Actions: Physical Waiting
Parent Term
Sibling 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
- Walking
- Washing clothes
- Watching
- Wave / waving
- Whistling
- Whittling
- Winking
- Wrestling
Tagged Events
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
Cultural Issues: Race›Inequalities
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant
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
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
Themes and Motifs: Home›Home as prison | Time›Long passage of time
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Values›Faithfulness
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Stockings | Clothes›Sunday shoes
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Neighbor
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Animals›Bear
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
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›Dinner
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos
Aesthetics: 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
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: 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
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Military defeat
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
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
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Friendship | Romantic›Courtship
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
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Physical›Waiting | Work›Carpenter
Themes and Motifs: Death
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Meaninglessness | Meaning›Paternity | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Hierarchical›Pastor-congregant | Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Language
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Graphophone
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Phonograph | Recurring Tropes›Secret
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
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Physical›Waiting
Environment: Place›Blacksmith shop
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
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
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Physical›Waiting
Environment: Public›Clock tower | Public›Street | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Mid-week
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›House
Actions: Moral›Stealing | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Calling by name | Verbal›Lying
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight | Time of Day›Night
Relationships: Romantic›Sexual | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Environment: Auditory›Frogs | Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Year›Fall
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
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: 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: 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›Daytime
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Bodily›Standing | Emotional›Calm | Emotional›Proud | Movement›Truck | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Riding | Physical›Waiting
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
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
Actions: Emotional›Apathy | Legal›Testifying | Legal›Trial | Mental›Remembering | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Self-justifying
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Rubicon
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
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Environment: Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Friday
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Paranoia
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Physical›Waiting
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
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flowers | Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets
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 | 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
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: 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›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
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Silver | Objects›Silverware | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness