Cultural Issues: Law
Child Terms
- Abuse of office
- Acquittal
- Alibi
- Alienating
- And progress
- Badge
- Bail
- Bill of sale
- Burglary
- Clue
- Compensation
- Constitutional right to remain silent
- Contract
- Corruption
- Criminal assault
- Criminal assault and battery
- Custody
- Evidence
- Execution
- Eye for an eye
- Eyewitness
- Firearms
- Frontier justice
- Grand jury
- Hearing
- Hung jury
- Incarceration
- Indictment
- Informal arrangement
- Inheritance
- Inheritance refusal
- Jury
- Justice of the Peace
- Kidnapping
- Law school
- Lawsuit
- Lawyers
- Legal authority
- Legal document
- Legal fine
- Legal issue
- Marshal
- Miscarriage of justice
- Missing person
- Mistrial
- Motor vehicle
- Pardon
- Police
- Property
- Regulation
- Retrial
- Revenue officer
- Sheriff
- Sheriff's deputy
- Spousal privilege
- Testimony
- Trespassing
- Trial
- Wanted poster
- Warrant
- Wedding license
- Witness
Sibling Terms
- Age
- Agriculture
- Alcohol
- Class
- Clothes
- Crime
- Cultural Identity
- Economy
- Education
- Entertainment
- Ethnicity
- Food
- Gender
- Global
- Government
- Group Mentality
- Health and Illness
- History
- Hunting and Fishing
- Identity, Cultural
- Identity, Personal
- Labor
- Land-Use
- Mass Media
- Materialism
- Migration
- Modernity
- Nationality
- Politics
- Prejudice
- Progress
- Race
- Region
- Religion
- Ritual
- Segregation
- Sexuality
- Slavery
- Supernatural
- Technology
- Violence
- War
Tagged Events
Environment: Place›Cottonfield | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation | Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime›Bootlegging | Economy›Share-cropping | Law›Sheriff's deputy
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›Backyard | Domestic Space›Porch | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Work›Law enforcement
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence | Law›Legal issue | Law›Spousal privilege | Law›Witness | Race›Masquerade
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Marital›Spousal privilege
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency | Law›Bail
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Intergenerational›Rivalry | Interracial›Conflict
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
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Law›Wedding license | Race›Masquerade
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Conflict | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Embedded text, cursive
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
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Psychological›Madness
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Body | Law›Regulation | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Appearance›Complexion | Objects›Poison
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Flag
Cultural Issues: Education›Life after graduation | Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Twins | Intergenerational›Conflict
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Military analogy
Environment: Place›Country store | Public›Court | Time of Day›Morning
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Themes and Motifs: Body›Intestines | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures | Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Naming | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Hierarchical | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal issue
Themes and Motifs: Values›Justice | Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Razor | Psychological›Manipulation
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Year›New Year
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | Government›Audit | Law›Warrant | Politics›City government
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Movement›Flight | Violent›Airplane crash
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming | Law›Legal document
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
Environment: Atmospheric›Wind | Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Education›Heidelberg | Labor›Translation | Law›Missing person | Religion›Bible | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Sibling | Interracial›Networks
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering | Law›Police
Cultural Issues: Law›Missing person | Race›White savior
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Insight
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Narrative›Quotation as thought
Environment: 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: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Moral›Lying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | 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 | Inheritance›Traits | Money›Expenses
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Quotation as thought
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›And inheritance
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Crime›Murder | Health and Illness›Mental limitations | Law›Alienating
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Cultural Issues: Law›Justice of the Peace
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental limitations | Law›Alienating | Law›Justice of the Peace
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Mentorship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight | Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Law›Alienating
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Actions: Legal›Confession
Cultural Issues: Law›Justice of the Peace
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-Reflective
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-Reflective | Narrative›Temporal projection
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Cultural Issues: Law›Justice of the Peace
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Cultural Issues: Law›Miscarriage of justice | Law›Trial
Cultural Issues: Law›Miscarriage of justice | Law›Pardon
Actions: Communication›Newspaper article | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Law›Eyewitness
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Pardon
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Pardon | Politics›Election
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Pardon
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Pardon | Race›Native American
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Miscarriage of justice
Environment: Place›Gas station | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Law›Alibi | Law›Eyewitness
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Pardon
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Law›Trespassing
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Veil | Law›Legal issue | Politics›Election | Politics›Voting | Race
