Themes and Motifs: Animals Cows
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Alligators
- Ants
- Bats
- Bear
- Beavers
- Birds
- Bison
- Bluejays
- Bugs
- Bumble-bee
- Buzzards
- Cats
- Cattle
- Chickens/roosters
- Cicadas
- Crickets
- Deer
- Dog-fox
- Dogs
- Ducks
- Elephants
- Fireflies
- Fish
- Fish trout
- Fleas
- Fox
- Frogs
- Gamecock
- Geese
- Giraffe
- Goat
- Grasshoppers
- Gulls
- Hog
- Horses
- Insect boll weevil
- Insect fly
- Insects bees
- Insects butterflies
- Insects crickets
- Insects lice
- Insects mayflies
- Insects tick
- Lightning bugs
- Lion
- Metaphorical elephant
- Mice
- Mockingbird
- Mosquitoes
- Mules
- Named bear Ben
- Named dog Lion
- Owl
- Ownership
- Oxen
- Panther
- Pigeons
- Pigs
- Point-of-view
- Pony
- Possum
- Quail
- Rabbit
- Raccoon
- Race horse
- Rat
- Sentience
- Sheep
- Snake
- Sparrow
- Squirrel
- Swallows
- Tending to animal
- Termites
- Tigers
- Turkey
- Turtles
- Whippoorwills
- Wild horses
- Wildcats
- Wolf
- Woodpecker|Lord-to-God
Tagged Events
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Apparition | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Domestic Space›Cellar | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Running
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Domestic›Milking | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Scamming | Physical›Sitting | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Negotiation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Mental›Remembering | Violent›Animal predatory behavior | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Food›Peas | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Clearing the land
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Absence/Loss›Livestock | Animals›Bear | Animals›Cows | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Pigs | Futility›Inability | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Ax | Objects›Saw | Recurring Tropes›Apotheosis | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Story-telling›Hunting
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
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Absence/Loss›Substitute | Animals›Cows | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Objects›Toys | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Domestic Space›Barn
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Animals›Cows | Animals›Horses | Death›Response to | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Vitality
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Worry | Verbal›Hushing | Violent
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Absence/Loss›Blame | Animals›Cows | Animals›Horses
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape
Environment: Atmospheric›Dereliction | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Evening
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Personification
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Frogs | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Movement›Car | Violent›Violence against animals
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Frustration
Environment: Atmospheric›Fire | Atmospheric›Smoke
Actions: Bodily›Defecation | Emotional›Love | Movement›Running away
Aesthetics: Tone›Mock-heroic
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-cow
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Helen | Allusion, Mythical›Juno | Tone›Mock-heroic
Environment: Time of Year›May
Actions: Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Cure | Religion›Folk superstition
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Character›Shrewdness | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Family honor
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Quest to recover | Animals›Cows | Values›Determination
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Summer
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Snake | Exile›Dispossession | Objects›Sewing machine
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cattle | Animals›Cows | Determinism›Lack of choice
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Cows | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Race horse
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Place›Barn | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Carrying
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Horses | Animals›Pigs | Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Bow and arrow | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Natural›Creek | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Domestic›Milking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Pigs | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Natural›Hills
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Laughing | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Mental›Hallucinating | Perceptual›Ambiguity | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Kicking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Champagne | Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Pigs | Community›Wedding | Objects›Bottle | Objects›Coffee | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Atmospheric›Night | Auditory›Howling | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Pasture | Domestic Space›Servants' home | Natural›Creek | Olfactory›Smelling death | Place›Ditch | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Dressing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Pigs | Death›Bones | Death›Response to
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Narrative›Unreliable narrator | Symbolism›Shadows
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile | Tone›Absurdist
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Mental›Skepticism | Verbal›Shouting
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Temporal projection
Environment: Domestic Space›Cellar | Domestic Space›Yard
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Buying a house | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Negotiation
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Environment: Domestic Space›Stable
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Moral›Secret