Keywords
Term ID | Vocabulary | Parent | Term | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
3178 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | And progress | |
3177 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Bricks | |
3176 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Cincinnatus | |
3175 | Actions | Communication | Graffiti | |
3174 | Themes and Motifs | Past | Discovering it | |
3173 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Graffiti | |
3172 | Themes and Motifs | Futility | Illusion of success or victory | |
3171 | Actions | Emotional | Cynicism | |
3170 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Classical rhetoric | |
3169 | Aesthetics | Typography/Orthography | Hyphen | |
3168 | Aesthetics | Language | Latin phrase | |
3167 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Being outside of time | |
3166 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Being in time |
Added to mark those moments when Quentin Compson explicitly refers to being "in" time -- subject to it, existing within it and unable to stop or evade its progression. This is opposite of course to those moments when he is "outside" of time and all that entails. JBP |
3165 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Curtains | |
3164 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Joyce, James | |
3163 | Environment | Time of Year | Thursday | |
3162 | Themes and Motifs | Futility | Failure to defend honor | |
3161 | Relationships | Familial | Great grandfather-grandfather | |
3160 | Themes and Motifs | Meaning | Misinterpretation | |
3159 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Poem "The Waste Land" | |
3158 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Eliot, T. S. | |
3157 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Testicles | |
3156 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Hot water bottle | |
3155 | Actions | Physical | Locking a door | |
3154 | Actions | Physical | Confining | |
3153 | Environment | Domestic Space | Sick room |
Added to denote a room being used or described as for when someone is sick. Added to refer to the "empty" room that is also where the family "has the measles" in S&F, but can be applied in other texts as well -- Addie's room in AILD, for example. -JBP |
3152 | Actions | Verbal | Mumbling | |
3151 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Synesthesia |
For when description in a text merges sensory perceptions. Added for when Benjy in S&F describes "hearing it getting night ... hearing it getting dark." -JBP |
3150 | Environment | Domestic Space | Empty room | |
3149 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Gift of money | |
3148 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Shoulder | |
3147 | Actions | Physical | Lifting | |
3146 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Paper | |
3145 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Arm | |
3144 | Aesthetics | Description | Color red | |
3143 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Drinking glass | |
3142 | Actions | Emotional | Sulking | |
3141 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Napkin | |
3140 | Actions | Physical | Climbing stairs | |
3139 | Actions | Verbal | Stating intent to leave home / run away | |
3138 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Bowl | |
3137 | Cultural Issues | Religion | Preacher / Minister | |
3136 | Aesthetics | Genre Conventions | Ghost story | |
3135 | Aesthetics | Genre Conventions | Horror story | |
3134 | Themes and Motifs | Supernatural | Superstitions | |
3133 | Themes and Motifs | Supernatural | Folklore | |
3132 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Loss of innocence | |
3131 | Aesthetics | Narrative | First-person passim throughout section | |
3130 | Actions | Physical | Pushing away | |
3129 | Cultural Issues | Sexuality | First sexual encounter or experience |
There did not seem to be a keyword for one's first time having sex, so I added this. JBP |
3128 | Actions | Verbal | Refusing | |
3127 | Actions | Verbal | Wishing | |
3126 | Actions | Verbal | Calling |
To cover when a character calls or summons someone else (cf. Dilsey calling Miss Quentin to supper). Could also perhaps be used for when someone uses a telephone to call someone else, though that might be conveyed by other keywords as well. -JBP |
3125 | Themes and Motifs | Philosophical | Redemption | |
3124 | Themes and Motifs | Philosophical | Salvation | |
3123 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Sacrifice | |
3122 | Aesthetics | Narrative | Origin | |
3121 | Relationships | Familial | Cohesion | |
3120 | Aesthetics | Interpretation | Theodicy | |
3119 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Handkerchief | |
3118 | Relationships | Marital | Death of spouse | |
3117 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Of loved one | |
3116 | Cultural Issues | Race | Black incarceration | |
3115 | Actions | Emotional | Resignation | |
3114 | Actions | Bodily | Kneeling | |
3113 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Hollywood | |
3112 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Baby bottle | |
3111 | Actions | Bodily | Kissing | |
3110 | Environment | Domestic Space | Dressing room | |
3109 | Cultural Issues | Religion | Divine judgment | |
3108 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Pencil | |
3107 | Aesthetics | Ambiguity | Unspecified shapes | |
3106 | Aesthetics | Symbolism | Reflection |
Created for when a text makes explicit reference to mirrored reflection that has potential symbolic importance - created to capture Benjy's repeated references to a mirror in the library (of fire, of Caddy) that in the present day is gone (leaving only a door-like discoloration on the wall where it once had been). -JBP |
3105 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Scissors | |
3104 | Relationships | Romantic | Sexual | |
3103 | Themes and Motifs | Money | As motive | |
3102 | Cultural Issues | Religion | Relationship with God | |
3101 | Cultural Issues | Crime | Blackmail | |
3100 | Actions | Verbal | Sharing confidences | |
3099 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Anticipation of death | |
3098 | Actions | Mental | Studying | |
3097 | Relationships | Marital | Honeymoon | |
3096 | Cultural Issues | Identity, Cultural | America vs Europe | |
3095 | Actions | Moral | Purification | |
3094 | Relationships | Marital | Wedding | |
3093 | Themes and Motifs | Past | Freedom from it | |
3092 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Novel | |
3091 | Actions | Physical | Travel | |
3090 | Actions | Emotional | Apathy | |
3089 | Relationships | Marital | Social respectability | |
3088 | Aesthetics | Narrative | Contested |
I created this to capture scenes when two or more characters interrupt each other's attempt to create a narrative - specifically, in the context of the way Gavin (and sometimes the Governor) seize on parts of Temple's story that she would rather not dwell on. SR |
3087 | Cultural Issues | Sexuality | Voyeurism | |
3086 | Relationships | Marital | Secrecy | |
3085 | Aesthetics | Tone | Ironic | |
3083 | Cultural Issues | Gender | Male domination | |
3082 | Cultural Issues | Sexuality | Impotence | |
3081 | Aesthetics | Narrative | Revisionary | |
3080 | Cultural Issues | Clothes | Shirtsleeves | |
3079 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Cushion | |
3078 | Actions | Bodily | Feeling pain |