Aesthetics: Diction
Child Terms
- "Is" / "Was" to refer to present or past
- Accent
- African American vernacular dialect
- Derogatory socio-economic term
- Double entendre
- Ethnic slur
- Hill dialect
- Imitation
- Malapropism
- Misogynistic wording
- Native American languages
- Neologism
- Northern dialect
- Racist term
- Rural vernacular
- Southern dialect
- Stereotypical Jewish accent
- Western vernacular
Sibling Terms
Tagged Events
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured | Hunting and Fishing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cats | Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Body›Face | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Diction›Southern dialect | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Narrative shift | Tone›Humorous
Actions: Mental›Uncertainty | Violent›Fighting
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Delayed revelation
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Outrage | Mental›Realization | Play›Poker | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m.
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Perceptual›Observing
Cultural Issues: Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Emotional›Self-pity | Moral›Scheming | Play›Joking around | Play›Prank | Verbal›Joking
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Cure | Health and Illness›Indian medicine | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Invisibility | Time›Measuring time
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Place›Indian mound
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Sunrise
Actions: Interaction, Private›Coercion
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Delayed revelation
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Moral›Deception | Moral›Scheming | Play›Prank | Verbal›Revealing | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Law›Revenue officer
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Explaining
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
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
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Objects›Gun | Objects›Steamboat | Past›Past vs present
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Racial identity | Slavery›Ownership | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering passim | Naming›Change over time | Naming›Indian name
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Supper table | Time of Day›Night
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Place›Cottonfield | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation | Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime›Bootlegging | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Law›Sheriff's deputy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Character›Fool|Foolishness | Objects›Still
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry | Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Rivalry | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house | Domestic Space›Veranda | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Interaction, Private›Conversation | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Law›Sheriff | Mass Media›Telephone | Race›Etiquette | Race›Masquerade
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›Etiquette | Social›Paternalism
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Premarital
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Porch | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Perceptual›Seeing
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Hyperbole
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Mass Media›Telephone | Race›Masquerade
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Senegambia | Diction›Racist term | Intertextuality›Shakespeare | Style›Character portrait
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Domestic Space›Porch | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Work›Law enforcement
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
Actions: Verbal›Dialogue | Work›Law enforcement
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Stable | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation
Actions: Verbal›Command | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Panama hat | Law›Spousal privilege
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Kinship | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Style›Character portrait
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Bodily›Staring | Economic›Bargaining | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Negotiation
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Intergenerational›Conflict | Marital›Arrangements
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Race›Masquerade
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Conflict | Interracial›White-black
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Naming self | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Law›Wedding license
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Cottonfield | Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Law›Spousal privilege | Race›Etiquette
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Money›Dowry | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Well | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Conflict | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Conflict | Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Laid-by season
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Marital›Father in law-son in law
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›National
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›National
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Time›Anticipation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War | Identity, Cultural›Yankee | War›Casualties of war | War›Cost of war | War›Homefront | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Physical disability | Death | Objects›Parcel | Texts›Letters
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
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
Actions: Domestic›Discipline
Themes and Motifs: Character›Naivety | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Texts›Bible
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Motivation
Aesthetics: Diction›Misogynistic wording
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Matthew | Diction›Southern dialect
Actions: Physical›Protection
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Government›National authority | Government›Usurpation | Group Mentality›Political solidarity | History›Dispossessing Indians | History›Indian Removal | Identity, Cultural›National | Ritual›Dueling | War›Indian / Native American wars
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Race›Stereotype sweat
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Negation
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Running | Emotional›Despair | Verbal›Command | Violent›Domestic violence | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Frogs | Animals›Whippoorwills | Home | Objects›Candle | Philosophical›Ethics | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Sibling | Marital›Abusive | Marital›Conflict
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny
Relationships: Hierarchical›Doctor-patient | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Class›Middle | Gender›All-male space
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype mule
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›First-person
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: Entertainment›Barnstorming | Food›Gum | Law›Aviation | War›World War I
Environment: Time of Year›January
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming | Race›Jewish
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Money›Stingy with money
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Aaahhhhhhh | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming | Health and Illness›Injury | Violence›Accident
Themes and Motifs: Money›Stingy with money
Aesthetics: Diction›Stereotypical Jewish accent
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Limping | Economic›Paying | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Hysteria | Movement›Flight | Movement›Running | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Entertainment›Barnstorming | Food›Gum | Law›Aviation | War›Veterans
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Aesthetics: Diction›Stereotypical Jewish accent
