Themes and Motifs: Animals Horses
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Alligators
- Ants
- Bats
- Bear
- Beavers
- Birds
- Bison
- Bluejays
- Bugs
- Bumble-bee
- Buzzards
- Cats
- Cattle
- Chickens/roosters
- Cicadas
- Cows
- Crickets
- Deer
- Dog-fox
- Dogs
- Ducks
- Elephants
- Fireflies
- Fish
- Fish trout
- Fleas
- Fox
- Frogs
- Gamecock
- Geese
- Giraffe
- Goat
- Grasshoppers
- Gulls
- Hog
- 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
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Matched team of horses or mules
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed
Relationships: Social›Homoerotic
Environment: Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation | Time of Year›Quail season
Actions: Hunting›Quail hunting
Relationships: Interracial›White-black | Social›Paternalism
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Domestic Space›Stable | Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Year›Laid-by season | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Impatience | Work›Farming
Relationships: Marital›Father in law-son in law
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Cottonfield | Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Law›Spousal privilege | Race›Etiquette
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Money›Dowry | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Well | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Conflict | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Conflict | Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Reproduction | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Olfactory›Old woman smell
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Moral›Lying | Movement›Hiding | Perceptual›Investigating | Perceptual›Listening | Violent›Killing of animals
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Trans-regional | Gender›Chivalry | War›Homefront | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Home›Distance from home
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | History›Indian Removal | Land-Use›Collective exploitation | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Oklahoma | Language›Fragments | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal
Environment: Place›Indian agency | Place›Okatoba | Place›Old Jefferson
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Government›US Bureau of Indian Affairs | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Relocation | Body›Physical disability | Naming›Importance of naming | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Place›Indian agency
Actions: Economic›Earning Money | Play›Gambling | Work›Government | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Government›US Bureau of Indian Affairs
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Actions: Economic›Selling land
Cultural Issues: History›Dispossessing Indians | Progress›Clearing the land
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Compson land acquired
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Environment: Natural›Creek | Place›Country store | Public›Blacksmith
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Auction | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Whispering | Work›Blacksmith
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Story-telling
Cultural Issues: Clothes
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Honeysuckle | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Running | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Grief | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Listening
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Year›Spring
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ab's war wound
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | War›Mercenary
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Hunting›Setting up camp | Movement›Boat
Actions: Economic›Horse trading
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Interpretation | Narrative›First-person vernacular passim | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Dinner | Time of Day›Noon
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›July | Weather›Heat
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Saving money | Verbal›Badgering
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn | Weather›Heat
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Interpretation
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Olfactory›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Falling | Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Embarrassment
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Alcohol›Wanting a drink
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Foreshadowing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Actions: Mental›Understanding
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Irony | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Communication›Silence | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Reality
Actions: Mental›Unaware | Perceptual›Seeing
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Hate | Violent›Violence against animals
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Community›Local legends
Actions: Economic›Horse trading
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
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Communication›Spanish | Play›Betting | Work›Horse training
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Actions: Communication›Spanish | Work›Horse training
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-horse
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Trying to kill Gualdres
Actions: Military›Enlistment
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Uniform | War›Going to war | War›Patriotism
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Environment: Atmospheric›Peaceful | Place›Decayed plantation | Place›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ben-Hur | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Lot
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Relationships: Hierarchical›Foreman-worker | Social›Coworker
Environment: Weather›Perfect Weather
Actions: Emotional›Excitement | Movement›Boat
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Time of Day›Noon
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Global›Exoticism | Labor›Menial | Race›Stereotype cannibalism | Slavery›Indian slave-owners | Slavery›Ownership | Slavery›Quarters | Slavery›Slave trading
Cultural Issues: Ritual
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Gender›Reproduction
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Shoes | Global›Exoticism | Slavery›Field slaves vs house slaves | Slavery›Fugitive
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Hunting›Slave hunting | Verbal›Storytelling
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Clothes
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Hunting›Slave hunting | Perceptual›Voyeurism
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Community›Crowd | Death›Funeral | Death›Indian burial practices
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Identity, Personal›Soldier | Politics›Voting | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering passim
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Conflict
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shawl | Race›Hierarchical | Region›Lost Cause
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Parasol | Objects›Surrey
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Determinism›Fated | Memory›Forgetting
Cultural Issues: Government›Civic officials
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Underclothes, female | Violence›Accident
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: Place›Stable | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Understanding
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And identity | Clothes›Hat, straw | Clothes›Overalls | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Philosophical›Freedom of choice | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Bodily›Insomnia | Domestic›Cleaning | Mental›Realization
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Prejudice›White supremacy | Race›Economic basis of racism | Race›Racial spheres
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Home›Homecoming | Objects›Corpse | Objects›Shotgun | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Supernatural›Superstitions
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | Ritual›Initiation | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Story-telling
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Gender›Chivalry
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War consequences | War›Death
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Sexuality›Predatory | War›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-horse | Sexual›Inappropriate
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Slavery
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Face
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Olfactory›Old woman smell
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Buggy
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Personification | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Gallop | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Movement›Carriage | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class | Race›Stereotype: teeth | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Djinn | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Face | Figures of Speech›Replica | Figures of Speech›Tornado
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Class›Dehumanization | Class›Status, low
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Actions: Hunting›Quail hunting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Story-telling
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Thunder | Public›Church
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype | Race›Stereotype: teeth | Religion›Sabbath
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Face
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering | Story-telling
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Race | Religion›Apotheosis | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth
Actions: Bodily›Birth / Being born | Communication›Messenger
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Perceptual›Hearing | Verbal›Insulting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Similarity | Memory›Uncertain
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Naming›Importance of naming | Time›Past
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ancient Greek Chorus | Narrative›Revision
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Community›Posse | Death›Corpse | Objects›Scythe | Objects›knife
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Wash charges posse
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
Cultural Issues: Clothes
Actions: Legal›Locking up
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Group Mentality›Community collective
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Silence
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Memory›Remembering | Past›Past in present | Time›Simultaneity of time
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Emotional›Resentment | Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Crime | Government›Uncle Sam | Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Godhead | Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Oxen | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Chandlier | Objects›Crystal | Objects›Furniture
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Objects›Basket | Objects›Portmanteau | Objects›Tarpaulin
Relationships: Civic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Narrative›Anti-climax
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Character›Power | Character›Ruthless | Objects›Basket | Objects›Portmanteau | Objects›Tarpaulin
Relationships: Civic
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Respectability | Group Mentality›Community collective
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Practicality | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Fish | Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Death›Dying wish | Objects›Toys | Philosophical›Existentialism
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Mental›Imagining | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Obeying / obedience | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Gender›Reproduction | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Laughing | Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Obeying / obedience
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Community›Opinion | Death›Dying wish | Death›Respect | Morals›Honor | Morals›Hypocrisy | Psychological›Madness | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Parents-children
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Animal abuse | Violent›Restraining
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Temporal projection
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Public›Bridge | Public›Store porch | Time of Day›Sunset | Weather›Flood
Actions: Bodily›Decomposition | Communication›Gossip | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›News
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Gender›Labor | Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Story-telling›Retelling
Environment: Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›November
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Labor›Farming | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Money›Expenses | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Responsibility | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-horse | Marital›Adultery
Environment: Natural›Water moving / flowing | Public›Bridge
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Regret | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Flood imagery
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
Actions: Emotional›Betrayal | Mental›Calculation | Movement›Crossing | Movement›Mule | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Death by water / Drowning
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Coffin | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Objects›Wagon
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Moral›Confession | Moral›Forgiveness | Moral›Praying | Movement›Horse | Movement›Swimming
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Satan
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Loss of animal companion | Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Feeling pain | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Medicine
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Animals›Fish | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Death›Denial | Meaning›Maternity
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Mother-son | Interspecies›Man-fish | Interspecies›Man-horse
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
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
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: Time of Day›Midnight | Weather›Rain
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Storm
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Environment: Time of Day›Ten o'clock a.m. | Weather›Flood
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Domestic Space›Porch | Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Ritual›Funeral
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Picture/image
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Mental›Imagining | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Kicking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Supernatural›Insight
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Natural›Moon | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›April
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Atmospheric›Dangerous | Place›Livery stable
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Character›Impulsiveness | Character›Recklessness
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Health and Illness›Deafness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Horses | Art›African American music | Chaos/Order›Emptiness | Character›Noisiness | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Remembering | Military›Escape | Movement›Limping | Verbal›Shouting | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Shooting
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Reported narration
Cultural Issues: Crime›Horse theft | War›Civil War
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Art›African American music | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Pipe
Aesthetics: Language›Hymn | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Horse | Physical›Ambush
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Sartoris captures Yankees
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: War›Aerial combat | War›Civil War | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Past›Grander than present
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Argument
Actions: Economic›Lending Money | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Theatricality | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Health and Illness›Convalescence | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Boots | Health and Illness›Deafness | History›Prohibition
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Objects›Books | Objects›Keys | Objects›Locks | Objects›Silver
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interspecies›Man-dog
Actions: Emotional›Theatricality | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Green eyeshade | Progress
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Death›Afterlife | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Pipe | Past›Anxiety about|Resistance to change | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Interracial›White-black | Interspecies›Man-horse
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Place›Farm | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Spring
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Nationality›Foreigners | War›World War I | War›Wound
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Psychological›Trauma
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Symbolism›Shadows
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Past›Old days | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Relationships: Hierarchical›Foreman-worker | Social›Coworker
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Interaction, Social›Celebration | Non-human›Attack
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Livestock | Gender›All-male space
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Hunting›Setting up camp
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-horse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious
Relationships: Familial›Father-son in law
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Physical›Running
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Past›Old days | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Pony | Past›Old days | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Physical›Digging
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Lot | Time of Day›Afternoon
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Cultural Issues: History›Atomic Age | Slavery›Freedom | Technology›Atomic bomb
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Mental›Remembering | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Verbal›Warning
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Horse
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Relationships: Friendship›Interracial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing | Violent›Lynch mob
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Mental›Deduction | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Grave robbing | Crime›Innocence
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Relationships: Marital›Marriage vs freedom | Marital›Wedding
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Advent | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Trying to kill Gualdres
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Olfactory›Food | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Hysteria | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Banishment | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Insulting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Gamecock | Animals›Horses | Animals›Race horse | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Race›Solidarity
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Race›Solidarity
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-mule
Environment: Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Relationships: Familial›Interracial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Place›Grave | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Communication›Without words
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Backyard | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Crime›Theft|Robbery
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Race›Hierarchical | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Commercial›Boss-underling | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Race horse | Objects›Car | Objects›Gold tooth
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Backyard | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Sunday
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Hunting and Fishing›Marksmanship | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Race›Genealogy | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Domestic Space›Pasture
Cultural Issues: Race›Friendly interaction
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Domestic Space›Paddock
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Animals›Horses | Objects›Gold tooth
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Hungering | Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Movement›Buggy | Movement›Mule | Physical›Driving
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Time of Day›Morning
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Outrage | Emotional›Rage | Emotional›Shock | Movement›Buggy | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation | Crime›Vagrancy | Health and Illness›Nursing | Health and Illness›Stroke | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Violence›Gendered
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Socks | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Verbal›Instructing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Values›Conservatism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Economy›Banking | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi
Environment: Olfactory›Evoking memory | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Frozen / Static
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Temporal projection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Politics›Democracy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Triumph
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Atmospheric›Crowded | Auditory›Voices | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Age›Rite of passage | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Triumph
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Hunting and Fishing›Tourism | Identity, Cultural›Northerner
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Barking | Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Nature | Olfactory›Flowers
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Mental›Remembering | Moral›Secret | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Time of Day›Daytime
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Solidarity | Race›Stereotype cannibalism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Horses
Environment: Place›Livery stable
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Changing customs | Technology›Telephone
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Place›Livery stable
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Entertainment›Motoring | Law›Motor vehicle | Modernity›Changing customs | Progress›Cars
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Grist mill | Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Religion›African American | Religion›Sabbath
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Neologism | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Evening
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Infrastructure | Race›Segregation
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Natural›River | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Mental›Unaware | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Physical›Meddling | Physical›Protection | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Sick as euphemism for pregnancy | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Cousin | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Allusion, Literary›Antony and Cleopatra | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Gods | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Broken bones | Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Objects›Basket | Objects›Fence
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
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
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Hoofbeats | Auditory›Tree / leaves
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Movement›Buggy | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Description›Color white
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Auditory›Rodent sounds | Domestic Space›Barn | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Physical›Dancing | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Holding | Physical›Lifting | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Misspeaking
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Orgasm
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Moss | Natural›River | Public›Bridge
Actions: Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Beavers | Animals›Horses | Appearance›Nakedness | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Body›Chins | Body›Male body | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: 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
Environment: Auditory›Insect sounds | Natural›Ditches | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Oversweet organic
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Actions: Bodily›Heart beating | Emotional›Humiliation | Emotional›Love | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Injury | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Narcissus | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Public›Street | Public›Town Square
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Buzzards | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Death›Animal Dog | Death›Animal horse | Death›Funeral | Death›Wake | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
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›Drive | Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Worry | Movement›Carriage | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Mourning | Health and Illness›Rheumatism | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Horsewhip | Objects›Surrey | Objects›Wheel | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Domestic Space›Apartment | Domestic Space›College dormitory | Natural›River | Public›Chapel | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Birth / Being born | Emotional›Stubbornness | Moral›Condoning | Moral›Forgiveness | Movement›Boat | Play›Sports Crew / rowing
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›British nobility | Class›noblesse-oblige | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Education›Chapel Service (morning prayers) | Gender›Lady | Region›The South | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Character›Regal | Naming›French noble names | Naming›Long name | Time›Return to present time | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Cambridge, Massachusetts | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Geographical›Mason and Dixon Line | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Law›Regulation | Modernity›Changing customs | Politics›City government | Progress›Cars
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Recurring Episodes›Jefferson's first car
Environment: Place›Livery stable
Cultural Issues: Materialism›Status | Progress›New replacing old
Actions: Economic›Auction | Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Scamming | Emotional›Indecision | Verbal›Cursing
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned | Tone›Humorous
Actions: Violent›Assault | Work›Blacksmith
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Identity, Personal›Ambiguous | Law›Execution | War›Confederate Army
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Money | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Ancestral
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Metafictional | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female intuition | Progress›Cars
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Blacksmith
Actions: Work›Sharpening
Cultural Issues: Race›Black property ownership
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes | Race›Stereotype: smell | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Displacement
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Disorder
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: War›Profiting from war | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | War›Confederate Army | War›Going to war | War›Women
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Gender›Chivalry | Group Mentality›Mob behavior
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: War›Homefront | War›Profiting from war | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Animals›Horses
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
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
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Lost Cause | Gender›Men vs women | War›Confederate Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Communication›Without words
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | Progress›Trains
Relationships: Economical›Partnership | Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Allusion, Geographical›Georgia
Environment: Domestic Space›Drive | Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›Parlor | Olfactory›Flowers | Time of Day›Midnight
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Community›Tradition | Death›Corpse | Death›Response to | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Hallucinated | Natural›Cedar trees
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Perceptual›Surveillance
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›North vs South | Slavery›Freedom | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›Stable | Olfactory›Flowers
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Character›Coward | Character›Reputation | Death›Response to
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Olfactory›Old woman smell
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Moral›Lying | Movement›Hiding | Perceptual›Investigating | Perceptual›Listening | Violent›Killing of animals
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Trans-regional | Gender›Chivalry | War›Homefront | War›Union Army
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
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
Cultural Issues: Crime›Horse theft
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Reunion
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Cultural Issues: Crime›Horse theft | Slavery›Minstrelsy | War›Plunder
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Language›Profanity
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous | Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees | Slavery›Minstrelsy | War›Capture | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Flowers Roses | Recurring Tropes›Reunion
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Time of Day›Dinner
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Messenger | Domestic›Discipline
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Race›Solidarity | Slavery›Re-enslavement | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Destruction | War›Displacement
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jordan
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Naming slaves
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Tending to animal
Relationships: Interspecies›Woman-horse
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Gender›Masculine woman | War›Plunder | War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Interspecies›Woman-horse
Cultural Issues: Clothes | War›Deprivation | War›Fog of War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Relationships: Familial›Father-son