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Tagged Events
Cultural Issues: Politics›Presidential administration
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Laid-by season
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Marital›Father in law-son in law
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Themes and Motifs: Art›Painting | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Politics›Democrat | Politics›Republican
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Morals›Faith | Recurring Tropes›Solitary
Actions: Interaction, Social›Leadership
Cultural Issues: Politics›Corruption
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism | Character›Power
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Huey Long
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Politics›Election | Race›Ku Klux Klan
Actions: Perceptual›Misreading
Cultural Issues: Politics›Exploitative | Prejudice›Anti-Catholic | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism | Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Character›Hypocrisy | Character›Power
Cultural Issues: Economy›Labor trouble | Group Mentality›Community collective | History›New Deal | Politics›Demagoguery | Politics›Political ambition
Cultural Issues: Age›Generation gap | Politics›Campaigning | Politics›Election
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Actions: Interaction, Social›Conversion | Verbal›Lying
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | History›Civil Rights legislation | Politics›Corruption | Politics›Exploitative | Politics›Political ambition | Race›Negro-lover | Race›Segregation | Region›The South
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Health and Illness›Amputation | Politics›Campaigning | Race›Negro-lover | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Character›Persistence
Actions: Emotional›Expecting | Interaction, Social›Picnic
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Social Shaming | Politics›Campaigning
Aesthetics: Narrative›Unidentified character
Actions: Interaction, Private›Interrogation | Perceptual›Ambiguity | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Politics›Demagoguery | War›Korean War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Geese | Character›Unknowable
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Cincinnatus
Actions: Communication›Writing | Verbal›Teasing
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Surrogate | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Actions: Mental›Predicting
Aesthetics: Narrative›Background
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic
Cultural Issues: Politics›Campaigning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Gossip | Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Government | Group Mentality›Community collective | Politics›City government
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Character›Predatory | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Economical | Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow
Cultural Issues: Government›Audit | Politics›City government | Politics›Taxes
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Audit | Politics›City government | Race›Hierarchical
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Politics›City government | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Year›New Year
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Audit | Law›Warrant | Politics›City government
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
Environment: Place›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Pardon | Politics›Election
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Politics›Election | Region›The South
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Tennessee
Actions: Interaction, Social›Voting
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris raises regiment
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Identity, Personal›Soldier | Politics›Voting | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering passim
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Conflict
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Politics›Voting | Race›Hierarchical | Region›Reconstruction | Slavery›Abolition | Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures
Actions: Emotional›Defeat | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Mourning | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›Widow | Politics›Voting | Region›Lost Cause | Region›Reconstruction
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Intergenerational›Female
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Politics›Election | Politics›Voting | Race | Region›Reconstruction
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos
Relationships: Institutional›Military
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Veil | Law›Legal issue | Politics›Election | Politics›Voting | Race
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Veil | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Southern woman | Politics›Election | Politics›Voting | Region›Lost Cause | Region›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Community›Wedding | Objects›Ballot Box | Objects›Pokeberry juice | Objects›Surrey
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Naming›Named for historical figure
Actions: Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Politics›Democrat | Politics›Republican
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Restlessness
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic | Philosophical›Movement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Identity, Cultural›Yankee | Politics›Presidential administration | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Wilson, Woodrow
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers | Politics›And race
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom | Place›Railroad | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Exhaustion | Mental›Fatalism | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Murder
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Recurring Episodes›Colonel Sartoris killed
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Laws | Crime›Bribe | Economy›Commerce | Economy›Industrialization | Economy›Wealth | Government›Corruption | Politics›Corruption
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: Legal›Standing guard | Verbal›Accusatory | Violent›Lynch mob
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Tennessee
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Year›January | Weather›Cold
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult | Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Cultural Issues: Politics›Democrat | Region›New England | Religion›Catholicism | Religion›Methodism | Slavery›Religion
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New England
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Cultural Issues: Politics›Voting | Race›White supremacists | War›Civil War consequences
Cultural Issues: Politics›Voting | Slavery›Biblical analogy
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Environment: Time of Day›Breakfast
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Politics›Public opinion
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
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Interaction, Social›Picnic
Cultural Issues: Politics›Campaigning | Politics›Election | Religion›Church service
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
Environment: Place›Penitentiary | Time of Year›October
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Education›West Point | Politics›Election | War›Civil War | War›Spanish American War | War›Wound
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Values›Idealism
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Government›Civic officials | Politics›Election
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Health and Illness›Deafness | Politics›Democracy
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Chaplin, Charlie
Cultural Issues: Economy›Labor unions | Economy›Laissez-faire capitalism | Government›Depression-era programs | Group Mentality›Community collective | History›Communism | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants | Politics›And race | Politics›Democrat | Politics›Republican | Prejudice›Anti-Catholic | Race›Loyal blacks | Race›Negro-lover | Religion›Catholicism
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor
Actions: Communication›And deafness | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Language barrier | History›Communism | Politics›Conservative | Progress›Social
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Country store
Cultural Issues: Economy›Labor unions | Economy›Prices | Food›Bread | Food›Coca-Cola | Politics›Democrat | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Past›Anxiety about|Resistance to change
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Intolerance | History›Post-war society | Politics›Progressive | War›On homefront | War›Peace
Environment: Time of Year›August | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Politics›Campaigning
Environment: Time of Year›July | Weather›Heat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And class | Government›State government | Politics›Democracy | Politics›Election
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Mississippi
Cultural Issues: Government›Congress | Politics›Campaigning
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Government›State government | Politics›Election
Environment: Time of Year›July
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Politics›Campaigning | Politics›Political ambition
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Cultural Issues: History›Ku Klux Klan | Politics›Demagoguery | Politics›Public opinion
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Bilbo, Theodore | Allusion, Historical›Huey Long
Cultural Issues: History›Ku Klux Klan | Politics›Campaigning | Politics›Progressive
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: History›Ku Klux Klan | Politics›Campaigning | Politics›Election | Politics›Public opinion
Themes and Motifs: Character›Naivety | Character›Opportunism
Cultural Issues: Government›State government | History›Ku Klux Klan | Politics›Progressive | Prejudice›Anti-Catholic | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism | Prejudice›Racism
Cultural Issues: Government›Governor | Group Mentality›Political solidarity | Politics›Election
Cultural Issues: Politics›Demagoguery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Huey Long
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty | Politics›Demagoguery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Huey Long
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Political solidarity | Politics›One-Party
Cultural Issues: Government›Congress | Government›Corruption | Government›Depression-era programs | History›Ku Klux Klan | Politics›Demagoguery | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Communication›Sending mail
Cultural Issues: Economy›Labor unions | Politics›Campaigning | Politics›Demagoguery
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Government›Congress | Politics›Campaigning | Politics›Demagoguery
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Amputation | Politics›Campaigning | Politics›One-Party | War›Veterans
Themes and Motifs: Values›Selflessness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›American | Politics›Democracy
Cultural Issues: Politics›Demagoguery | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism | Philosophical›Human nature
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Artificial Limb | Politics›And race | Politics›Campaigning
Cultural Issues: Politics›Campaigning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Aesthetics: Diction›Ethnic slur
Environment: Time of Year›July
Actions: Interaction, Social›Withdrawal from public | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Politics›Campaigning
Environment: Place›Mill | Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat | Time of Day›Daytime
Cultural Issues: Politics›Campaigning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Cumberland County, Mississippi
Actions: Hunting›Goose hunting | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Conversation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New York | Allusion, Historical›Cincinnatus
Actions: Verbal›Repetition | Verbal›Teasing
Cultural Issues: Politics›Democracy | Progress›Technological | Technology›Radio | Technology›Television
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Government›Welfare | History›Post-war prosperity | Politics›Liberal | Progress›Consumerism | Progress›Racialized | Sexuality›Appearance of | Sexuality›Female | War›Return from war
Aesthetics: Language›Italian | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Economy›Market day | Politics›Democracy
Actions: Military›Enlistment
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Radio | Government›Corruption | Government›Nepotism | Health and Illness›Impaired vision | Hunting and Fishing›Market-hunting | Hunting and Fishing›Marksmanship | Politics›Local political bosses | War›World War II
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Politics›Democracy
Cultural Issues: Politics›Corruption
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Cultural Issues: Politics›Conservative | Politics›Democrat | Politics›Liberal | Politics›Republican
Environment: Olfactory›Alcohol | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Teetotaling | Clothes›Immodest female clothing | Politics›Republican | Religion›Chistian Scientist | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
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›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Politics›Democracy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Triumph
Cultural Issues: Education›West Point | Politics›Election | War›Spanish American War | War›Wound
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Scar
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Cuba
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Apron | Clothes›Bathing suit | Clothes›Women | History›Civil War as point of reference | Politics›City government | Politics›Election | Sexuality›Attractiveness | War›Confederate Army
Relationships: Ancestral | Familial›Father-son | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Personification | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Communal narrative
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
Environment: Public›Post office | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic dispute | Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Politics›Election | Progress›Historical
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Objects›Ax | Recurring Tropes›Gossip | Recurring Tropes›Scandal
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Cuba | Allusion, Historical›Caesar, Julius
Actions: Economic›Buying a shop or store
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Tie | Identity, Cultural›America vs Europe | Politics›Election | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha | Art›Photograph | Character›Provincialism | Community›Secrecy | Time›Long passage of time
Environment: Time of Year›June
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Class›Ambition | Class›Middle | Nationality›American | Politics›City government | Politics›Election | Progress›Cars | Progress›Ironies of | Progress›New replacing old
Themes and Motifs: Community›Social life
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict
Actions: Verbal›Code-switching / Change in dialect
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Education›Being well read / erudite | Politics›Election
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Year›December
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Politics›City government
Themes and Motifs: Past›Yoknapatawpha founders | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Snobbery | Social›Social organizations
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Government›Local laws and regulations | Politics›City government
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Oxford, Mississippi
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Adversarial
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Politics›Democracy | War›Confederate Army | War›Going to war | War›Union Army