Environment: Public
Child Terms
- Academic quad / quadrangle
- Alley
- Architecture
- Art museum
- Bank
- Barber shop
- Blacksmith
- Bridge
- Bus Depot/Bus stop
- Cafe
- Chapel
- Church
- Church steeple
- Clock tower
- Court
- Courtroom
- Drawbridge
- Drugstore
- Filling Station
- Golf course
- Highway
- Jail
- Lavatory
- Pasture
- Pioneer settlement
- Poolhall
- Post office
- Railroad tracks
- Restaurant
- Road
- School
- Sidewalk
- Store
- Store porch
- Store window
- Street
- Supply house
- Telegraph office
- Town hall
- Town Square
- Train Station/Train depot
- Zoo
Tagged Events
Environment: Place›Cottonfield | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation | Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime›Bootlegging | Economy›Share-cropping | Law›Sheriff's deputy
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry | Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Rivalry | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Elite | Class›Power | Class›Professional | Economy›Wealth | Identity, Cultural›Rural
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
Environment: Auditory›Combat sounds | Public›Cafe
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Wine | War›Aerial combat | War›Women
Environment: Auditory›Combat sounds | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Public›Cafe
Environment: Place›Country store | Public›Court | Time of Day›Morning
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Environment: Natural›Creek | Place›Country store | Public›Blacksmith
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Auction | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Whispering | Work›Blacksmith
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Story-telling
Cultural Issues: Clothes
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Honeysuckle | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Running | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Grief | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Listening
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Themes and Motifs: Body›Intestines | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Year›Spring
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling
Environment: Public
Actions: Perceptual
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Monument | Narrative›Communal narrative
Environment: Public›Post office | Time of Day›Daytime
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
Environment: Public›Barber shop | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Actions: Verbal›Requesting
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Marital›Social respectability
Actions: Emotional›Fascination | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Gender›Stereotype librarian / school teacher
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Elephants | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Tigers
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Environment: Public›Filling Station
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Relocation
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Environment: Public›Railroad tracks | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Violent›Killing of animals
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Public›Road
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Movement›Mule
Actions: Economic›Banking | Economic›Receiving money
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Confused din | Domestic Space›Porch | Domestic Space›Yard | Public›Sidewalk
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›Noon
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda | Public›Store
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Law›Trespassing
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Economic›Paying | Verbal›Conversation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Upstairs | Public›Road
Environment: Public›Supply house
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Yelling
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Cultural Issues: Technology›Invention
Cultural Issues: Technology›Invention
Environment: Public›Art museum
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Stockings | Clothes›Sunday shoes
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Neighbor
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Sunset
Environment: Public›Alley | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
Environment: Public›Store porch
Actions: Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Cultural Issues: Economy›Share-cropping | Prejudice›Socio-economic
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Advent
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›First-person passim
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Addiction | Race | Violence›Interracial
Relationships: Institutional›Jailer-prisoner
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
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Economy›Wealth | Education›Mentorship
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bugs | Body›Flesh | Memory | Objects›Car | Philosophical›Human nature | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Recurring Tropes›Going fast | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Mentorship | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Shakespeare
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Cultural Issues: War›Patriotism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Suitcase
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Public›Road
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Paying | Economic›Trading | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls | Identity, Cultural›Rural | Mass Media›Telephone
Relationships: Civic›child protection | Familial›Sibling | Social›Adversarial | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Place›Country vs city | Place›Memphis | Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Environment: Atmospheric›Light | Place›Country vs city | Public›Highway
Cultural Issues: Technology›Elevator
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Drugs
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Themes and Motifs: Past›Personal past
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Neighbor
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Drugs
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Actions: Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Drugs
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Conflict
Actions: Emotional›Bewilderment | Emotional›Despair | Movement›Car | Physical›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Drugs
Actions: Communication›Joking
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Insanity
Environment: Public›Church | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Actions: Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Social›Adversarial
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Emotional›Indignation
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Public›Drugstore | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›July
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Satan | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Ribbons | Economy›Commerce | Food›Bread | Food›Candy | Food›Meat | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Money
Relationships: Romantic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Class›Class consciousness | Class›Status, low | Food
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Jug | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Thunder | Public›Church
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype | Race›Stereotype: teeth | Religion›Sabbath
