Environment: Domestic Space Dining room
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Apartment
- Architecture
- Attic
- Backyard
- Barn
- Bathroom
- Bedroom
- Boarding house
- Cabin
- Carriage house
- Cellar
- Chicken coop / hen house
- Closet
- College dormitory
- Confined living quarters
- Deathbed
- Dilapidation
- Dollhouse
- Drawing room
- Dressing room
- Drive
- Empty room
- Field
- Fireplace|Mantel
- Gallery
- Garage
- Garden
- Gate
- Gender stereotype
- Hall
- Hearth
- Hogwallow
- Home
- House
- Immigrant neighborhood
- Kitchen
- Ladies parlor
- Lean-to
- Library
- Livestock pen
- Loft
- Log house
- Log yard
- Lot
- Office
- Outhouse
- Paddock
- Parlor
- Pasture
- Plantation house
- Porch
- Race
- Racial confusion
- Ritual
- Servants' home
- Sick room
- Sitting room
- Stable
- Stairway
- Study
- Summer house
- Supper table
- Upstairs
- Veranda
- Yard
Tagged Events
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer | Time of Year›Winter
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Upstairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Prejudice›Socio-economic | Race›Stereotype eyes
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Dinner
Cultural Issues: Race
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Natural›Orchard | Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Segregation of space | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Precognition / Something to happen
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Hall | Place›Hotel
Actions: Mental›Inquiry | Movement›Getting closer | Movement›Stopping | Perceptual›Investigating | Physical›Apprehending | Physical›Crowding | Physical›Locking a door | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Reticence | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Community›Opinion | Community›Stranger | Meaning›Mystery | Past›Unknown/concealed past
Relationships: Social›Adversarial | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Narrative›Summary | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Perceptual›Watching
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Face | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Appearance›Fatness / obesity | Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Body›Hand / Palm | Objects›Candelabra | Objects›Damask | Objects›Porcelain
Relationships: Familial
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Interaction, Social›Visiting | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Height (tall, short) | Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Chaos/Order | Memory›Haunted by past | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Supernatural›Monster / monstrous | Time›Anticipation | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Physical resemblances
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Description›Character portrait | Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Face | Figures of Speech›Mask | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Jewelry | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Gender›Southern woman | Slavery›Domestic labor
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew | Romantic›Courtship
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Verbal›Complaining
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Cultural Issues: Crime›Fratricide
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Funeral
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›House | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Smoking | Movement›Car | Physical›Dancing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Hat
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Cultural Issues: Race›Behaving/becoming "black" | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Blackstone | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Communication›Note | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Money›Stingy with money | Texts›Note
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Reba's
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Cultural Issues: Gender›Sexual Harassment | Sexuality›Desire
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness | Ritual›Holiday dinner
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Gender›War | Health and Illness›Deafness | Race›Etiquette | Segregation›Daily life | War›Wound
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Emotional›Empathy | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Requesting
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Dining room
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Olfactory›Food | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Hysteria | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Banishment | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Insulting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Gamecock | Animals›Horses | Animals›Race horse | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | 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: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Hotel
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Vengeful
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Entertainment›Horse race | Violence›Rape
Aesthetics: Language›Haw haw | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Labor›Racialized
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Dinner
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical | Technology›Car
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Violent›Threatening | Violent›Whipping
Relationships: Familial›Physical discipline | Familial›Uncle-niece | Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Year›Easter
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Emotional›Cruelty | Emotional›Sulking | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Locking a door | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Smallpox | Mass Media›Newspaper | Religion›Divine judgment | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Character›Self-righteousness | Death›Longing for death | Objects›Fire | Objects›Mirror | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Uncle-niece
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Physical›Climbing stairs
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Hot water bottle | Objects›Windows
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Year›Easter
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Bodily›Hungering | Domestic›Feeding | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Nonverbal taunting or teasing
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering | Food›Breakfast
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Photography
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Year›Easter
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Bodily›Waking | Domestic›Discipline | Emotional›Self-pity | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering | Religion›Church service | Religion›Resurrection | Ritual›Easter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Gate | Olfactory›Smelling trees | Olfactory›Trees | Weather›Cold
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Sleeping | Movement›Running | Movement›Walking | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Shoes | Health and Illness | Religion›Divine judgment
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Squirrel | Body›Hand / Palm | Home›Home as prison | Home›Homebound | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Booksatchel | Objects›Bottle | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Domestic
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: War›As metaphor
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Day›Morning
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Day›Dinner
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Gallery
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage | Sexuality›Attractiveness
Themes and Motifs: Death›Suicide | Recurring Tropes›Fixation | Recurring Tropes›Gaze
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Twins | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Adultery
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation | Verbal›Exaggeration | Verbal›Praising
Themes and Motifs: Community›Preserving order
Relationships: Social›Social organizations
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female intuition | Progress›Cars
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Day›Evening
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Changing customs
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Responsibility | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Natural›Orchard | Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Segregation of space | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Precognition / Something to happen
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee