Keywords

Vocabulary: Themes and Motifs
Term ID Term Parent Description
3738 Apple tree Objects
3740 Eyelashes Body
3746 Sole owner and proprietor Recurring Tropes
3750 Flower orchid Objects
3762 Pretending / Feigning Appearance
3798 African American music Art
3800 Cigarette Objects
3809 Dishonor Morals
3814 Insects lice Animals
3815 Coal oil Objects
3820 Paternity Meaning
3826 Losing vs never having Absence/Loss

Added for when Quentin makes the observation, about a man who castrated himself, "It's not not having them. It's never to have had them." I believe similar ideas crop up elsewhere in Faulkner - distinguishing between having and losing, or never having in the first place. JBP

3832 Unnatural / Contrary to nature Philosophical
3833 Limitations of words / language Meaning
Vocabulary: Cultural Issues
Term ID Term Parent Description
3739 Kimono Clothes
3742 Sick as euphemism for pregnancy Health and Illness
3743 Galley slave Slavery
3745 Pumpkin pie Food
3747 Confederacy / Confederate States of America / C.S.A. History
3748 Bitch Gender
3753 Fantasy Sexuality
3756 School year Education
3765 College or school traditions Education
3766 Life after graduation Education
3768 Insomnia Health and Illness
3770 Newspaper comics / funny paper Mass Media
3775 Lower class / riff-raff / canaille Class
3780 Smoke stack Progress
3795 Embezzlement Crime
3799 Toddy Alcohol
3807 Sensuality Sexuality
3810 Englishness Identity, Cultural
3812 Oil business Economy
3829 Chastity / purity Gender
Vocabulary: Aesthetics
Term ID Term Parent Description
3741 Swallows Figures of Speech
3744 Canada Allusion, Geographical
3754 Misspelling Language
3755 Havana, Cuba Allusion, Geographical
3758 Sexual symbol Symbolism
3759 Drama / Theatre imagery Figures of Speech
3767 Galahad Allusion, Literary
3769 Parrot Figures of Speech
3772 Gods Allusion, Mythical
3776 Antony and Cleopatra Allusion, Literary
3779 New England Allusion, Geographical
3781 The Tempest Allusion, Literary
3782 Dickinson, Emily Allusion, Literary
3786 Color green Description
3787 Violent in figurative sense Figures of Speech

For when a text uses "violent" in a figurative sense for things not actually violent -- violent fecundity, for instance, or "cheap violent blues" of someone's clothing. JBP

3788 Chimera / Chimaera Allusion, Mythical
3789 Female monsters Allusion, Mythical
3792 Johnstown, Pennsylvania Allusion, Geographical
3796 Homer Allusion, Historical
3805 Reno, Nevada Allusion, Geographical
3806 Lethe Allusion, Mythical
3818 WhoOoooo Language
3819 WhoOooooooooooooooo Language
3822 Color gray Description
3827 Foreign language Language
3828 Shelley, Percy Bysshe Allusion, Literary
3830 Unicorn Allusion, Mythical
Vocabulary: Actions
Term ID Term Parent Description
3749 Throwing downstairs Violent
3751 Meddling Physical
3752 Divorce Legal
3757 Cheating Moral
3760 Hiring / employing / offering a job Economic
3761 Hurting Emotional
3771 Drooling Bodily
3773 Entrapment / trapping Moral
3774 Bribing Economic
3777 Betting Play
3778 Evasion Physical
3793 Dog barking Non-human
3794 Sexual assault Violent
3797 Milling Work
3801 Distraction Mental
3802 Cuddling Physical
3803 Blushing Bodily
3804 Incomprehension Mental
3808 Tripping Physical
3813 Remarriage Legal
3824 Castration Violent
3825 Self-mutilation Violent
3831 Horse training Work
3834 Tragic / tragedy Emotional
3835 Experiencing second-hand / vicariously Perceptual
3836 Practicality Emotional
Vocabulary: Environment
Term ID Term Parent Description
3763 Fireplace|Mantel Domestic Space
3783 Stone wall Place
3784 Coolness Weather
3785 Fecundity / lushness Natural
3790 Dog barking Auditory
3791 Train sound Auditory
3816 Kerosene lantern Olfactory
3817 Hunting horn Auditory
3821 Lichen / fungi Natural
3823 Rocks / stones Natural
Vocabulary: Relationships
Term ID Term Parent Description
3764 Fellow alumni of a college or university Social
3811 Desertion Sexual
3837 Stepparent-child Familial

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