Themes and Motifs: Character
Child Terms
- Ambitious
- Amoral
- Artist
- Assertive
- Barbarism
- Bargainer
- Blackguard
- Bookishness
- Bravado
- Bravery
- Cautious
- Childlike
- Comforter
- Constitutive moment
- Conventional
- Conviction
- Courteous
- Coward
- Cruel
- Curmudgeonly
- Duty
- Fool|Foolishness
- Forbearance
- Gambler
- Generous
- Greed
- Helpless
- Honesty
- Hubris
- Humility
- Hypocrisy
- Impotence
- Impulsiveness
- Independence
- Indomitable
- Inexperience
- Inherited traits
- Innocence
- Integrity
- Intelligence
- Laziness
- Maturity
- Naivety
- Noisiness
- Opportunism
- Persistence
- Personality change
- Playfulness
- Popularity
- Power
- Precision
- Predatory
- Pride
- Principle
- Provincialism
- Purity
- Reactionary
- Recklessness
- Regal
- Reliability
- Reputation
- Resolve
- Responsibility
- Ruthless
- Scoundrel
- Self-deception
- Self-reliance
- Self-righteousness
- Shrewdness
- Sophistication
- stoic
- Stubborn
- Stupid
- Superhuman strength
- Swagger
- Teetotaler
- Tenderness
- Trust
- Unknowable
- Unruliness
- Vanity
- Violent
- Work ethic
Tagged Events
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Character›Noisiness
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Technological imagery
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Technology›Lighting
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Character›Laziness
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Interracial›Indian-white
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Domestic›Food preparation | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Ethnicity›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Character›Popularity
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Bodily›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Aesthetics: Language›Grammatically incorrect
Cultural Issues: Class›Dehumanization | Class›Power | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Slavery›Slave trading
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Violent›Intimidation | Violent›Poisoning
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Doom becomes chief
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Moral›Scheming
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial | Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Place›Cottonfield | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation | Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime›Bootlegging | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Law›Sheriff's deputy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Character›Fool|Foolishness | Objects›Still
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry | Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Rivalry | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Health and Illness›Mental illness
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Psychological›Madness
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Group Mentality›Community collective
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Glove | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Men vs women | Group Mentality›Community collective
Actions: Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Institutional›Military
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Character›Recklessness
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph | Character›Recklessness | Objects›Matchstick | Values›Courage
Actions: Domestic›Discipline
Themes and Motifs: Character›Naivety | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Texts›Bible
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Study | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Exposure | Violent›Murder | Work›Performance
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Disguise | Entertainment›Circus
Themes and Motifs: Character›Hubris | Psychological›Motivation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical | Genre Conventions›Parable | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Plantation | Place›Sawmill
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Savagism | History›Indian Removal | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Native American stereotype | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Ownership | Technology›Steam locomotive
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Character›Persistence | Exile›Indian Removal | Past›Past in present | Time›Future
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Race›Race as a form of behavior
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits | Recurring Tropes›Endurance
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
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Politics›Democrat | Politics›Republican
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Morals›Faith | Recurring Tropes›Solitary
Cultural Issues: Race›Ku Klux Klan
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
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
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | Group Mentality›Community collective | History›Silver Shirts | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Character›Opportunism
Relationships: Social›Social organizations
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: Group Mentality›Community collective | Health and Illness›Amputation | Politics›Campaigning | Race›Negro-lover | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Character›Persistence
Actions: Mental›Misunderstanding | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Race›Ku Klux Klan
Themes and Motifs: Character›Scoundrel | Story-telling›Explaining
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Actions: Emotional›Embarrassment
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation
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
Environment: Place›Country vs city
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Entertainment›Radio | Entertainment›Television | History›Moving away | Progress›Technological | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Character›Persistence | Naming›Commercial origins
Themes and Motifs: Character›Persistence | Memory›Remembering | Time›Permanence
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Actions: Interaction, Social›Leadership
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Law›Legal authority
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Character›Personality change
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Space program | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Character›Personality change | Character›Power
Cultural Issues: Migration
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Advent | Character›Bargainer
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem reaches Jefferson
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›America and opportunity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Character›Predatory
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Education›Yale | Gender›Bachelor | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Femininity | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Advent | Body›Face | Character›Predatory | Recurring Tropes›Sexual power
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
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: Clothes | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Gender›Clothing | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Water
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Monument
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Property | Race›Black property ownership | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black | Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Interaction, Social›Peer group
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Class›Class consciousness
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Breathing | Natural›Moon | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Interracial›Romantic
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Relationships: Marital›Secrecy | Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
Actions: Economic›Horse trading
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Interpretation | Narrative›First-person vernacular passim | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Character›Pride | Character›Provincialism | Character›Swagger | Determinism›Fated
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation | Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Deception | Physical›Sitting
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Marital›Conflict
Aesthetics: Interpretation
Actions: Economic›Horse trading
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Ownership
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›July | Weather›Heat
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Saving money | Verbal›Badgering
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Aesthetics: Interpretation | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Disruption
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Character›Pride | Objects›Tobacco | Values›Honor
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Tone›Mock-heroic
Themes and Motifs: Character›Personality change
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Character›Personality change | Community›Local legends | Objects›Books
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Community›Local legends
Actions: Verbal›Garrulousness
Cultural Issues: War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder | Character›Bookishness
Cultural Issues: Technology›Electricity | Technology›Running water
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Character›Bookishness
Environment: Place›Spring | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Movement›Driving | Movement›Getting closer
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Character›Bookishness | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age | Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Environment: Place›Country store | Public›Store porch
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Community›Opinion | Objects›Tobacco | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Relationships: Marital›Abandonment
Environment: Atmospheric›Haunted | Place›Decayed plantation
Environment: Public›Restaurant
Themes and Motifs: Character›Naivety | Character›Reputation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Character›Superhuman strength
Actions: Physical›Throwing | Work›Sawmilling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Character›Superhuman strength
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Laughing | Mental›Thinking | Violent›Fighting | Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Law›Chain gang | Law›Incarceration | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Stereotype eyes
Themes and Motifs: Character›Superhuman strength
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
Actions: Emotional›Excitement
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Ambitious | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Values›Honor
Relationships: Friendship | Sexual
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Stockings | Clothes›Sunday shoes
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Neighbor
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Creating an Other
Actions: Violent›Domestic violence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reconstructed
Actions: Movement›Running away | Violent›Domestic violence
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Character›Inherited traits | Inheritance›Property
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Agricultural›Incompetent farming
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits | Character›Unknowable
Environment: Place›Country store
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Economy›Predatory practices
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Actions: Perceptual›Overhearing | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Character›Independence | Morals›Justice
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Actions: Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation | Emotional›Excitement
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Crying | Moral›Exploitation | Movement›Carriage | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Double standard
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Character›Blackguard
Relationships: Sexual›Extramarital | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Physical›Confining | Physical›Escape from confinement | Play›Fireworks | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Extramarital
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Bodily›Drooling | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Physical›Ambush | Physical›Holding | Play›Fireworks | Verbal›Message | Verbal›Promising | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Threatening
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Sexual›Extramarital
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Natural›Wilderness | Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Perceptual›Smelling | Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Injury
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Perceptual›Smelling
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Place›Plantation
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Diminishment / fading | Art›Poetry | Character›Pride | Morals›Honor | Morals›Justice | Texts›Poetry | Values›Courage | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Teaching | Mental›Reinterpretation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft | Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Character›Humility | Character›Pride | Values›Liberty
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interracial›Indian-white | Interracial›White-black | Interspecies›Man-bear | Interspecies›Man-dog
Actions: Emotional›Pity | Mental›Realization | Mental›Understanding
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Character›Pride | Values›Honor | Values›Justice | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interspecies›Man-bear | Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Themes and Motifs: Character›Honesty | Values›Good conduct
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Actions: Economic›Lending Money
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative shift | Narrative›Temporal projection
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Communication›Letter | Mental›Believing
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Gender›Masculine woman
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Narrative›Narrative anomaly
Cultural Issues: Migration›Intraregional migration | War›Civil War
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Jenny arrives
Actions: Communication›Letter
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | Sexuality›Harassment
Relationships: Familial›Orphan | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Narcissa's anonymous letters
Actions: Economic›Ascent | Emotional›Love | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Sawmilling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Honesty | Character›Responsibility | Character›Trust | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Dying | Emotional›Love | Legal›Marriage | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Storytelling
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Place›Sawmill | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Character›Responsibility
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Clothes›Shoes | Economy›Poverty | Economy›Self-sufficiency
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Time of Day›Morning
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Place›Country vs city
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Character›Innocence
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Place›Campsite
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shabby | Health and Illness›Bullet hole | War›Rules of engagement
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›White trash | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites | War›Union Army
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Economy›Property | Slavery›Loyalty | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Hero worship | Mental›Imagining
Cultural Issues: Religion›Apotheosis
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism | Objects›Scythe
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Actions: Moral›Renounce | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution | Marital›Arrangements
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Place›Grave | Time of Year›Winter
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ruthless | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Rape | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Crime›Gambling | Region›The South | Religion›Institutional | Slavery›Southern curse | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Character›Teetotaler | Meaning | Recurring Tropes›Fatality | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Familial | Friendship | Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Divine intervention | Allusion, Biblical›Heaven
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Character›Ruthless | Character›Vanity | Psychological›Madness | Time›Running out
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Mirage | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Shell | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Marriage | Gender›Southern woman | Group Mentality›Community collective | War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Death | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Crime›Penalty for | Slavery›Southern curse
Relationships: Familial
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Class›Disruption
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Character›Inexperience | Time›Permanence
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Community | Psychological›Trauma
Actions: Violent›Interracial
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Class›Class consciousness | Race›Racial consciousness | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial
Actions: Perceptual›Voyeurism
Cultural Issues: Class›Power | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Clothes›Shoes | Economy›Wealth | Race›Racial consciousness | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Clothes | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Recurring Tropes›Constitutive moment | Recurring Tropes›Door
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites
Themes and Motifs: Character›Constitutive moment | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Actions: Mental›Internal argument | Mental›Thinking
Cultural Issues: Class›Planter vs farmer | Violence›Imagined
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | War›Civil War
Actions: Mental›Learning | Verbal›Reading aloud
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | Class›Planter vs farmer | Economy›Wealth | Education
Themes and Motifs: Character›Self-reliance | Texts
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Recurring Tropes›Destiny | Story-telling
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Confederate uniform | War›Civil War
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment
Cultural Issues: Slavery | Violence›Interracial
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Character›Constitutive moment | Meaning›Interpretation of symbol | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Running out
Actions: Mental›Logically reasoning | Moral›Rationalization
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Morals›Injustice | Recurring Tropes›Design | Values›Conscience
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate
Cultural Issues: Gender
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Values›Conscience
Actions: Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Verbal›Invitation
Themes and Motifs: Character›Conviction
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Character›Shrewdness | Recurring Tropes›Design | Time›Running out
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Figures of Speech›Seed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Character›Inherited traits | Meaning›Paternity
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College companions / classmates
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Gender›Feminine man
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Character›Inherited traits | Recurring Tropes›Imitation | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College companions / classmates
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Character›Inherited traits
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Launcelot | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Drawing room
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Body›Skin | Character›Naivety | Home›Homecoming | Story-telling›Collaborative | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Actions: Communication›Lack of communication | Emotional›Longing
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Character›Inherited traits
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Communication›Letter | Military›Retreat
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Race | Region›The South | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Military defeat | Character›Principle | Recurring Tropes›Glory | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Friendship›College roommate
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Work›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creation | Character›Artist | Character›Ruthless | Character›Vanity | Recurring Tropes›Dream
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
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: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Mental›Self-consciousness | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Formal | Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Hat | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Character›Swagger
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
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
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Complexion | Character›Regal | Recurring Tropes›Performance
Relationships: Familial›Sister-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Figures of Speech›Personification
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Watching
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War as point of reference
Themes and Motifs: Character›Vanity | Recurring Tropes›Destiny
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Water
Actions: Mental›Envisioning
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Character›Swagger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Allusion, Mythical›Phoenix | Ambiguity
Relationships: Familial›Sister-sister
Themes and Motifs: Character›Personality change | Community›Alienation | Morals›Protest | Objects›Bible
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Military analogy
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering
Actions: Emotional›Detachment | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Mental›Fatalism | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Character›Barbarism | Character›Sophistication
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Roman consul | Allusion, Historical›Scythian
Actions: Emotional›Love | Moral›Renounce | Movement›Horse | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Clothes›Cloak | Clothes›Gown | Clothes›Hat | Gender›Cross-dress | Group Mentality›Community collective | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Character›Maturity | Character›Provincialism | Character›Sophistication | Recurring Tropes›Imitation
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male attraction
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Futility | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Friendship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Environment: Place›Country vs city
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Puritan | Race›Miscegenation | Sexuality›Female | Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Character›Naivety | Character›Provincialism
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking | Moral›Corrupting | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive | Cultural Identity›Puritan | Economy›Wealth | Ritual›Initiation | Sexuality | Slavery›Commodity | Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Recurring Tropes›Imitation
Relationships: Friendship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Photography | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Character›Provincialism | Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Relationships: Friendship | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Medical / Surgical
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Moral›Corrupting
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Puritan | Ritual›Initiation | Sexuality›Prostitution | Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Character›Provincialism | Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine | Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Relationships: Friendship | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Face
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation | Moral›Corrupting | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Puritan | Race›White race | Religion›Godhead | Ritual›Initiation | Sexuality›Prostitution | Sexuality›Racialized | Slavery›Commodity | Slavery›Racialism | Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Body›Hair | Character›Gambler | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Philosophical›Evolution | Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine | Values›Decorum | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Friendship | Interracial›Marriage
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Seed
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits | Character›Power | Recurring Tropes›Fatality
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits
Aesthetics: Interpretation
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Bodily›Decomposition | Physical›Meddling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Death›Dying wish | Philosophical›Human nature | Story-telling›Retelling
Actions: Emotional›Stubbornness
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing | Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Duty | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Courage | Values›Determination | Values›Sacrifice
Aesthetics: Tone›Apocalyptic
Cultural Issues: Age›Baby | Health and Illness
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Balance | Character›Responsibility
Relationships: Familial›Favoritism | Familial›Mother-son
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Balance | Character›Cautious | Character›Recklessness | Time›Cyclical | Time›Measuring time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Cultural Issues: Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Free Will
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Divine plan | Character›Intelligence | Character›Responsibility | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Emotional›Repentance | Moral›Judgmental | Moral›Praying | Moral›Punishment
Cultural Issues: Religion›Challenge | Religion›Heresy | Religion›Piety | Religion›Sacrilege | Religion›Sin | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Character›Pride | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Redemption | Philosophical›Salvation
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Social›Neighbor
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: Bodily›Sweating | Mental›Skepticism | Moral›Rationalization
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic | Memory›Remembering | Story-telling
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Emptying oneself | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Animals›Geese | Character›Duty | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Liminal | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Naming | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood | Familial›Parents-children
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Hypocritical
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gethsemane | Allusion, Biblical›Jesus
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Economic›Horse trading
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Matched team of horses or mules
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Helpless | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Sacrifice
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Broken bones | Health and Illness›Medicine
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Character›Forbearance | Death›Coffin | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Fish
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Social›Neighbor
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Running | Emotional›Anger | Physical›Burning | Physical›Dragging | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Arson
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Modernist style
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Art›Classical Greek | Character›Superhuman strength | Death›Coffin
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Style›Cubism
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Outrage
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Character›stoic | Philosophical›Luck
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional | Hierarchical›Doctor-patient
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Auditory›Carpentry | Auditory›Sawing | Auditory›Voices | Time of Day›Five o'clock p.m.
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Hunting and Fishing
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical | Description›Animate/Inanimate | Description›Eyes
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Restlessness
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic | Philosophical›Movement
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | War›Draft
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Environment: Auditory›Carpentry | Domestic Space›Deathbed | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Communication›Without words | Emotional›Resentment | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Relationships: Hierarchical›Doctor-patient
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate
Environment: Auditory›Sawing | Domestic Space›Deathbed
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Dipping snuff
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder | Character›Opportunism | Recurring Tropes›Imitation
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident | Character›Precision | Character›Work ethic
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Gender›Widow | Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident | Character›Precision
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Impatience | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate
Actions: Hunting›Fox hunting | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Character›Unruliness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Richard I of England
Themes and Motifs: Character›Playfulness
Relationships: Institutional›Military
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Character›Impulsiveness | Character›Recklessness
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Atmospheric›Spectral | Auditory›Bugle | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Dawn
Relationships: Institutional›Military
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Centaur | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Communication›Telephone | Domestic›Sewing | Mental›Imagining | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Monologue
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Entertainment›Traditional music | Gender›Chivalry
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Taste | Mass Media›Magazines | War›Peace
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Memory›Collective memory | Objects›Anchovies | Objects›Gun
Aesthetics: Diction›Accent | Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Indian medicine
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers
Aesthetics: Tone›Incongruous
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Natural›Trees | Time of Year›December
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Character›Inherited traits | Character›Recklessness
Themes and Motifs: Art›Painting | Character›Recklessness
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Movement›Flight | Violent›Airplane crash
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Young Bayard's death
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Body›Moustache | Character›Ambitious | Futility | Home›Homecoming | Objects›Cigar
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Actions: Domestic›Making a bed | Domestic›Setting the table | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Character›Tenderness | Objects›Milk
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Objects›Flowers
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Communication›Letter | Movement›Hot-air balloon | Verbal›Rumor
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Community›Carnival
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Movement›Horse | Movement›Hot-air balloon
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shabby | Health and Illness›Poisoning
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Character›Violent
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper | Modernity›Speed
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Objects›Car
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Dumas, Alexandre
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Growth | Modernity›Speed
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Sterile
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Growth | Health and Illness›Medical advice | Health and Illness›Obesity | Health and Illness›Quackery | Migration›Work
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends | Interracial›Mammy-child
Themes and Motifs: Character›Responsibility
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Breakup
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Inheritance›Traits
Relationships: Marital›Reconciliation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male body | Religion›Piety | Religion›Relationship with God | Religion›Sacrilege
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Actions: Physical›Throwing | Work›Sawmilling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Character›Superhuman strength
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Laughing | Mental›Thinking | Violent›Fighting | Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Law›Chain gang | Law›Incarceration | Race›Black incarceration | Race›Stereotype eyes
Themes and Motifs: Character›Superhuman strength
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective
Actions: Violent›Threatening
Themes and Motifs: Character›Power | Death›Suspicious
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Environment: Place›Blacksmith shop | Place›Plantation
Actions: Work›Blacksmith
Themes and Motifs: Character›Independence | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Door
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Labor›Racialized | Slavery›Metaphorical
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Character›Innocence
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Interspecies›Man-dog
Actions: Bodily›Starvation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Character›Forbearance | Values›Determination
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Character›Indomitable
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Themes and Motifs: Character›Indomitable | Naming›Importance of naming | Story-telling›Explaining
Environment: Time of Year›Hunting season
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And identity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Character›Indomitable
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Slavery›Miscegenation
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Material | Character›Personality change | Meaning›Mystery | Memory›Remembering
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Time of Day›Noon
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Money›Disdaining money
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Synesthesia
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Suit
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Saturday
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity
Themes and Motifs: Character›Maturity | Time›Anticipation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Daytime
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Environment: Place›Official office
Actions: Verbal›Interruption
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hollywood | Allusion, Literary›Hemingway, Ernest | Narrative›Contested
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Cultural Issues: Religion›Church service
Themes and Motifs: Character›Self-righteousness
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Communication›Miscommunication | Movement›Walking
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Mental›Misunderstanding
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Two o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Smoking | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Spying | Perceptual›Watching
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation
Cultural Issues: Education›Need to be educated | Entertainment›Football
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Values›Determination
Themes and Motifs: Character›Self-deception | Psychological›Denial | Psychological›Obsession
Actions: Movement›Running away
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Washington Irving
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits
Actions: Emotional›Regret | Movement›Running away
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
Themes and Motifs: Character›Shrewdness
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty | Race›White supremacists | Violence›Interracial
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Verbal›Giving advice
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mockingbird | Character›Fool|Foolishness
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Actions: Agricultural›Incompetent farming | Economic›Horse trading
Actions: Economic›Horse trading
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Bleeding
Themes and Motifs: Character›Generous | Character›Inherited traits
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Helen | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Economy›Commerce
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Work›House painter
Themes and Motifs: Character›Conventional
Cultural Issues: History›Surrender at Appomattox
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reactionary | Death›Of parent
Cultural Issues: Progress›Air travel
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Death›Plane accident
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Ohio | Recurring Episodes›Young Bayard's death
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war | Character›Inherited traits | Determinism›Fated | Memory›Haunted by past
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Cultural Issues: History›Communism | History›Pre-World War II issues | History›Spanish Civil War | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism
Aesthetics: Style›Address to reader | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Anglophile | History›Anti-Communism|McCarthy Era | Nationality›English / British | Religion›Martyrdom | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits | Morals›Faith
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Perceptual›Professional surveillance
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Abuse of office | Violence›By police | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder | Character›Ambitious
Cultural Issues: History›Ku Klux Klan | Politics›Demagoguery | Politics›Public opinion
Cultural Issues: History›Ku Klux Klan | Politics›Campaigning | Politics›Progressive
Cultural Issues: 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: Prejudice›Anti-Catholic | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism | Prejudice›Racism
Cultural Issues: Religion›Sunday school
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism
Cultural Issues: Government›Congress | Government›Corruption | Government›Depression-era programs | History›Ku Klux Klan | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism
Cultural Issues: War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism | Philosophical›Human nature
Cultural Issues: Class›Social mobility | History›Baby Boom | Progress›Growing population | War›Profiting from war | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Character›Shrewdness
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Lumber trade | Economy›Retirement
Themes and Motifs: Character›Curmudgeonly | Money›Stingy with money
Themes and Motifs: Character›Curmudgeonly
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Agriculture›Corn | Class›Caste system | Economy›Wealth | Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Law›Grand jury | Law›Legal document | Law›Sheriff | Progress›Electrification
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits
Relationships: Friendship›School classmates
Themes and Motifs: Character›Coward | Psychological›Rationalizing
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: History›Communism | Race›Negro reporting white behavior | Race›Negro-lover
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Caressing | Bodily›Kissing | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Terror
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Body›Buttocks | Character›Trust | Money›Cash | Texts›Deed | Values›Devotion
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Sexual
Actions: Perceptual›Misreading
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Education›Trade school | Government›Corruption | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Cultural Issues: Crime›Vigilantism | Sexuality›Adult-adolescent
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Character›Inherited traits | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing
Cultural Issues: Law›Informal arrangement | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Law
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Attic
Cultural Issues: Labor›Prostitution
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Year›Saturday
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Natural›Trees
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Animals›Race horse | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Character›Responsibility
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Law›Wanted poster
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Environment: Atmospheric›Streetlamp
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Sensing
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Body›Mouth | Character›Innocence | Memory›Remembering
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