Keywords

Term ID Vocabulary Parentsort descending Term Description
709 Cultural Issues Identity, Personal Soldier
954 Cultural Issues Identity, Personal Hunter
1693 Cultural Issues Identity, Personal Ambiguous
1720 Cultural Issues Identity, Personal On frontier
3003 Cultural Issues Identity, Personal Old vs new selves
3061 Cultural Issues Identity, Personal Hypocritical
3508 Cultural Issues Identity, Personal Emptying oneself
4065 Cultural Issues Identity, Personal Alter ego / other self
4129 Cultural Issues Identity, Personal Financial independence
4273 Cultural Issues Identity, Personal Mistaken identity
4851 Cultural Issues Identity, Personal Family role
5157 Cultural Issues Identity, Personal Background
5397 Cultural Issues Identity, Personal Ancestral
1160 Themes and Motifs Inheritance Traits

In the biological sense rather than the legal or economic one: inherited physical, psychological, or moral characteristics. JW
4547 Themes and Motifs Inheritance Property
4895 Themes and Motifs Inheritance Inheritance of wrong
5123 Themes and Motifs Inheritance Income
5621 Themes and Motifs Inheritance Renouncing
744 Relationships Institutional Lawyer-client
776 Relationships Institutional Military
1406 Relationships Institutional Jailer-prisoner
1540 Relationships Institutional Minister and parishioner
1773 Relationships Institutional Police-arrestee
2825 Relationships Institutional Doctor-patient
5323 Relationships Institutional Church-Town

Relationship between any of the Churches and the Town in which they are situated. The specific example here is that even though Reverend Schultz and his church found a new clerk to replace Uncle Willy, no one trusted the new stranger.
794 Actions Interaction, Private Conversation
967 Actions Interaction, Private Rivalry
1317 Actions Interaction, Private Courting
1507 Actions Interaction, Private Interrogation
2136 Actions Interaction, Private Seeking approval
2147 Actions Interaction, Private Parenting
2148 Actions Interaction, Private Domineering
2355 Actions Interaction, Private Seducing
3499 Actions Interaction, Private Street vendor / service worker
3504 Actions Interaction, Private Store owner-customer
3549 Actions Interaction, Private Teacher-student
3578 Actions Interaction, Private Strangers in a public place

For when two people happen to interact in some way in the street or some other public place. Added for Quentin's various chance encounters with people during his long day of travel in and around Cambridge. JBP
3839 Actions Interaction, Private Assist
4020 Actions Interaction, Private Breaking marriage engagement
4223 Actions Interaction, Private Rejection
4227 Actions Interaction, Private Sexual
4321 Actions Interaction, Private Coercion
502 Actions Interaction, Social Gossip
612 Actions Interaction, Social Elopement
619 Actions Interaction, Social Shopping
634 Actions Interaction, Social Auction
657 Actions Interaction, Social Peer group
949 Actions Interaction, Social Marriage
976 Actions Interaction, Social Leadership
1539 Actions Interaction, Social Visiting
1682 Actions Interaction, Social Frontier life
1683 Actions Interaction, Social Marketing
1691 Actions Interaction, Social Barbecue
1701 Actions Interaction, Social Making progress
1704 Actions Interaction, Social Civic dispute
1724 Actions Interaction, Social Incarcerating
1729 Actions Interaction, Social Civic discussion
1754 Actions Interaction, Social Charity

Here charity is understood as a communal act and is therefore a social interaction. JB
1984 Actions Interaction, Social Concealment

Any time a character hides something from his peer group or society at large. The particular instance here is John Powell concealing his pistol from the men in the livery stable.
2011 Actions Interaction, Social Noblesse oblige

Any time of social contract that is maintained that relies on implied class differences. The term is a bit murky, but Faulkner refers to it explicitly and implicitly on a number of occasions. The agreement between Maury Priest and John Powell, and the remission of Miss Emily's taxes are examples. JB
2033 Actions Interaction, Social Greeting
2078 Actions Interaction, Social Confrontation
2171 Actions Interaction, Social Ball/dance
2259 Actions Interaction, Social Male gathering

Added "Male gathering" to capture those moments where men gather in public spaces, like porches, stores, and on the street.--LW
2286 Actions Interaction, Social Gentleman's agreement

Set of non-legally binding norms and values between two men. Distinct from Noblesse Oblige this is not class based, but gender based. Faulkner also uses this ironically at times. JB
2422 Actions Interaction, Social Social protest
2431 Actions Interaction, Social Partying
2524 Actions Interaction, Social Voting
2547 Actions Interaction, Social Conversion

Whenever a religious person changes someone's mind on religion. The example here is Hightower taming Ballanbaugh's through violent conversion. JB
2688 Actions Interaction, Social Hosting
2711 Actions Interaction, Social Mixed-race gathering
2713 Actions Interaction, Social Church
2785 Actions Interaction, Social Shaking hands
2923 Actions Interaction, Social Celebration
3550 Actions Interaction, Social Teacher-class of students
4025 Actions Interaction, Social Picnic
4260 Actions Interaction, Social Camaraderie
4576 Actions Interaction, Social Spectate

Whenever a group of people are watching an event unfold. For example, when the soldiers watch Buck and Buddy play cards in the Unvanquished (50). JB
4609 Actions Interaction, Social Competition
4940 Actions Interaction, Social Conspiracy
4996 Actions Interaction, Social Female gathering
5093 Actions Interaction, Social Exposure
5255 Actions Interaction, Social Dances
5518 Actions Interaction, Social Withdrawal from public
610 Relationships Intergenerational Female
725 Relationships Intergenerational Rivalry
754 Relationships Intergenerational Grandparent-grandchild
769 Relationships Intergenerational Hunting party
782 Relationships Intergenerational Conflict
806 Relationships Intergenerational Mentor-disciple
2256 Relationships Intergenerational Obligation
2417 Relationships Intergenerational Tutor-student
2444 Relationships Intergenerational Uncle-nephew
1688 Aesthetics Interpretation Debunking story
1692 Aesthetics Interpretation Ambiguity
3120 Aesthetics Interpretation Theodicy
4963 Aesthetics Interpretation Explanatory passage
755 Relationships Interracial Etiquette
879 Relationships Interracial Networks
946 Relationships Interracial White-black

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