Themes and Motifs: Values Virtue
Parent Term
Sibling 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
Tagged Events
Cultural Issues: Class›Middle | Gender›All-male space
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Public›Church | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Actions: Economic›Buying | Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Surprise | Interaction, Social›Church | Mental›Believing | Mental›Knowing | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Building | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Rumor
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Economy›Dowry | Gender›Marriage | Gender›Women | Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Methodism | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Buying slaves | Slavery›Commodity
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control | Character›Ruthless | Community›Knowledge | Community›Opinion | Meaning›Mystery | Money›Dowry | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Values›Decorum | Values›Honor | Values›Justice | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Institutional›Church-Town | Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Hunting›Racoon hunting
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Religion›Baptist
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
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
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
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
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: Natural›Creek | Time of Day›Lunch
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Eating
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Rubicon | Description›Landscape | Narrative›Parentheses
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
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›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
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