Themes and Motifs: Body Eyes
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Appearance-plain
- Arm
- Blood
- Bowels
- Brain / mind
- Breast
- Buttocks
- Chins
- Excrement
- Eyelashes
- Face
- Fingers
- Flesh
- Foot / Feet
- Forehead
- Hair
- Hand / Palm
- Heels
- Hips
- Intestines
- Jaw
- Knee
- Legs
- Lips
- Male body
- Mental disability
- Moustache
- Mouth
- Naked
- Nose
- Physical disability
- Pregnancy
- Prosthetic
- Scar
- Sensory experience
- Shoulder
- Skin
- Stomach/belly
- Straightened hair
- Symbolism
- Teeth
- Testicles
- Thighs
- Thinness
- Throat
- Voice
- Waist
- Weight
- Womb
Tagged Events
Environment: Time of Day›Eleven o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Fear | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Hearing | Play›Joking around | Play›Prank | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Cure | Health and Illness›Indian medicine | Health and Illness›Insanity | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Death›Funeral pyre / cremation | Objects›Fire
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Clothes›Women | Government›Generational reform | Race›Hierarchical
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Water | Genre Conventions›Gothic
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›National
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Time›Anticipation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures | Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Naming | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Hierarchical | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Time of Day›Night
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Ellipsis
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Health and Illness›Fever
Aesthetics: Language›Interjection
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Auditory›Silence | Natural›Moon | Time of Day›Midnight
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Magazines | Violence›Domestic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Not caring about race | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Violence›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Chaos/Order›Accident
Relationships: Marital›Interracial
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Urban | Crime›Murder | Government›Demographics | History›Great Migration
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Deracination | Art›Sculpture | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Hair | Body›Straightened hair | Texts›Census
Environment: Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Olfactory›Old woman smell | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Biblical analogy | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation | Slavery›Music
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Eyes | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Body›Eyes | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Will to endure
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Perceptual›Unknowable
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Complexion | Body›Eyes | Body›Face
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Work›Painting|Drawing
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Silence
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality | Race›Stereotype: smell
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Prejudice | Race›Stereotype eyes | Race›Stereotype sweat | Race›Stereotype: smell
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
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
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Cure | Health and Illness›Drugs
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Description›Eyes
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Anticipation
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Body›Eyes | Body›Thinness | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Clay | Recurring Episodes›Sutpen's arrival
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Persuasion
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Eyes
Environment: Auditory›Tree / leaves
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Car | Verbal›Exaggeration | Violent›Threatening
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Age›Baby | Violence›Killing animal
Environment: Natural›Trees | Time of Year›December
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Character›Inherited traits | Character›Recklessness
Actions: Bodily›Watching | Emotional›Coldness | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Shopping | Physical›Tripping | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Sensuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable | Body›Eyes
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Body›Eyes
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Ghost
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable | Body›Eyes
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Mask
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Violent›Intent to kill
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Slavery›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Competitive
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
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
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Shame | Perceptual›Sensing | Physical›Pushing away | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Olfactory›Baking / bread
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Caring | Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Charity | Moral›Judgmental | Moral›Stealing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Jewish | Ethnicity›Offensive terminology | Food›Bread | Food›Cake | Food›Coffee | Gender›Femininity | Gender›Masculine woman | Gender›Stereotype librarian / school teacher | Mass Media›Newspaper | Nationality›American | Nationality›Foreigners | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants | Prejudice
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Librarian look | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Money›Nickel coin | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Coffee | Objects›Ring | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Civic›Charity | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Isolation
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Running sound | Natural›Water moving / flowing
Actions: Bodily›Retching | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Laughing | Legal›Arrest | Legal›Handcuffing | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Physical›Holding | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Stuttering / stammering | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Kidnapping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Vest | Food›Bread | Health and Illness›Nausea | Law›Badge | Law›Constitutional right to remain silent | Law›Criminal assault | Law›Criminal assault and battery | Law›Custody | Nationality›Foreigners | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Insects butterflies | Appearance›Dirty | Body›Arm | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Shoulder | Body›Stomach/belly | Body›Throat | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Civic | Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Assailant-victim
Aesthetics: Description›Color yellow | Language›Foreign accent / dialect | Language›ah ah ah
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Trees | Olfactory›Perfume smell | Place›Stone wall | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hysteria | Emotional›Laughing | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Sadness | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Mental›Suppression / trying not to think | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Car | Movement›Swimming | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Touching | Physical›Wave / waving | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Chatter
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wine | Alcohol›Wine hamper | Class›Gentility | Ethnicity›Italian | Food›Bread | Gender›Dirty girl | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Knee | Body›Throat | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homoerotic
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Domestic›Feeding | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Shame | Emotional›Shock | Perceptual›Sensing | Physical›Climbing stairs | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Body›Arm | Body›Eyes | Body›Face
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Light | Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Heartbeat | Auditory›Insect sounds | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Creek | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›Sand | Natural›Sky | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Rain | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Heart beating | Bodily›Panting | Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Lying | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Starting over | Physical›Touching | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Skirt | Clothes›Wet clothes | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Sensuality | Sexuality›Sex and death | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Insects crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Hips | Body›Knee | Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Objects›Fence | Objects›Willow tree | Objects›knife | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Romantic›Sexual | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Description›Color gray | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Island of silence | Figures of Speech›Mirror | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Language›no no | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Cleansing power of water | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Auditory›Streetcar sound
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Vest | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Sexual double standard | Health and Illness›Injured | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Chaos/Order›Control | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Recurring Tropes›Twilight | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Body of water | Olfactory›Gasoline
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Suicide | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Peace | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Time›Watch
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Year›Easter
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Bodily›Hungering | Domestic›Feeding | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Nonverbal taunting or teasing
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering | Food›Breakfast
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Photography
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Year›Easter
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Bodily›Waking | Domestic›Discipline | Emotional›Self-pity | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering | Religion›Church service | Religion›Resurrection | Ritual›Easter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Economic›Borrowing | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Searching | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Body›Eyes | Body›Mouth | Money›Lost | Objects›Chair | Objects›Fire | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Guilt | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Physical›Pushing away
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Body›Eyes | Character›Innocence | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›Upstairs
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Shame | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Pushing away
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Body›Eyes | Character›Innocence | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
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›Firelight | Domestic Space›Library | Olfactory›Smelling trees
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Mental›Studying | Moral›Punishment | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Burning | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Lifting
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Body›Mouth | Body›Shoulder | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Chair | Objects›Cushion | Objects›Fire | Objects›Mirror | Objects›Paper | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Mental›Thinking | Non-human›Animal senses | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Objects›Bed | Objects›Slipper | Objects›Watch | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being in time | Time›Being outside of time
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate | Friendship›Male-male relationship
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 | 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
Actions: Emotional›Theatricality | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Khaki | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Silk | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Memory›Remembering | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Description›Color blue | Description›Color bronze | Description›Color brown | Diction›Misogynistic wording | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Marriage announcement | Economic›Banking | Economic›Selling | Emotional›Contempt | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Mental›Distrust | Mental›Learning | Movement›Car | Movement›Limousine | Physical›Driving | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Clothes›Garter | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Harvard | Entertainment›Circus | Gender›Marriage | Region›The South | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Elephants | Animals›Fleas | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Teeth | Character›Inherited traits | Character›Reputation | Community›Wedding | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Inheritance›Traits | Memory›Remembering | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Honor | Objects›Candle | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Supernatural›Spell | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College roommate | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Fiance | Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual | Social›Adversarial | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›South Bend, Indiana | Allusion, Literary›Byron | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Don Juan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Marmion" | Allusion, Literary›Scott, Walter | Figures of Speech›Puppy | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Long sentence | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Suspicion | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Moral›Deception | Physical›Saluting | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | Verbal›Code-switching / Change in dialect | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Rumor | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Racial|Regional stereotypes about drinking | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Uniform | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Divinity school | Education›Graduation | Education›Harvard | Ethnicity›Italian | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes | Race›Rules / norms for addressing whites | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Race›Uncle Tom | Ritual›Holiday | War›Grand Army of the Republic / G.A.R. | War›Military rank of general
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Community›Columbus Day | Community›Parade | Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Hypocrisy | Objects›Luggage | Recurring Tropes›Gossip | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black | Social›Mentorship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Princeton University | Allusion, Historical›Columbus, Christopher | Allusion, Historical›Lincoln, Abraham | Allusion, Historical›Women's Christian Temperance Union / W.C.T.U. | Allusion, Literary›Stowe, Harriet Beecher | Allusion, Literary›Uncle Tom's Cabin | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Gender›Changing relationships | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Puberty
Relationships: Familial›Cohesion | Familial›Mother-daughter
Actions: Emotional›Surprise | Verbal›Banter / small talk
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Clothes›Tie | Sexuality›Learning about | Technology›Car
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Interaction, Private›Rejection | Verbal›Marriage proposal
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
Environment: Public›Town Square
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Body›Eyes | Home›Home as prison
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Place›Campsite | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Boots | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Shabby | Clothes›Shirt | Health and Illness›Bullet hole | War›Rules of engagement | War›Union Army