Themes and Motifs: Values
Child Terms
- Bad conduct
- Charity
- Conscience
- Conservatism
- Courage
- Decorum
- Determination
- Devotion
- Dignity
- Durability
- Evil
- Faithfulness
- Family honor
- Family values
- Good conduct
- Greed
- Honor
- Idealism
- Imagination
- Independence
- Justice
- Liberty
- Love
- Loyalty
- Misogyny
- Moral authority
- Propriety
- Providence
- Refinement
- Sacrifice
- Selflessness
- Success
- Truth/Lies
- Valor
- Virtue
Tagged Events
Environment: Public›Church | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness | Death | Values›Bad conduct
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Suspicion | Mental›Curiosity | Mental›Realization | Play›Prank | Verbal›Bragging | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Technology›Automobile
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race | Gender›Masculinity
Environment: Place›Frontier | Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration
Cultural Issues: War›American Revolution
Cultural Issues: War›War of 1812
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph | Character›Recklessness | Objects›Matchstick | Values›Courage
Actions: Domestic›Discipline | Verbal›Praying
Cultural Issues: Religion›Forgiveness
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Government›National authority | Government›Usurpation | Group Mentality›Political solidarity | History›Dispossessing Indians | History›Indian Removal | Identity, Cultural›National | Ritual›Dueling | War›Indian / Native American wars
Cultural Issues: Religion›Damnation | Religion›Presbyterian | Religion›Sin | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Fetishism | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Feminine | Body | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Longing for death | Death›Suicide | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Family honor | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Actions: Emotional›Ambivalence
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Determinism›Fated | Values›Family honor | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Actions: Communication›Censorship | Emotional›Worry
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Entertainment›Popular literature
Relationships: Friendship›School classmates
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
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
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Hope | Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Maturity | Money | Values›Greed
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Institutional›Military
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Body›Intestines | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures | Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Naming | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Hierarchical | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Kinship
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal issue
Themes and Motifs: Values›Justice | Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age
Cultural Issues: Age›Generation gap | Politics›Campaigning | Politics›Election
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Cultural Issues: War›Korean War | War›Military awards | War›Wound
Relationships: Interracial›Military
Cultural Issues: Class›Middle | Gender›All-male space
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Music | Progress›Cars | Progress›Technological
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Musical instrument | Values›Success
Cultural Issues: Law›County attorney
Themes and Motifs: Values›Justice | Values›Truth/Lies
Actions: Verbal›Disagreeing
Environment: Natural›Wilderness | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Values›Good conduct
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Symbolism›Blood
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Nationality›Old vs New World | Progress›Clearing the land
Themes and Motifs: Time›Transcended | Values›Good conduct
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-nature
Cultural Issues: History›Great Migration | Race›Segregation | Region›North
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Misconduct | Violence›Killing animal
Themes and Motifs: Values›Bad conduct
Actions: Emotional›Resignation
Relationships: Marital›Social respectability | Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery
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
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Newspapers | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Sharing the land
Themes and Motifs: Values›Selflessness
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flashlight | Values›Evil
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Economic›Bootlegging
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Values›Success
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Injury | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Values›Courage | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Reported narration
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Values›Faithfulness
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Environment: Natural›Back country
Cultural Issues: Crime›Making whisky | Ethnicity›Scotch-Irish | Health and Illness›Mental limitations | Progress›Infrastructure | Violence›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Values›Independence
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Politics›Election | Region›The South
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Rural vernacular
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Marital›Loving | Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Environment: Domestic Space›Ritual
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Eating | Domestic›Cooking | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Food›Dependable
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Domestic | Money›Coin | Money›Silver dollar | Values›Faithfulness
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Emotional›Satisfaction
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Sacramental
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Home›Homebound | Values›Good conduct
Actions: Communication›Non-human | Moral›Deception | Perceptual›Ambiguity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Point-of-view | Values›Good conduct
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Time of Day›Twilight
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Compass | Values›Good conduct
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Monument | Narrative›Epiphany
Cultural Issues: Class›Etiquette | Education›Need to be educated | Identity, Cultural›Mankind | Progress›Education
Themes and Motifs: Values›Moral authority
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reconstructed
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Prejudice | Race›Stereotype eyes | Race›Stereotype sweat | Race›Stereotype: smell
Relationships: Hierarchical›Leader
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Ambitious | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Values›Honor
Relationships: Friendship | Sexual
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order | Values›Good conduct
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Southern woman | Region›Lost Cause
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Intergenerational›Female
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Handwriting
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Excitement | Physical›Bathing
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›Child-adult
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Actions: Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Natural›Wilderness | Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Perceptual›Smelling | Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Injury
Environment: Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Planting time
Cultural Issues: Education›Missing school | Labor›Farming
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Mental›Failing / Failure | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Competition
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interspecies›Man-bear
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Place›Plantation
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Diminishment / fading | Art›Poetry | Character›Pride | Morals›Honor | Morals›Justice | Texts›Poetry | Values›Courage | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Teaching | Mental›Reinterpretation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft | Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Character›Humility | Character›Pride | Values›Liberty
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interracial›Indian-white | Interracial›White-black | Interspecies›Man-bear | Interspecies›Man-dog
Actions: Emotional›Pity | Mental›Realization | Mental›Understanding
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Character›Pride | Values›Honor | Values›Justice | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interspecies›Man-bear | Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Values›Moral authority
Actions: Bodily›Kissing | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Government›Bureaucracy | Health and Illness›Amputation
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Values›Honor
Cultural Issues: War›Return from war
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations
Themes and Motifs: Values›Family values
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Government›As source of money | Government›Bureaucracy
Themes and Motifs: Values›Family values
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Individualism | Values›Conservatism
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | War›Going to war | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Philosophical›Individualism | Values›Family values
Actions: Communication›Writing | Economic›Scamming
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Alias | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Themes and Motifs: Character›Honesty | Values›Good conduct
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Moral›Forgiveness | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Praying
Cultural Issues: Region›Lost Cause
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Gender›Widow | Migration›Intraregional migration | War›Civil War consequences
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash
Relationships: Intergenerational›Obligation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Worry | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Hushing | Work›Chopping wood
Cultural Issues: Age›War | Age›Youth | Nationality›Japanese | War›Patriotism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Home | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Place›Office
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Telephone | War›Deployment
Actions: Violent›Mutilation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Family role | Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Dehumanization
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Values›Justice
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
Actions: Movement›Sneaking | Perceptual›Voyeurism
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Gender | Sexuality›Puberty
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Values›Love
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›War | Region›The South | War›Deprivation
Relationships: Familial›Exigent circumstances
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Time›Running out | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Memory | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Supernatural›Phantom | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Values›Love
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Beelzebub | Allusion, Literary›Faustus
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Romantic›Courtship
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Class
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Importance of naming | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Dream turns to dust | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial
Cultural Issues: Class | War›Civil War | War›Going to war | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding | Values›Loyalty | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Morality | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas | Values›Conscience
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Familial›Father-son in law
Actions: Mental›Logically reasoning | Moral›Rationalization
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Morals›Injustice | Recurring Tropes›Design | Values›Conscience
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate
Cultural Issues: Gender
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Values›Conscience
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Importance of naming | Recurring Tropes›Design | Values›Conscience
Actions: Military›Enlistment | Perceptual›Surveillance
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›Tombstone | Values›Conscience
Relationships: Familial
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Exile | Time›Simultaneity of time | Values›Honor | Values›Love
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Mental›Discovery
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Slavery›Metaphorical
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out | Values›Determination
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Temporal discontinuity
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Narrative›Communal narrative | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Cultural Issues: Gender›Feminine man
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Character›Inherited traits | Recurring Tropes›Imitation | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College companions / classmates
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Narrative›Collaborative narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Night
Actions: Verbal›Discussion
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jesus
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out | Values›Determination
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic›Courtship
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Year›June
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Premarital
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Perspective | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Disappointment | Mental›Thinking
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Perspective | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Drawing room
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Body›Skin | Character›Naivety | Home›Homecoming | Story-telling›Collaborative | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun | Psychological›Manipulation | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Values›Honor
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Actions: Communication›Letter | Military›Retreat
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Values›Conscience
Relationships: Marital›Father in law-son in law
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Ritual | Slavery›Loyalty
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Character›Vanity | Community›Wedding | Objects›Pine knots | Values›Dignity
Aesthetics: Diction | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Emotional›Vindictive | Interaction, Social›Visiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Chaos/Order | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Physical resemblances
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Face
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Values›Conscience
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Relationships: Familial | Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Face
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Environment: Domestic Space›Library | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Thunderclap
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Futility | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Friendship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Values›Loyalty
Actions: Emotional›Seduction | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Imitation | Supernatural›Spell | Values›Devotion
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship
Cultural Issues: Gender
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male attraction
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Don Juan | Figures of Speech›Shadow
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation | Moral›Corrupting | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Puritan | Race›White race | Religion›Godhead | Ritual›Initiation | Sexuality›Prostitution | Sexuality›Racialized | Slavery›Commodity | Slavery›Racialism | Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Body›Hair | Character›Gambler | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Philosophical›Evolution | Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine | Values›Decorum | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Friendship | Interracial›Marriage
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Seed
Actions: Military›Enlistment
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fatality | Values›Providence
Relationships: Friendship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Bull Run
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing | Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Duty | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Courage | Values›Determination | Values›Sacrifice
Aesthetics: Tone›Apocalyptic
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Confession | Moral›Exploitation | Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Bargaining
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Death›Corpse | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Economic›Horse trading
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Matched team of horses or mules
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Helpless | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Social›Neighbor
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Mass Media›Telephone | Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Death›Burial | Death›Respect | Philosophical›Reduction / summing up | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Actions: Legal›Charge/accuse | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Destructive behavior | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Crime›Arson | Economy›Evaluate exchange value | Economy›Property | Health and Illness›Mental illness
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Divine plan | Death›Burial | Philosophical›Ethics | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson | Values›Propriety
Environment: Domestic Space›Deathbed
Actions: Communication›Without words | Mental›Channeling
Themes and Motifs: Death | Recurring Tropes›Door | Values›Truth/Lies
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Injured | Ritual›Funeral
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Community›Opinion | Death›Funeral | Values›Determination
Actions: Emotional›Sympathy | Mental›Predicting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Agriculture›Cotton | Agriculture›Farming life | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Religion›Piety
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident | Community›Opinion | Values›Providence
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Callousness | Play›Card playing | Verbal›Chatter | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Apron | Clothes›Uniform | Food›Ice-cream | Labor›Domestic | Land-Use›Loss of flora | Land-Use›Loss of wildlife | Mass Media›Magazines | Sexuality›Harassment | War›Death | War›Women
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | War›Aerial combat
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Marital›Loving | Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Environment: Domestic Space›Ritual
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Eating | Domestic›Cooking | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Food›Dependable
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Domestic | Money›Coin | Money›Silver dollar | Values›Faithfulness
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Competition
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-bear
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Bodily›Starvation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Character›Forbearance | Values›Determination
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Travel
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Slavery›Miscegenation
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Poetry | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jesus
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Hunting and Fishing›Rules | Land-Use›Loss of wildlife | Sexuality›Sexual passion
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency | Morals›Morality | Values›Love
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Environment: Natural›Wilderness | Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Age›Rite of passage | History›Civil War as point of reference | Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Memory›Remembering | Past›Grander than present | Recurring Tropes›Killing first deer/marked with blood | Values›Good conduct
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interracial›Indian-white
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Land-Use›Ownership | Nationality›Old vs New World | Progress›Clearing the land
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Transcended | Values›Good conduct
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-nature
Relationships: Sexual›Inappropriate
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Values›Love
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | History›Great Migration | Race›Segregation | Segregation›Marriage | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Inheritance›Property | Inheritance›Traits | Money›Filthy lucre | Naming›And caste | Objects›Hunting horn | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Interracial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Misconduct | Violence›Killing animal
Themes and Motifs: Values›Bad conduct
Aesthetics: Diction›Double entendre | Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Values›Family honor
Actions: Mental›Understanding
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming | Values›Family honor
Cultural Issues: History›Atomic Age | Slavery›Freedom | Technology›Atomic bomb
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Mental›Realization | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Morals›Morality | Values›Good conduct
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Planning | Mental›Submission / Acquiescence | Mental›Thinking | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Undressing | Verbal›Discussion | Verbal›Whispering
Cultural Issues: Religion›Fanaticism | Religion›God
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Madness | Values›Misogyny
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Emotional›Hero worship | Violent›Killing
Themes and Motifs: Values›Moral authority
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Actions: Verbal›Moralizing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female body | Religion›Fanaticism
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Female body | Religion›Fanaticism
Actions: Verbal›Disagreeing
Actions: Interaction, Social›Charity
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Income | Values›Charity
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Guilt | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Texts›Love letter | Values›Evil
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood | Marital›Social respectability
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Environment: Place›Official office
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Relationships: Romantic›Love at first sight
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Jail
Cultural Issues: War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Values›Imagination
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Lilith | Allusion, Historical›Bernhardt, Sarah | Allusion, Historical›Duse, Eleonora | Allusion, Historical›Emperor Maximilian | Allusion, Historical›Lind, Jenny | Allusion, Historical›Mark Twain | Allusion, Historical›Mistinguett | Allusion, Mythical›Erinys | Narrative›Alternative story | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Cultural Issues: War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Values›Durability
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Values›Durability
Aesthetics: Narrative›Present-time reference
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment | Time of Day›Six o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›November
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Hysteria | Emotional›Waiting | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Abstinence | Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Fur coat / suit | Clothes›Glove | Clothes›Handbag | Clothes›Hat | Crime›Drug addiction | Crime›Prostitution | Modernity›Interwar years
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Objects›Bottle | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Cigarette lighter | Objects›Furniture | Past›Past in present | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Old vs new selves
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Cigarette lighter | Past›Past in present | Values›Honor | Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hamlet | Description›Stage direction | Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Mental›Changing one's mind | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Cultural Issues: History›American Revolution
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Emotional›Disappointment | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Race›Behaving/becoming "black"
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Marital›Divorce
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Cultural Issues: Race›Behaving/becoming "black" | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Blackstone | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Movement›Car | Verbal›Disagreeing
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Suspicion | Interaction, Private›Courting
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Religion›Baptist | Religion›Uncharitable
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Verbal›Denial | Verbal›Disagreeing
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Verbal›Disagreeing
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Aesthetics: Diction›Misogynistic wording | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Crime›Prostitution | Sexuality›Prostitution
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Disgust with sex
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Alcohol›Beer | Alcohol›Gin | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Shoes | Entertainment›Traditional music | Gender›Men vs women | Sexuality›Perverse | Sexuality›Voyeurism
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Verbal›Accusatory
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›France | Diction›Southern dialect
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Sexuality›Perverse
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Legal›Testifying
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Sexuality›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Romantic›Infidelity
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple leaves train
Cultural Issues: Education›Need to be educated | Entertainment›Football
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Values›Determination
Cultural Issues: Race›Race as a form of behavior
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas | Values›Family honor
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Collective exploitation
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-cow
Themes and Motifs: Money›Reward | Values›Faithfulness
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Naming›Child's name | Values›Idealism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Launcelot
Themes and Motifs: Values›Family honor
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Actions: Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Cure | Religion›Folk superstition
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Family honor
Actions: Emotional›Mourning | Interaction, Social›Marriage
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Rural
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Values›Faithfulness
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Orphan | Marital›Death of spouse
Relationships: Marital›Common law
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Quest to recover | Values›Justice
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Cultural Issues: Religion›Folk superstition
Actions: Violent›Threatening
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Values›Greed
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Quest to recover | Animals›Cows | Values›Determination
Themes and Motifs: Time›Awareness of time | Values›Family honor
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | History›Cold War | War›Spanish American War | War›World War I | War›World War II
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Values›Family honor
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas | Values›Propriety
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Education›West Point | Politics›Election | War›Civil War | War›Spanish American War | War›Wound
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Values›Idealism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Florida
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Government›Civic officials | Politics›Election
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Cultural Issues: Government›Congress | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism | Region›North
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tie | Entertainment›Movies | Identity, Personal›Ancestral
Themes and Motifs: Values›Family honor
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Actions: Communication›And deafness
Cultural Issues: Education›Negro education | Health and Illness›Deafness
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Cultural Issues: History›Communism | History›Pre-World War II issues | History›Spanish Civil War | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism
Aesthetics: Style›Address to reader | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Communication›And deafness | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Love | Verbal›Requesting
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human experience | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Cultural Issues: War›World War II
Cultural Issues: History›Negro troops | Race›Subverting a stereotype | War›Return to war
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Amputation | Politics›Campaigning | Politics›One-Party | War›Veterans
Themes and Motifs: Values›Selflessness
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money
Themes and Motifs: Naming›As tribute | Objects›Monument | Past›Family history | Values›Family honor
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Themes and Motifs: Values›Determination
Actions: Communication›And deafness | Communication›Writing
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder | Values›Family honor
Themes and Motifs: Values›Family honor
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Caressing | Bodily›Kissing | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Terror
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Body›Buttocks | Character›Trust | Money›Cash | Texts›Deed | Values›Devotion
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Play›Children playing
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Values›Justice
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
Actions: Hunting›Racoon hunting
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Values›Justice | Values›Providence
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck | Values›Family honor
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Gender›Lady
Relationships: Familial›Uncertain relationship
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Male vitality
Themes and Motifs: Values›Conscience
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Themes and Motifs: Values›Good conduct
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Language›Contemporary slang
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed | Tone›Overwrought
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Murmur | Olfactory›Urine | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Agriculture›Husbandry | Progress›Infrastructure | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses | Tone›Overwrought | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Attic
Cultural Issues: Labor›Prostitution
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Defiance | Moral›Reform | Verbal›Denial | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Whispering
Cultural Issues: Labor›Prostitution | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Actions: Emotional›Love | Emotional›Repentance | Moral›Reform | Perceptual›Eavesdropping
Cultural Issues: Gender›Separate spaces | Labor›Prostitution | Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wedding ring | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Values›Refinement
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Hotel
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Ether | Food | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Labor›Prostitution | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Religion›Baptist
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Allusion, Historical›Caesar, Julius | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
Environment: Domestic Space›Ladies parlor | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Alias | Values›Refinement
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Physical›Praying
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Values›Determination
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
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: 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
Actions: Communication›By sound | Communication›Car horn | Communication›Telegraph | Moral›Reform | Movement›Car | Violent›Animal abuse
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Evening | Time of Day›Sunset
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Age›Rite of passage
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Home›Homecoming | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Cellar
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying
Themes and Motifs: Values›Good conduct | Values›Refinement
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Themes and Motifs: Time›Series of events experienced as long duration | Values›Determination | Values›Refinement
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Themes and Motifs: Values›Moral authority
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Moral›Corrupting
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck | Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
Relationships: Hierarchical›Child as authority
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Faustus | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Dinner
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical | Technology›Car
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Race›Naming
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Hee hee hee
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out | Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›May | Time of Year›Planting time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Faustus | Diction›Neologism
Environment: Place›Outlaw country | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Conversion | Physical›Riding | Violent›Fighting
Themes and Motifs: Values›Moral authority
Environment: Natural›Creek | Time of Day›Lunch
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Eating
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Rubicon | Description›Landscape | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Communication›Telegraph
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Reassurance | Emotional›Shame | Emotional›Worry | Interaction, Private›Courting | Moral›Deception | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Salt lick | Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Death | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Values›Honor | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Inferiority | Emotional›Joy | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Selfishness | Moral›Praying | Moral›Punishment | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Blood | Class›Class consciousness | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Class›Respectability | Gender›Female stereotype | Gender›Lady | Gender›Maternal impulse | Gender›Sexual double standard | Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Character›Inherited traits | Character›Reputation | Death›Anticipation of death | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Salvation | Philosophical›Suffering | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Marital›Husband-wife | Marital›Social respectability
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Psalms | Allusion, Biblical›Valley of the shadow of death | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Bricolage | Style›Long sentence | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Natural›River | Natural›Tide flat / marsh | Natural›Trees | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Weather
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Anxiety | Mental›Contemplation | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige | Entertainment›Boat race | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Traits | Gender›Women | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Art›Photograph | Character›Inherited traits | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Boat | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Evil
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Romantic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New London, Connecticut | Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Fireplace|Mantel
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Bribing | Economic›Gifting | Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Economic›Lending Money | Economic›Offering to buy | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Hurting | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Interaction, Social›Shaking hands | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Learning | Moral›Cheating | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Physical›Intrusion | Physical›Travel | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Flattery | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Revealing | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Education›College or school traditions | Education›Harvard | Education›Life after graduation | Education›School year | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Widow | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper comics / funny paper | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Premarital | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Character›Bookishness | Character›Honesty | Character›Integrity | Memory›Remembering | Money›As motive | Money›Bill | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigar | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Values›Devotion | Values›Honor | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Fiance | Sexual›Extramarital | Social›Adversarial | Social›Fellow alumni of a college or university
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›Havana, Cuba | Allusion, Literary›Galahad | Diction›Double entendre | Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech›Parrot | Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
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
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Love | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Forced
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Realization | Mental›Thinking
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock | Sexuality›Sex and death
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Despair | Legal›Marriage | Moral›Cheating | Moral›Lying | Play›Card playing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Education›Exams / tests | Education›Expelled / expulsion | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Character›Blackguard | Character›Scoundrel | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Bad conduct | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced | Social›Adversarial | Social›Club | Social›Isolation
Actions: Bodily›Swallowing | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Physical›Kissing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Learning about | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Trees | Olfactory›Perfume smell | Place›Stone wall | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hysteria | Emotional›Laughing | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Sadness | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Mental›Suppression / trying not to think | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Car | Movement›Swimming | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Touching | Physical›Wave / waving | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Chatter
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wine | Alcohol›Wine hamper | Class›Gentility | Ethnicity›Italian | Food›Bread | Gender›Dirty girl | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Knee | Body›Throat | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homoerotic
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Physical›Winking | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female body | Gender›Male body | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Disgust with sex | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Objects›Oars | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Othello | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Abduction myths | Allusion, Mythical›Euboeleus / Eubuleus | Allusion, Mythical›Persephone | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›Coupled | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Swine | Language›Fragments | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Lust | Moral›Confession | Perceptual›Blurring | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Verbal›Responding
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Disgust with sex | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Confusion | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Values›Evil | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Sexual
Environment: Natural›Cedar trees | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Otherworldly›Hellfire
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Confession | Moral›Punishment | Moral›Purification | Physical›Burning | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Pointing | Physical›Starting over
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Class›Class consciousness | Religion›Damnation | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Orgasm | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Character›Responsibility | Death›Afterlife | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Luke | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Literary›Dante's Inferno | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" | Figures of Speech›Affirmation | Figures of Speech›Clean flame | Figures of Speech›Locked | Figures of Speech›Wild breath | Language›Fragments | Language›yes Yes Yes yes | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Bricolage | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
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: Atmospheric›Wetness | Domestic Space›Gate | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Love | Violent›Intent to kill
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Character›Greed | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Nihilism | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Death›Suicide | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Nihilism | Time›Permanence | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Clock chiming
Actions: Communication›Letter
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Immodest female clothing | Entertainment›Traveling show | Gender›Clothing
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Child-rearing | Economic›Child support | Emotional›Caring | Interaction, Private›Parenting | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Alcohol›Death from drinking | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Moral authority
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Abandonment | Marital›Breakup
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Caddy's marriage ends
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Violent›Threatening
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Character›Naivety | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Themes and Motifs: Money›Check | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Crime›Forgery | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Character›Forbearance | Character›Self-righteousness | Money›Check | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement
Themes and Motifs: Money›Check | Philosophical›Suffering | Values›Family honor
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Communication›Letter | Economic›Asking for money | Economic›Scheming | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Letter | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-son
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Values›Family honor | Values›Propriety
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Immodest female clothing | Clothes›Tie | Education›Truancy | Entertainment›Traveling show | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Resentment | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Following | Movement›Sneaking | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Death from drinking | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Economy›Economic speculation | Ethnicity›Jewish | Progress›Telegraph | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Gasoline | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Actions: Agricultural›Farming
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Headache | Health and Illness›Medicine aspirin | Health and Illness›Patent medicine | Progress›Roads | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Slavery›Ownership | Technology›Car
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Place›Field | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Emotional›Self-pity | Movement›Sneaking | Physical›Evasion | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tie | Health and Illness›Headache | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Technology›Car | Technology›Car tire
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Values›Family honor
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Year›Easter
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Emotional›Cruelty | Emotional›Sulking | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Locking a door | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Smallpox | Mass Media›Newspaper | Religion›Divine judgment | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Character›Self-righteousness | Death›Longing for death | Objects›Fire | Objects›Mirror | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Uncle-niece
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Injury
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Drawing of an eye
Environment: Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Sitting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fireflies | Animals›Lightning bugs | Character›Independence | Character›Innocence | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Objects›Furniture | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Values›Courage
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Rain on roof | Time of Year›November
Actions: Domestic›Discipline | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Private›Parenting | Mental›Disbelief | Mental›Skepticism | Mental›Understanding | Moral›Lying | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Honor | Verbal›Lying | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female | Violence›Child abuse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Frogs | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Chair | Objects›Fire | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Physical discipline
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Guilt | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Physical›Pushing away
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Body›Eyes | Character›Innocence | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Actions: Moral›Confession | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Objects›Flowers Dogwood | Objects›Flowers Milkweed | Objects›Flowers Roses | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Sadness | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Taunt | Verbal›Teasing
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Gender›Women | Region›The South | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Death›Like death | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Philosophical›Nihilism | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Friendship›College roommate | Friendship›Male-male relationship | Social›Adversarial | Social›Homoerotic
Environment: Natural›Body of water
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Sadness | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Realization | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Seeing | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Resurrection | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Preventing or avoiding sex | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Death›Bones | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Suicide | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Objects›Flat-iron | Philosophical›Existentialism | Philosophical›Nihilism | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Long passage of time | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Judgment Day | Allusion, Biblical›New Testament Book of Revelation | Allusion, Literary›Coleridge, Samuel | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Kubla Khan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Domestic Space›Apartment | Domestic Space›College dormitory | Natural›River | Public›Chapel | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Birth / Being born | Emotional›Stubbornness | Moral›Condoning | Moral›Forgiveness | Movement›Boat | Play›Sports Crew / rowing
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›British nobility | Class›noblesse-oblige | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Education›Chapel Service (morning prayers) | Gender›Lady | Region›The South | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Character›Regal | Naming›French noble names | Naming›Long name | Time›Return to present time | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Cambridge, Massachusetts | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Geographical›Mason and Dixon Line | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Emotional›Theatricality | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Khaki | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Silk | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Memory›Remembering | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Description›Color blue | Description›Color bronze | Description›Color brown | Diction›Misogynistic wording | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Marriage announcement | Economic›Banking | Economic›Selling | Emotional›Contempt | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Mental›Distrust | Mental›Learning | Movement›Car | Movement›Limousine | Physical›Driving | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Clothes›Garter | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Harvard | Entertainment›Circus | Gender›Marriage | Region›The South | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Elephants | Animals›Fleas | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Teeth | Character›Inherited traits | Character›Reputation | Community›Wedding | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Inheritance›Traits | Memory›Remembering | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Honor | Objects›Candle | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Supernatural›Spell | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College roommate | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Fiance | Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual | Social›Adversarial | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›South Bend, Indiana | Allusion, Literary›Byron | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Don Juan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Marmion" | Allusion, Literary›Scott, Walter | Figures of Speech›Puppy | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Long sentence | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Streetlamp | Auditory›Insect sounds | Time of Year›August | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Suspicion | Perceptual›Sensing | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Patriarchy | Gender›Women | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Nihilism | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Values›Evil
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bribe | Identity, Cultural›America vs Europe | Labor›Prostitution
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Character›Duty | Morals›Justice | Morals›Responsibility | Objects›Keys | Recurring Tropes›Door | Values›Truth/Lies
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Crying | Interaction, Private›Rejection | Verbal›Marriage proposal
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
Actions: Perceptual›Spying | Verbal›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Time›Awareness of time | Values›Propriety
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry | Interracial›Boss-employee
Actions: Economic›Saving money
Cultural Issues: Economy›Dowry | Education›Need to be educated | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Character›Humility | Character›Ruthless | Money›Social force | Psychological›Motivation | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Familial›Stepparent-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Time›Awareness of time | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Stepparent-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Work›Quitting job
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Values›Bad conduct | Values›Honor
Actions: Emotional›Tragic / tragedy | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence
Themes and Motifs: Death›Suicide | Meaning›Mystery | Objects›Pipe | Philosophical›Existentialism | Values›Love
Actions: Physical›Discovering
Themes and Motifs: Community›Social life | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Social›Social organizations
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Year›December
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Politics›City government
Themes and Motifs: Past›Yoknapatawpha founders | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Husband-wife | Social›Snobbery | Social›Social organizations
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Scheming | Economic›Trading | Emotional›Vengeful | Moral›Deception | Physical›Digging | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift | Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness | Values›Bad conduct | Values›Truth/Lies
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Actions: Communication›Writing | Economic›Scamming
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Themes and Motifs: Character›Honesty | Values›Good conduct
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Place›Church | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›October
Actions: Moral›Forgiveness | Physical›Praying
Cultural Issues: Region›Lost Cause | Religion›Sin
Actions: Communication›Letter
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Communication›Letter
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | War›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Community›Conformity | Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Domestic›Knitting | Violent›Intimidation
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
Actions: Domestic›Discipline | Verbal›Praying
Cultural Issues: Religion›Forgiveness
Themes and Motifs: Futility | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Story-telling›Reminiscence | Values›Honor