Keywords
Term ID |
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Parent | Term | Description |
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1226 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Responsibility | |
1227 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Trust | |
1235 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Pride | |
1242 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Departure | |
1243 | Themes and Motifs | Appearance | Complexion | |
1245 | Themes and Motifs | Morals | Injustice | |
1247 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Ax | |
1252 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Filthy lucre |
When money elicits moral contempt: as tainted, corrupting, compromised, beneath one. JW |
1256 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Going fast | |
1259 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Tomorrow and tomorrow | |
1260 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Bugs | |
1261 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Flesh | |
1268 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Candle | |
1280 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Return home | |
1282 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Money|Wealth | |
1283 | Themes and Motifs | Home | Home as prison | |
1297 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Recovery | |
1301 | Themes and Motifs | Psychological | Paranoia | |
1303 | Themes and Motifs | Past | Parental | |
1305 | Themes and Motifs | Home | Estranged | |
1310 | Themes and Motifs | Psychological | Madness | |
1320 | Themes and Motifs | Morals | Chivalry | |
1322 | Themes and Motifs | Past | Past in present | |
1324 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Metaphorical elephant | |
1327 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Absence | |
1331 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Absence as loss | |
1332 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Nothingness | |
1333 | Themes and Motifs | Psychological | Obsession | |
1343 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Letters | |
1345 | Themes and Motifs | Futility | When will it stop | |
1347 | Themes and Motifs | Determinism | Lack of choice | |
1349 | Themes and Motifs | Death | In childbirth | |
1350 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Car accident | |
1352 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Life as repetition | |
1369 | Themes and Motifs | Chaos/Order | Chaos | |
1385 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Capture as loss | |
1387 | Themes and Motifs | Chaos/Order | Out of ordered place |
This phrase derives from the last words of The Sound and the Fury: "each in its ordered place." It is used when the expected order is radically unsettled, such as when one of the spotted horses goes inside Mrs. Littlejohn's house or the mule gets into Mrs. Hait's yard, and so on. SR |
1388 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Bible | |
1391 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Suitcase | |
1393 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Birds | |
1395 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | knife | |
1398 | Themes and Motifs | Morals | Hypocrisy | |
1401 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Pregnancy | |
1404 | Themes and Motifs | Psychological | Terror | |
1417 | Themes and Motifs | Naming | Renaming |
When a character is given or takes a new name due to a change in their identity. BR |
1454 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Luxury | |
1455 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Slipper | |
1459 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Alarm |
This is whenever a character arrives or departs to communicate a message of alarm. JB |
1468 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Drum | |
1491 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Watermelon | |
1517 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Dulcimer | |
1520 | Themes and Motifs | Story-telling | Audience response | |
1522 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Horsewhip | |
1525 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Corpse | |
1527 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Stained glass window | |
1531 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Dignity | |
1532 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Poison | |
1535 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Rat | |
1537 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Suicide | |
1541 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Scandal | |
1543 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Toilet set | |
1544 | Themes and Motifs | Art | Painting | |
1546 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Crystal | |
1549 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Travel back in time | |
1550 | Themes and Motifs | Naming | Using Indians as names | |
1555 | Themes and Motifs | Past | Grander than present | |
1559 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Good conduct | |
1561 | Themes and Motifs | Home | In nature | |
1571 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Bad conduct | |
1583 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Love | |
1590 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Snake | |
1596 | Themes and Motifs | Community | Crowd | |
1609 | Themes and Motifs | Appearance | Inscrutable |
I added this for "The Old People," 205.3, to reflect the lack of emotion that Sam Fathers shows. LW |
1613 | Themes and Motifs | Appearance | Perspective |
I added this for "The Old People," 206.5, to describe how the narrator sees Sam Fathers growing smaller and smaller as the hunting party leaves him behind. I don't really like the term that I chose but I couldn't think of anything else. LW |
1615 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Antlers | |
1627 | Themes and Motifs | Past | Old days | |
1630 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Moral authority | |
1646 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Parasol | |
1647 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Surrey | |
1653 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Trunk | |
1658 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Umbrella | |
1666 | Themes and Motifs | Community | Wedding | |
1667 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Arrival | |
1671 | Themes and Motifs | Story-telling | Old days | |
1678 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Civic records | |
1681 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Iron box | |
1689 | Themes and Motifs | Chaos/Order | Accident | |
1695 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Liberty | |
1700 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Padlock | |
1702 | Themes and Motifs | Naming | Place name | |
1705 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Letter of protest | |
1709 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Newspapers | |
1719 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Race horse | |
1721 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Reward | |
1723 | Themes and Motifs | Money | In prospect | |
1725 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Disappearance | |
1731 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Ledger | |
1739 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Chickens/roosters | |
1740 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Stomach/belly | |
1741 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Separation |