Themes and Motifs: Objects
Child Terms
- Air gun
- Airplane
- Anchovies
- Antlers
- Apple tree
- Ax
- Baby bottle
- Ballot Box
- Basket
- Bed
- Bible
- Boat
- Books
- Booksatchel
- Bottle
- Bow and arrow
- Bowl
- Brass
- Bricks
- Broken glass
- Broom
- Camera
- Candelabra
- Candle
- Cannon
- Car
- Cards
- Chair
- Chamber pot
- Chandlier
- Cigar
- Cigarette
- Clock
- Coal oil
- Coffee
- Coin
- Collar box
- Compass
- Condom
- Construction tools
- Corpse
- Crib / Cradle
- Crystal
- Curtains
- Cushion
- Damask
- Demijohn
- Dogfennel
- Dolls
- Dresser
- Drinking glass
- Drum
- Dulcimer
- Elm tree
- Engagement ring
- Eyeglasses
- Fan
- Farming tools
- Fence
- Fire
- Firewood
- Fish
- Fishing rod
- Flag
- Flashlight
- Flat-iron
- Flower orchid
- Flowers
- Flowers Dogwood
- Flowers Milkweed
- Flowers Roses
- Footprint
- Fox-horn
- Furniture
- Gasoline
- Gold tooth
- Golf ball
- Guitar
- Gun
- Hammer
- Hammock
- Hand grip
- Handcuffs
- Handkerchief
- Harmonica
- Hatchet
- Hearth
- Heirloom
- Hoe
- Honeysuckle
- Horsewhip
- Hot water bottle
- Hunting horn
- Ice
- Iron box
- Jeweler's loupe / magnifying glass
- Jewelry Charm
- Jimson weed
- Jug
- Junk
- Keys
- Keys
- knife
- Ladder
- Lamp or lantern
- Lawnmower
- Letter
- Locks
- Luggage
- Machine gun
- Magnet
- Marble columns
- Matchstick
- Medal
- Metal detector
- Milk
- Mirror
- Monument
- Musical instrument
- Nail
- Napkin
- New car
- Oars
- Opera glass
- Padlock
- Paper
- Parasol
- Parcel
- Pear tree
- Peep-hole viewer / Stanhope
- Pencil
- Perfume
- Phaeton
- Phonograph
- Photograph
- Piano
- Pine knots
- Pipe
- Pistol
- Plant mint
- Plow
- Poison
- Pokeberry juice
- Porcelain
- Portmanteau
- Quilt
- Rake
- Razor
- Ring
- Rope
- rubber tree
- Saddle
- Saddlebag
- Satchel
- Saw
- Scissors
- Scythe
- Second-hand
- Sewing machine
- Ship
- Shotgun
- Silver
- Silverware
- Skull
- Slipper
- Soap
- Stained glass window
- Steamboat
- Still
- Stove
- Stove polish
- Suitcase
- Surrey
- Swing
- Sword
- Table
- Tarpaulin
- Tea
- tent
- Thimble
- Tobacco
- Toilet set
- Tombstone
- Toothpick
- Towel
- Toys
- Train
- Truck
- Trunk
- Umbrella
- Vase
- Vegetation
- Wagon
- Watch
- Watermelon
- Wedding license
- Wedding ring
- Well
- Wheel
- Willow tree
- Windows
- Wisteria
- Wreath
Tagged Events
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Objects›Lamp or lantern
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic | Violent›Interracial
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Legal›Record keeping
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Objects›Iron box | Texts›Civic records
Actions: Interaction, Social›Frontier life
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Actions: Interaction, Social›Making progress
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Dillinger, John | Allusion, Historical›James, Jesse
Actions: Interaction, Social›Frontier life
Environment: Place›Cottonfield | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation | Public›Road | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime›Bootlegging | Economy›Share-cropping | Law›Sheriff's deputy
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry | Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Rivalry | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Mental›Envisioning
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Cold
Actions: Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime›Bootlegging
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Porch | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Perceptual›Seeing
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Hyperbole
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Mass Media›Telephone | Race›Masquerade
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Senegambia | Diction›Racist term | Intertextuality›Shakespeare | Style›Character portrait
Actions: Verbal›Dialogue | Work›Law enforcement
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence | Law›Legal issue | Law›Spousal privilege | Law›Witness | Race›Masquerade
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Marital›Spousal privilege
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency | Law›Bail
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Intergenerational›Rivalry | Interracial›Conflict
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Stable | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation
Actions: Verbal›Command | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Panama hat | Law›Spousal privilege
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Kinship | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Style›Character portrait
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Race›Masquerade
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Conflict | Interracial›White-black
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Elite | Class›Power | Class›Professional | Economy›Wealth | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Naming self | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Law›Wedding license
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
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
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Laid-by season
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Marital›Father in law-son in law
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Formal | Gender›Body | Gender›Patriarchy | Health and Illness›Mental illness
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Horsewhip | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Death | Objects›Corpse | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Communal narrative
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Body | Law›Regulation | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Appearance›Complexion | Objects›Poison
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Flag
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Glove | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Men vs women | Group Mentality›Community collective
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Silver | Objects›Toilet set
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Inscription
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Olfactory›Decay
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Formal | Clothes›Uniform | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Southern woman | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Death›Funeral | Objects›Corpse | Objects›Crystal | Objects›Silver | Objects›Toilet set | Time›Transcended
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Face | Genre Conventions›Gothic
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Olfactory›Decay
Actions: Bodily›Grinning | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Objects›Corpse | Objects›Crystal | Objects›Silver | Objects›Toilet set | Time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Tomb | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Inscription
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injury | Nationality | War›Prisoner
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Tobacco | Philosophical›Human nature
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Antony and Cleopatra | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›National
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Technology | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Airplane | Time›Frozen / Static
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Thunderclap | Metafictional›Picture/image
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War | Identity, Cultural›Yankee | War›Casualties of war | War›Cost of war | War›Homefront | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Physical disability | Death | Objects›Parcel | Texts›Letters
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph | Character›Recklessness | Objects›Matchstick | Values›Courage
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Idleness | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Washing clothes | Verbal›Begging | Verbal›Command | Work›Chopping wood
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Objects›Coffee | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›France | Allusion, Literary›Gulliver's Travels
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Mule | Verbal›Whispering
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Honeysuckle
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Running | Emotional›Despair | Verbal›Command | Violent›Domestic violence | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Frogs | Animals›Whippoorwills | Home | Objects›Candle | Philosophical›Ethics | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Sibling | Marital›Abusive | Marital›Conflict
Cultural Issues: Clothes
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Honeysuckle | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Actions: Economic›Impounding
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Women | Gender›Femininity
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Sibling
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Natural›Woods
Actions: Mental›Understanding
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Peace | Movement›Walking | Physical›Cooking
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Honeysuckle | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›Conflict | Interracial›White-black
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Water
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Monument
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | Economy›Property | Race›Black property ownership | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black | Marital›Husband-wife
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | Government›Audit | Politics›City government | Race›Hierarchical
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | Politics›City government | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes
Actions: Moral›Deception | Verbal›Complaining
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass | Psychological›Manipulation
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Objects›Brass
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Objects›Brass
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Razor | Psychological›Manipulation
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Sunset
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Year›April
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Clothes›Disguise
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Centaur
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype mule
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›First-person
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›Brass
Relationships: Marital›Adultery | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Year›New Year
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | Government›Audit | Law›Warrant | Politics›City government
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Monument | Figures of Speech›Water
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness
Actions: Mental›Uncertainty
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Prejudice›Racism | Prejudice›White supremacy
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Auditory›Silence | Natural›Moon | Time of Day›Midnight
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Magazines | Violence›Domestic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Emotional›Introspective
Themes and Motifs: Home›Getting away | Objects›Mirror
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Physical›Undressing
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Objects›Clock
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering | Law›Police
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Advertising | Mass Media›Newspaper | Politics›Republicanism | Progress›Trains | Race›Segregation | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Death›Corpse | Death›Funeral | Money›Expenses | Objects›Flowers | Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Square brackets
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
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Community›Crowd | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Death›Funeral | Objects›Monument | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Fatness / obesity | Community›Knowledge | Objects›Dolls
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Character›Personality change | Community›Local legends | Objects›Books
Actions: Domestic›Child care
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›New car
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Communication›Writing
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Objects›Cards | Objects›Letter
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Objects›Flower orchid
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Engagement ring
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Intimidation | Movement›Train | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Objects›Suitcase | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper
Cultural Issues: Violence›Accident | Violence›Interracial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Hunting›Bear hunting | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Appearance›Scruffiness | Objects›Gun
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Gun
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread | Natural›Wilderness | Place›Hunting camps | Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Objects›Compass | Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conversation with oneself | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Reported narration
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Injury | Violent›Killing of animals
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Animal bear | Objects›knife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Fury | Mental›Realization | Physical›Hammering | Physical›Repair
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Squirrel | Objects›Gun | Past›Recent past | Time›Living in the present
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman
Relationships: Marital›Abandonment | Marital›Adultery
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Domestic›Child care
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Pistol
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | Violence›Implied shooting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Pistol
Cultural Issues: Progress›Country to city
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Eyeglasses
Environment: Auditory›Heartbeat | Time of Day›Twilight
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Metaphorical elephant | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Home›Home as prison | Objects›Shotgun | Recurring Tropes›Door
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Perceptual›Professional surveillance
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Gaining weight | Communication›Letter | Emotional›Pity | Verbal›Gossip
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Exultation | Mental›Channeling
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Poisoning | Sexuality›Frustration
Environment: Olfactory›Evoking memory
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Healing | Bodily›Insomnia | Bodily›Pregnancy | Bodily›Waking | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Recovery | Physical›Dreaming
Themes and Motifs: Futility›When will it stop | Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Texts›Letters
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth
Themes and Motifs: Death›Car accident | Death›In childbirth | Objects›Letter | Texts›Letters
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Objects›Letter | Texts›Letters
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental limitations
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Corpse | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Orphan
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight | Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Law›Alienating
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda | Public›Store
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Self-emancipation | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer | Time of Year›Winter
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Time of Day›Twilight
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Compass | Values›Good conduct
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Monument | Narrative›Epiphany
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Themes and Motifs: Home›Substitute | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Surrogate
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Money›Filthy lucre | Money›Luxury | Objects›Slipper
Actions: Play
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Running | Hunting›Slave hunting
Cultural Issues: Government›Inherited position | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Death›Indian burial practices | Inheritance | Objects›Slipper
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mute
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Stable | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Ritual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›France
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Drum
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Hunting›Rabbit hunting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Obesity
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Slipper | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Well | Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Physical›Dressing
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Clothes›Sunday shoes
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Technology›Invention
Cultural Issues: Technology›Invention
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cap | Technology›Invention
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Stockings | Clothes›Sunday shoes
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Town v. country/farm
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Parlor
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Homefront
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Time of Year›July
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Farming tools
Actions: Work›Construction
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Construction tools | Time›Being late / tardiness
Actions: Economic›Borrowing | Hunting›Fox hunting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deaf
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Construction tools
Aesthetics: Language›Grammatically incorrect | Narrative›Reported narration
Actions: Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Labor
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Construction tools | Time›Being late / tardiness
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Construction tools
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Work›Construction
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Construction tools
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Age›War | Gender›War | War›Defeat | War›Homefront | War›Scorched-earth policy | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Men | Absence/Loss›War | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Handwriting | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Body | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Masculinity | Identity, Personal›Soldier | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Death | War›Scorched-earth policy
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Institutional›Military | Romantic›Fiance
Cultural Issues: War›Deployment
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | Gender›War | Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Mother-daughter | Romantic›Death | Romantic›Fiance
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Southern woman
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Sister-sister | Institutional›Military | Romantic›Fiance
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Underlining
Environment: Domestic Space›Gender stereotype | Domestic Space›Race | Time of Year›Spring
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Southern woman | War›Return
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-daughter
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Southern woman | Region›Lost Cause
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Intergenerational›Female
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Handwriting
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: Interaction, Social›Gossip | Interaction, Social›Visiting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shawl | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Southern woman | Region›Lost Cause
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-Reflective
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Work›Getting water
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Reproduction | War›Death | War›Women
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female | Interracial›White-black
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Clothes›Dress | Gender›Southern woman | Region›Lost Cause
Actions: Emotional›Defeat | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Mourning | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›Widow | Politics›Voting | Region›Lost Cause | Region›Reconstruction
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Intergenerational›Female
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos
Relationships: Institutional›Military
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Veil | Law›Legal issue | Politics›Election | Politics›Voting | Race
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Veil | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Southern woman | Politics›Election | Politics›Voting | Region›Lost Cause | Region›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Community›Wedding | Objects›Ballot Box | Objects›Pokeberry juice | Objects›Surrey
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting›Breaking camp | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Government›As source of money | Identity, Cultural›Rural | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: War›Return from war
Cultural Issues: Migration›Intraregional migration
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Gender›Widow | Migration›Intraregional migration | War›Civil War consequences
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Ethnicity›Jewish | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›Women as gentler sex / delicate | Identity, Cultural›South vs North
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Verbal›Storytelling
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Economic›Paying | Movement›Walking | Physical›Apprehending | Physical›Hitting | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority
Themes and Motifs: Money›Filthy lucre | Objects›Ax
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Economy›Wealth | Education›Mentorship
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bugs | Body›Flesh | Memory | Objects›Car | Philosophical›Human nature | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Recurring Tropes›Going fast | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Mentorship | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Shakespeare
Environment: Place›Crime scene | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Actions: Legal›Confession | Verbal›Confession
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence | Law›Justice of the Peace
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Place›Memphis
Actions: Communication›Newspaper article | Legal›Claim
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Law›Inheritance | Law›Property | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wedding license
Relationships: Marital›Alleged | Marital›Husband-wife
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Hill country | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Premarital
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Named for historical figure | Objects›Pistol
Environment: Domestic Space›Log house | Domestic Space›Porch | Natural›Hills | Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Soil quality | Gender›Masculinity | Land-Use›Corn farming | Land-Use›Cotton farming
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Intertextuality›Embedded text, lettering
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Time of Day›Morning
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Cultural Issues: War›Patriotism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Suitcase
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Paying | Economic›Trading | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls | Identity, Cultural›Rural | Mass Media›Telephone
Relationships: Civic›child protection | Familial›Sibling | Social›Adversarial | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Place›Office
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Telephone | War›Deployment
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming life | Mass Media›Telephone
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›White trash | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites | War›Union Army
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
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›Night
Actions: Violent›Murder | Work›Law enforcement
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Lamp or lantern | Objects›Scythe
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: Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Figures of Speech›Butterfly
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Communication›Writing | Movement›Surrey
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Appearance›Similarity | Body›Face | Community›Social life | Death›Burial | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Loom | Figures of Speech›Skull | Figures of Speech›Stone | Narrative›Self-Reflective
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Reading
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Time›Permanence
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Scratch
Actions: Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow | Typography/Orthography›Inscription
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Veil | Clothes›Wedding dress
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Satan | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Respectability
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wedding license | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Race›Etiquette
Themes and Motifs: Body›Voice | Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Touch | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Sickness | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Supernatural›Spell
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic | Metafictional | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Body›Brain / mind | Body›Sensory experience | Memory | Objects›Wisteria | Recurring Tropes›Dream
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Eve | Allusion, Biblical›Snake | Figures of Speech›Bloom | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Burial
Cultural Issues: Gender
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Naming | Objects›Photograph | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Seed | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Perceptual›Voyeurism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Movement›Sneaking | Perceptual›Voyeurism
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Gender | Sexuality›Puberty
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Values›Love
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Perceptual›Voyeurism
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Footprint | Recurring Tropes›Dream
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Moral›Renounce | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution | Marital›Arrangements
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›War | Region›The South | War›Deprivation
Relationships: Familial›Exigent circumstances
Themes and Motifs: Death›Coffin | Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Body›Blood | Objects›Mirror | Recurring Tropes›Echo | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Mental›Submission / Acquiescence | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Marriage proposal
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hand / Palm | Objects›Ring | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Touch | Time›Frozen / Static
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Crime›Murder | Violence›Language | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Cold
Actions: Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Cultural Identity›North vs South
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hand / Palm | Objects›Letter | Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Odor
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Olfactory›Old woman smell
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Buggy
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Personification | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Starvation | Emotional›Outrage | Verbal›Marriage proposal | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Class›Respectability | Class›White trash | Crime›Murder | History›Stealing Indian land | Region›Reconstruction | Slavery›Emancipation | War›Civil War | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Mausoleum | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Beelzebub | Allusion, Historical›Davis, Jefferson | Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Allusion, Literary›Faustus | Allusion, Mythical›Agamemnon | Allusion, Mythical›Cassandra | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Allusion, Mythical›Pyramus and Thisbe | Figures of Speech›Creditor | Figures of Speech›Jackal | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Scythe | Narrative›Summary | Tone›Shift
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Body›Voice | Objects›Eyeglasses | Recurring Tropes›Odor
Relationships: Friendship
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Class›Class consciousness | Class›Status, low | Food
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Jug | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Class›Disruption
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Class›Dehumanization | Class›Status, low
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Age›Premature aging | Age›Spinsterhood | Clothes›Confederate uniform | Clothes›Glove
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Appearance | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral | Objects›Corpse | Objects›Sword
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Work›Store clerk
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Economic›Selling a house or place
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs | Typography/Orthography›Inscription | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Meaning›Absurdity | Objects›Tombstone
Actions: Emotional›Curious | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Inscription | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Inscription
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Wilde, Oscar | Metafictional›Theatrical setting
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic
Actions: Communication›Without words | Physical›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous | Race›Colorism
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Mental›Envisioning
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Odor
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Face
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Perceptual›Looking
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Inscription | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Domestic›Child-rearing | Economic›Indebtedness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Narrative›Revision | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Ben-Hur
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Past›Past in present
Actions: Violent›Intimidation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Wealth | Education›Illiteracy
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Books | Recurring Tropes›Destiny | Texts
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Smoking | Interaction, Social›Camaraderie
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Conversation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
Actions: Military›Enlistment | Perceptual›Surveillance
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›Tombstone | Values›Conscience
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming | Objects›Tombstone
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Olfactory›Flowers | Time of Day›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Sitting room | Olfactory›Flowers
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos | Objects›Horsewhip | Objects›Scythe | Time›Duration of time | Time›Timelessness
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Weather›Cold
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory | Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Library | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flowers | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Picture/image
Cultural Issues: Clothes
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Psychological›Manipulation | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Mourning | Ethnicity›Language barrier
Aesthetics: Language | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Actions: Legal›Locking up
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Meaning | Objects›Letter | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Lancelot | Allusion, Literary›Romance | Narrative›Perspective
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Fish | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Natural
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Migration
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Confederate uniform | Clothes›Dress | Cultural Identity›Lost Cause
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mockingbird | Community›Decoration Day | Home›Homecoming | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Objects›Medal | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Silence
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun | Psychological›Manipulation | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Values›Honor
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Perceptual›Watching | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Objects›Pistol | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Shadow
Actions: Communication›Letter | Verbal›Interruption
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Convalescence | Slavery›Miscegenation | War›Civil War | War›Wound
Relationships: Familial›Interracial | Familial›Mother-son | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Actions: Communication›Letter | Military›Enlistment | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: War›Going to war
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy | Objects›Photograph
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Terror | Verbal›Warning | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Race
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Mausoleum | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Story-telling›Retelling | Supernatural›Haunted house
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative shift
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Perceptual›Watching | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Hat | Group Mentality›Community collective | Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Labor | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mosquitoes | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Fatality | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Time of Day›Dawn
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Gaps
Actions: Perceptual›Hearing | Physical›Carrying
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›Marriage
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Place›Livery stable | Place›Plantation | Place›Slave Quarters | Place›Smokehouse
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Economic›Borrowing | Emotional›Patience | Hunting›Deer hunting | Perceptual›Watching | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Rumor | Violent›Fighting | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Whiskey | Class›Respectability | Gender›Inversion | Gender›Masculinity | Group Mentality›Community collective | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Turkey | Chaos/Order | Meaning›Mystery | Money›Dowry | Money›Gold | Objects›Footprint | Recurring Tropes›Solitude | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Gate | Olfactory›Decay
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Hatchet | Objects›Umbrella | Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Supernatural›Haunted house | Time›Simultaneity of time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow | Genre Conventions›Gothic
Actions: Emotional›Impatience
Themes and Motifs: Death | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Hatchet | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Door | Supernatural›Haunted house
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic | Metafictional›Painting
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Stairway
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering | Gender›Masculine woman | Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Body›Skin | Objects›Keys | Objects›Matchstick | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Door | Supernatural›Haunted house
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Themes and Motifs: Death | Home›Homecoming | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Hatchet | Objects›Umbrella
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Technological imagery
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Auditory›Haunting | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wisteria | Past›Past in present | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Intergenerational
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom
Themes and Motifs: Body›Mental disability | Objects›Fire
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory | Olfactory›Cigar
Actions: Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Verbal›Silence
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: 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