Keywords

Term IDsort ascending Vocabulary Parent Term Description
1311 Actions Emotional Attraction
1310 Themes and Motifs Psychological Madness
1309 Cultural Issues Progress Country to city

To capture the movement of people from the countryside to more urban areas, including moving from Frenchman's Bend to Jefferson, as Zilphia Gant's mother and so many Snopeses do. SR
1308 Aesthetics Typography/Orthography Dots

This is for the occasions when Faulkner uses a series of dots as a feature of his prose - i.e. ". . ." or ". . . . . ." We can't call these dots ellipses, because they do not represent anything being left out of the text. The most disconcerting use of this technique is in "Miss Zilphia Gant." SR
1306 Cultural Issues Age Maturing
1305 Themes and Motifs Home Estranged
1304 Actions Verbal Family history
1303 Themes and Motifs Past Parental
1302 Actions Perceptual Strip searching
1301 Themes and Motifs Psychological Paranoia
1300 Actions Perceptual Surveillance
1299 Actions Perceptual Investigating
1298 Relationships Friendship Childhood friends
1297 Themes and Motifs Money Recovery
1296 Cultural Issues Health and Illness Medical advice
1295 Cultural Issues Health and Illness Anemia
1294 Actions Emotional Shame
1293 Actions Bodily Vomiting
1292 Actions Emotional Terror
1291 Cultural Issues Violence Child abuse
1290 Environment Place Playground
1289 Actions Play School recess
1288 Cultural Issues Age Childhood
1287 Cultural Issues Mass Media Movies
1286 Cultural Issues Mass Media Magazines
1285 Cultural Issues Entertainment Movies
1284 Cultural Issues Sexuality Appearance of
1283 Themes and Motifs Home Home as prison
1282 Themes and Motifs Absence/Loss Money|Wealth
1281 Actions Emotional Satisfaction
1280 Themes and Motifs Arrivals/Departures Return home
1279 Aesthetics Allusion, Mythical Vestal
1278 Aesthetics Allusion, Mythical Fate
1277 Actions Emotional Vengeful
1276 Environment Place Seedy parts of town
1275 Cultural Issues Violence Implied shooting
1274 Aesthetics Allusion, Literary Coleridge, Samuel
1273 Actions Verbal Complaining
1272 Cultural Issues Gender Masculine woman
1271 Relationships Familial Mother-daughter passim
1270 Environment Place Tavern
1269 Actions Verbal Warning
1268 Themes and Motifs Objects Candle
1267 Aesthetics Style Unfinished sentence
1266 Aesthetics Allusion, Literary Gulliver's Travels
1265 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical France
1264 Relationships Familial Mentorship
1263 Relationships Social Mentorship
1262 Cultural Issues Education Mentorship
1261 Themes and Motifs Body Flesh
1260 Themes and Motifs Animals Bugs
1259 Themes and Motifs Recurring Tropes Tomorrow and tomorrow
1258 Cultural Issues Class Status, low
1257 Cultural Issues Nationality American
1256 Themes and Motifs Recurring Tropes Going fast
1255 Environment Public Highway
1254 Cultural Issues Alcohol Drunkenness
1253 Actions Violent Shooting
1252 Themes and Motifs Money Filthy lucre

When money elicits moral contempt: as tainted, corrupting, compromised, beneath one. JW
1251 Actions Physical Apprehending
1250 Actions Physical Hitting
1249 Cultural Issues Law Legal authority
1248 Actions Violent Assault
1247 Themes and Motifs Objects Ax
1246 Actions Movement Carriage
1245 Themes and Motifs Morals Injustice
1244 Cultural Issues Law Custody
1243 Themes and Motifs Appearance Complexion
1242 Themes and Motifs Arrivals/Departures Departure
1241 Actions Work Quitting job
1240 Actions Physical Burial
1239 Actions Bodily Dying
1238 Actions Legal Marriage
1237 Actions Bodily Childbirth
1236 Actions Domestic Feeding
1235 Themes and Motifs Character Pride
1234 Actions Mental Speculation
1233 Relationships Marital Desertion
1232 Cultural Issues Law Legal document
1231 Cultural Issues Health and Illness Unspecified sickness
1230 Actions Movement Riding
1229 Environment Time of Year February
1228 Actions Economic Ascent
1227 Themes and Motifs Character Trust
1226 Themes and Motifs Character Responsibility
1225 Actions Emotional Love
1224 Themes and Motifs Character Honesty
1223 Themes and Motifs Philosophical Suffering
1222 Themes and Motifs Animals Lightning bugs
1221 Themes and Motifs Animals Cicadas
1220 Environment Time of Day Sunset
1219 Cultural Issues Region Hospitality
1218 Actions Verbal Invitation
1217 Actions Bodily Dipping snuff
1216 Cultural Issues Politics Taxes
1215 Aesthetics Allusion, Historical Longstreet, James
1214 Cultural Issues Clothes Handmade
1213 Actions Domestic Sewing
1212 Actions Agricultural Chopping
1211 Cultural Issues Ethnicity Native American

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