Keywords
Term ID | Term | Parent | Description | |
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2928 | Archetype | Symbolism |
I did not see archetype anywhere else in the keyword list, so I added it here under symbolism - for when a text refers to something clearly archetypal, like the tree in S&F. -JBP |
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2981 | Theatrical | Symbolism | ||
3106 | Reflection | Symbolism |
Created for when a text makes explicit reference to mirrored reflection that has potential symbolic importance - created to capture Benjy's repeated references to a mirror in the library (of fire, of Caddy) that in the present day is gone (leaving only a door-like discoloration on the wall where it once had been). -JBP |
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3758 | Sexual symbol | Symbolism | ||
4054 | Fire | Symbolism | ||
4152 | Cleansing power of water | Symbolism | ||
4821 | Impermanence | Symbolism | ||
4882 | Shared humanity | Symbolism | ||
4887 | Cage | Symbolism | ||
4904 | Rebirth | Symbolism | ||
5623 | Roman | Symbolism | ||
5625 | Time | Symbolism | ||
641 | Neologism | Style | ||
966 | Character portrait | Style | ||
1267 | Unfinished sentence | Style | ||
1451 | Bricolage | Style | ||
1888 | Long sentence | Style | ||
1959 | Cubism | Style | ||
2507 | Present tense | Style | ||
3036 | Index | Style | ||
3037 | Long sentence passim | Style | ||
3510 | List | Style | ||
3538 | Numerous adjectives | Style | ||
5348 | Address to reader | Style |
Term ID | Term | Parent | Description | |
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1003 | Insight | Supernatural | ||
1883 | Ghost | Supernatural | ||
1947 | Place | Supernatural | ||
2369 | Soul / Spirit | Supernatural | ||
2373 | Telepathy | Supernatural | ||
2382 | Phantom | Supernatural | ||
2385 | Spell | Supernatural | ||
2608 | Haunting | Supernatural | ||
2612 | Haunted house | Supernatural | ||
2613 | Sickness | Supernatural | ||
2700 | Eternity | Supernatural | ||
2877 | Signs / Omen | Supernatural | ||
3133 | Folklore | Supernatural | ||
3134 | Superstitions | Supernatural | ||
3246 | Folk customs | Supernatural | ||
5498 | Vision | Supernatural | ||
571 | Communal mythology | Story-telling | ||
1131 | Story-telling passim | Story-telling | ||
1520 | Audience response | Story-telling | ||
1671 | Old days | Story-telling | ||
1806 | Reminiscence | Story-telling | ||
3062 | Collaborative | Story-telling | ||
4127 | Retelling | Story-telling | ||
4918 | Explaining | Story-telling | ||
4919 | Hunting | Story-telling | ||
5226 | Deadpan | Story-telling | ||
5232 | Risque | Story-telling | ||
5613 | Gestures | Story-telling |
Term ID | Term | Parent | Description | |
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547 | Homosocial rivalry | Social | ||
597 | Adversarial | Social | ||
664 | Snobbery | Social | ||
752 | Neighbor | Social | ||
759 | Conflict | Social | ||
828 | Paternalism | Social | ||
1140 | Assailant-victim | Social | ||
1263 | Mentorship | Social | ||
1418 | Homosocial | Social | ||
1420 | Isolation | Social |
This term describes moments when a character is isolated or ostracized from the wider social community. BR |
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1831 | Fame | Social | ||
3302 | Homoerotic | Social | ||
3304 | Crowds | Social | ||
3764 | Fellow alumni of a college or university | Social | ||
3895 | Club | Social | ||
4865 | Coworker | Social | ||
4961 | Gang | Social | ||
4969 | Social organizations | Social |
Term ID | Term | Parent | Description | |
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271 | Sex | Slavery | ||
272 | Racialism | Slavery |
Used to note passages where enslaved blacks are described as members of an inferior species. The Indians in "Red Leaves," for example, say that their slaves "are like horses and dogs." SR |
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273 | Labor | Slavery | ||
274 | Domestic labor | Slavery | ||
275 | Social value | Slavery | ||
276 | Purchase | Slavery | ||
277 | Violence | Slavery | ||
278 | Interracial violence | Slavery | ||
279 | Miscegenation | Slavery | ||
280 | Forced migration | Slavery | ||
281 | Metaphorical | Slavery |
Used to flag the passages in which a narrator or a non-enslaved character uses "slavery" metaphorically, to describe something else. Lucas Burch, for instance, complains that his job at the planing mill has him "slaving all day." SR |
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282 | Ownership | Slavery |
For moments in the texts where owning slaves is evoked as a marker of status or wealth, as when Jason Compson connects his family pride to the fact that his ancestors owned slaves. SR |
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283 | Fugitive | Slavery | ||
284 | Self-emancipation | Slavery |
For textual moments in which an enslaved person or group acts upon the desire to be free, as when Loosh or unnamed groups of slaves take advantage of the proximity of the Union Army to leave the Sartoris, Sutpen and other plantations where they were enslaved. Most examples of self-emancipation occur during the Civil War, but it also applies the way Thucydus earns the money to buy himself from the McCaslins. SR |
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285 | Loyalty | Slavery |
To note passages in which enslaved people are described - or describe themselves - as loyal to the family that owns them, as when Simon describes how happy all the Sartoris slaves were at the birth of their master's son. SR |
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286 | Manumission | Slavery | ||
287 | Commodity | Slavery | ||
288 | Big house vs quarters | Slavery | ||
289 | Slaves vs masters | Slavery | ||
290 | Traditions | Slavery |
For instances of the patterns that became a recurring aspect of the social interactions between slaves and masters, as in the description of the young slaves approaching Sutpen's big house on Christmas morning in expectation of a gift. SR |
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291 | Etiquette | Slavery | ||
292 | Civil War | Slavery | ||
293 | Biblical curse | Slavery | ||
294 | Persistence over time | Slavery | ||
296 | White anxiety | Slavery |
For moments in the text which describe anxiety felt by white characters about the presence or possible actions of slaves, as when Loosh's sudden appearance and behavior make Bayard uncomfortable. SR |
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297 | Slaves vs poor whites | Slavery | ||
298 | Revolt | Slavery | ||
299 | Evil | Slavery | ||
300 | Music | Slavery | ||
301 | Nostalgia | Slavery |
When black characters, especially ones who had been enslaved, seem nostalgic for the institution of slavery. Simon in Flags in the Dust is probably the most obvious instance of this. SR |