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›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: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Character›Power | Character›Ruthless | Objects›Basket | Objects›Portmanteau | Objects›Tarpaulin
Relationships: Civic
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Legal›Arrest
Relationships: Institutional›Police-arrestee | Marital›Arrangements
Actions: Legal›Arraign | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Law›Bail | Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Rain
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Objects›Pine knots
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Group Mentality›Social Shaming | Race›Chickasaw
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Ritual | Slavery›Loyalty
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Character›Vanity | Community›Wedding | Objects›Pine knots | Values›Dignity
Aesthetics: Diction | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Rain
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Watching
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Appearance
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Exile
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Rural | Labor | Land-Use›Agricultural | Religion›Divine judgment
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Memory›Collective memory | Morals›Hypocrisy | Philosophical›Salvation
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›News
Actions: Emotional›Stubbornness
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing | Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Character›Duty | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Courage | Values›Determination | Values›Sacrifice
Aesthetics: Tone›Apocalyptic
Environment: Natural›Water moving / flowing | Public›Bridge
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Regret | Verbal›Banter / small talk
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Flood imagery
Themes and Motifs: Character›Violent | Death›And inheritance | Death›Anticipation of death | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative anomaly | Symbolism›Blood
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Watching
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Health and Illness›Medical treatment | Law›Marshal
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Public›Clock tower
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Emotional›Shock | Mental›Misunderstanding | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Apology | Verbal›Insulting | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Race›Inverting a stereotype
Environment: Public›Clock tower | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Objects›Toys | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Resentment | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency | Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Mental›Channeling | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Red necks | Body›Hair | Death
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Memory›Collective memory
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Memory›Remembering
Environment: Public›Architecture
Actions: Legal›Divorce | Mental›Changing one's mind
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Race›Etiquette
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Marital›Divorce
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Husband-wife | Marital›Certificate | Marital›Spousal privilege
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Past›Past vs present
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Year›Monday
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Group Mentality›Mob behavior
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Legal›Release of prisoner
Environment: Public›Town Square
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult | Marital›Death of spouse
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Entertainment›Baseball
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Violence›Interracial
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Dusk
Environment: Public›Barber shop | Public›Poolhall
Environment: Public›Town Square
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument
Environment: Place›Jail | Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Race›Black incarceration | Ritual›Funeral
Actions: Legal›Pronouncing sentence | Verbal›Confession
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Law›Trial
Themes and Motifs: Past›Discovering it | Past›Past in present | Texts›Graffiti
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Cincinnatus
Environment: Auditory›Unseen voice | Public›Court
Actions: Legal›Pronouncing sentence
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order | Death›Death sentence | Death›Murder
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Theatrical effect | Symbolism›Theatrical
Actions: Violent›Interracial
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Identity, Personal›Hypocritical | Sexuality›Interracial
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Public›Alley | Time of Year›May
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›All caps | Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Place›Saloon | Public›Sidewalk | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Sunday
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Murmur | Olfactory›Urine | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Agriculture›Husbandry | Progress›Infrastructure | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses | Tone›Overwrought | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Public›Street | Time of Year›Sunday
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Wee hours
Actions: Emotional›Repentance | Verbal›Apology
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shirt | Labor›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Naming›Nickname
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Year›Saturday
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Cultural Issues: Progress›Infrastructure
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Noon
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Public›Street | Time of Day›Evening
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Extra-marital
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Evening
Cultural Issues: Race›Segregation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Plantation | Public›Road
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Excitement | Moral›Scheming | Moral›Secret | Movement›Buggy | Physical›Driving
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Agriculture›Cotton | Clothes›Socks | Crime›Theft | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Race horse | Objects›Gold tooth
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Hungering | Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Movement›Buggy | Movement›Mule | Physical›Driving
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Violence›Gendered
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Language›Hee hee hee
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Age›Rite of passage
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Home›Homecoming | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Upstairs | Public›Street
Actions: Movement›Car | Perceptual›Spying | Verbal›Shouting | Work›Washing clothes
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Language›Hee hee hee | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment | Public›Filling Station
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure | Progress›Cars | Progress›Infrastructure | Progress›New replacing old
Environment: Public›Pioneer settlement
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Infrastructure | Progress›Renaming
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary | Public›Store
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Infrastructure | Progress›Roads
Relationships: Commercial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Otherworldly | Public›Bridge | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gasoline | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Public›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›May | Time of Year›Sunday
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Progress›Country to city | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Evening
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Infrastructure | Race›Segregation
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello | Public›Alley | Public›Road | Time of Year›Sunday
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution | War›Civil War | War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Past›Grander than present
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Forrest, Nathan Bedford | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Public›Post office | Public›Street
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Auditory›Whistle | Public›Street | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Noon
Themes and Motifs: Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being in time | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Measuring time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Language›Fragments
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Lunch
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Body›Brain / mind | Body›Stomach/belly | Chaos/Order›Confusion | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Measuring time
Environment: Natural›River | Natural›Tide flat / marsh | Natural›Trees | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Weather
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Anxiety | Mental›Contemplation | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige | Entertainment›Boat race | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Traits | Gender›Women | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Art›Photograph | Character›Inherited traits | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Boat | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Evil
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Romantic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New London, Connecticut | Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Graveyard | Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Worry | Movement›Carriage | Physical›Sleeping | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Mourning | Religion›Divine judgment
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Monument | Objects›Pencil | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Narrative›Unreliable narrator | Tone›Sarcastic
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Natural›River | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Mental›Unaware | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Physical›Meddling | Physical›Protection | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Sick as euphemism for pregnancy | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Cousin | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Allusion, Literary›Antony and Cleopatra | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Gods | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Auditory›Water | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Lichen / fungi | Natural›River | Natural›Rocks / stones | Natural›Sky | Public›Bridge
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Sensing
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Return to present time
Aesthetics: Description›Color gray | Figures of Speech›Stone | Symbolism›Reflection
Environment: Natural›Body of water | Natural›Leaf / leaves | Natural›River | Public›Bridge
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Religion›Resurrection
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fish | Animals›Insects mayflies | Appearance›Depth / deepness | Appearance›Surface | Body›Eyes | Death›Afterlife | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Bones | Death›Compared to sleep | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Objects›Flat-iron | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Judgment Day | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Allusion, Mythical›Narcissus | Figures of Speech›Arrow | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Simile | Symbolism›Christian
Environment: Natural›Body of water | Natural›River | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Public›Bridge | Time of Year›May
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Elephants | Animals›Fish trout | Animals›Insect fly | Animals›Insects mayflies
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Arrow
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Voices | Auditory›Whistle | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Hills | Natural›River | Place›Rural | Public›Bridge | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower | Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Hunting›Fishing | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Male gathering | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Fishing contest | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Progress›Factory | Progress›Streetcar line
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fish trout | Money›Prize value | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Fishing rod | Objects›Watch | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Solitary | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Proverbs | Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Allusion, Geographical›Canada | Description›Color yellow | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Southern dialect | Figures of Speech›Fire | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Threads
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Train sound | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›River | Natural›Trees | Otherworldly›Earth / the world | Place›Road | Place›Rural | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Walking | Physical›Trampling | Play›Sports Crew / rowing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Religion›Apotheosis
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Infinity | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Gull | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Pencil | Figures of Speech›Stencil | Language›Fragments
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bees | Auditory›Voices | Natural›Hills | Natural›Orchard | Natural›Trees | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower
Actions: Hunting›Fishing | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Swimming | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Local legend
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fish | Animals›Insects bees
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Fire | Figures of Speech›Threads
Environment: Auditory›Bees | Natural›Body of water | Place›Houses | Place›Lawns | Place›Road | Public›Street
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Fence | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Auditory›Hoofbeats | Natural›Trees | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Diminishment / fading | Objects›Wheel | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
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
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Home | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Olfactory›Ammonia | Olfactory›Animal / stable | Place›Livery stable | Public›Post office | Public›Railroad tracks | Public›Street
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Italian | Nationality›Foreigners | Prejudice
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
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: Auditory›Bells | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Grass | Natural›River | Place›Houses | Public›Bridge | Public›Street | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Physical›Nodding | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes | Economy›Poverty | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Nationality›Immigration / immigrants
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Description›Color pink
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Moss | Natural›River | Public›Bridge
Actions: Emotional›Embarrasment | Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Beavers | Animals›Horses | Appearance›Nakedness | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Body›Chins | Body›Male body | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Natural›Creek | Public›Golf course
Actions: Domestic›Washing | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Searching | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Play›Sports Golf
Cultural Issues: Age | Entertainment›Traveling show | Food›Birthday cake
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation | Memory›Remembering | Money›Lost | Objects›Candle | Objects›Jimson weed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›River | Public›Bridge | Public›Railroad tracks
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Place›Houses | Public›Bridge | Public›Street
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Garment female | Clothes›Hat cap | Clothes›Motoring clothes | Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Body›Arm
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›England | Description›Color pink
Environment: Atmospheric›Light | Auditory›Frogs | Natural›Sky | Natural›Woods | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Public›Clock tower
Themes and Motifs: Time›Awareness of time
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Natural›Creek | Public›Bridge | Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Actions: Bodily›Heart beating | Emotional›Humiliation | Emotional›Love | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Injury | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Race›Behaving "black" | Race›Stereotype black women's sexual promiscuity | Religion›Damnation | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Public›Post office
Actions: Communication›Receiving mail
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Communication›Letter | Emotional›Suspicion | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Labor›Racialized | Prejudice›Racism | Ritual›Easter
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Insect boll weevil | Money›Check | Objects›Farming tools | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Crime›Forgery | Entertainment›Traveling show
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Crime›Forgery
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Resentment | Moral›Deception | Moral›Lying | Moral›Stealing | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Economy›Economic speculation | Technology›Car
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Money›Stingy with money
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Environment: Public›Store | Public›Telegraph office
Actions: Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tie | Technology›Car
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Ford, Henry
Environment: Public›Telegraph office
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Economy›Economic speculation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Music | Public›Church | Public›Church steeple | Public›Store | Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | History›Prohibition
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Technology›Car
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Ford, Henry
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Atmospheric›Wind | Auditory›Bells | Place›Church | Public›Church steeple | Public›Road | Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Easter
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Public›Road | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Social›Church | Mental›Realization | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Religion›Preacher / Minister | Religion›Sermon
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Aesthetics: Narrative›Epiphany | Narrative›Foreshadowing
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Public›Golf course | Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Impairment | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Misreading | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Searching | Play›Sports Golf
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Food›Birthday cake | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lost | Objects›Fence | Objects›Flag | Objects›Flowers | Psychological›Learning disability
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bells | Natural›Mud | Public›Filling Station | Public›Road | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Technology›Car tire
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Triumph
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Clothes | Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Injury
Environment: Natural›Hills | Public›Filling Station | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Injury
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Drawing of an eye
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Headache
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Destiny
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Narcissus | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Public›Street | Public›Town Square
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Anguish | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Observing | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Hitting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Chaos/Order›Out of ordered place | Objects›Windows | Psychological›Terror | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument | Recurring Tropes›Door
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Atmospheric›Wind | Domestic Space›Backyard | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Weed | Public›Golf course | Weather›Sun | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Private›Courting | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Spying | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Searching | Play›Sports Golf | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Age | Clothes›Tie | Entertainment›Magic trick | Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Deaf | Health and Illness›Mute | Ritual›Birthday | Sexuality›Birth control | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Body›Hair | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Mouth | Futility | Money›Lost | Objects›Condom | Objects›Fence | Objects›Fire | Objects›Flag | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Golf ball | Objects›Jimson weed | Objects›Poison | Objects›Swing | Objects›Windows | Psychological›Learning disability | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Domestic Space›Garden | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Weed | Public›Golf course
Actions: Economic›Offering to sell | Economic›Taking without paying | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Misunderstanding | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Play›Sports Golf | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lost | Objects›Fence | Objects›Flag | Objects›Golf ball | Objects›Jimson weed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Public›Academic quad / quadrangle | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Day›Ten o'clock a.m.
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Socks | Education›Chapel Service (morning prayers) | Education›College | Education›College class or lecture
Themes and Motifs: Body›Foot / Feet | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Coffee | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being late / tardiness
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates
Environment: Public›Post office
Actions: Communication›Addressing for mail delivery | Communication›Letter | Communication›Sending mail | Physical›Searching
Cultural Issues: Government›US Post Office
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
Actions: Interaction, Social›Celebration | Movement›Marching | Verbal›Conversation | Work
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat, stovepipe | Clothes›Uniform | History›Civil War | History›Civil War consequences | Prejudice›Racism | Ritual›Birthday | Ritual›Commemoration | Slavery›Abolition | War›Civil War | War›Grand Army of the Republic / G.A.R.
Themes and Motifs: Character›Laziness | Community›Crowd | Community›Decoration Day | Community›Parade | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Flag | Past›Family history
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Sitting room | Natural›Grass | Public›Store | Time of Year›September
Actions: Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Moral›Lying | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Repair | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning | Work›Jeweler
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Boat race | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Objects›Clock | Objects›Jeweler's loupe / magnifying glass | Objects›Watch | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Clock ticking | Public›Clock tower | Public›Store | Public›Store window | Public›Street
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Street vendor / service worker | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking away | Perceptual›Seeing | Work›Boot-black / Shoe shine | Work›Jeweler
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Baldness | Money›Gift of money | Money›Nickel coin | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Jeweler's loupe / magnifying glass | Objects›Watch | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Town clock
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Place›Hotel | Public›Restaurant | Public›Street
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Purchase | Movement›Streetcar | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: History›Awareness of / Being in history | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Cigar | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being in time | Time›Being outside of time
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Atmospheric›Wind | Auditory›Clock ticking | Natural›Body of water | Public›Store window | Time of Year›December
Cultural Issues: Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Baldness | Body›Hair | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Objects›Watch | Philosophical›Nihilism | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Supernatural›Folk customs | Supernatural›Superstitions | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Measuring time | Time›Timelessness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Philosopher Bergson, Henri | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Drained marsh | Figures of Speech›Gull | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Water | Narrative›African-American folk sayings
Actions: Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Mental›Learning | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Condition of heaviness | Death›Preparing for death | Death›Suicide | Meaning›Absurdity | Objects›Flat-iron | Philosophical›Human experience | Philosophical›Human nature | Recurring Tropes›Father said
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Auditory›Bells | Natural›Mountains | Natural›Mud | Natural›Sky | Public›School | Public›Town Square | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December | Time of Year›New Year
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Waiting | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Train | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Passing from sight
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Blanket | Clothes›Pants | Education›Primary school | Entertainment›Fireworks | Food›Candy | Health and Illness›Gastrointestinal discomfort | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Prejudice›Infantilizing of blacks | Prejudice›White supremacy | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Uncle as term for black man | Race›White race | Ritual›Christmas gift game | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Technology›Steam locomotive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Body›Stomach/belly | Character›Childlike | Character›Reliability | Home›Homebound | Memory›Remembering | Money›Quarter coin | Objects›Toys | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Time›Frozen / Static
Relationships: Interracial›White-black | Social›Paternalism
Actions: Mental›Self-consciousness | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Streetcar | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat, derby | Clothes›Shoes | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Mass Media›Newspaper | Race›Colored people as acceptable terminology | Race›Race as a form of behavior | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Racial identity | Region›North | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Objects›Cigar
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Self-Reflective | Symbolism›Reflection
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Auditory›Clock chiming | Natural›Dirt / Earth | Public›School | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Scolding | Interaction, Private›Teacher-student | Interaction, Social›Teacher-class of students | Mental›Counting | Mental›Day-dreaming | Mental›Failing / Failure | Mental›Inattentativeness | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Education›Primary school | Health and Illness›Gastrointestinal discomfort | History›Explorers
Themes and Motifs: Body›Brain / mind | Body›Fingers | Body›Foot / Feet | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Stomach/belly | Memory›Remembering | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Measuring time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Friendship›School classmates | Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Environment: Auditory›Streetcar sound | Natural›Body of water | Olfactory›Smelling water | Public›Street
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Streetcar | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Touching
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Clothes›Collar | Clothes›Hat, straw | Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Work clothes
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Gulls | Body›Knee | Objects›Basket | Objects›Pipe | Objects›Ship | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Actions: Movement›Streetcar | Perceptual›Seeing | Work›Maritime / Marine
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat, straw | Technology›Shipping schooner | Technology›Shipping tugboat
Environment: Atmospheric›Twinkling | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Cavern / Grotto | Natural›River | Natural›Sea / Ocean | Public›Bridge | Public›Drawbridge | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Seeing | Play›Sports Crew / rowing
Cultural Issues: Education›Being well read / erudite | Entertainment›Boat race
Themes and Motifs: Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Preparing for death | Death›Suicide | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Flat-iron | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Archimedes | Allusion, Literary›Coleridge, Samuel | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Latin pastoral poetry | Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Kubla Khan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Breath | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Language›Latin phrase | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Domestic Space›Apartment | Domestic Space›College dormitory | Natural›River | Public›Chapel | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Birth / Being born | Emotional›Stubbornness | Moral›Condoning | Moral›Forgiveness | Movement›Boat | Play›Sports Crew / rowing
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›British nobility | Class›noblesse-oblige | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Education›Chapel Service (morning prayers) | Gender›Lady | Region›The South | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Character›Regal | Naming›French noble names | Naming›Long name | Time›Return to present time | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Cambridge, Massachusetts | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Geographical›Mason and Dixon Line | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Natural›Body of water | Natural›River | Public›Bridge
Actions: Communication›Letter | Movement›Direction east | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Touching
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Watch | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Return to present time | Time›Transcended
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat, straw
Themes and Motifs: Time›Return to present time
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Public›Sidewalk
Themes and Motifs: Body›Heels | Death›Bones | Objects›Watch | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Return to present time
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›Morning
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular passim
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Education›Heidelberg
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
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
Environment: Public›Bank | Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Economy›Banking | Gender›Men vs women | Government›Audit | Government›National authority
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Mass Media›Advertising
Actions: Economic›Banking | Economic›Stock trading | Emotional›Surprise | Mental›Learning | Perceptual›Watching
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Military analogy | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Attractiveness | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy | Recurring Tropes›Open secret
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Narrative›Communal narrative
Environment: Place›Playground | Public›School
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Marriage proposal | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility | Clothes›Suit | Education›Graduation | History›Civil War | Progress›Cars | Progress›Consumerism
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance | Money›Inheritance | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Nickname
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Economic›Borrowing | Economic›Investing | Mental›Realization | Physical›Running | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Refusing
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife