Keywords

Term IDsort ascending Vocabulary Parent Term Description
1527 Themes and Motifs Objects Stained glass window
1526 Aesthetics Allusion, Biblical Angel
1525 Themes and Motifs Objects Corpse
1524 Actions Emotional Pity
1523 Cultural Issues Gender Patriarchy
1522 Themes and Motifs Objects Horsewhip
1521 Cultural Issues Health and Illness Mental illness
1520 Themes and Motifs Story-telling Audience response
1519 Relationships Interracial Child-adult
1518 Cultural Issues Violence Interracial
1517 Themes and Motifs Objects Dulcimer
1516 Cultural Issues Clothes Formal
1515 Actions Domestic Polish
1514 Environment Domestic Space Parlor
1513 Cultural Issues Race Clothes
1512 Environment Domestic Space Pasture
1511 Actions Physical Curtsy
1510 Actions Physical Reading
1509 Actions Emotional Indifference
1508 Cultural Issues War Insubordination
1507 Actions Interaction, Private Interrogation
1506 Environment Domestic Space Drive
1505 Cultural Issues War Fog of War
1504 Cultural Issues Law Warrant
1503 Environment Time of Year New Year
1502 Actions Communication Messenger

Whenever someone comes to deliver a message verbally in person.
1501 Environment Domestic Space Hearth
1500 Cultural Issues Race Black stereotype
1499 Cultural Issues Race Stereotype mule
1498 Actions Movement Chasing
1497 Cultural Issues Clothes Disguise
1496 Aesthetics Allusion, Mythical Centaur
1495 Environment Public Supply house
1494 Actions Communication Letter
1493 Actions Physical Digging
1492 Actions Verbal Denial
1491 Themes and Motifs Objects Watermelon
1490 Actions Emotional Empathy
1489 Actions Emotional Surprise
1488 Environment Domestic Space Lot
1487 Cultural Issues War Spoils
1486 Aesthetics Allusion, Historical Forrest, Nathan Bedford
1484 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Harvest
1483 Cultural Issues Government Audit
1482 Actions Bodily Watching
1481 Actions Hunting Fox hunting
1480 Environment Auditory Howling
1479 Cultural Issues Religion Amulet
1478 Cultural Issues War Deprivation

Individuals or groups who have been deprived of resources and comfort. JB
1477 Cultural Issues Gender Female intuition

This is any event in which women are able to "intuit" gender relationships. The case in point is in My Grandmother Millard where Granny intuits the budding relationship between Melisandre and Cousin Phillip. Although the projection is certainly Faulkner's, it ties into broader nineteenth and twentieth century patriarchal notions of feminine intuition. Joost Burgers
1476 Environment Domestic Space Hall
1475 Environment Domestic Space Garden
1474 Environment Domestic Space Summer house
1473 Environment Auditory Gallop
1472 Environment Domestic Space Gallery
1471 Cultural Issues Religion Bible
1470 Aesthetics Narrative Conversation with oneself
1469 Cultural Issues Health and Illness Mute
1468 Themes and Motifs Objects Drum
1467 Actions Non-human Decay
1466 Actions Hunting Slave hunting
1465 Cultural Issues Health and Illness Indian medicine
1464 Cultural Issues Government Usurpation
1463 Cultural Issues Health and Illness Obesity
1462 Environment Domestic Space Outhouse
1461 Environment Domestic Space Upstairs
1460 Cultural Issues War Strategy

Although technically strategy and tactics are two different elements of war, for the time being they have been collapsed into the same keyword unless there are really nuanced discussions of either in Faulkner. JB
1459 Themes and Motifs Arrivals/Departures Alarm

This is whenever a character arrives or departs to communicate a message of alarm. JB
1458 Cultural Issues War Pillage
1457 Cultural Issues Progress Infrastructure

This is a blanket term for any infrastructural development that happens. This is used for something that is either not covered, or when infrastructure in general improves. The specific example here is about Jefferson not being developed enough for it to have anything the Union Army might want. JB
1456 Cultural Issues War Unity

This keyword describes the way in which war calls upon disparate people to fight for the same ideal. The specific example this is based on is Southerners ultimately fighting in the United States army in later wars, but could also described the camaraderie between allied nations. Joost Burgers
1455 Themes and Motifs Objects Slipper
1454 Themes and Motifs Money Luxury
1453 Actions Economic Borrowing
1452 Cultural Issues Global Travel
1451 Aesthetics Style Bricolage
1450 Cultural Issues Technology Elevator
1449 Aesthetics Language Interjection

A cry that expresses an emotion (Ouch! Ugh!) or functions as a command or request (Shhh!). BR
1448 Actions Emotional Caring
1447 Cultural Issues Mass Media Fantasy

The fantasies generated in viewers, readers, or listeners by the mass media. What in "Dry September," in reference to Hollywood cinema, Faulkner calls "the silver dream." BR
1446 Cultural Issues Race Division
1445 Actions Bodily Trembling
1444 Actions Bodily Breathing
1443 Actions Physical Trembling
1442 Cultural Issues Health and Illness Fever
1441 Actions Movement Limping
1440 Actions Bodily Choking
1439 Actions Physical Jumping
1438 Actions Physical Probing
1437 Environment Atmospheric Dereliction
1436 Actions Violent Lynch mob
1435 Cultural Issues Progress Elevator
1434 Cultural Issues Sexuality Prostitution
1433 Environment Time of Day Dinner
1432 Actions Emotional Laughing
1431 Actions Bodily Sweating
1430 Actions Violent Dehumanization

Treating a person through one's actions as if they are an object rather than a fellow human being. BR
1429 Actions Violent Kidnapping
1428 Environment Auditory Breathing
1427 Environment Natural Moon

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