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Values›Moral authority
Cultural Issues: Law›Warrant | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Prejudice›Socio-economic | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Aesthetics: Description›Location portrait
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Frenchman's Bend | Public›Store | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cicadas | Animals›Lightning bugs | Philosophical›Human nature | Philosophical›Suffering | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
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
Cultural Issues: Education›Law school | Law›Law school | Law›Trial
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Time of Year›Fall
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-correction
Environment: Place›Crime scene | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Actions: Legal›Confession | Verbal›Confession
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence | Law›Justice of the Peace
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Place›Memphis
Actions: Communication›Newspaper article | Legal›Claim
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Law›Inheritance | Law›Property | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wedding license
Relationships: Marital›Alleged | Marital›Husband-wife
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Agriculture›Farming life | Law›Eye for an eye | Law›Grand jury | Law›Hearing | Law›Indictment | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits | Morals›Justice | Morals›Responsibility | Philosophical›Human nature
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Mental›Contemplation | Movement›Driving
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Legal›Discharging jury
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift | Economy›Property | Education›Graduation | Law›Inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Law›Wedding license | Race›Colorism
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: Law›Wedding license | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Segregation
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon
Cultural Issues: Law›Compensation | Race›Mixed race
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Design | Time
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Psychological›Manipulation | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Cultural Issues: Education | Law›Law school | War›Civil War
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Oxford, Mississippi
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom
Themes and Motifs: Body›Mental disability | Objects›Fire
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Actions: Legal›Arraign | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Law›Bail | Slavery›Self-emancipation
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Law›Bail | Ritual
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Values›Conscience
Relationships: Marital›Father in law-son in law
Actions: Mental›Calculation
Cultural Issues: Law›Compensation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Death›Anticipation of death | Meaning›Maternity | Meaning›Paternity
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Health and Illness›Medical treatment | Law›Marshal
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Speculation
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Law›Eyewitness
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Law›Eyewitness
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Law›Eyewitness
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Law›Eyewitness
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute | Law›Compensation | Mass Media›Graphophone
Actions: Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Law›Compensation | Mass Media›Graphophone
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | Gender›Widow | Law›Inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit
Actions: Movement›Car | Work›Law enforcement
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Silence
Actions: Emotional›Theatricality
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deaf | Law›Inheritance
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Gender›Masculinity | Law›Inheritance | Law›Inheritance refusal
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance | Race›Miscegenation | Slavery›Manumission
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance | Migration›North
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance | Race›Miscegenation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Law›Inheritance | Race›Miscegenation | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Money›inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Syria
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Law›Inheritance refusal
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Law›Inheritance
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Economic›Accounting | Economic›Bootlegging | Emotional›Defiance
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance | Progress›Agricultural
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Actions: Legal›Divorce | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure | Objects›Metal detector
Environment: Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Government›Inheritance | Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Justice | Philosophical›Luck
Relationships: Familial›Patriarch | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Government›Usurpation | Law›Inheritance | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Patriarch | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Cultural Issues: Law›Spousal privilege
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Law›Testimony | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Marital›Honeymoon
Actions: Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Husband-wife | Marital›Certificate | Marital›Spousal privilege
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Cultural Issues: Law›Spousal privilege
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Marital›Conflict | Marital›Spousal privilege
Cultural Issues: Law›Bill of sale
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Money›Silver dollar | Money›Treasure | Objects›Metal detector
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Interracial
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Law›Miscarriage of justice
Cultural Issues: Law›Miscarriage of justice
Actions: Emotional›Apathy | Verbal›Self-justifying
Actions: Legal›Pronouncing sentence | Verbal›Confession
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Law›Trial
Cultural Issues: Law›And progress | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Environment: Auditory›Unseen voice | Public›Court
Actions: Legal›Pronouncing sentence
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order | Death›Death sentence | Death›Murder
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Theatrical effect | Symbolism›Theatrical
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Cotton farming | Law›Frontier justice | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Hare
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Cultural Issues: Law›Sheriff's deputy | Law›Witness
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Cultural Issues: Law›Informal arrangement | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Law
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Time›Continuity
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Insulting | Violent›Intimidation | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Law›Sheriff | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Law
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Homesickness | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Sheriff | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Morals›Chivalry | Naming›Nickname | Past›Innocence
Environment: Place›Hunting camps | Place›River-bottom | Time of Year›Hunting season
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Law›Property
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Law›Corruption | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Law
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Hotel
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Ether | Food | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Labor›Prostitution | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Religion›Baptist
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Allusion, Historical›Caesar, Julius | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Cultural Issues: Law›Corruption
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gold tooth
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Entertainment›Horse race | Law›Corruption | Law›Custody | Politics›Democracy | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Segregation
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Legal›Locking up
Cultural Issues: Law›Corruption | Law›Informal arrangement
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Environment: Time of Day›Breakfast | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Domestic›Washing | Legal›Locking up | Moral›Scheming | Physical›Washing clothes
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Clothes›Dirty | Entertainment›Horse race | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Abuse of office
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Abuse of office | Violence›Gendered
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Outrage | Emotional›Rage | Emotional›Shock | Movement›Buggy | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation | Crime›Vagrancy | Health and Illness›Nursing | Health and Illness›Stroke | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Violence›Gendered
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Legal›Locking up | Movement›Car | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Law›Abuse of office
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hardwick, Tennessee | Language›Profanity
Actions: Legal›Locking up | Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Actions: Communication›By sound | Communication›Car horn | Communication›Telegraph | Moral›Reform | Movement›Car | Violent›Animal abuse
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Clothes›Shoes | Labor›Racialized | Law›Incarceration | Race›Black family working for white
Relationships: Romantic›Unrequited
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Race | Health and Illness›Hangover | Labor›Racialized | Law›Incarceration
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Law›Wanted poster
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Place›Motordrome
Cultural Issues: Education›Informal | Land-Use›Recreation | Law›Motor vehicle
Relationships: Social›Mentorship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Motoring | Gender›Bachelor | Law›Motor vehicle
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic dispute
Cultural Issues: Law›Motor vehicle
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Entertainment›Motoring | Law›Motor vehicle | Modernity›Changing customs | Progress›Cars
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Livery stable
Actions: Physical›Jumping | Work›Blacksmith
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
Environment: Place›Lane | Place›Motordrome
Cultural Issues: Education›Informal | Law›Motor vehicle | Modernity›Speed | Race›Segregation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Law›Motor vehicle
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Livery stable | Public›Store
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Education›College | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Law›Marshal | Nationality›Immigration / immigrants
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts
Environment: Public›Post office | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Food›Bread | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Law›Marshal | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Running sound | Natural›Water moving / flowing
Actions: Bodily›Retching | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Laughing | Legal›Arrest | Legal›Handcuffing | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Physical›Holding | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Stuttering / stammering | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Kidnapping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Vest | Food›Bread | Health and Illness›Nausea | Law›Badge | Law›Constitutional right to remain silent | Law›Criminal assault | Law›Criminal assault and battery | Law›Custody | Nationality›Foreigners | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Insects butterflies | Appearance›Dirty | Body›Arm | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Shoulder | Body›Stomach/belly | Body›Throat | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Civic | Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Assailant-victim
Aesthetics: Description›Color yellow | Language›Foreign accent / dialect | Language›ah ah ah
Environment: Domestic Space›Chicken coop / hen house | Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Indignation | Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Picnic | Legal›Arrest | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Movement›Procession | Physical›Climbing | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Beating | Violent›Kidnapping | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Veil | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Law›Custody | Law›Marshal | Technology›Automobile | Violence›Child abuse | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Body›Foot / Feet | Memory›Forgetting