Cultural Issues: History›Pre-World War II issues | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Diction›Double entendre
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Emotional›Exultation
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Interracial
Relationships: Interracial›As rebellious
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Character›Pride | Objects›Tobacco | Values›Honor
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Tone›Mock-heroic
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-mule
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Olfactory›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Falling | Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Embarrassment
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Alcohol›Wanting a drink
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Foreshadowing
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Urban | Crime›Murder | Government›Demographics | History›Great Migration
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Deracination | Art›Sculpture | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Hair | Body›Straightened hair | Texts›Census
Environment: Place›Newspaper office | Time of Day›Noon
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering | Crime›Murder | Health and Illness›Obesity | Law›Execution | Mass Media›Newspaper
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Chicago | Diction›Racist term
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Moral›Lying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Crime›Numbers | Gender›Traits | Law›Execution | Mass Media›Newspaper | Race›Division | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Coffin | Death›Corpse | Determinism›Genetic | Inheritance›Traits | Money›Expenses
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Quotation as thought
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Political solidarity | Group Mentality›Racial solidarity | Mass Media›Advertising | Mass Media›Newspaper | Progress›Trains | Race›Segregation | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Corpse | Death›Funeral | Home›Homecoming | Money›Expenses | Objects›Flowers | Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Square brackets
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Newspapers | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Cultural Issues: Labor›Racialized | Law›Bill of sale | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Race›Black property ownership
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Ethnic slur
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic›Fiance
Aesthetics: Diction›Ethnic slur
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Gender›Female stereotype
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement | Romantic›Multiple
Environment: Place›Hunting camps | Place›Library | Place›Plantation
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›First-person passim
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Animals›Named dog Lion
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Social›Leadership | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Poker game | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Religion›Godhead
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Ownership
Relationships: Interracial›Competitive | Interracial›White-black | Interspecies›Man-dog
Cultural Issues: Violence›Accident | Violence›Interracial
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
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: Atmospheric›Creepy | Auditory›Hoofbeats | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Perceptual›Dowsing | Perceptual›Spying
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Themes and Motifs: Money
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Crime›Making whisky
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Relationships: Institutional›Police-arrestee
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Pardon | Race›Native American
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread | Place›Penitentiary
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Moral›Confession | Verbal›Threat
Relationships: Institutional›Jailer-prisoner
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Divine plan | Psychological›Manipulation
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Apparition | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Apotheosis | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
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 | Verbal›Shouting
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
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: Public›Store | Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Law›Trespassing
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Economic›Paying | Verbal›Conversation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
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: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›January
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Upstairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Prejudice›Socio-economic | Race›Stereotype eyes
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Outhouse
Cultural Issues: War›Pillage | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Lot
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Upstairs | Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Domestic labor
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Perceptual›Overhearing
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Domestic labor | War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Drive | Domestic Space›Library
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Gender›Southern woman | War›Confederate Army
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Accent
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Cross dressing | Clothes›Hat | Slavery›Discipline | Slavery›Loyalty | War›Destruction
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Tending to animal
Relationships: Interspecies›Woman-horse
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction | War›Displacement
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation | Texts›Military communications
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Olfactory›Food | Time of Day›Dusk
Themes and Motifs: Death›Indian burial practices
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Stable | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Ritual
Environment: Time of Day›Noon
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Peace
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
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
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Biblical analogy | Slavery›Loyalty | Slavery›Resistance | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Violence against civilians
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Home›Destroyed
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jordan | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Cultural Issues: Race›Self-abnegation | Slavery›Loyalty
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Profanity
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Meaning›Profound
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
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›Parlor
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Town v. country/farm
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Chandlier | Objects›Flag | Objects›Medal | Objects›Musical instrument | Objects›Photograph | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Public›Alley | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Labor
Themes and Motifs: Time›Being late / tardiness | Time›Working day
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Actions: Economic›Barter | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Labor
Themes and Motifs: Time›Being late / tardiness
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Construction tools
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Work›Construction
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Construction tools
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Bodily›Falling | Work›Construction
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Religion›Religious art or iconography | Religion›Rituals and rites
Actions: Interaction, Social›Church | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Labor | Religion›Rituals and rites
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Health and Illness›Injury | Labor
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Actions: Perceptual›Watching
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Olfactory›Tobacco | Time of Day›Morning
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Latin phrase
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: Domestic Space›Cabin
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Health and Illness | Labor›Domestic
Relationships: Hierarchical›Child as authority | Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Cultural Issues: Gender | Race | Religion | Sexuality›Prostitution
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Race›Self-abnegation
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Relationships: Marital›Abandonment
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Lane
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Haunting | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Cultural Issues: Race›Self-abnegation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Race›Racist child | Violence›Domestic
Relationships: Friendship | Marital›Husband-wife
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: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Child as authority
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread | Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Race
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Child as authority
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
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: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Family history | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Religion›Sacrilege | Ritual›Christmas gift game
Themes and Motifs: Money›Nickel coin
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Mammy-child
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Profanity
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›Double entendre | Narrative›Reported narration | Tone›Sarcastic
Environment: Atmospheric›Grayness | Natural›Trees | Natural›Wilderness | Place›Hunting camps | Time of Day›Daybreak
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Woodpecker|Lord-to-God | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Past›Old days
Relationships: Friendship›Racial
Environment: Auditory›Howling | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Health and Illness›Doctoring | War›Draft
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | War›Profiting from war
Themes and Motifs: Money›Cash | Texts›Military communications
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mottstown | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Communication›Writing | Economic›Scamming
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Alias | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Relationships: Intergenerational›Obligation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation | Emotional›Anger
Cultural Issues: Food›Race | Race›Race as a form of behavior
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash
Relationships: Intergenerational›Obligation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Verbal›Storytelling
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Genre Conventions›Mystery
Actions: Economic›Ascent | Emotional›Love | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Sawmilling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Honesty | Character›Responsibility | Character›Trust | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Dying | Emotional›Love | Legal›Marriage | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Storytelling
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Place›Sawmill | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Character›Responsibility
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
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
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Shooting
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Clothes›Shoes | Economy›Poverty | Economy›Self-sufficiency
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Economic›Trading | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Farming | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Economy›Wages
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Racist term
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Cleaning | Domestic›Cooking | Domestic›Milking | Domestic›Nursing | Domestic›Washing | Mental›Discovery | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Rural poverty
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Goat | Naming›False name | Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Collaborative narration
Environment: Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Verbal›Storytelling
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Domestic›Child care | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Uniform | Economy›Wealth | Progress›Country to city | Progress›Technological | Technology›Elevator
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Civic›child protection
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming life | Mass Media›Telephone
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Atmospheric›Light | Place›Country vs city | Public›Highway
Cultural Issues: Technology›Elevator
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Class consciousness | Food›Ice-cream | Health and Illness›Drugs
Themes and Motifs: Past›Personal past
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy | Time of Day›Daytime
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Baseball | Food›Ice-cream | Health and Illness›Drugs
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Collective memory
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Emotional›Indignation | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Stereotype lower intelligence
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Anticipation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Health and Illness›Patent medicine | Race›Segregation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Handkerchief
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Politics›Democrat | Politics›Republican
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
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
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Comforting | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Self-justifying | Verbal›Swearing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Race›Black foresight | Race›Racial consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Loyalty | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Delayed revelation
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
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth
Cultural Issues: Gender›Patriarchy | Gender›Reproduction | War›Civil War
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›White trash | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites | War›Union Army
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Economy›Property | Slavery›Loyalty | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Movement›Mule
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Crime›Murder
Environment: Place›Country store
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›White trash
Aesthetics: Diction›Derogatory socio-economic term | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Place›Country store
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Cultural Identity›North vs South
Aesthetics: Diction›Derogatory socio-economic term
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Thunder | Public›Church
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype | Race›Stereotype: teeth | Religion›Sabbath
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Ritual | Slavery›Loyalty
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Character›Vanity | Community›Wedding | Objects›Pine knots | Values›Dignity
Aesthetics: Diction | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
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
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Auditory›Carpentry | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Domestic›Housekeeping | Emotional›Attraction | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Resentment | Mental›Economizing
Themes and Motifs: Death
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Olfactory›Pipe smoke
Actions: Communication›Transcribing | Communication›Writing | Domestic›Cleaning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Objects›Air gun | Objects›Letter | Objects›Phonograph
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Exoticism
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Place›Railroad | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Frost
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Race›Black stereotype
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Modernity›Speed | Slavery›Nostalgia | War›Return from war
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Time of Day›Noon
Themes and Motifs: Past›And monuments | Supernatural›Folk customs
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Apocalyptic
Actions: Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Intimidation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Moonshine | War›Death | War›World War I
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Character›Impulsiveness | Character›Recklessness
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Atmospheric›Dereliction | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Evening
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Health and Illness›Headache
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Personification
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Alcohol›Wine | Health and Illness›Amputation | Health and Illness›Anaesthetic | Health and Illness›Headache
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Frogs | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Movement›Car | Violent›Violence against animals
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Auditory›Insect sounds
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Race›Segregation
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Auditory›Tree / leaves
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Communication›Telephone | Domestic›Sewing | Mental›Imagining | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Monologue
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Entertainment›Traditional music | Gender›Chivalry
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Work›Glassblowing
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | War›Return from war
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Memory›Collective memory | Objects›Anchovies | Objects›Gun
Aesthetics: Diction›Accent | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Sports | Gender›Men vs women | Mass Media›Magazines
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Diction›Imitation | Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation | Verbal›Storytelling
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Displacement
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Remembering | Military›Escape | Movement›Limping | Verbal›Shouting | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Shooting
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Progress›Tractor | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Free indirect discourse
Environment: Time of Year›July
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Violent›Car accident
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Broken bones
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Work›Construction
Themes and Motifs: Money
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Sartoris builds railroad
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Anaesthetic
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Car
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Time of Year›June
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Food›Candy | Health and Illness›Indian medicine
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Ghost
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Summer
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›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: War›Aerial combat | War›Civil War | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Past›Grander than present
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Economic›Lending Money | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Theatricality | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Health and Illness›Convalescence | Race›Black stereotype
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Indian medicine
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Violent›Interracial
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers | History›Reconstruction | Race›Disenfranchisement
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Actions: Emotional›Hero worship | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Time of Year›July
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Race›Division
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Auditory›Quietness | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›July
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Caring | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Monologue | Verbal›Reading aloud
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Convalescence
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Callousness | Play›Card playing | Verbal›Chatter | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Apron | Food›Ice-cream | Land-Use›Loss of flora | Land-Use›Loss of wildlife | Mass Media›Magazines | Sexuality›Harassment | War›Death | War›Women
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Actions: Non-human›Dog barking | 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: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›October | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Economic›Indebtedness | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Crime›Embezzlement
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Natural›Moon | Time of Year›Fall
Cultural Issues: History›Reconstruction | Labor›Farming | Land-Use›Cotton farming
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Art›African American music
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-mule
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Homer | Diction›Racist term | Tone›Overwrought
Actions: Hunting›Rabbit hunting | Hunting›Shooting | Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Mental›Remembering
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Time of Year›Thanksgiving
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage | Ritual›Holiday dinner
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›Letter
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Boots | Health and Illness›Deafness | History›Prohibition
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Objects›Books | Objects›Keys | Objects›Locks | Objects›Silver
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interspecies›Man-dog
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Domestic Space›Log house | Time of Day›Twilight
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Fox | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Mask
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Weather›Frost
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper
Relationships: Familial›Physical resemblances
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Cincinnatus | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Weather›Cold
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Oppressive | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Cold
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper | War›Death | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Jewelry Charm
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Hunting›Breeding
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Time of Day›Twilight | Weather›Frost
Actions: Hunting›Fox hunting | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Place›Country vs city | Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Progress›Consumerism | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Diction›Rural vernacular
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Cold
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas gift game | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Cultural Issues: Race›Segregation | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Exile | Objects›Train
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: 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
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Movement›Carriage
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Body›Moustache | Character›Ambitious | Futility | Home›Homecoming | Objects›Cigar
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect