Environment: Natural Woods
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Back country
- Body of water
- Cave
- Cavern / Grotto
- Cedar trees
- Creek
- Creek bottom
- Delta
- Delta rivers
- Dew
- Dirt / Earth
- Ditches
- Fecundity / lushness
- Fire
- Flowers
- Grass
- Hills
- Ivy
- Landmark
- Leaf / leaves
- Lichen / fungi
- Moon
- Moss
- Mountains
- Mud
- Orchard
- Prehistoric forces
- Quicksand
- River
- Rocks / stones
- Sand
- Sea / Ocean
- Sky
- Spring
- Stars
- Swamp
- Tide flat / marsh
- Trees
- Valley
- Vines
- Water moving / flowing
- Weeds
- Wilderness
Tagged Events
Environment: Atmospheric›Meteor shower | Natural›Woods | Place›Jefferson
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Economic›Trading
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Birthright | Class›French nobility | Cultural Identity›American | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | War›Refugee
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession | Inheritance›Property | Naming›Indian name | Naming›Renaming | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness | Recurring Tropes›Year the stars fell | Texts›Translation
Relationships: Familial›Foster family | Interracial›Indian-white
Actions: Economic›Selling land
Cultural Issues: History›Stealing Indian land | Progress›Clearing the land
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Compson land acquired
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Plantation house | Natural›Woods | Place›Lawns | Place›Plantation | Place›Quarters | Place›Stable
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Building structure | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Quarters
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Hope | Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Maturity | Money | Values›Greed
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Institutional›Military
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Natural›Woods
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mosquitoes | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Past›Recent past
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Fury | Mental›Realization | Physical›Hammering | Physical›Repair
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Squirrel | Objects›Gun | Past›Recent past | Time›Living in the present
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Stock trading | Economic›Trading | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Whiskey
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Natural›Woods | Place›Lonelier parts of town
Actions: Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Sexuality›Appearance of | Sexuality›Puberty
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Natural›Woods | Place›Quarters | Place›Road | Time of Day›Evening | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Sensing the past
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Ambush | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Actions: Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | War›Violence against civilians
Environment: Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Economic›Paying | Movement›Walking | Physical›Apprehending | Physical›Hitting | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority
Themes and Motifs: Money›Filthy lucre | Objects›Ax
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Meaninglessness | Meaning›Paternity | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Hierarchical›Pastor-congregant | Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Language
Environment: Atmospheric›Spectral | Auditory›Bugle | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Dawn
Relationships: Institutional›Military
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Centaur | Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Perceptual›Hearing | Violent›Animal predatory behavior | Violent›Stabbing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Chaos/Order›Chaos | Death›Animal bear
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Environment: Natural›Woods | Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Snake
Environment: Natural›Woods | Public›Street | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›August
Environment: Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Menstruation | Bodily›Vomiting | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Women | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Relationships: Sexual
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Yard | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Denial | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Looking away | Perceptual›Seeing | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Changing clothes | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Overalls | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Shirt
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Natural›Woods
Environment: Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Night
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Actions: Bodily›Looking | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Gossip | Work›Quitting job
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Voyeurism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Pan
Actions: Hunting›Shooting | Hunting›Squirrel hunting
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Castration | Violent›Self-mutilation
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Disgust with sex | Sexuality›Learning about
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Losing vs never having | Body›Blood | Body›Testicles | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Razor
Relationships: Interracial›Domestic | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Flowers | Natural›Moss | Natural›River | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Natural›Woods | Place›Road
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Emotional›Worry | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Sensing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hair ribbons | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Food›Bread | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Hair pigtails | Appearance›Invisibility | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Home | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Meaning›Profound | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Solitude | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell
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: Atmospheric›Creepy | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Eating | Hunting›Possum | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Slavery›Naming slaves | Slavery›Religion
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Death›Corpse | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Past›Family history | Past›Old days | Story-telling›Old days | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Pasture | Natural›Ditches | Natural›Woods
Actions: Interaction, Private›Interrogation | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Race›Behaving "black" | Race›Stereotype black women's sexual promiscuity | Sexuality›Disgust with sex | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Sexuality›Sexual passion
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War as point of reference | Hunting and Fishing›Annual
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›De Spain creates camp
Actions: Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Ambush | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Riding | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Race›Black stereotype | War›Destruction | War›Violence against civilians