Actions: Violent Shooting
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Airplane crash
- Animal abuse
- Animal attack on human
- Animal predatory behavior
- Arson
- Asphyxiation
- Assault
- Beating
- Boxing
- Car accident
- Castration
- Dehumanization
- Destructive behavior
- Disfigurement
- Domestic violence
- Dragging
- Entry
- Explosion
- Fighting
- Hitting
- Homicide
- Intent to kill
- Interracial
- Intimidation
- Kicking
- Kidnapping
- Killing
- Killing in war
- Killing of animals
- Lynch mob
- Murder
- Mutilation
- Poisoning
- Raiding
- Restraining
- Scratching
- Self-mutilation
- Sexual assault
- Slapping
- Stabbing
- Suicide
- Tar-and-feather
- Threatening
- Throwing downstairs
- Vengeance
- Violence against animals
- Whipping
Tagged Events
Environment: Public›Church | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness | Death | Values›Bad conduct
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Changing clothes | Clothes›Uniform
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Gilbert and Sullivan | Language›French | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Cultural Issues: Violence›Accident | Violence›Interracial
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Moral›Confession | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Pneumonia
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Auditory›Gallop | Domestic Space›Outhouse | Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: War›Pillage | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm
Cultural Issues: Food›Community | Region›Reconstruction
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Veil | Law›Legal issue | Politics›Election | Politics›Voting | Race
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Dogs
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Shooting
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Place›Campsite
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shabby | Health and Illness›Bullet hole | War›Rules of engagement
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Clothes›Confederate uniform | Clothes›Yankee uniform | Slavery›Violence
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race | Slavery›Revolt
Relationships: Interracial›White-black | Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Sound of drums | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Revolt | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Odor
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Interaction, Private›Breaking marriage engagement | Military›Service | Movement›Flight | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Violent›Homicide | Violent›Killing | Violent›Murder | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Crime›Murder | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Women | Ritual›Wedding | Violence›Interracial | Violence›Shooting | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Death | Recurring Tropes›Threshold | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Sibling | Romantic›Engagement | Romantic›Fiance | Social›Assailant-victim
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Henry kills Bon
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: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Remembering | Military›Escape | Movement›Limping | Verbal›Shouting | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Shooting
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›As anaesthetic | Health and Illness›Nausea | War›World War I | War›Wound
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Tone›Incongruous
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Restraining | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Speed | War›Aerial combat | War›Death | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Johnny Sartoris shot down
Cultural Issues: War›Aerial combat | War›Revenge | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | War›Aerial combat
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness | Values›Determination
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Movement›Truck | Verbal›Exaggeration | Violent›Killing in war | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Relationships: Institutional›Military | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Background | Recurring Episodes›Boon shoots Negro
Actions: Play›Card playing | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Marksmanship
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Language›snicksnicksnick...
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Saturday
Environment: Natural›Valley | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Emotional›Calm | Hunting›Shooting | Mental›Accepting | Violent›Killing of animals | Violent›Shooting
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Rain
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›House
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Movement›Hiding | Movement›Running | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Race›Behaving "white" | Race›Behaving/becoming "black" | Race›Racial identity
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
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Loyalty | War›Civil War consequences
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Economic›Partnership | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Running away | Verbal›Disagreeing | Violent›Murder | Violent›Shooting
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Natural›Creek bottom
Cultural Issues: War›Profiting from war
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ab's war wound
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Natural›Woods
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Emotional›Nostalgia | Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Verbal›Praying | Violent›Shooting
Relationships: Familial›Stepparent-child
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Barber shop
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: Law›Trespassing
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured | Violence›Ambush
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Crime›Murder
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Two o'clock p.m.
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Progress›New replacing old | Religion›Religious faith | Slavery›As cause of Civil War | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Superstitions
Environment: Domestic Space›Sitting room
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Religion›Religious faith
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Father-daughter
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Public›Alley | Time of Year›May
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Cultural Issues: Law›Sheriff's deputy | Law›Witness
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Natural›River | Natural›Tide flat / marsh | Natural›Trees | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Weather
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Anxiety | Mental›Contemplation | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige | Entertainment›Boat race | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Traits | Gender›Women | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Art›Photograph | Character›Inherited traits | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Boat | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Evil
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Romantic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New London, Connecticut | Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic›Fiance | Social›Adversarial
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
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Buzzards | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Death›Animal Dog | Death›Animal horse | Death›Funeral | Death›Wake | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Contempt | Emotional›Crying | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Hay | Agriculture›Matched team of horses or mules | Alcohol | Health and Illness›Injured | Prejudice›White supremacy | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Philosophical›Nihilism | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Horace | Allusion, Literary›Latin pastoral poetry | Allusion, Mythical›Arcadia | Tone›Humorous | Tone›Sarcastic
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
Actions: Agricultural›Planting | Violent›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Character›Work ethic | Objects›Shotgun | Objects›Watermelon
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Self-correction
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Emotional›Frustration | Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Killing of animals | Violent›Shooting
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses | Symbolism›Fire
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Violent›Shooting
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Day›Morning
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
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
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Environment: Place›Decayed house | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Place›Campsite | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Boots | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Shabby | Clothes›Shirt | Health and Illness›Bullet hole | War›Rules of engagement | War›Union Army
Actions: Violent›Fighting | Violent›Killing | Violent›Restraining | Violent›Shooting | Violent›Stabbing
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Clothes›Confederate uniform | Clothes›Yankee uniform | Slavery›Violence
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Insanity | Slavery›Violence
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | War›Reconstruction
Relationships: Institutional›Military
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris builds railroad
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Day›Morning
Aesthetics: Narrative›Imagined conversation | Typography/Orthography›Italics