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Vocabulary: Cultural Issues
Term IDsort ascending Term Parent Description
1284 Appearance of Sexuality
1275 Implied shooting Violence
1272 Masculine woman Gender
1262 Mentorship Education
1258 Status, low Class
1257 American Nationality
1254 Drunkenness Alcohol
1249 Legal authority Law
1244 Custody Law
1232 Legal document Law
1231 Unspecified sickness Health and Illness
1219 Hospitality Region
1216 Taxes Politics
1214 Handmade Clothes
1211 Native American Ethnicity
1194 Wages Economy
1191 Poverty Economy
1190 Shoes Clothes
1188 Premature aging Age
Vocabulary: Themes and Motifs
Term IDsort ascending Term Parent Description
1283 Home as prison Home
1282 Money|Wealth Absence/Loss
1280 Return home Arrivals/Departures
1268 Candle Objects
1261 Flesh Body
1260 Bugs Animals
1259 Tomorrow and tomorrow Recurring Tropes
1256 Going fast Recurring Tropes
1252 Filthy lucre Money

When money elicits moral contempt: as tainted, corrupting, compromised, beneath one. JW

1247 Ax Objects
1245 Injustice Morals
1243 Complexion Appearance
1242 Departure Arrivals/Departures
1235 Pride Character
1227 Trust Character
1226 Responsibility Character
1224 Honesty Character
1223 Suffering Philosophical
1222 Lightning bugs Animals
1221 Cicadas Animals
1210 False name Naming
1202 "Wait" Recurring Tropes

Spoken by a character to pause or slow down narration by another character so s/he can process the significance or take over the narration. The classic examples are from ABSALOM, but it's a signature verbal formula across Faulkner. JW

1201 Goat Animals
1196 Work ethic Character
1187 Independence Character
Vocabulary: Actions
Term IDsort ascending Term Parent Description
1281 Satisfaction Emotional
1277 Vengeful Emotional
1273 Complaining Verbal
1269 Warning Verbal
1253 Shooting Violent
1251 Apprehending Physical
1250 Hitting Physical
1248 Assault Violent
1246 Carriage Movement
1241 Quitting job Work
1240 Burial Physical
1239 Dying Bodily
1238 Marriage Legal
1237 Childbirth Bodily
1236 Feeding Domestic
1234 Speculation Mental
1230 Riding Movement
1228 Ascent Economic
1225 Love Emotional
1218 Invitation Verbal
1217 Dipping snuff Bodily
1213 Sewing Domestic
1212 Chopping Agricultural
1209 Child care Domestic
1208 Lying Moral
1207 Milking Domestic
1206 Nursing Domestic
1205 Cleaning Domestic
1203 Discovery Mental
1200 Buggy Movement
1195 Trading Economic
1193 Sawmilling Work
1192 Renting Economic
1189 Washing Domestic
1185 Storytelling Verbal
Vocabulary: Aesthetics
Term IDsort ascending Term Parent Description
1279 Vestal Allusion, Mythical
1278 Fate Allusion, Mythical
1274 Coleridge, Samuel Allusion, Literary
1267 Unfinished sentence Style
1266 Gulliver's Travels Allusion, Literary
1265 France Allusion, Geographical
1215 Longstreet, James Allusion, Historical
1204 Eyes Description
1186 Collaborative narration Narrative

Any time multiple characters or voices participate in relating a story. JW

Vocabulary: Environment
Term IDsort ascending Term Parent Description
1276 Seedy parts of town Place
1270 Tavern Place
1255 Highway Public
1229 February Time of Year
1220 Sunset Time of Day
1199 March Time of Year
1198 Sawmill Place
1197 Christmas Time of Year
Vocabulary: Relationships
Term IDsort ascending Term Parent Description
1271 Mother-daughter passim Familial
1264 Mentorship Familial
1263 Mentorship Social
1233 Desertion Marital

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