Keywords
Term ID |
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Parent | Description | |
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4124 | Dementia | Emotional | ||
5430 | Demotion | Military | ||
4501 | Denial | Emotional | ||
1492 | Denial | Verbal | ||
506 | Despair | Emotional | ||
3022 | Destruction of enemy property | Military | ||
1835 | Destructive behavior | Violent |
Should "destructive" be a second-level category for "Actions"? (Violent seems wrong for things like vandalism.) -JBP |
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2356 | Detachment | Emotional | ||
971 | Dialogue | Verbal | ||
1493 | Digging | Physical | ||
1217 | Dipping snuff | Bodily | ||
3651 | Direction east | Movement | ||
909 | Disagreeing | Verbal | ||
4376 | Disappointment | Emotional | ||
3685 | Disapproval | Mental | ||
2912 | Disbelief | Mental | ||
1170 | Discharging jury | Legal | ||
1916 | Discipline | Domestic | ||
2128 | Discovering | Physical |
For instances when a character literally discovers someone or something -- Mrs. Gant finding her daughter with a boy lying together in a blanket, for instance. Distinct from the MENTAL act of discovery (which is also a keyword in this database). -JBP |
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1203 | Discovery | Mental | ||
1070 | Discussion | Verbal | ||
5094 | Disfigurement | Violent | ||
4614 | Disgust | Emotional | ||
5307 | Dismemberment | Bodily | ||
4866 | Dismissal | Work | ||
4063 | Dismissing a case | Legal | ||
4605 | Dismissing from work | Work |
Term ID |
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Parent | Description | |
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2593 | Demijohn | Objects | ||
4462 | Denial | Death | ||
4573 | Denial | Psychological | ||
2515 | Departing Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures |
For characters who leave Yoknapatawpha once and for all in a text - like Bayard Sartoris at the end of Flags in the Dust or Sarty Snopes in "Barn Burning." SR |
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1242 | Departure | Arrivals/Departures | ||
3845 | Depth / deepness | Appearance | ||
764 | Deracination | Absence/Loss | ||
903 | Desertion-family | Arrivals/Departures | ||
4349 | Design | Recurring Tropes | ||
2183 | Destiny | Recurring Tropes | ||
4713 | Destroyed | Home | ||
1994 | Determination | Values | ||
371 | Determinism | (First level term) | ||
2384 | Devotion | Values | ||
4683 | Dice | Objects | ||
1531 | Dignity | Values | ||
3913 | Diminishment / fading | Appearance | ||
3605 | Dirty | Appearance | ||
1725 | Disappearance | Absence/Loss | ||
3174 | Discovering it | Past | ||
5266 | Disdaining money | Money | ||
4408 | Disease | Death | ||
3426 | Disembodiment | Psychological | ||
5187 | Dishes | Objects | ||
3809 | Dishonor | Morals | ||
503 | Disorder | Chaos/Order |
Term ID |
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Parent | Description | |
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2900 | Democracy | Politics | ||
2577 | Democrat | Politics |
In The Reivers Lucius Priest defines the various positions of Conservative, Liberal, Republican, and Democrat in the following manner: "Like this: a Republican is a man who made his money; a Liberal is a man who inherited his; a Democrat is a barefoot Liberal in a cross-country race; a Conservative is a Republican who has learned to read and write." (109) Though, these positions are hardly set in stone it is important to note the distinct separation between political outlook and political party. JB |
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781 | Demographics | Government | ||
320 | Demographics | Slavery |
For passages that include specific numbers about the people or places involved, as when Bayard says that before the War on Sundays, there would be 10 slaves at the service for every 1 white person. SR |
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2134 | Demotion | War | ||
5183 | Denim | Clothes | ||
4992 | Dependable | Food | ||
894 | Deployment | War | ||
3196 | Depression-era programs | Government | ||
1478 | Deprivation | War |
Individuals or groups who have been deprived of resources and comfort. JB |
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4763 | Desertion | War | ||
1565 | Desire | Sexuality | ||
2702 | Destruction | War | ||
4711 | Developmental problems | Health and Illness | ||
3227 | Diminishing farms | Agriculture | ||
2459 | Dirty | Clothes | ||
3968 | Dirty girl | Gender | ||
314 | Discipline | Slavery |
For passages that depict or refer to any elements of the system by which slaves were policed or punished, like the "Patrollers" who patrolled roads after dark to prevent slaves from leaving plantations. SR |
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3669 | Disenfranchisement | Race | ||
1497 | Disguise | Clothes | ||
3648 | Disgust with sex | Sexuality | ||
5257 | Disordered | Clothes |
Term ID |
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Parent | Description | |
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1890 | Demon | Allusion, Mythical | ||
2458 | Demosthenes | Allusion, Historical | ||
5624 | Derogatory socio-economic term | Diction | ||
1099 | Description | (First level term) | ||
2374 | Desert island | Figures of Speech | ||
4749 | Detective fiction | Genre Conventions | ||
3281 | Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography | ||
5467 | Dickens, Charles | Allusion, Literary | ||
3782 | Dickinson, Emily | Allusion, Literary | ||
3230 | Dickson | Allusion, Historical | ||
407 | Diction | (First level term) | ||
1698 | Dillinger, John | Allusion, Historical | ||
5245 | Dionysus | Allusion, Mythical | ||
1902 | Disease | Figures of Speech |
Term ID |
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Parent | Description | |
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1437 | Dereliction | Atmospheric | ||
827 | Devastation | Atmospheric | ||
2926 | Dew | Natural | ||
1796 | Dilapidation | Domestic Space | ||
977 | Dining room | Domestic Space | ||
1433 | Dinner | Time of Day | ||
3559 | Dirt / Earth | Natural | ||
4804 | Dirt lane | Place |
Term ID |
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Parent | Description | |
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4359 | Descendants | Familial | ||
1233 | Desertion | Marital | ||
3811 | Desertion | Sexual |