Cultural Issues: Law
Child Terms
- Abuse of office
- Acquittal
- Alibi
- Alienating
- And progress
- Arraignment
- Arrest
- Aviation
- Badge
- Bail
- Bill of sale
- Burglary
- Chain gang
- Chancellor
- Civil suit
- Clue
- Compensation
- Constitutional right to remain silent
- Contract
- Conviction
- Corruption
- County attorney
- Criminal assault
- Criminal assault and battery
- Custody
- Evidence
- Execution
- Eye for an eye
- Eyewitness
- Federal vs state crime
- Firearms
- Frontier justice
- Grand jury
- Guardianship
- Hearing
- Hung jury
- Incarceration
- Indictment
- Informal arrangement
- Inheritance
- Inheritance refusal
- Inquest
- Insanity plea
- Investigation
- Jury
- Justice of the Peace
- Kidnapping
- Law school
- Lawsuit
- Lawyers
- Legal advice
- Legal authority
- Legal document
- Legal fine
- Legal issue
- Legal ownership
- Making a case
- Marshal
- Miscarriage of justice
- Missing person
- Mistrial
- Motor vehicle
- Pardon
- Parole
- Perjury
- Plead guilty/not guilty
- Police
- Probate
- Property
- Reformatory
- Regulation
- Retrial
- Revenue officer
- Sheriff
- Sheriff's deputy
- Spousal privilege
- Subpoena
- Territory
- 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
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
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Andrew
Environment: Time of Year›Winter
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Law
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money | Land-Use›Ownership | Law›Legal ownership | Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession
Environment: Auditory›Postal horn | Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic dispute
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Government›US Bureau of Indian Affairs | Government›US Post Office | Law›Legal ownership
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›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
Cultural Issues: Law›Investigation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Economy›Property | Identity, Cultural›Northerner | Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Motivation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Commandments | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Jailbreak
Actions: Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Law›Investigation
Cultural Issues: Law›Investigation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Meaning›Interpretation
Cultural Issues: Law›Investigation
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Olfactory›Flowers
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Changing clothes | Identity, Personal›Old vs new selves | Law›Trial
Cultural Issues: Law›County attorney
Themes and Motifs: Values›Justice | Values›Truth/Lies
Actions: Interaction, Social›Leadership
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Law›Legal authority
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Character›Personality change
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Space program | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Character›Personality change | Character›Power
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|Robbery | Government›Audit | Law›Warrant | Politics›City government
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
Environment: Public›Post office | Time of Day›Daytime
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming | Law›Aviation
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming | Food›Gum | Law›Aviation | War›World War I
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Year›July Fourth
Actions: Movement›Flight | Violent›Airplane crash
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Law›Legal document
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Crime›Fraud | Entertainment›Barnstorming | Law›Aviation | Law›Legal document
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Law›Aviation | Law›Legal document
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
Themes and Motifs: Body›Straightened hair
Environment: Atmospheric›Wind | Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Education›Heidelberg | Labor›Translation | Law›Missing person | Slavery›Biblical analogy | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Texts›Bible | Texts›Translation
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Sibling | Interracial›Networks
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Texts›Case file
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering | Health and Illness›Injury | Law›Arrest
Cultural Issues: Law›Missing person | Race›White savior
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Insight
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Quotation as thought
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Narrative›Quotation as thought
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
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Agriculture›Market gardening | Clothes›Handbag | Clothes›Shabby | Gender›Lady's accoutrements | Law›Execution | Slavery›Family | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation | Slavery›Ownership
Relationships: Interracial›Companions
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
Actions: Verbal›Persuasion
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references
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
Environment: Atmospheric›Starlight | Place›Decayed house | Place›Decayed plantation
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Physical›Digging | Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Law›Bill of sale | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Race›Black property ownership | Race›Stereotype lower intelligence
Themes and Motifs: Money›Silver dollar | Objects›Coin | Psychological›Manipulation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Trotline | Law›County attorney | Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Death›Ambiguous circumstances | Death›Death by water / Drowning
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Red necks | Death›Corpse | Texts›Death certificate
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Interaction, Social›Picnic
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Crime | Law›Arrest | Violence›Drunken brawling
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Crime›Fratricide | Economy›Insurance | Law›Eye for an eye | Violence›Shooting
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›And inheritance
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age | Entertainment›Movies | Law›Police
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: Education›Negro education | Government›Civic officials | Law›Investigation | Prejudice›Racism | Segregation›Educational | Violence›Lynching
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Tennessee
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Laughing | Mental›Thinking | Violent›Fighting | Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Law›Chain gang | Law›Incarceration | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Stereotype eyes
Themes and Motifs: Character›Superhuman strength
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Veil | Law›Legal issue | Politics›Election | Politics›Voting | Race
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse
Cultural Issues: Law›Investigation
Themes and Motifs: Death›Ambiguous circumstances
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Law›Chancellor
Cultural Issues: Law›Grand jury
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reconstructed
Cultural Issues: Law›Grand jury | Law›Making a case
Themes and Motifs: Past›As explanatory
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Actions: Verbal›Code-switching / Change in dialect
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Education›Harvard | Law›County attorney
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Einstein, Albert
Actions: Movement›Car | Violent›Car accident
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Drugs | Law›Arrest
Cultural Issues: Government›Inheritance | Law›Probate | Race›Using a Negro as messenger
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance | Texts›Will
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Cultural Issues: Government›Taxes, local | Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reconstructed
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Physical›Whittling
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Supernatural›Superstitions
Aesthetics: Narrative›African-American folk sayings
Environment: Time of Day›Sunrise
Actions: Bodily›Dismemberment | Legal›Arrest | Physical›Searching | Violent›Animal attack on human | Violent›Violence against animals
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Animals›Dogs
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
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Domestic›Food preparation
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Law›Chain gang | Law›Incarceration | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Black incarceration | Race›Stereotype eyes | Race›Subverting a stereotype | Race›White fear
Relationships: Institutional›Jailer-prisoner
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
Environment: Time of Year›Fall
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-correction
Cultural Issues: Education›Law school | Law›Law school | Law›Trial
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
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
Actions: Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Legal›Warrant | Verbal›Cursing | Work›Dismissing from work
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Law›Wedding license
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›July
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Economic›Asking for money | Physical›Meddling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Law›Wedding license
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Language›Profanity
Actions: Legal›Locking up
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Insanity | Law›Guardianship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Law›Aviation
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Institutional›Doctor-patient | Social›Adversarial
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
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
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: 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: Animals›Buzzards | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Law›Eyewitness
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute | Law›Compensation | Mass Media›Graphophone
Environment: Auditory›Music | Domestic Space›House
Actions: Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Law›Compensation | Mass Media›Graphophone
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Taste | Law›Lawyers | Mass Media›Magazines | War›Peace
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Character›Duty | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Books | Texts›Letters
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Time of Year›July
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Broken bones | Law›Witness
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Time of Day›Evening
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Uniform | Law›Evidence | Politics›And race | Prejudice›Racism | Religion›Salvation | Sexuality›Interracial | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness | Texts›Love letter
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Actions: Communication›Letter | Movement›Hot-air balloon | Verbal›Rumor
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Community›Carnival
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Silence
Actions: Emotional›Theatricality
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness | Law›Inheritance | Technology›Electricity
Relationships: Interracial›Conflict | Interracial›Domestic | Interracial›Master-servant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance | Race›Miscegenation | Slavery›Manumission
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Gender›Masculinity | Law›Inheritance | Law›Inheritance refusal
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance | Migration›North
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
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: 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
Cultural Issues: Education›Negro education | Gender›Body | Government›Civic officials | Law›Investigation | Prejudice›Racism | Segregation›Educational | Violence›Lynching
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Tennessee
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Laughing | Mental›Thinking | Violent›Fighting | Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Law›Chain gang | Law›Incarceration | Race›Black incarceration | Race›Stereotype eyes
Themes and Motifs: Character›Superhuman strength
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Law›Inheritance | Slavery›Miscegenation
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult | Social›Mentorship
Actions: Bodily›Birth / Being born | Economic›Accounting
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance refusal | Slavery›Manumission | Slavery›Marriage | Slavery›Purchase
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Wind | Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Education›Heidelberg | Law›Missing person | Race›Aunt as term for black woman | Slavery›Biblical analogy
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Bible | Texts›Translation
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Themes and Motifs: Body›Straightened hair
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Texts›Case file
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Domestic›Teaching | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Crime›Murder | Gender›Lady's accoutrements | Law›Trial | Mass Media›Newspaper | Slavery›Family | Slavery›Persistence over time
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Determinism›Genetic
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Interracial›Pseudo-family
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Racist term
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
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Cultural Issues: Law›Bill of sale
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Money›Silver dollar | Money›Treasure | Objects›Metal detector
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating
Cultural Issues: Food›Breakfast | Law›Sheriff | Segregation›Daily life
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Legal›Handcuffing | Violent›Interracial
Environment: Place›Jail | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Physical›Walking
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Economic›Paying | Emotional›Exasperation | Legal›Counsel | Perceptual›Looking | Violent›Lynch mob | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Law›Eyewitness | Law›Miscarriage of justice
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Public›Road
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Interracial
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: Law›Grand jury | Law›Sheriff
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Yard | Public›Road
Cultural Issues: Law›Sheriff's deputy
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Time of Day›Sunday
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Law›Grand jury | Nationality›American | War›Patriotism
Themes and Motifs: Community›Preserving order
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Law›Plead guilty/not guilty | Law›Sheriff
Environment: Public›Courthouse | Public›Town Square
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Movement›Bicycle | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Running | Physical›Pursuit | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Uniform | Law›Sheriff's deputy
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Actions: Legal›Testifying | Verbal›Confession
Cultural Issues: Law›Miscarriage of justice
Actions: Emotional›Apathy | Legal›Testifying | Legal›Trial | Mental›Remembering | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Self-justifying
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter
Actions: Verbal›Confession
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Actions: Legal›Pronouncing sentence | Verbal›Confession
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Law›Trial
Environment: Public›Courthouse | Public›Jail
Cultural Issues: Law›And progress | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident | Objects›Iron box
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Actions: Legal›Trial | Verbal›Announcing
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority
Environment: Auditory›Unseen voice | Public›Court | Public›Courtroom | Time of Day›Five o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›November
Actions: Legal›Pronouncing sentence | Verbal›Announcing | Verbal›Praying
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order | Death›Death sentence | Death›Murder
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Theatrical effect | Symbolism›Theatrical
Actions: Agricultural›Planting
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Cotton farming | Law›Frontier justice | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Hare | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Law›Revenue officer
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Hiding | Verbal›Persuasion | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Morals›Justice | Past›Quest to recover
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Year›June
Cultural Issues: Law›Trial | Politics›Political ambition
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Legal›Testifying
Environment: Place›Jail | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Domestic›Child care | Economic›Sex as payment | Emotional›Confident | Emotional›Exhaustion | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Baby bottle | Objects›Cigar
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Place›Courtroom | Public›Town Square
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Hearing
Actions: Legal›Testifying
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple testifying
Actions: Legal›Testifying | Verbal›Lying
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Law›Conviction | Law›Miscarriage of justice
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home
Themes and Motifs: Home›Trying to go home
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Popeye's execution
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Invalid | Law›Reformatory
Cultural Issues: Law›Arraignment
Cultural Issues: Law›Conviction | Law›Trial
Relationships: Institutional›Jailer-prisoner | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Cultural Issues: Law›Wedding license
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem and Eula marry
Themes and Motifs: Character›Shrewdness
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ab's war wound
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Cultural Issues: Crime›Racialized | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Law›Chain gang | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Black incarceration | Race›Stereotype eyes | Race›Subverting a stereotype
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Time of Year›Indian Summer
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Cultural Issues: Law›Arraignment
Environment: Time of Year›Between planting and harvesting
Actions: Agricultural›Child labor | Movement›Running away
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Showing up | Naming›Child's name
Relationships: Marital›Marriage vs freedom
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal ownership | Law›Trial
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order | Futility›Nothing to do
Aesthetics: Language›Legal definitions
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Agriculture›Cotton | Clothes›And class | Crime›Moonshining | Crime›Murder | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Corruption | Government›Interference | Identity, Cultural›Hill country | Law›Justice of the Peace | Politics›Democracy | Race›Segregation | Race›Sundown town
Cultural Issues: Law›Bill of sale
Aesthetics: Description›Grotesque
Cultural Issues: Law›Trespassing
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking | Agricultural›Planting | Agricultural›Plowing | Mental›Realization
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Furnish bill | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Community›Alienation
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Penitentiary | Time of Year›October
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Law›Parole
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Environment: Place›Official office
Cultural Issues: Law›Civil suit
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cattle | Determinism›Vs human agency
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Driven away
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Cultural Identity›Lost Cause | Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Year›June
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Law›And progress
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Heidelberg, Germany
Environment: Place›Fishing camp
Actions: Communication›And deafness | Economic›Buying | Economic›Selling | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime›Bootlegging | Law›Legal document
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Communication›Letter
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal Bureau of Investigation | Law›Investigation
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal Bureau of Investigation | History›Anti-Communism|McCarthy Era | History›Communism | History›Spanish Civil War | Law›Warrant
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Legal›Pronouncing sentence | Verbal›Yelling
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Life as repetition
Cultural Issues: Law›Custody | Law›Incarceration
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Stubbornness | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Ordering
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal fine
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Interaction, Social›Charity
Cultural Issues: Law›Regulation
Actions: Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Law›Regulation
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Abuse of office | Violence›By police | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder | Character›Ambitious
Cultural Issues: Law›Abuse of office | Violence›By police | Violence›Interracial
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Education›Harvard | Education›Heidelberg | Law›Civil suit
Cultural Issues: Law›Trespassing | Segregation›Economic
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal ownership
Cultural Issues: Law›Regulation | Technology›Car
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Jefferson's first car
Cultural Issues: Government›State laws and regulations | Law›Civil suit
Cultural Issues: Law›Trespassing
Actions: Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal advice
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration | Materialism›Status | Sexuality›Illegitimacy
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Law›Incarceration | Sexuality›Pornography
Actions: Mental›Realization
Cultural Issues: Law›Federal vs state crime
Themes and Motifs: Time›Awareness of time
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document | Law›Parole
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Rationalizing
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Money›As motive
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Agriculture›Corn | Class›Caste system | Economy›Wealth | Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Law›Grand jury | Law›Legal document | Law›Sheriff | Progress›Electrification
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits
Relationships: Friendship›School classmates
Environment: Time of Year›September
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking | Communication›And deafness | Mental›Planning | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drink recipe | Alcohol›Moonshine | Government›State government | Law›Incarceration | Law›Parole
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Philosophical›Human nature | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Kinlessness | Home›Destroyed | Money›Cash | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Familial›Extended family
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Law›Police | Mass Media›Newspaper | Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Civic records
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office
Cultural Issues: Law›Sheriff's deputy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Missing | Philosophical›Freedom
Actions: Mental›Disorientation | Mental›Planning
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Hill country | Law›Incarceration
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Government›Civic officials | Law›Incarceration | Progress›Paving | Race›Disenfranchisement | Religion›Religious faith | Segregation›Housing
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Legal›Pronouncing sentence | Moral›Punishment
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Calling | Verbal›Promising
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Freedom
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Cultural Issues: Law›Chain gang | Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Train | Philosophical›Freedom
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Actions: Legal›Handcuffing | Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness | Law›Incarceration
Actions: Legal›Pronouncing sentence
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Paranoia
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Mental›Curiosity | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal advice | Law›Parole
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Law›Insanity plea
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Madness
Cultural Issues: Law›Insanity plea
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Movement›Train | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Mental›Thinking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls | Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Time›Long passage of time
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Artist's studio
Cultural Issues: Law›Investigation
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Law›Investigation | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck | Values›Family honor
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging | Law›Investigation
Cultural Issues: Law›Abuse of office
Cultural Issues: Crime›Moonshining | Law›Conviction
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Emotional›Mourning | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Alcohol›Beer | Alcohol›Gin | Crime›Prostitution | Law›Chain gang | Sexuality›Pornography | War›Noncombatant
Themes and Motifs: Money›Money order
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Romantic›Infidelity
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Persuasion
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Themes and Motifs: Time›Continuity
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Cultural Issues: Law›Informal arrangement | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Law
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Cultural Issues: Law›Sheriff's deputy | Law›Witness
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: 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|Longing for home | 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 | Recurring Episodes›De Spain creates camp
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
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Law›Sheriff
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Emotional›Impatience | Emotional›Suspicion | Movement›Running away | Verbal›Insulting | Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | 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›Morning
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular passim
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 | Recurring Episodes›Jefferson's first car
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: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Entertainment›Movies | Law›Burglary
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy | Time of Day›Nine o'clock a.m.
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Hysteria | Moral›Stealing | Perceptual›Investigating | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning | Work›Doctor / medical care
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Drugs | History›Civil War as point of reference | Law›Police | Mass Media›Newspaper
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority | Law›Sheriff
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Law›Evidence | Law›Revenue officer
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Emotional›Suspicion | Moral›Scheming | Perceptual›Investigating | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Government›Civic officials | Law›Clue | Law›Legal issue | Sexuality›Pornography
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Perceptual›Misreading
Cultural Issues: Law›Corruption
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Auditory›Cars passing | Public›Town Square | Time of Year›Sunday
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Interpretation of symbol
Environment: Domestic Space›Lot
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
Environment: Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Offering to buy | Verbal›Dialogue
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Law›Legal issue
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Character›Reliability
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Economic›Receiving money | Interaction, Social›Charity | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Flattery
Themes and Motifs: Money
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Law›Lawsuit
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Money›Payoff | Psychological›Manipulation
Aesthetics: Diction›Malapropism | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Buying a house | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Negotiation
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Economy›Banking | Law›Corruption
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Latin phrase | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Verbal›Rhetorical question
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance | Psychological›Motivation
Environment: Place›Country store
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Mental›Understanding | Verbal›Disagreeing
Environment: Public›Courthouse | Public›Town Square
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Time›Anticipation
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Office
Actions: Emotional›Self-consciousness | Legal›Will | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Objects›Chair | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Furniture | Objects›Lamp or lantern | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Legal›Will | Verbal›Esoteric language
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Texts›Will
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Interaction, Social›Elopement | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Law›Bill of sale
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Identity, Personal›Ambiguous | Law›Execution | War›Confederate Army
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Law›Wedding license
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Environment: Place›Jail | Place›Penitentiary
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration
Actions: Mental›Disbelief | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Whispering
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration | Law›Indictment | Law›Trial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Verbal›Joking
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal issue
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation
Cultural Issues: Law›Eye for an eye | Race›Racial identity
Relationships: Friendship›Interracial
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Gender›Marriage | Government›Voting rights | Law›Abuse of office | War›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Narrative›Gaps | Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Olfactory›Flowers | Time of Day›Midnight
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female intuition | Law›Eye for an eye
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Lucifer | Description›Eyes | Typography/Orthography›Italics