Keywords
Term ID | Vocabulary | Parent | Term | Description |
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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 | |
1774 | Themes and Motifs | Psychological | Motivation | |
1779 | Themes and Motifs | Chaos/Order | Divine plan | |
1783 | Themes and Motifs | Naming | Alias | |
1788 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Corpse | |
1789 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Expenses | |
1790 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Coffin | |
1797 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Pipe | |
1803 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Monument | |
1806 | Themes and Motifs | Story-telling | Reminiscence | |
1807 | Themes and Motifs | Psychological | Manipulation | |
1809 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Squirrel | |
1810 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Gun | |
1812 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Living in the present |
Added to describe Boon Hogganbeck at end of "Lion" (and related texts like "The Bear" in GDM) - someone "living in the moment," with no regard at all to the past. |
1814 | Themes and Motifs | Past | Recent past |
For events acknowledging recent occurrences that may or may not affect the present. (Added for end of "Lion," with Boon oblivious to events in the recent past while the narrator is thinking about them.) |
1820 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Mosquitoes | |
1823 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Basket | |
1824 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Wreath | |
1825 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Ballot Box | |
1827 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Pokeberry juice | |
1830 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Named bear Ben | |
1832 | Themes and Motifs | Naming | Importance of naming |
When a character or narrator draws attention to a name - e.g., the narrator of "Lion" saying as "head bear," Old Ben "deserved a better name." JBP |
1840 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Tigers | |
1841 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Elephants | |
1863 | Themes and Motifs | Home | Homecoming | |
1864 | Themes and Motifs | Psychological | Will to endure | |
1881 | Themes and Motifs | Memory | Uncertain | |
1883 | Themes and Motifs | Supernatural | Ghost |