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Term IDsort ascending Vocabulary Parent Term Description
3836 Actions Emotional Practicality
3835 Actions Perceptual Experiencing second-hand / vicariously
3834 Actions Emotional Tragic / tragedy
3833 Themes and Motifs Meaning Limitations of words / language
3832 Themes and Motifs Philosophical Unnatural / Contrary to nature
3831 Actions Work Horse training
3830 Aesthetics Allusion, Mythical Unicorn
3829 Cultural Issues Gender Chastity / purity
3828 Aesthetics Allusion, Literary Shelley, Percy Bysshe
3827 Aesthetics Language Foreign language
3826 Themes and Motifs Absence/Loss Losing vs never having

Added for when Quentin makes the observation, about a man who castrated himself, "It's not not having them. It's never to have had them." I believe similar ideas crop up elsewhere in Faulkner - distinguishing between having and losing, or never having in the first place. JBP
3825 Actions Violent Self-mutilation
3824 Actions Violent Castration
3823 Environment Natural Rocks / stones
3822 Aesthetics Description Color gray
3821 Environment Natural Lichen / fungi
3820 Themes and Motifs Meaning Paternity
3819 Aesthetics Language WhoOooooooooooooooo
3818 Aesthetics Language WhoOoooo
3817 Environment Auditory Hunting horn
3816 Environment Olfactory Kerosene lantern
3815 Themes and Motifs Objects Coal oil
3814 Themes and Motifs Animals Insects lice
3813 Actions Legal Remarriage
3812 Cultural Issues Economy Oil business
3811 Relationships Sexual Desertion
3810 Cultural Issues Identity, Cultural Englishness
3809 Themes and Motifs Morals Dishonor
3808 Actions Physical Tripping
3807 Cultural Issues Sexuality Sensuality
3806 Aesthetics Allusion, Mythical Lethe
3805 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical Reno, Nevada
3804 Actions Mental Incomprehension
3803 Actions Bodily Blushing
3802 Actions Physical Cuddling
3801 Actions Mental Distraction
3800 Themes and Motifs Objects Cigarette
3799 Cultural Issues Alcohol Toddy
3798 Themes and Motifs Art African American music
3797 Actions Work Milling
3796 Aesthetics Allusion, Historical Homer
3795 Cultural Issues Crime Embezzlement
3794 Actions Violent Sexual assault
3793 Actions Non-human Dog barking
3792 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical Johnstown, Pennsylvania
3791 Environment Auditory Train sound
3790 Environment Auditory Dog barking
3789 Aesthetics Allusion, Mythical Female monsters
3788 Aesthetics Allusion, Mythical Chimera / Chimaera
3787 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Violent in figurative sense

For when a text uses "violent" in a figurative sense for things not actually violent -- violent fecundity, for instance, or "cheap violent blues" of someone's clothing. JBP
3786 Aesthetics Description Color green
3785 Environment Natural Fecundity / lushness
3784 Environment Weather Coolness
3783 Environment Place Stone wall
3782 Aesthetics Allusion, Literary Dickinson, Emily
3781 Aesthetics Allusion, Literary The Tempest
3780 Cultural Issues Progress Smoke stack
3779 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical New England
3778 Actions Physical Evasion
3777 Actions Play Betting
3776 Aesthetics Allusion, Literary Antony and Cleopatra
3775 Cultural Issues Class Lower class / riff-raff / canaille
3774 Actions Economic Bribing
3773 Actions Moral Entrapment / trapping
3772 Aesthetics Allusion, Mythical Gods
3771 Actions Bodily Drooling
3770 Cultural Issues Mass Media Newspaper comics / funny paper
3769 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Parrot
3768 Cultural Issues Health and Illness Insomnia
3767 Aesthetics Allusion, Literary Galahad
3766 Cultural Issues Education Life after graduation
3765 Cultural Issues Education College or school traditions
3764 Relationships Social Fellow alumni of a college or university
3763 Environment Domestic Space Fireplace|Mantel
3762 Themes and Motifs Appearance Pretending / Feigning
3761 Actions Emotional Hurting
3760 Actions Economic Hiring / employing / offering a job
3759 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Drama / Theatre imagery
3758 Aesthetics Symbolism Sexual symbol
3757 Actions Moral Cheating
3756 Cultural Issues Education School year
3755 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical Havana, Cuba
3754 Aesthetics Language Misspelling
3753 Cultural Issues Sexuality Fantasy
3752 Actions Legal Divorce
3751 Actions Physical Meddling
3750 Themes and Motifs Objects Flower orchid
3749 Actions Violent Throwing downstairs
3748 Cultural Issues Gender Bitch
3747 Cultural Issues History Confederacy / Confederate States of America / C.S.A.
3746 Themes and Motifs Recurring Tropes Sole owner and proprietor
3745 Cultural Issues Food Pumpkin pie
3744 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical Canada
3743 Cultural Issues Slavery Galley slave
3742 Cultural Issues Health and Illness Sick as euphemism for pregnancy
3741 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Swallows
3740 Themes and Motifs Body Eyelashes
3739 Cultural Issues Clothes Kimono
3738 Themes and Motifs Objects Apple tree
3737 Themes and Motifs Art Photograph

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