lady's accoutrements
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Physical›Wagon|Car maintenance
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Time of Day›Afternoon
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Hunting›Slave hunting | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Environment: Natural›Swamp | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Bodily›Singing | Physical›Apprehending
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Locking a door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
Actions: Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Ambush | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Actions: Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | War›Violence against civilians
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Home›Distance from home
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Time of Day›Dinner
Environment: Domestic Space›Field | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Grief | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Running | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Homefront
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Parents-children
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: Absence/Loss›War | Community›Social life | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Plane accident
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Bodily›Eating supper | Domestic›Cleaning | Domestic›Milking | Physical›Starting fire
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Radio
Environment: Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Communication›Listening | Physical›Walking
Cultural Issues: War›World War II
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Physical›Dressing
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›Overalls | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Clothes›Sunday shoes
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›San Francisco | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Physical›Bathing
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Stockings | Clothes›Sunday shoes
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Climbing stairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Money›Lacking
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Parlor
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Homefront
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Time of Year›July
Actions: Emotional›Anguish | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Consoling | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Instructing | Verbal›Tirade
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Objects›Handkerchief | Objects›Pistol | Objects›Satchel | Objects›Towel
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Stockings | Clothes›Sunday shoes
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Neighbor
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Hearth | Domestic Space›Yard
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Shaking | Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Waking | Mental›Hallucinating | Physical›Escaping | Verbal›Shouting | Verbal›Warning
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Haunted by past
Environment: Public›Alley | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Physical›Extinguishing fire
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injury
Themes and Motifs: Objects›European in U.S.
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Actions: Economic›Auction | Emotional›Despair | Interaction, Social›Auction | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Washing clothes
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Clothes›Rural poverty | Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as disguise | Chaos/Order›Control | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Aesthetics: Diction›Western vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
Environment: Auditory›Confused din
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos
Actions: Physical›Protection
Cultural Issues: Race
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Haunting | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Cultural Issues: Race›Self-abnegation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Auditory›Haunting | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women | Race›Racist child
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Singing | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Stalking | Verbal›Speculation
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Terror
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sibling
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Excitement | Physical›Bathing
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›Child-adult
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | 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
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Physical›Escape from confinement | Verbal›Conversation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Domestic Space›Home | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Economic›Transactional | Physical›Confining | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Fireworks
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›As anaesthetic
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Physical›Confining | Physical›Escape from confinement | Play›Fireworks | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Extramarital
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: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Physical›Carrying | Physical›Running | Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Homicide | Violent›Vengeance
Themes and Motifs: Death›Denial | Death›Moving a dead body
Aesthetics: Narrative›Child's perspective
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Emotional›Mourning | Movement›Walking | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Singing
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Meaning›Misinterpretation
Relationships: Interracial›Mammy-child | Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Relationships: Interracial›Mammy-child
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Animals›Bear
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Frogs
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Physical›Whittling
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Community›Social life | Psychological›Paranoia | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Physical›Whittling
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Supernatural›Superstitions
Aesthetics: Narrative›African-American folk sayings
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Non-human›Dog barking | Physical›Pursuit
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Swamp
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Spectral
Environment: Time of Day›Sunrise
Actions: Bodily›Dismemberment | Legal›Arrest | Physical›Searching | Violent›Animal attack on human | Violent›Violence against animals
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Animals›Dogs
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Empathy | Movement›Car | Movement›Flat tire | Physical›Wagon|Car maintenance | Physical›Waiting
Relationships: Institutional›Police-arrestee
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Movement›Walking | Physical›Building
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | War›Going to war | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Philosophical›Individualism | Values›Family values
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Region›Hapless Yankees
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype | Slavery›Etiquette | Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood
Actions: Moral›Blackmail | Physical›Protection
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Love letter
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Naming›Named for historical figure
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Dying | Emotional›Love | Legal›Marriage | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Storytelling
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Feeding | Domestic›Nursing | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Law›Custody | Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Complexion
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
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: Identity, Cultural›Hill country | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Premarital
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Named for historical figure | Objects›Pistol
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Time of Day›Morning
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Love | Physical›Kissing | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming life | Mass Media›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Determinism›Lack of choice | Time
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Entertainment›Baseball | Food›Ice-cream | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Blind | Health and Illness›Drugs
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Entertainment›Baseball | Health and Illness›Drugs | Religion›Church service
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Actions: Emotional›Bewilderment | Emotional›Despair | Movement›Car | Physical›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Food›Ice-cream | Health and Illness›Drugs | Religion›Preacher / Minister
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Hierarchical›Pastor-congregant
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Addiction
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Physical›Capture | Physical›Transporting
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Texas
Actions: Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Confining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype
Actions: Physical›Escape from confinement
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shirtless | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Drugs
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Physical›Capture | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Confining
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Addiction
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Conflict
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Texas
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Drugs
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Sacrificial Animal | Language›Biblical
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Time of Day›Daytime
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Crime›Breaking and entering
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Adversarial
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype | Health and Illness›Addiction
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›July
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Economic›Asking for money | Physical›Meddling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Law›Wedding license
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Language›Profanity
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Selling a house or place | Physical›Confining | Physical›Escape from confinement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Insanity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Death›Anticipation of death
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Adversarial
Actions: Mental›Understanding | Physical›Camping
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner
Environment: Place›Field | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Excitement | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Flight | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Aviation clothes | Race›Indistinguishable
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Hierarchical›Teacher-student | Interracial›Child-adult
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Technology›Race
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Environment: Auditory›Engine | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Heart beating | Movement›Flight | Physical›Holding | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Running | Violent›Airplane crash
Cultural Issues: Race›Black body
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Guilt | Emotional›Mourning | Movement›Car | Physical›Holding
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-Reflective
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›New Year | Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Snow
Cultural Issues: Violence›Killing animal
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Freedom
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Domestic Space›Livestock pen | Time of Year›December
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Environment: Domestic Space›Deathbed
Actions: Interaction, Private›Assist | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Age›Rite of passage | Age›Youth vs age
Themes and Motifs: Character›Responsibility | Time›Anticipation
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-niece | Familial›Sister-sister | Familial›Surrogate | Intergenerational›Obligation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Place›Plantation
Actions: Hunting›Slave hunting | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Moral›Deception | Movement›Riding | Physical›Building
Cultural Issues: Class›Dehumanization | Class›Respectability | History›Dispossessing Indians | Land-Use›Ownership | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Native American | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Creating order | Community›Stranger | Exile›Driven away | Naming›Place name | Objects›Pistol | Past›Personal past | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave | Marital›Social respectability | Social›Isolation
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Reading
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
Actions: Mental›Calculation | Mental›Deciding | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Riding | Movement›Steamboat | Physical›Clearing land | Play›Gambling | Work›Building structure | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Class›Birthright | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Class›Social mobility | Economy›Consumption | Economy›Gambling | Identity, Personal›Background | Identity, Personal›On frontier | Law›Frontier justice | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Character›Opportunism | Character›Recklessness | Determinism›Vs human agency | Money›As motive | Money›Ill-gotten | Objects›Steamboat | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi River | Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana | Allusion, Geographical›Virginia | Figures of Speech›Face | Figures of Speech›Gambling imagery | Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›Metonym | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Burial
Cultural Issues: Gender
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Naming | Objects›Photograph | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Seed | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Place›Church | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Interaction, Private›Breaking marriage engagement | Moral›Prohibiting | Moral›Renounce | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Requesting | Violent›Homicide
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Crime›Murder | Law›Inheritance refusal | Ritual›Wedding
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Character›Pride | Death›Murder | Determinism›Fated | Determinism›Lack of choice | Inheritance›Hereditary culpability | Inheritance›Inheritance of wrong | Objects›Corpse | Past›Past in present | Past›Traumatic | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Story-telling›Family oral tradition | Supernatural›Monster / monstrous | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Dysfunctional | Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sister-sister | Marital›Arrangements | Marital›Wedding | Romantic›Death | Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Satan | Figures of Speech›Creditor | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Language›Anaphora | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Summary | Style›List | Tone›Elegiac
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Calm | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Burial | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Rebel yell | Work›Carpenter
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral | Recurring Tropes›Echo | Recurring Tropes›Mediation | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Domestic›Sewing | Hunting | Physical›Waiting | Work›Chopping wood | Work›Gardening
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation | Slavery›Civil War | War›Deprivation | War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Marriage | Gender›Southern woman | Group Mentality›Community collective | War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Death | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Crime›Penalty for | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Slavery›Southern curse
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Determinism›Fated | Inheritance›Inheritance of wrong | Morals›Justice | Recurring Tropes›Doom
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Aunt-niece | Familial›Sister-sister | Intergenerational›Obligation | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom | Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Spectral | Atmospheric›Stillness | Domestic Space›Yard | Public›Street
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Hiding
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Objects›Fence | Past›Old days | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Vision | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Past
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Intergenerational›Conflict | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Cassandra | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Description›Tableau | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Voice | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Narrative›Pause
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Mental›Insight | Perceptual›Overhearing | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Age›Youth vs age | Identity, Personal›Family role
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Character›Responsibility | Death›Deathbed | Determinism›Fated | Recurring Tropes›Fairy-tale | Story-telling›Family oral tradition
Relationships: Civic›child protection | Familial›Aunt-niece | Familial›Sister-sister | Intergenerational›Obligation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Narrative›Repetition
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Class›Disruption
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Race
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Character›Inexperience | Time›Permanence
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Thunder | Auditory›Confused din | Auditory›Gallop | Auditory›Hoofbeats | Public›Church | Public›Road | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Actions: Communication›Without words | Movement›Carriage | Movement›Racing | Perceptual›Ambiguity | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Speech | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Animal abuse | Violent›Beating
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Rules / norms for addressing whites | Race›Stereotype: teeth | Religion›Church service | Religion›Institutional | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Community›Preserving order | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Psychological›Terror | Recurring Tropes›Going fast | Recurring Tropes›Performance | Values›Moral authority | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Institutional›Minister and parishioner | Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Ambiguity | Diction›Accent | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Southern dialect | Genre Conventions›Gothic
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Orphan
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic
Actions: Communication›Without words | Physical›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous | Race›Colorism
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Environment: Domestic Space›Drive | Time of Day›Sunday
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Mental›Realization | Movement›Carriage | Movement›Racing | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Kicking | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Screaming
Cultural Issues: Gender›Inversion | Gender›Men vs women | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Purchase
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as presence | Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Character›Assertive | Objects›Phaeton | Recurring Tropes›Paradox
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Face | Figures of Speech›Metonym | Figures of Speech›Negation | Narrative›Delayed revelation
Actions: Physical›Escape from confinement
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person | Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Cultural Issues: Race | Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›White anxiety
Relationships: Familial
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Class›Class consciousness | Race›Racial consciousness | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Interaction, Social›Withdrawal from public | Mental›Believing | Mental›Realization | Mental›Reinterpretation | Moral›Judgmental | Physical›Protection
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Gender›Work
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Character›Responsibility | Home›Estranged | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Triumph | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Obligation | Marital›Conflict | Social›Isolation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person | Story-telling
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering | Story-telling
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Stable | Olfactory›Animal / stable | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Kneeling | Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Moral›Exploitation | Movement›Running | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Wrestling | Verbal›Calling | Verbal›Vowing | Violent›Dehumanization | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Gender›Maternal impulse | Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Interracial violence | Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Violence
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Psychological›Trauma | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›Master-slave | Social›Crowds
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Olfactory›Fire | Place›Plantation
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Actions: Physical›Discovering
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race | Slavery›Revolt
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Health and Illness›Injury | Race›Stereotype cannibalism | Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Actions: Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Verbal›Invitation
Themes and Motifs: Character›Conviction
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Physical›Travel | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race
Relationships: Familial
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Physical›Delivering
Environment: Atmospheric›Peaceful | Atmospheric›Stillness | Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Veranda | Natural›Flowers | Olfactory›Cigar | Olfactory›Flowers | Place›Lawns | Time of Day›Evening | Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Anticipation | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fireflies | Animals›Lightning bugs | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Wisteria | Time›Anticipation
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Tone›Nostalgic | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Apotheosis | War›Civil War
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Mourning | Ethnicity›Language barrier
Aesthetics: Language | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Hall | Place›Hotel
Actions: Mental›Inquiry | Movement›Getting closer | Movement›Stopping | Perceptual›Investigating | Physical›Apprehending | Physical›Crowding | Physical›Locking a door | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Reticence | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Community›Opinion | Community›Stranger | Meaning›Mystery | Past›Unknown/concealed past
Relationships: Social›Adversarial | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Narrative›Summary | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Year›June
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Premarital
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Engagement
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Military defeat
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Embrace / hugging
Cultural Issues: History›Battle of Shiloh|Pittsburg Landing | 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
Actions: Perceptual›Hearing | Physical›Carrying
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›Marriage
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Empty room | Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Home | Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Plantation house | Natural›Swamp | Place›Plantation
Actions: Agricultural›Planting | Agricultural›Plowing | Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Sitting | Domestic›Camping | Economic›Borrowing | Economic›Lending Money | Hunting›Deer hunting | Mental›Calculation | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Building | Physical›Clearing land | Physical›Wrestling | Play›Card playing | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Whiskey | Class›Respectability | Economy›Dowry | Gender›All-male space | Gender›Marriage | Gender›Women | Slavery›Ownership | Slavery›Violence | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Home›Improvements | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Withholding
Environment: Public›Church | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Actions: Economic›Buying | Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Surprise | Interaction, Social›Church | Mental›Believing | Mental›Knowing | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Building | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Economy›Dowry | Gender›Marriage | Gender›Women | Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Methodism | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Buying slaves | Slavery›Commodity
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control | Character›Ruthless | Community›Knowledge | Community›Opinion | Meaning›Mystery | Money›Dowry | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Values›Decorum | Values›Honor | Values›Justice | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Institutional›Church-Town | Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration passim
Environment: Place›Hotel | Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Mental›Believing | Movement›Horse | Movement›Riding | Movement›Stopping | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Talking | Work›Hotel employee
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Legal›Arrest | Mental›Unaware | Movement›Following | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Vigilantism | Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Law›Arrest
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Community›Posse | Community›Preserving order | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Institutional›Police-arrestee | Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau | Narrative›Withholding
Environment: Atmospheric›Thunder | Olfactory›Sulfur
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Riding | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Clearing land | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Sitting | Work›Architect | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Labor›Racialized | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Racial consciousness | Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Art›Painting | Body›Hair | Body›Hand / Palm | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Objects›Ax | Objects›Shovel | Recurring Tropes›Paradox
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Description›Character portrait | Description›Stage direction | Description›Tableau | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›Chains | Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Thunderclap | Metafictional›Painting | Recurring Episodes›Architect captured | Recurring Episodes›Sutpen's arrival | Style›Long sentence | Symbolism›Hamsa | Tone›Overwrought
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Garden | Natural›Dirt / Earth | Place›Plantation
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Visualize | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Building | Physical›Clearing land | Physical›Dragging | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: History›Plantation culture | Progress›Clearing the land | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor | Violence
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order | Chaos/Order›Creation | Chaos/Order›Order | Naming›Place name | Objects›Cards | Objects›Table | Past›As explanatory | Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Design
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis | Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament | Description›Landscape | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Personification | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Language›Grandiloquence | Style›Long sentence | Style›Neologism | Style›Numerous adjectives | Symbolism›Hamsa | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Teasing
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Haunted by past | Objects›Thimble | Past›Past in present | Psychological›Trauma
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Atmospheric›Smoke | Atmospheric›Torch-light | Public›Church | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Interaction, Social›Civic dispute | Interaction, Social›Social protest | Movement›Carriage | Movement›Hurrying | Physical›Protection | Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Shouting | Violent
Cultural Issues: Crime›Vigilantism | Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Group Mentality›Social Shaming | Ritual›Wedding | Slavery›Loyalty
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Character›Vanity | Community›Wedding | Objects›Pine knots | Recurring Tropes›Scandal | Values›Dignity
Aesthetics: Diction | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Style›Long sentence
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic
Actions: Bodily›Starvation | Physical›Confining
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War as point of reference | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Protest | Values›Conscience
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Heat | Atmospheric›Oppressive | Atmospheric›Stillness | Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›House | Place›Houses | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›September | Weather›Heat
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation | Emotional›Waiting | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Obeying / obedience | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Age›Generation gap | Age›Old age | Age›Youth vs age | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Garment female | Clothes›Lace | Clothes›Mourning | Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Home›Home as prison | Home›Neglect | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Dark house | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Duration of time | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Intergenerational›Obligation
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›House | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Starvation | Communication›Newspaper article | Communication›Writing | Domestic›Feeding | Interaction, Social›Gossip | Physical›Concealing | Physical›Confining | Physical›Hiding | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women | Mass Media›Newspaper | Region›Lost Cause | War›Civil War | War›Confederate Army | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging | War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Art›Poetry | Naming›Importance of naming | Past›And monuments | Past›Past in present | Psychological›Will to endure | Texts›Epitaph | Texts›Newspapers | Texts›Poetry | Values›Determination | Values›Devotion | Values›Durability
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Providing for
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Military analogy
Actions: Physical›Discovering
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Actions: Hunting | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Riding
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Figures of Speech›Bloom | Figures of Speech›Butterfly | Metafictional›Projection
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Big house vs quarters | Slavery›Music | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male attraction | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Burial
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Friendship | Romantic›Courtship
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Interaction, Social›Gentleman's agreement | Movement›Riding | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Class›Respectability | Cultural Identity›Outlander | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Gentleman | Gender›Women | Gender›Women as sacred | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Community›Opinion | Community›Supportive | Morals›Honor | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Pistol | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Moral authority
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community | Marital›Social respectability | Romantic›Potential | Social›Adversarial
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fatality
Relationships: Friendship | Interracial›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits
Aesthetics: Interpretation
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Group Mentality›Community collective | War›Going to war
Relationships: Friendship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Priapus | Figures of Speech›Sacrifice | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Actions: Mental›Imagining | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Obeying / obedience | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Gender›Reproduction | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Laughing | Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Obeying / obedience
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Community›Opinion | Death›Dying wish | Death›Respect | Morals›Honor | Morals›Hypocrisy | Psychological›Madness | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Parents-children
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Bodily›Decomposition | Physical›Meddling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Death›Dying wish | Philosophical›Human nature | Story-telling›Retelling
Actions: Physical›Sleeping | Verbal›Persuasion
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Emptying oneself
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Mother-son | Social›Adversarial
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Balance | Character›Cautious | Character›Recklessness | Time›Cyclical | Time›Measuring time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Actions: Emotional›Betrayal | Mental›Calculation | Movement›Crossing | Movement›Mule | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Death by water / Drowning
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Physical›Waiting | Work›Carpenter
Themes and Motifs: Death
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Coffin | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Objects›Wagon
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Recovery | Movement›Swimming | Physical›Repair | Physical›Searching | Play›Betting | Verbal›Arguing | Violent›Violence against animals
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Broken bones | Health and Illness›Injured | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Body›Breast | Death›Coffin | Objects›Construction tools | Philosophical›Luck
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate | Description›Character portrait | Figures of Speech›Simile
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Meaninglessness | Meaning›Paternity | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Hierarchical›Pastor-congregant | Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Language
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Broken bones | Health and Illness›Medicine
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Character›Forbearance | Death›Coffin | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Fish
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Physical›Discovering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Running | Emotional›Anger | Physical›Burning | Physical›Dragging | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Arson
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Modernist style
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Art›Classical Greek | Character›Superhuman strength | Death›Coffin
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Style›Cubism
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Infection | Health and Illness›Injury | Health and Illness›Medicine | Race›Behaving/becoming "black"
Themes and Motifs: Death›Coffin | Philosophical›Metaphysics
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Graphophone
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Phonograph | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anti-climax
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Absence/Loss›Substitute | Animals›Cows | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Objects›Toys | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Auditory›Carpentry | Auditory›Sawing | Auditory›Voices | Time of Day›Five o'clock p.m.
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Hunting and Fishing
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical | Description›Animate/Inanimate | Description›Eyes
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: Auditory›Carpentry | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Sawing | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Death›Deathbed
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Actions: Physical›Repair | Verbal›Announcing
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident | Death | Supernatural›Insight
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Interaction, Private›Interrogation | Physical›Confining | Work›Carpenter
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Relationships: Familial
Cultural Issues: Religion
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Death›Response to | Philosophical›Existentialism | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak | Weather›Rain
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Domestic Space›Porch | Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Ritual›Funeral
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Picture/image
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Impatience | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fury | Movement›Hurrying | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Style›Cubism
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›May
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Movement›Car | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Struggling | Violent›Intimidation
Themes and Motifs: Past›And monuments | Supernatural›Folk customs
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Atmospheric›Spectral | Auditory›Bugle | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Midnight
Themes and Motifs: Character›Courteous | Character›Recklessness | Objects›Anchovies | Objects›Coffee
Relationships: Institutional›Military
Actions: Movement›Car | Physical›Wagon|Car maintenance
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Communication›Telephone | Domestic›Sewing | Emotional›Restlessness | Mental›Imagining | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Monologue
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Entertainment›Traditional music | Gender›Chivalry | Race›Friendly interaction
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Objects›Car
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Alcohol | Education›Oxford | Education›Rhodes Scholar | Religion›Episcopal
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Romantic›Sexual
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Playing music | Emotional›Jealousy | Physical›Kissing | Play›Tennis | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Sports | Gender›Men vs women | Mass Media›Magazines | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Diction›Imitation | Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Physical›Dancing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Entertainment›Recital | Gender›Dirty girl | Gender›Female stereotype | Gender›Separate spaces
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Baldness | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Piano | Texts›Love letter
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Parents-children | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Booth, William | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hunting clothes | Education›Princeton | Hunting and Fishing›Trophy
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bible | Objects›Photograph | Past›Relics | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Horse | Physical›Ambush
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Sartoris captures Yankees
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Physical›Reading | Verbal›Interruption
Cultural Issues: Class›Professional | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Growth | Health and Illness›Indian medicine
Themes and Motifs: Time›Being on time / punctuality
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Love letter
Aesthetics: Language›Misspelling
Actions: Non-human›Dog barking | Physical›Escape from confinement | Violent›Sexual assault
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Bandage | Health and Illness›Injured | Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Year›Fall
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Child's name | Objects›Flowers Roses | Time›Future
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Doom
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Doom
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage | Legal›Divorce | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Embrace / hugging
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Actions: Bodily›Watching | Emotional›Coldness | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Shopping | Physical›Tripping | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Sensuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable | Body›Eyes
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Atmospheric›Grayness | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Disgust with sex
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Haunted by past | Psychological›Disembodiment | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Rural vernacular
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Burying Sartoris silver
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Voices | Natural›Moon | Olfactory›Cigar | Olfactory›Locust | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Domestic›Food preparation | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Train | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Health and Illness›Deafness | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Crickets | Animals›Fox | Art›African American music | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | War›As metaphor | War›Cost of war
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Physical›Hiding
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality | Sexuality›Pregnancy
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Military | Gender›War | Technology›Automobile | War›Play at War
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car | Objects›Flowers | Recurring Tropes›Performance
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Time of Day›Evening
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Uniform | Law›Evidence | Politics›And race | Prejudice›Racism | Religion›Salvation | Sexuality›Interracial | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness | Texts›Love letter
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Communication›Writing | Physical›Crawling
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›In childbirth | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Skull | Past›Family history | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Past›Old days | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance | Migration›North
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Jewelry | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Gender›Southern woman | Slavery›Domestic labor
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew | Romantic›Courtship
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Environment: Time of Year›Monday
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Missing | Animals›Mules
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Metal detector
Relationships: Interracial›Mammy-child
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Themes and Motifs: Home›Improvements | Objects›Stove
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Physical›Throwing | Work›Sawmilling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Character›Superhuman strength
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Slavery›Fugitive
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Slavery›Fugitive
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Hunting
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | Slavery›Slave trading
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Marital›Social respectability | Romantic›Unrequited
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion
Cultural Issues: Education›Missing school
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Actions: Communication›Writing | Domestic›Housekeeping | Physical›Building | Play›Poker
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Travel
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Home›Improvements
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Marital›Arrangements
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Land-Use›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Daybreak
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Aboriginal
Themes and Motifs: Death›Indian burial practices
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Physical›Travel
Cultural Issues: Region›The West | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Environment: Time of Year›Hunting season
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Pursuit
Relationships: Romantic›Unrequited
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery
Environment: Place›Indian mound
Actions: Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Digging
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Store clothes
Environment: Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Midnight
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
Environment: Natural›Dirt / Earth
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming
Cultural Issues: History›Arrival of whites in Mississippi
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing
Themes and Motifs: Home›Improvements
Actions: Physical›Inaction / Not doing something
Cultural Issues: Race›Etiquette | Race›Racial spheres
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Nihilism
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Physical›Waiting
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Daybreak
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Competition | Familial›Extended family
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Hunting›Fox hunting | Physical›Pursuit
Relationships: Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom
Actions: Physical›Digging | Verbal›Storytelling
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Past›Old days
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Physical›Running
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Past›Old days | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Environment: Place›Indian mound
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Surprise | Mental›Realization | Physical›Digging
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Race›Black stereotype
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure | Objects›Metal detector
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Pony | Past›Old days | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew
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: 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: Domestic Space›Cabin | Olfactory›Smelling black
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Food›Biscuits | Food›Buttermilk | Food›Greens | Food›Meat | Food›Race | Race›Stereotype: smell
Relationships: Interracial›Etiquette
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Time of Year›Monday
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
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: Physical›Pursuit | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Repetition | Violent›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Moving a dead body | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Saturday
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Climbing stairs
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tennis shoes | Health and Illness›Surgery
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Chair | Objects›Coffee | Objects›Coffee pot | Objects›Cup | Objects›Kettle | Objects›Paper | Objects›Pipe | Objects›Table
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Place›Blacksmith shop
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Place›Jail | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Physical›Walking
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Violence›Lynching
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Place›Blacksmith shop | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Natural›Creek
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Objects›Ring
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Physical›Undressing | Verbal›Ordering
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bed | Objects›Dresser | Objects›Lamp or lantern | Objects›Photograph | Objects›Quilt
Relationships: Interracial›Etiquette
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Pocahontas | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Emotional›Surprise | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Physical›Digging
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Environment: Auditory›Tree / leaves | Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›House | Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Falling | Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Singing | Bodily›Smoking | Movement›Walking | Physical›Hitting | Physical›Panting | Physical›Sleeping | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Asphyxiation | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency | Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Interaction, Private›Sexual | Physical›Sleeping
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Sexual
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
Cultural Issues: Religion
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Domestic›Mending | Domestic›Washing | Physical›Cutting | Physical›Washing clothes | Work›Washing clothes
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Atmospheric›Racialized | Atmospheric›Sexual | Natural›Dew | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Undressing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Underclothes, male
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Domestic Space›Stable | Domestic Space›Yard | Natural›Dew | Time of Day›Dawn
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Environment: Natural›Dew | Natural›Spring | Time of Day›Daybreak | Time of Day›Morning
Environment: Natural›Ditches | Natural›Spring | Olfactory›Alcohol | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Burning | Physical›Digging | Physical›Starting fire
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Magazine | Objects›Matchstick | Objects›Razor | Objects›Shaving brush | Objects›Soap
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Barber shop | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Looking | Bodily›Smoking | Bodily›Watching | Movement›Walking | Physical›Whistling | Verbal›Talking
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Closet | Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Anxiety | Emotional›Attraction | Emotional›Hurried | Emotional›Passivity | Perceptual›Overhearing | Physical›Discovering | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Whispering
Themes and Motifs: Body›Stomach/belly | Objects›Toothpaste
Relationships: Sexual
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall | Place›Orphanage
Actions: Bodily›Nausea | Bodily›Recoiling | Economic›Bribing | Emotional›Outrage | Emotional›Shock | Emotional›Surprise | Mental›Thinking | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Whispering
Themes and Motifs: Money›Silver dollar | Objects›Toothpaste
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Planning | Mental›Submission / Acquiescence | Mental›Thinking | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Undressing | Verbal›Discussion | Verbal›Whispering
Cultural Issues: Religion›Fanaticism | Religion›God
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Madness | Values›Misogyny
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway | Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Environment: Place›Orphanage | Public›Street | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Wee hours
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Waking | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Streetcar | Movement›Train | Movement›Walking | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Dressing | Verbal›Ordering | Verbal›Silence
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Evening | Time of Year›Christmas Eve | Time of Year›December
Actions: Mental›Knowing | Mental›Remembering | Physical›Bathing | Physical›Dressing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Overalls | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Vest | Clothes›Watch chain | Identity, Personal›Background
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Environment: Domestic Space›Stable
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Physical›Bathing | Verbal›Discussion
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Conflict
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Hungering | Bodily›Weakness | Emotional›Peace | Physical›Eating | Physical›Emptying | Verbal›Calling by name | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Refusing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Lamp or lantern
Relationships: Familial›Adoptive | Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Year›Saturday
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Physical›Hitting | Verbal›Discussion
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Harness strap
Relationships: Familial›Adoptive | Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Physical›Waiting
Environment: Auditory›Unseen voice
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Physical›Concealing
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Sneaking | Physical›Climbing/descending rope
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Stable | Natural›Moon | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Public›Clock tower | Public›Street | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Mid-week
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Year›Saturday
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Monday
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Movement›Running | Physical›Climbing | Physical›Waiting | Physical›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Women | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Relationships: Sexual
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Moral›Stealing | Physical›Concealing
Relationships: Familial›Adoptive | Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Physical›Undressing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Romeo and Juliet
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Undressing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Insulting
Cultural Issues: Food›Candy | Race›Racial identity
Relationships: Romantic›Sexual | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Romeo and Juliet | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Moral›Stealing | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Calling by name | Verbal›Lying
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Domestic Space
Actions: Economic›Earning Money | Economic›Gifting | Physical›Chopping wood | Verbal›Lying
Themes and Motifs: Money›Cash | Money›Gift of money
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight | Time of Day›Night
Relationships: Romantic›Sexual | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Hitting | Physical›Holding | Physical›Sitting | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›House | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Smoking | Movement›Car | Physical›Dancing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Hat
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Public›Road
Environment: Domestic Space›Stable | Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Public›School | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Religion›Fanaticism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Archangel Michael | Allusion, Biblical›Jezebel | Allusion, Biblical›Satan
Environment: Public›School | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Car | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Screaming | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting
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
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Night
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Smoking | Movement›Running | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Beating
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Romeo and Juliet | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Interaction, Private›Sexual | Physical›Struggling
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Relationships: Sexual›Extramarital
Environment: Auditory›Frogs | Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Year›Fall
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Emotional›Contempt | Emotional›Vindictive | Mental›Thinking | Physical›Breaking | Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Talking | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute | Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Dishes | Objects›Lamp or lantern
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Parlor | Time of Year›Saturday | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Movement›Running away | Physical›Washing clothes | Verbal›Tirade | Violent›Beating | Violent›Domestic violence
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Denim | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Shirt | Religion›Fanaticism
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Objects›Pistol
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Cultural Issues: Politics›Voting | Race›White supremacists | War›Civil War consequences
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War consequences
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical | Race›White race
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Obligation
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Eating supper | Bodily›Gaining weight | Communication›Note | Emotional›Curious | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Rage | Mental›Curiosity | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Concealing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Fantasy | Sexuality›Interracial | Sexuality›Learning about | Sexuality›Perverse | Sexuality›Sexual passion
Relationships: Sexual
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Communication›Note | Economic›Bootlegging | Emotional›Anticipation | Emotional›Bewilderment | Emotional›Fear | Physical›Whistling | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Changing clothes
Relationships: Economical›Partnership | Sexual
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Communication›Note | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Taunt | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Hitting
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bed | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Lamp or lantern
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Movement›Car | Movement›Truck | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Discovering | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Showing | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Responding | Verbal›Speculation | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Killing | Violent›Sexual assault
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Group Mentality›Racial solidarity | Race›Negro-lover | Religion›Apotheosis | Religion›Fanaticism
Relationships: Social›Assailant-victim | Social›Crowds
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Physical›Hitting | Verbal›Demanding | Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Withholding | Violent›Beating
Cultural Issues: Violence›By police | Violence›Interracial
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Sunrise
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Natural›Woods
Environment: Place›Church | Time of Day›Evening
Environment: Place›Church | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Public›Street
Actions: Movement›Car | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Holding | Physical›Running | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Racism | Race›Miscegenation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Place›Memphis | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Emotional›Worry | Movement›Train | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Begging | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Religion›Fanaticism
Themes and Motifs: Death›Like death
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Terror | Mental›Thinking | Physical›Holding
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Breakfast
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Bodily›Shaving | Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Waking | Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Proud | Emotional›Triumph | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Physical›Dressing
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Child's name
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Mule | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Style›Present tense
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Squatting | Bodily›Standing | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Running | Movement›Train | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Hitting | Violent›Fighting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Return to present time
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Day›Sunday
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Day›Sunday
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Creating an Other
Environment: Public›Courthouse | Public›Town Square
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Movement›Bicycle | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Running | Physical›Pursuit | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Uniform | Law›Sheriff's deputy
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›House | Natural›Ditches
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Outrage | Movement›Car | Movement›Running | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Pushing away | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Castration | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Killing | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Race›White race | Violence›Castration | Violence›Lynching | Violence›Shooting
Actions: Communication›Note | Emotional›Love | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Escaping | Verbal›Discussion
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Sawmill | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Movement›Truck | Perceptual›Observing | Physical›Camping | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Telling
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Country store | Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Breastfeeding | Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Exasperation | Physical›Camping | Verbal›Apology | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shawl | Entertainment›Popular culture
Relationships: Romantic›Unrequited
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Comedy
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Watching | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Extra-marital
Relationships: Romantic›Unrequited
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Daybreak | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Bodily›Standing | Emotional›Calm | Emotional›Proud | Movement›Truck | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Riding | Physical›Waiting
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Physical›Burning | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Hierarchical›Pastor-congregant | Marital›Husband-wife | Marital›Secrecy
Environment: Place›Church | Time of Year›Sunday
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Year›Monday
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›August | Weather›Heat
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Sitting
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Series of events experienced as long duration
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Bodily›Pregnancy | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Discussion | Verbal›Gossip
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Physical›Burning | Physical›Climbing stairs | Physical›Discovering | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter
Actions: Movement›Horse | Physical›Locking a door
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money
Actions: Emotional›Apathy | Legal›Testifying | Legal›Trial | Mental›Remembering | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Self-justifying
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter
Themes and Motifs: Past›Freedom from it | Texts›Novel
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hemingway, Ernest | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Dressing room | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›September
Actions: Bodily›Kissing | Emotional›Suspicion | Perceptual›Eavesdropping | Physical›Searching | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Fur coat / suit | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Uniform | Crime›Blackmail | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Race›Black stereotype | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Environment: Place›Official office
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Environment: Time of Year›New Year
Cultural Issues: History›Reconstruction | Progress›Building structure
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
Actions: Economic›Partnership | Physical›Building
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers | History›Reconstruction | Progress›Building structure | Progress›Trains
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Interaction, Social›Making progress | Physical›Building | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Silk | Progress›Building structure | Slavery›Labor
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Building | Work›Architect | Work›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Environment: Time of Year›Winter
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Physical›Capture | Physical›Escape from confinement | Physical›Pursuit | Work›Architect
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Architect captured
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Prejudice›Racism | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Slavery›Labor
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Paris | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Cultural Issues: War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Values›Durability
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Cultural Issues: Progress›New replacing old
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Office | Public›Courthouse
Cultural Issues: Progress›Renovations
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Sparrow | Time›Town clock
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Physical›Escape from confinement
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Natchez Trace
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Cultural Issues: Government›State capital | Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order
Actions: Communication›Letter | Military›Destruction of enemy property | Physical›Burning
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction | War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Texts›Civic records | Texts›Military communications
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Environment: Public›Filling Station
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Hungering | Economic›Buying | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Ordering | Verbal›Threat
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Atmospheric›Sexual | Domestic Space›Stairway | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Bodily›Asthma | Bodily›Drinking | Interaction, Private›Courting | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Obesity
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory | Time of Day›Ten o'clock p.m.
Cultural Issues: Education›College life | Gender›Female body | Gender›Male gaze | Sexuality›Experience
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Garden of Eden
Environment: Public›Post office
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Appearance›Cosmetics | Futility›Nothing to do
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Three o'clock a.m.
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Nausea
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Community›Alienation | Time›Frozen / Static
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Clothes›Handbag | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Objects›Bed | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Gun | Objects›Perfume
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Reba's
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Supper
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m.
Environment: Place›Speakeasy | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Entertainment›Dancing | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Impotence
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Art›Jazz music
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Desire
Cultural Issues: Crime›Gambling | Crime›Kidnapping
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Dice | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Perceptual›Professional surveillance | Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Gossip | Violent›Beating | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Violence›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Education›College life
Environment: Time of Day›Saturday evening
Actions: Interaction, Social›Dances | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Dancing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Education›College life
Themes and Motifs: Art›Jazz music
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Home Sweet Home
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Writing | Physical›Travel
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Modernist style
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Exile›Alienation from nature
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Madame Bovary | Genre Conventions›Gothic
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Nine o'clock a.m.
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Restoring order | Objects›Military equipment | Objects›Watch
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Shame | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Running | Verbal›Screaming
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Pain
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Perceptual›Voyeurism | Physical›Stalking
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Regulations | Law›Lawsuit | Law›Trial
Aesthetics: Language›Abundance or flow of words | Tone›Sarcastic
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Frustration
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Appalachia
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Environment: Atmospheric›Squalor | Place›Well|Wellhouse | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Clothes›Hat
Themes and Motifs: Art›Sculpture | Futility›Nothing to do
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Gender›Men vs women | Mass Media›Newspaper | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Livestock | Animals›Dogs | Memory›Haunted by past
Environment: Time of Day›Sunrise
Actions: Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
Environment: Time of Year›May
Themes and Motifs: Money›Reward | Values›Faithfulness
Environment: Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Summer
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interspecies›Man-cow
Actions: Bodily›Barefooted | Physical›Undressing
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory
Actions: Physical›Discovering
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | Education›Exams / tests
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing | Physical›Questing
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Recurring Tropes›Door
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Community›Alienation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jefferson
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Time›Awareness of time
Environment: Natural›River | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Bodily›Dismemberment | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Physical›Throwing
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Chaos
Cultural Issues: Class›Homelessness | Progress›Trains
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Environment: Time of Day›Evening
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos | Chaos/Order›Creating order | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city
Actions: Agricultural›Incompetent farming | Economic›Scheming | Physical›Whittling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cap | Health and Illness›Broken bones
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Moses
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Dowsing | Physical›Digging | Physical›Finding | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Religion›Folk superstition
Aesthetics: Diction›Hill dialect | Style›Character portrait
Actions: Perceptual›Observing | Physical›Digging | Violent›Threatening
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Values›Greed
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment
Actions: Domestic›Discipline | Physical›Holding
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Agricultural›Incompetent farming | Domestic›Cooking | Physical›Eating
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Physical›Escape from confinement | Physical›Escaping | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Beating | Violent›Stabbing
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Environment: Place›Official office | Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Escape from confinement | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Threat
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Emotional›Proud | Physical›Escape from confinement
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing
Themes and Motifs: Time›Awareness of time | Values›Family honor
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular | Narrative›Perspective
Environment: Atmospheric›Starlight | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Having sex
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Economic›Partnership | Physical›Cooking
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Themes and Motifs: Art›Painting | Art›Photograph | Objects›Camera | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Italy | Narrative›First-person vernacular
Cultural Issues: Government›Congress | History›American Revolution | Identity, Personal›Ancestral | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Change over time
Actions: Bodily›Fainting | Emotional›Shock | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating supper | Physical›Cooking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Champagne | Alcohol›Wine | Food›Spaghetti | History›Italian invasion of Ethiopia | History›Pre-World War II issues | History›Spanish Civil War
Actions: Physical›Kissing | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Money›Meaning of | Naming›Importance of naming | Objects›Cigarette lighter
Relationships: Romantic›Flirtation
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Furnish bill
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Bodily›Shaking | Emotional›Anger | Military›Enlistment | Physical›Kicking | Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Region›Lost Cause
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Rubicon
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging
Themes and Motifs: Death›Of parent | Home›Improvements | Money›Ill-gotten
Environment: Domestic Space›Stable | Place›Farm
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Car | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Physical›Repair
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Materialism›Status | Progress›Electrification | Progress›Gentrification
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›House
Actions: Movement›Car | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Looking back | Physical›Carrying
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Physical›Travel
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Sleeplessness | Physical›Digging
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Lamp or lantern
Environment: Domestic Space›Field
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Physical›Digging
Cultural Issues: History›Pre-World War II issues
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Friendship›College companions / classmates
Environment: Domestic Space›Field | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›Spring
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Share-cropping|Tenantry
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Physical›Burning | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Race›Ku Klux Klan | Race›Negro-lover
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›All caps | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: War›Naval warfare | War›World War II
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Europe | Allusion, Geographical›Ireland | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Movement›Walking | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Furnish bill
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Futility›Nothing to do
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Natural›Sea / Ocean
Cultural Issues: War›World War II
Environment: Natural›Sea / Ocean
Cultural Issues: Religion›Revelation | War›World War I | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Vision
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Yard
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Character›Curmudgeonly
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Agricultural›Hog farming | Emotional›Hysteria | Emotional›Rage | Physical›Building | Verbal›Taunt | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Regulations
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Hog | Psychological›Obsession
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop | Public›Street
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Place›Official office | Time of Year›September
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Mental›Realization | Physical›Pursuit
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Cultural Issues: History›Founding fathers | Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›First settlers arrive
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Government›Civic officials
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates
Environment: Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Friday
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Waiting | Physical›Pursuit | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Speculation
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Law›Sheriff | Law›Sheriff's deputy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Missing | Philosophical›Freedom
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Actions: Physical›Searching | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Home›Destroyed | Home›Homesickness_Longing for home
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Paranoia
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Texts›Deed
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Physical›Protection
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Natural›Dirt / Earth | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Lying down | Physical›Walking
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Freedom | Philosophical›Human experience | Supernatural›Superstitions
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Angel | Allusion, Mythical›Helen | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Alley | Time of Day›Two o'clock a.m.
Actions: Physical›Discovering
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Place›Grave | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Place›Saloon | Public›Sidewalk | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Sunday
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical | Violence›Shooting
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Murmur | Olfactory›Urine | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Agriculture›Husbandry | Progress›Infrastructure | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses | Tone›Overwrought | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Insulting | Violent›Intimidation | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Law›Sheriff | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Law
Environment: Place›Medical practice
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Hearing impairment
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Hotel | Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Clothes›Socks | Entertainment›Horse race
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
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Hungering | Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Movement›Buggy | Movement›Mule | Physical›Driving
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Environment: Time of Day›Evening | Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Clothes›Socks | Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Religion›African American
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Physical›Praying
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Values›Determination
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Environment: Time of Day›Breakfast | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Domestic›Washing | Legal›Locking up | Moral›Scheming | Physical›Washing clothes
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Clothes›Dirty | Entertainment›Horse race | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Abuse of office
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Movement›Mule | Physical›Apprehending | Physical›Restraining | Violent›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gold tooth | Recurring Tropes›Recovery
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Labor›Racialized
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Baseball
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›Personification | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Environment: Place›Livery stable
Actions: Physical›Jumping | Work›Blacksmith
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
Environment: Place›Lane | Place›Motordrome
Cultural Issues: Education›Informal | Law›Motor vehicle | Modernity›Speed | Race›Segregation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Noon
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars | Progress›Infrastructure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Olfactory›Bad smell | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And race | Clothes›Sunday clothes
Environment: Place›Outlaw country | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Conversion | Physical›Riding | Violent›Fighting
Themes and Motifs: Values›Moral authority
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Gallery
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Traditions
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Comedy | Language›Hee hee hee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Public›Post office | Public›Street
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows
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
Actions: Physical›Protection | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Sick as euphemism for pregnancy
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
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: Place›Graveyard | Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Worry | Movement›Carriage | Physical›Sleeping | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Mourning | Religion›Divine judgment
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Monument | Objects›Pencil | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Narrative›Unreliable narrator | Tone›Sarcastic
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Natural›River | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Mental›Unaware | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Physical›Meddling | Physical›Protection | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Sick as euphemism for pregnancy | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Cousin | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Allusion, Literary›Antony and Cleopatra | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Gods | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Advertising | Progress›Smoke stack
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New England
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Grinning | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Lust | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Sick as euphemism for pregnancy | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Preventing or avoiding sex
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson | Recurring Tropes›Touch
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Broken bones | Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Objects›Basket | Objects›Fence
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Hunting horn | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Auditory›Voices | Natural›Body of water | Olfactory›Kerosene lantern | Place›Graveyard | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›October | Weather›Flood
Actions: Domestic›Cleaning | Emotional›Nostalgia | Hunting›Possum | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Insects lice | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Coal oil | Objects›Hunting horn | Objects›Lamp or lantern | Past›Old days | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›Domestic | Interracial›White-black
Actions: Legal›Marriage | Mental›Uncertainty | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Mystery | Meaning›Paternity | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Touch
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced
Actions: Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Castration | Violent›Self-mutilation
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Disgust with sex | Sexuality›Learning about
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Losing vs never having | Body›Blood | Body›Testicles | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Razor
Relationships: Interracial›Domestic | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Natural›Body of water | Natural›Leaf / leaves | Natural›River | Public›Bridge
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Religion›Resurrection
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fish | Animals›Insects mayflies | Appearance›Depth / deepness | Appearance›Surface | Body›Eyes | Death›Afterlife | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Bones | Death›Compared to sleep | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Objects›Flat-iron | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Judgment Day | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Allusion, Mythical›Narcissus | Figures of Speech›Arrow | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Simile | Symbolism›Christian
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
Environment: Otherworldly›Hellfire
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Place›Barn | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Carrying
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Horses | Animals›Pigs | Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Train sound | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›River | Natural›Trees | Otherworldly›Earth / the world | Place›Road | Place›Rural | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Walking | Physical›Trampling | Play›Sports Crew / rowing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Religion›Apotheosis
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Infinity | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Gull | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Pencil | Figures of Speech›Stencil | Language›Fragments
Actions: Emotional›Defeat | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Escaping | Physical›Starting over | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock | Sexuality›Sex and death
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Isolation
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Escaping | Physical›Starting over
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Futility | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Money | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Compsons sell pasture | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Shame | Perceptual›Sensing | Physical›Pushing away | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Olfactory›Baking / bread
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Caring | Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Charity | Moral›Judgmental | Moral›Stealing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Jewish | Ethnicity›Offensive terminology | Food›Bread | Food›Cake | Food›Coffee | Gender›Femininity | Gender›Masculine woman | Gender›Stereotype librarian / school teacher | Mass Media›Newspaper | Nationality›American | Nationality›Foreigners | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants | Prejudice
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Librarian look | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Money›Nickel coin | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Coffee | Objects›Ring | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Civic›Charity | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Isolation
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Movement›Buggy | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Description›Color white
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden
Actions: Agricultural›Chopping | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Scolding | Movement›Running away | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Delivering | Physical›Taking
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Extra-marital
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flowers | Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets
Environment: Public›Post office | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Food›Bread | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Law›Marshal | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Grass | Natural›River | Place›Houses | Public›Bridge | Public›Street | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Physical›Nodding | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes | Economy›Poverty | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Description›Color pink
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Place›Road
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Searching | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Home | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Auditory›Bees | Domestic Space›Barn | Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Grass | Natural›Orchard | Natural›Vines | Natural›Weeds | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Place›Houses | Place›Road | Weather›Rain
Actions: Movement›Running | Perceptual›Looking back | Physical›Escaping
Cultural Issues: Clothes
Themes and Motifs: Home | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Fence | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home
Actions: Bodily›Swallowing | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Physical›Kissing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Learning about | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Climbing | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Home | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood
Themes and Motifs: Home | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Barn | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Movement›Running away | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Touching | Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Learning about
Relationships: Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Lifting | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Touching
Cultural Issues: Gender›Body | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Relationships: Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Auditory›Rodent sounds | Domestic Space›Barn | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Physical›Dancing | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Holding | Physical›Lifting | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Misspeaking
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Orgasm
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Mental›Disapproval | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Dancing | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Misspeaking
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Dress | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Hips | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic | Sexual
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Barn | Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Hogwallow | Natural›Mud | Olfactory›Animal / stable | Olfactory›Hog / pig pen | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Physical›Jumping | Physical›Rolling / wallowing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Shirt | Gender›Dirty girl | Health and Illness›Pneumonia | Sexuality›Learning about
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic | Sexual
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Domestic Space›Hogwallow | Natural›Mud | Olfactory›Hog / pig pen | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Sweetness | Perceptual›Tasting | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Touching | Physical›Turning away | Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Sensuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Face | Body›Fingers | Body›Legs | Body›Lips | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Freudian | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Running sound | Natural›Water moving / flowing
Actions: Bodily›Retching | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Laughing | Legal›Arrest | Legal›Handcuffing | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Physical›Holding | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Stuttering / stammering | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Kidnapping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Vest | Food›Bread | Health and Illness›Nausea | Law›Badge | Law›Constitutional right to remain silent | Law›Criminal assault | Law›Criminal assault and battery | Law›Custody | Nationality›Foreigners | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Insects butterflies | Appearance›Dirty | Body›Arm | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Shoulder | Body›Stomach/belly | Body›Throat | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Civic | Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Assailant-victim
Aesthetics: Description›Color yellow | Language›Foreign accent / dialect | Language›ah ah ah
Environment: Natural›Creek | Public›Golf course
Actions: Domestic›Washing | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Searching | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Play›Sports Golf
Cultural Issues: Age | Entertainment›Traveling show | Food›Birthday cake
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation | Memory›Remembering | Money›Lost | Objects›Candle | Objects›Jimson weed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Domestic Space›Chicken coop / hen house | Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Indignation | Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Picnic | Legal›Arrest | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Movement›Procession | Physical›Climbing | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Beating | Violent›Kidnapping | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Veil | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Law›Custody | Law›Marshal | Technology›Automobile | Violence›Child abuse | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Body›Foot / Feet | Memory›Forgetting
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Diction›Malapropism | Figures of Speech›Glove | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Profanity
Actions: Emotional›Reassurance | Physical›Touching
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Trees | Olfactory›Perfume smell | Place›Stone wall | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hysteria | Emotional›Laughing | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Sadness | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Mental›Suppression / trying not to think | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Car | Movement›Swimming | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Touching | Physical›Wave / waving | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Chatter
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wine | Alcohol›Wine hamper | Class›Gentility | Ethnicity›Italian | Food›Bread | Gender›Dirty girl | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Knee | Body›Throat | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homoerotic
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
Actions: Perceptual›Blurring | Physical›Winking | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Talking | Violent›Killing in war
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat cap | Clothes›Motoring clothes | Clothes›Uniform | Gender›Male body | Gender›Masculinity | War›U.S. Army
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Death | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Boat | Objects›Oars
Relationships: Institutional›Military | Social›Adversarial
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female body | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Attractiveness | Sexuality›Sensuality
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hand / Palm
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Physical›Winking | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female body | Gender›Male body | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Disgust with sex | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Objects›Oars | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Othello | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Abduction myths | Allusion, Mythical›Euboeleus / Eubuleus | Allusion, Mythical›Persephone | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›Coupled | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Swine | Language›Fragments | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Sex and death
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Sexual
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Domestic›Feeding | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Shame | Emotional›Shock | Perceptual›Sensing | Physical›Climbing stairs | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Body›Arm | Body›Eyes | Body›Face
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
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: Bodily›Heart beating | Emotional›Humiliation | Emotional›Love | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Injury | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Environment: Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Smelling water | Time of Day›Twilight
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Insomnia
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Shadows
Actions: Bodily›Squatting | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Undressing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Clothes›Undressing | Education›Primary school | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gasoline | Time›Awareness of time
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Immodest female clothing | Education›Truancy
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Bow and arrow | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Actions: Communication›Letter | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Burning
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Money | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Crime›Forgery | Entertainment›Traveling show
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement
Themes and Motifs: Money›Check | Philosophical›Suffering | Values›Family honor
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Resentment | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Following | Movement›Sneaking | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Death from drinking | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Economy›Economic speculation | Ethnicity›Jewish | Progress›Telegraph | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Gasoline | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Actions: Physical›Locking a door
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Headache | Health and Illness›Medicine aspirin | Health and Illness›Medicine camphor | Technology›Automobile
Themes and Motifs: Money | Objects›Surrey | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tie | Technology›Car
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Ford, Henry
Environment: Place›Field | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Emotional›Self-pity | Movement›Sneaking | Physical›Evasion | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tie | Health and Illness›Headache | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Technology›Car | Technology›Car tire
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Values›Family honor
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Year›Easter
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Emotional›Cruelty | Emotional›Sulking | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Locking a door | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Smallpox | Mass Media›Newspaper | Religion›Divine judgment | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Character›Self-righteousness | Death›Longing for death | Objects›Fire | Objects›Mirror | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Uncle-niece
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Physical›Climbing stairs
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Hot water bottle | Objects›Windows
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway
Actions: Bodily›Waking | Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Frustration | Emotional›Self-pity | Physical›Climbing stairs
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Windows | Philosophical›Suffering
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Year›Easter
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Bodily›Hungering | Domestic›Feeding | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Nonverbal taunting or teasing
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering | Food›Breakfast
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Photography
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Year›Easter
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Bodily›Waking | Domestic›Discipline | Emotional›Self-pity | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering | Religion›Church service | Religion›Resurrection | Ritual›Easter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Diction›Racist term
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Fire | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Cars passing | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Olfactory›Flowers | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Actions: Mental›Realization | Movement›Hurrying | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Calling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Underclothes, female | Gender›Femininity | Religion›Christianity
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Auditory›Clock ticking | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Eating breakfast | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Climbing stairs | Physical›Climbing tree | Violent›Beating
Cultural Issues: Religion›Church service
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence of sound | Objects›Fire | Objects›Hot water bottle | Objects›Pear tree | Objects›Stove | Time›Awareness of time
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Olfactory›Camphor
Actions: Physical›Climbing stairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Stockings | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Health and Illness›Medicine camphor | Religion›Bible
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence of sound | Death›Suicide | Past›Family history | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Public›Golf course | Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Impairment | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Misreading | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Searching | Play›Sports Golf
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Food›Birthday cake | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lost | Objects›Fence | Objects›Flag | Objects›Flowers | Psychological›Learning disability
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Atmospheric›Wind | Olfactory›Gasoline
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tie | Health and Illness›Headache
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person | Recurring Tropes›Destiny
Environment: Natural›Hills | Public›Filling Station | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Injury
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Drawing of an eye
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Atmospheric›Night | Auditory›Howling | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Pasture | Domestic Space›Servants' home | Natural›Creek | Olfactory›Smelling death | Place›Ditch | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Dressing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Pigs | Death›Bones | Death›Response to
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Narrative›Unreliable narrator | Symbolism›Shadows
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Money›Lost | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Disbelief | Mental›Misunderstanding | Physical›Obeying / obedience
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Buzzards | Animals›Fireflies | Animals›Lightning bugs | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Auditory›Tree / leaves | Domestic Space›Parlor | Natural›Trees
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Climbing tree
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Cold
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Pigs | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Flowers | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Olfactory›Perfume smell | Olfactory›Smelling trees
Actions: Domestic›Washing | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Nurturing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Bathing | Physical›Dressing
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Age›Maturing | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Hat | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bottle | Objects›Mirror | Objects›Perfume | Objects›Toys | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Sibling
Environment: Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Sitting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fireflies | Animals›Lightning bugs | Character›Independence | Character›Innocence | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Objects›Furniture | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Values›Courage
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lost | Objects›Golf ball | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Natural›Grass | Natural›Trees
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Shadows
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
Actions: Interaction, Private›Courting | Mental›Misunderstanding | Physical›Intrusion
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Swing | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Auditory›Heartbeat | Domestic Space›Backyard | Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Nurturing | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Courting | Movement›Running | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Kissing | Physical›Touching | Violent›Fighting
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Swing | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Olfactory›Smelling trees
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Smelling | Domestic›Washing | Emotional›Comforting | Physical›Bathing
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Atmospheric›Wind | Domestic Space›Backyard | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Weed | Public›Golf course | Weather›Sun | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Private›Courting | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Spying | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Searching | Play›Sports Golf | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Age | Clothes›Tie | Entertainment›Magic trick | Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Deafness | Health and Illness›Mute | Ritual›Birthday | Sexuality›Birth control | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Body›Hair | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Mouth | Futility | Money›Lost | Objects›Condom | Objects›Fence | Objects›Fire | Objects›Flag | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Golf ball | Objects›Jimson weed | Objects›Poison | Objects›Swing | Objects›Windows | Psychological›Learning disability | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Gate | Olfactory›Smelling trees | Olfactory›Trees | Weather›Cold
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Sleeping | Movement›Running | Movement›Walking | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Shoes | Health and Illness | Religion›Divine judgment
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Squirrel | Body›Hand / Palm | Home›Home as prison | Home›Homebound | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Booksatchel | Objects›Bottle | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Domestic
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Objects›Booksatchel | Objects›Fence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Weather›Rain
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Waiting | Legal›Marriage | Movement›Sneaking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Physical›Escape from confinement | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Insanity
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Walking | Physical›Escape from confinement | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Objects›Fence | Recurring Tropes›Touch | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Social›Assailant-victim | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Candlelight | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Olfactory›Weed
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Food›Birthday cake | Food›Eggs | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lost | Money›Stingy with money | Objects›Bottle | Objects›Candle | Objects›Dogfennel | Objects›Fire | Objects›Flowers | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Master-servant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Rain on roof | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Sadness | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Embrace / hugging
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
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
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Naming›Nickname | Naming›Renaming | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Parents-children
Environment: Atmospheric›Light | Domestic Space›Stairway | Domestic Space›Upstairs
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Shirtsleeves | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Death›Response to | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Nickname | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter
Environment: Atmospheric›Light | Domestic Space›Library
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Chair | Objects›Cushion | Objects›Fire | Objects›Slipper | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Library | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Olfactory›Rain
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Carrying | Play›Children playing | Verbal›Complaining | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Class consciousness | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Nickname | Naming›Renaming | Objects›Chair | Objects›Cushion | Objects›Dolls | Objects›Fire | Objects›Mirror | Objects›Scissors | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Sibling
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Economic›Borrowing | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Searching | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Body›Eyes | Body›Mouth | Money›Lost | Objects›Chair | Objects›Fire | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Guilt | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Physical›Pushing away
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Body›Eyes | Character›Innocence | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›Upstairs
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Shame | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Pushing away
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Body›Eyes | Character›Innocence | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Firelight | Olfactory›Smelling trees | Olfactory›Trees | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Worry | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Mental›Unaware | Movement›Running | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Verbal›Calling | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Wishing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Shoes | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Bottle | Objects›Chair | Objects›Fire | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Time›Past
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Supper table | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Comforting | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Arguing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Napkin | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Interracial›Domestic
Environment: Domestic Space›Supper table | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Throwing | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Fighting
Themes and Motifs: Body›Arm | Body›Mouth | Objects›Drinking glass | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Interracial›Domestic
Environment: Domestic Space›Library | Domestic Space›Stairway | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Health and Illness›Rheumatism
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Empty room | Domestic Space›Sick room | Olfactory›Smelling trees | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Bodily›Hiding | Bodily›Squatting | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Moaning | Movement›Hiding | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Finding | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Mumbling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift | Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Memory›Remembering | Money›Gift of money | Objects›Slipper | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Natural›Grass | Natural›Trees
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Running away | Movement›Sneaking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Escape from confinement
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Nightgown | Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Surgical castration | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Body›Testicles | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Windows | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Kissing | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Confining | Physical›Locking a door | Verbal›Calling | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Requesting
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Hot water bottle | Objects›Locks | Philosophical›Freedom | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Sick room | Olfactory›Smelling death
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Kissing | Bodily›Sleeping | Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Cleaning | Emotional›Caring | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Obeying / obedience
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Clothes›Undressing | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling | Interracial›Domestic
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Dressing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar | Clothes›Pants | Education›College | Education›Harvard | Entertainment›Boat race
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Mouth | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Watch | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being in time | Time›Being late / tardiness | Time›Being on time / punctuality | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College roommate | Friendship›Male-male relationship
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 chiming
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Feeling pain | Bodily›Shaving | Communication›Addressing for mail delivery | Communication›Letter | Communication›Writing | Domestic›Packing | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Dressing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Suit | Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Keys | Objects›Paper | Objects›Trunk | Objects›Watch | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Public›Post office
Actions: Communication›Addressing for mail delivery | Communication›Letter | Communication›Sending mail | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Government›US Post Office
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
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
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency | Government›Welfare | Prejudice›Racism
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Themes and Motifs: Body›Bowels | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Past›Personal past | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Door | Supernatural›Signs / Omen | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Conflation of several possible sources | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Isaiah | Allusion, Literary›Hopkins, Gerard Manley | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Windhover" | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Language›Archaic | Language›Biblical | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Auditory›Streetcar sound | Natural›Body of water | Olfactory›Smelling water | Public›Street
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Streetcar | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Touching
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Clothes›Collar | Clothes›Hat, straw | Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Work clothes
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Gulls | Body›Knee | Objects›Basket | Objects›Pipe | Objects›Ship | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Natural›Body of water | Natural›River | Public›Bridge
Actions: Communication›Letter | Movement›Direction east | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Touching
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Watch | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Return to present time | Time›Transcended
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
Environment: Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Marriage announcement | Economic›Banking | Economic›Selling | Emotional›Contempt | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Mental›Distrust | Mental›Learning | Movement›Car | Movement›Limousine | Physical›Driving | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Clothes›Garter | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Harvard | Entertainment›Circus | Gender›Marriage | Region›The South | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Elephants | Animals›Fleas | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Teeth | Character›Inherited traits | Character›Reputation | Community›Wedding | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Inheritance›Traits | Memory›Remembering | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Honor | Objects›Candle | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Supernatural›Spell | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College roommate | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Fiance | Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual | Social›Adversarial | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›South Bend, Indiana | Allusion, Literary›Byron | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Don Juan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Marmion" | Allusion, Literary›Scott, Walter | Figures of Speech›Puppy | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Long sentence | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Searching
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Return to present time
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Streetlamp | Auditory›Insect sounds | Time of Year›August | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Suspicion | Perceptual›Sensing | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Patriarchy | Gender›Women | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Nihilism | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Values›Evil
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Public›Sidewalk
Themes and Motifs: Body›Heels | Death›Bones | Objects›Watch | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Return to present time
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
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Apron | Clothes›Bathing suit | Clothes›Women | History›Civil War as point of reference | Politics›City government | Politics›Election | Sexuality›Attractiveness | War›Confederate Army
Relationships: Ancestral | Familial›Father-son | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Personification | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Communal narrative
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Destiny
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›McCarron ambushed
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Time of Day›Dusk
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Missing
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Physical›Discovering
Cultural Issues: Religion›Mason | Ritual›Cemetery decorations | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Relationships: Social›Social organizations
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
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Economic›Borrowing | Economic›Investing | Mental›Realization | Physical›Running | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Refusing
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Cultural Issues: Crime›Blackmail | Entertainment | Progress›Technological | Sexuality›Pornography
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bravado | Morals›Hypocrisy | Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Scandal
Aesthetics: Style›Unfinished sentence
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Law›Evidence | Law›Revenue officer
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Mental›Studying | Physical›Delivering
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Jealousy | Physical›Hitting | Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Baseball
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Self-correction
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Education›Graduation | Entertainment›Movies
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Character›Resolve | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Relationships: Romantic›Unrequited
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Emotional›Indecision | Physical›Burning
Environment: Time of Year›May
Actions: Communication›Addressing for mail delivery | Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Sadness | Physical›Burning
Aesthetics: Language›German | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Delivering | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dressed up
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Texts›Letters | Time›Frozen / Static
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Actions: Bodily›Falling | Physical›Lying down
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder | Objects›Rope
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Natural›Fire | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Burning | Physical›Extinguishing fire | Verbal›Gossip | Work›Fireman
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Material | Art›Painting | Community›Crowd | Money | Objects›Chair | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Place›Power Plant | Time of Day›Daybreak
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Time of Day›Five o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›Wednesday
Actions: Communication›Note | Emotional›Waiting | Physical›Delivering | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Calling by name | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Playing cards
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Water | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Country store
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Community›Conformity | Money | Morals›Morality
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›October
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›North vs South | Education›College | Education›Need to be educated
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Donne, John | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Four o'clock a.m.
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Cultural Issues: War›Spanish American War
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Doom
Environment: Domestic Space›Office
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Relief | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Promising
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
Themes and Motifs: Time›Just in time
Actions: Bodily›Hungering | Communication›Telephone | Movement›Car | Physical›Apprehending
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Gallery
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage | Sexuality›Attractiveness
Themes and Motifs: Death›Suicide | Recurring Tropes›Fixation | Recurring Tropes›Gaze
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Twins | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Adultery
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Hunting›Rabbit hunting | Physical›Jumping | Play›Children playing | Play›Gambling | Play›Playing in water | Violent›Shooting
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends | Friendship›Interracial | Interracial›Competitive | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Physical›Discovering
Themes and Motifs: Community›Social life | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Social›Social organizations
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December
Actions: Bodily›Hiding | Movement›Car | Physical›Repair | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Destructive behavior
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Ha ha ha | Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›All caps | Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia
Environment: Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Relationships: Institutional›Police-arrestee
Environment: Place›Cotillion Club | Public›Opera house | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›December
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Movement›Buggy | Physical›Dancing
Themes and Motifs: Art›Music | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Handy, W.C. | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Alley | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Staring | Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Outrage | Emotional›Vengeful | Physical›Dancing | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Extra-marital
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son
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
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›January | Weather›Cold
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Anxiety | Emotional›Fear | Physical›Delivering | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Invitation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Texts›Love letter
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Afternoon
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation | Texts›Military communications
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Physical›Eating | Verbal›Announcing
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Physical›Being pursued | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Race›Subverting a stereotype | Region›Hapless Yankees | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hickahala bottom
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype | Region›Hapless Yankees | Slavery›Etiquette | Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Silverware
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
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
Actions: Interaction, Private›Courting | Physical›Riding
Relationships: Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Etching name on window
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Freedom | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Burial | Death›Coffin | Death›Eulogy | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Objects›Gun | Objects›Umbrella
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Domestic Space›Livestock pen | Time of Year›December | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee
Actions: Mental›Logically reasoning | Physical›Pursuit
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›December | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December | Time of Year›February | Time of Year›New Year | Weather›Cold | Weather›Frost | Weather›Snow
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Ducks | Animals›Geese | Animals›Mules | Time›Duration of time | Time›Measuring time
Environment: Place›Decayed house | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Silver | Objects›Silverware | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation | Mental›Reinterpretation | Movement›Mule | Physical›Pursuit
Actions: Movement›Hiding | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Assault | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Cultural Issues: Violence›Killing animal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Hog | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Time›Awareness of time
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Weather›Cold
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Underlining
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Burying Sartoris silver
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas, figuratively
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Recurring Tropes›Reunion
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Olfactory›Rain | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Family role | Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Corpse | Recurring Tropes›Reunion | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Reading
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Death | War›Union Army
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
Environment: Time of Day›Breakfast | Time of Day›Dinner | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Reading
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Reading
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Lost Cause | Gender›Southern woman | History›Battle of Shiloh|Pittsburg Landing | Sexuality›Incest | War›Women
Relationships: Familial›Kinship | Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Shiloh
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Clearing land
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | Labor›Farming | War›Reconstruction
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Physical›Sleeping
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Cultural Issues: Race›Segregation
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Sleeping
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
Environment: Domestic Space›Log yard
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›Oh Oh Oh Oh
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Cultural Issues: Gender›Reproduction | Sexuality›Incest | War›Union Army
Cultural Issues: War›Reconstruction | War›Union Army
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Emancipation | War›Civil War consequences | War›Destruction | War›Reconstruction
Relationships: Institutional›Military
Cultural Issues: Gender›Separate spaces
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Physical›Sitting
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›September
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Year›Indian Summer
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Education›Law school
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | Progress›Trains
Relationships: Economical›Partnership | Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Allusion, Geographical›Georgia
Environment: Olfactory›Flowers | Time of Day›Dusk
Environment: Olfactory›Rain | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Actions: Emotional›Guilt | Physical›Delivering
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner
Actions: Emotional›Indignation | Physical›Throwing
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Olfactory›Flowers | Time of Day›Twilight
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Gender›Southern woman | Sexuality›Desire | War›Civil War consequences
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Eve
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Olfactory›Flowers
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Snake
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Olfactory›Flowers | Time of Day›Midnight
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female intuition | Law›Eye for an eye
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Lucifer | Description›Eyes | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Noon
Relationships: Friendship›Interracial
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Weather›Heat
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Time of Day›Afternoon
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Environment: Place›Smokehouse | Place›Well|Wellhouse | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Physical›Ambush | Play›Historical recreation | Work›Getting water
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War as point of reference | Race›Stereotype eyes | Slavery›Resistance | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Friendship›Childhood friends | Friendship›Racial | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial›Companions
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative shift | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Labor
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Locking a door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Military | War›Glorification
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Objects›Flowers Roses
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
Actions: Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Ambush | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Riding | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Race›Black stereotype | War›Destruction | War›Violence against civilians
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Language›Profanity
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Profanity
Themes and Motifs: Home›Distance from home
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Time of Day›Dinner
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Loyalty | Slavery›Resistance | Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Home›Destroyed | Objects›Silver
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Profanity
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war | Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends | Friendship›Racial
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war | Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau