Cultural Issues: Class Respectability
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Ambition
- Aristocratic posing
- Birthright
- Blood
- British nobility
- Caste system
- Class conflict
- Class consciousness
- Declasse
- Dehumanization
- Disruption
- Elite
- Equality
- Etiquette
- French nobility
- Gentility
- Homelessness
- Lower class / riff-raff / canaille
- Middle
- noblesse-oblige
- Planter vs farmer
- Power
- Pretension
- Professional
- Snopesism
- Social decline
- Social mobility
- Status, low
- Town v. country/farm
- White trash
- Working
Tagged Events
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Economy›Poverty | Labor›Unemployment
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past vs present
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Great Depression
Cultural Issues: Age | Class›Respectability | Gender
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Place›Rural
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Relationships: Social›Assailant-victim
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Respectability
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wedding license | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Triumph
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Perceptual›Watching | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Objects›Pistol | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Shadow
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Place›Livery stable | Place›Plantation | Place›Slave Quarters | Place›Smokehouse
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Economic›Borrowing | Emotional›Patience | Hunting›Deer hunting | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Rumor | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Whiskey | Class›Respectability | Gender›Inversion | Gender›Masculinity | Group Mentality›Community collective | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Turkey | Chaos/Order | Meaning›Mystery | Money›Dowry | Money›Gold | Objects›Footprint | Recurring Tropes›Solitude | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Environment: Public›Church | Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Surprise | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Sabbath
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Electricity | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Interaction, Social›Greeting | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Hat | Group Mentality›Community collective
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Objects›Basket | Objects›Portmanteau | Objects›Tarpaulin
Relationships: Civic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Narrative›Anti-climax
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Values›Conscience
Relationships: Marital›Father in law-son in law
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Class consciousness | Class›Respectability | Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Marital
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Scandal | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Marital›Father in law-son in law
Environment: Atmospheric›Claustrophobic
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Emotional›Hate
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Respectability | Gender
Themes and Motifs: Death›In childbirth
Relationships: Familial
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Respectability | Group Mentality›Community collective
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Rural poverty | Clothes›Shoes
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Church | Place›Country club
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Domestic›Housekeeping | Interaction, Social›Partying | Interaction, Social›Peer group | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Sharing confidences
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Respectability | Class›Status, low | Health and Illness›Hangover | Modernity›Interwar years | Religion›Catholicism
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›And identity | Gender›Women
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›And class
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism | Education›Mentorship | Gender›Male rescuer
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Economy›Commerce
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Progress›Cars
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Alps | Allusion, Geographical›Mount Vernon
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | War›Profiting from war
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Alcohol›Bootlegging | Class›Respectability | Gender›Masculine woman | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Cincinnatus
Actions: Hunting›Racoon hunting
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Religion›Baptist
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Religion›Church service
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Crime›Bootlegging
Themes and Motifs: Values›Moral authority
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Place›Paducah
Actions: Interaction, Social›Greeting
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Inferiority | Emotional›Joy | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Selfishness | Moral›Praying | Moral›Punishment | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Blood | Class›Class consciousness | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Class›Respectability | Gender›Female stereotype | Gender›Lady | Gender›Maternal impulse | Gender›Sexual double standard | Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits | Character›Reputation | Death›Anticipation of death | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Salvation | Philosophical›Suffering | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Marital›Husband-wife | Marital›Social respectability
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Psalms | Allusion, Biblical›Valley of the shadow of death | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Bricolage | Style›Long sentence | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Domestic Space›Fireplace|Mantel
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Bribing | Economic›Gifting | Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Economic›Lending Money | Economic›Offering to buy | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Hurting | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Interaction, Social›Shaking hands | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Learning | Moral›Cheating | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Physical›Intrusion | Physical›Travel | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Flattery | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Revealing | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Education›College or school traditions | Education›Harvard | Education›Life after graduation | Education›School year | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Widow | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper comics / funny paper | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Premarital | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Character›Bookishness | Character›Honesty | Character›Integrity | Memory›Remembering | Money›As motive | Money›Bill | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigar | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Values›Devotion | Values›Honor | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Fiance | Sexual›Extramarital | Social›Adversarial | Social›Fellow alumni of a college or university
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›Havana, Cuba | Allusion, Literary›Galahad | Diction›Double entendre | Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech›Parrot | Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Race›Behaving/becoming "black" | Race›Stereotype black women's sexual promiscuity | Religion›Damnation | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Education›Being well read / erudite
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Books | Recurring Tropes›Father said
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Emotional›Surprise | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Declasse | Class›Respectability | Gender›Idealization | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Familial›Stepparent-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes | Economy›Evaluate exchange value | Education›College | Education›Female education
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Grammatically incorrect
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Social›Adversarial
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Marital›Father in law-son in law | Marital›Wedding
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem and Eula marry