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Diction›Malapropism | Figures of Speech›Glove | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Profanity
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Olfactory›Tobacco | Public›Town hall
Actions: Communication›Pen and ink well | Legal›Arraign | Legal›Charge/accuse | Legal›Hearing | Legal›Pronouncing sentence | Legal›Record keeping | Legal›Release of prisoner | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Procession | Violent›Kidnapping | Work›Leaving work
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Ethnicity›Italian | Labor | Law›Corruption | Law›Evidence | Law›Eyewitness | Law›Hearing | Law›Justice of the Peace | Law›Legal document | Law›Legal fine | Law›Marshal | Law›Testimony | Nationality›Foreigners | Nationality›Immigration / immigrants | Nationality›U.S. citizenship | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Body›Nose | Chaos/Order›Order in a courtroom | Money›Payoff | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Stove | Objects›Table | Recurring Tropes›Door | Texts›Citizenship papers | Texts›Map | Texts›Plat
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Institutional›Police-arrestee | Social›Adversarial
Actions: Economic›Getting a receipt | Economic›Paying | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Coldness | Emotional›Impatience | Interaction, Private›Courting | Legal›Dismissing a case | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Demanding
Cultural Issues: Class›Etiquette | Class›Gentility | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Offensive terminology | Law›Corruption
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Diction›Ethnic slur | Language›Profanity
Actions: Emotional›Impatience | Movement›Car
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Emotional›Impatience | Emotional›Suspicion | Movement›Running away | Verbal›Insulting | Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | Entertainment›Traveling show | Law›Badge | Law›Evidence | Law›Sheriff
Themes and Motifs: Money›Stolen | Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Russia | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Ice floes / iceberg | Atmospheric›Wind | Natural›River | Time of Year›March | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Economic›Renting | Legal›Calling police | Mental›Believing | Movement›Boat | Movement›Car | Movement›Following | Movement›Matching / Paralleling | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Fur coat / suit | Clothes›Hat, straw | Law›Police | Religion›God | Religion›God with human characteristics | Religion›Godhead | Religion›Relationship with God | Religion›Sacrilege
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Character›Regal
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Geographical›Arctic | Allusion, Geographical›Charles River | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Geographical›Massachusetts | Allusion, Historical›Explorers | Figures of Speech›King and/or queen | Figures of Speech›Planets | Figures of Speech›Sheep | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Law›Regulation | Modernity›Changing customs | Politics›City government | Progress›Cars
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Emotional›Suspicion | Perceptual›Professional surveillance | Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues: Crime›Gambling | Crime›Prostitution | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Law›Police
Themes and Motifs: Character›Naivety | Community›Preserving order
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Law›Burglary
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Embarrasment | Emotional›Hysteria | Moral›Stealing | Perceptual›Investigating | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning | Work›Doctor / medical care
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Drugs | History›Civil War as point of reference | Law›Police | Mass Media›Newspaper
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority | Law›Sheriff
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Physical›Discovering
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Law›Evidence | Law›Revenue officer
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Emotional›Suspicion | Moral›Scheming | Perceptual›Investigating
Cultural Issues: Government›Civic officials | Law›Clue | Law›Legal issue | Sexuality›Pornography
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Perceptual›Misreading
Cultural Issues: Law›Corruption
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Auditory›Cars passing | Public›Town Square | Time of Year›Sunday
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Interpretation of symbol
Actions: Legal›Bailing out | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Daring | Violent›Fighting | Work›Losing job | Work›Quitting job
Cultural Issues: Law›Frontier justice
Themes and Motifs: Body›Physical disability | Body›Prosthetic | Body›Stomach/belly
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Economic›Offering to buy
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Law›Legal issue
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Character›Reliability
Actions: Economic›Receiving money | Interaction, Social›Charity | Verbal›Flattery
Themes and Motifs: Money
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Money›Payoff | Psychological›Manipulation
Aesthetics: Diction›Malapropism | Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Buying a house | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Law›Witness | Region›Hospitality
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Diction›Malapropism
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Economy›Banking | Law›Corruption
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Verbal›Rhetorical question
Themes and Motifs: Money›inheritance | Psychological›Motivation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Imagined conversation | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Town Square
Themes and Motifs: Time›Anticipation
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Verbal›Esoteric language
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Texts›Will
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Cultural Issues: Law›Bill of sale
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | Identity, Personal›Ambiguous | Law›Execution | War›Confederate Army
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Cultural Issues: Law›Wedding license
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Verbal›Joking
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal issue