Actions: Mental Speculation
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Accepting
- Believing
- Calculation
- Changing one's mind
- Channeling
- Compulsion
- Confusion
- Contemplation
- Counting
- Curiosity
- Day-dreaming
- Deciding
- Deduction
- Disapproval
- Disbelief
- Discovery
- Disorientation
- Distraction
- Distrust
- Dreaming
- Economizing
- Envisioning
- Failing / Failure
- Fantasizing
- Fatalism
- Flashback
- Forgetting
- Hallucinating
- Imagining
- Impairment
- Inattentativeness
- Incomprehension
- Inquiry
- Insight
- Internal argument
- Knowing
- Learning
- Logically reasoning
- Misunderstanding
- Nightmare
- Planning
- Predicting
- Realization
- Reinterpretation
- Remembering
- Repression
- Self-consciousness
- Skepticism
- Studying
- Submission / Acquiescence
- Suppression / trying not to think
- Thinking
- Unaware
- Uncertainty
- Understanding
- Visualize
Tagged Events
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Age›Middle age
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Play›Chess | Verbal›Discussion
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Parlor | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Mental›Speculation
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
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Dying | Emotional›Love | Legal›Marriage | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Storytelling
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
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
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
Actions: Communication›Lack of communication | Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Meaning›Mystery | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Time›Duration of time
Aesthetics: Ambiguity | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Delayed revelation | Narrative›Suspense | Narrative›Withholding
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Drinking | Economic›Paying | Emotional›Hurried | Emotional›Impatience | Mental›Calculation | Mental›Discovery | Mental›Realization | Mental›Speculation | Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Teetotaling | Economy›Poverty | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Slavery›Metaphorical
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lacking | Psychological›Motivation | Psychological›Obsession | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Running out | Values›Determination
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Economic›Purchase | Legal›Record keeping | Mental›Believing | Mental›Knowing | Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Economy›Poverty | Economy›Property | Government›Secrecy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Community›Knowledge | Community›Secrecy | Money›Coin | Money›Gold | Money›Lacking
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Withholding
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Movement›Return | Movement›Riding | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Observing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Hat | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Crime›Waistcoat | Economy›Economic speculation | Nationality›French | Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Slave trading | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable | Appearance›Nakedness | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Money›Gold | Money›Loot | Time›Duration of time
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Tableau | Narrative›Revision
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: Domestic Space›Gate | Place›Hotel | Public›Road | Public›Street | Public›Town Square
Actions: Communication›Lack of communication | Communication›Silence | Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Legal›Warrant | Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Following | Movement›Horse | Movement›Procession | Movement›Riding | Movement›Stopping | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Class›Status, low | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Formal | Clothes›Hat | Crime›Vigilantism | Group Mentality›Community collective | Law›Warrant | Politics›Public opinion
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Character›Resolve | Character›Unknowable | Community›Opinion | Community›Posse | Objects›Basket | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Pistol | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Mental›Reinterpretation | Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Ritual›Wedding
Environment: Domestic Space›Deathbed | Place›Plantation
Actions: Emotional›Vengeful | Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Requesting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Determinism›Fated | Values›Justice
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-niece | Familial›Sister-sister
Aesthetics: Interpretation | Narrative›Anticipation | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Relationships: Familial | Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Face
Actions: Communication›Note | Communication›Writing | Mental›Deciding | Mental›Realization | Mental›Reinterpretation | Mental›Speculation | Mental›Thinking | Mental›Understanding | Perceptual›Ambiguity | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War | History›Civil War consequences | Region›Lost Cause | Region›The South | Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Godhead | Religion›Providence | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Military defeat | Absence/Loss›War | Inheritance›Traits | Meaning›Paternity | Memory›Haunted by past | Past›As explanatory | Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Old insult (abiding affront) | Story-telling›Audience response | Story-telling›Explaining | Texts›Note | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Intergenerational›Obligation
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Haunted | Atmospheric›Oppressive | Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Listening | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Outrage | Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Speculation | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Forgiveness | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Monologue | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Age›Youth vs age | Gender›Female body | Gender›Women | Religion›Damnation | Religion›Forgiveness
Themes and Motifs: Body›Flesh | Body›Voice | Death›Response to | Objects›Photograph | Past›Past in present | Psychological›Obsession | Psychological›Trauma | Recurring Tropes›Dark house | Recurring Tropes›Old insult (abiding affront) | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Story-telling | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunting | Supernatural›Monster / monstrous | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Duration of time | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sister-sister | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Allusion, Mythical›Niobe | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Voice | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Narrative›Parentheses | Style›Long sentence | Style›Numerous adjectives | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Gender | Sexuality›Experience
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Marital›Adultery
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Work›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret
Actions: Economic›Delivery | Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Exaggeration
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Parents-children | Social›Neighbor
Actions: Emotional›Attraction | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Resentment | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Wagon
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: Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Grave robbing
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Moving a dead body
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Discussion
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Mental›Speculation | Mental›Understanding | Verbal›Instructing | Verbal›Predicting
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
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›Bedroom
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Talking
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›October
Actions: Mental›Curiosity | Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Recuperation
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Screaming
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Education›Heidelberg | Gender›Separate spaces | Sexuality›Female
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Emotional›Proud | Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Female
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women | Sexuality›Illegitimacy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Movement›Walking
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Rural
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Romantic›Extra-marital
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Education›University of Mississippi
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Time of Year›Thanksgiving
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Mental›Thinking
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: History›Communism | History›Spanish Civil War | Modernity›Modernist style
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Greenwich Village | Language›French | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Health and Illness›Deafness | Politics›Democracy
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Chaplin, Charlie
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Mental›Speculation
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime›Bootlegging | Gender›Female in peril
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Mental›Speculation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Thackeray | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Fear of sex | Sexuality›Virginity
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Place›Office | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Sunday
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Car | Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Clock | Philosophical›Freedom
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
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
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Religion›Baptist | Religion›Church service
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Physical›Waiting
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Mental›Speculation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Emotional›Cynicism | Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Body›Excrement | Objects›Watch | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being in time | Time›Watch
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Emotional›Sadness | Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Shirt | Education›Being well read / erudite | Education›Harvard
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Suicide | Objects›Bricks | Philosophical›Nihilism | Philosophical›Suffering | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Emotional›Lust | Mental›Speculation
Relationships: Sexual›Extramarital
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Temporal projection
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female body
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Tone›Sarcastic
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community | Commercial›Rivalry | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Language›French | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Violent›Shooting
Actions: Legal›Will | Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Work›Restauranteer
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Scientific