Keywords
Term ID | Vocabulary | Parent |
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Description |
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1759 | Cultural Issues | Education | Rural school | |
2712 | Cultural Issues | Region | Rural South | |
979 | Aesthetics | Diction | Rural vernacular | |
4519 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Russia | |
5453 | Cultural Issues | History | Russian Revolution | |
2837 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Ruth, George Herman "Babe" | |
2024 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Ruthless | |
3459 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Sabatini, Rafael | |
1935 | Cultural Issues | Religion | Sabbath | |
4369 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Sabine people | |
2705 | Cultural Issues | War | Sabotage | |
4192 | Cultural Issues | Hunting and Fishing | Sacramental | |
2328 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Sacrifice | |
3123 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Sacrifice | |
4632 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Sacrificial Animal | |
3613 | Cultural Issues | Religion | Sacrilege | |
2797 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Saddle | |
1992 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Saddlebag | |
1392 | Actions | Emotional | Sadness | |
2391 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Saint | |
3269 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Saint Francis | |
3351 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Saint Louis Fair of 1904 / Louisiana Purchase Exposition | |
5506 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Saint Mihiel | |
5101 | Cultural Issues | Economy | Sales contract | |
2766 | Environment | Place | Saloon | |
4822 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Salt | |
3678 | Cultural Issues | Agriculture | Salt lick | |
3693 | Actions | Physical | Saluting | |
3124 | Themes and Motifs | Philosophical | Salvation | |
5561 | Cultural Issues | Religion | Salvation | |
4546 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Samson | |
5359 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | San Diego, California | |
5588 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | San Francisco | |
4144 | Environment | Natural | Sand | |
2895 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Sande, Earl | |
5642 | Cultural Issues | Food | Sandwich | |
2573 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Santa Claus |
I'm assuming the group of people who both read Faulkner and believe in Santa Claus is relatively small, so saying he is mythical is not a spoiler. JB |
1361 | Aesthetics | Tone | Sarcastic | |
5040 | Aesthetics | Recurring Episodes | Sartoris builds railroad | |
5026 | Aesthetics | Recurring Episodes | Sartoris captures Yankees | |
5045 | Aesthetics | Recurring Episodes | Sartoris deposed | |
5078 | Aesthetics | Recurring Episodes | Sartoris escapes Yankees | |
5044 | Aesthetics | Recurring Episodes | Sartoris raises regiment | |
2834 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Saskatchewan | |
2352 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Satan | |
4318 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Satchel | |
3716 | Cultural Issues | Ritual | Sati or suttee | |
5712 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Satire | |
5086 | Aesthetics | Language | Satire | |
1281 | Actions | Emotional | Satisfaction | |
5640 | Environment | Time of Day | Saturday | |
1757 | Environment | Time of Year | Saturday | |
5636 | Environment | Time of Day | Saturday evening | |
5132 | Environment | Time of Day | Saturday morning | |
4415 | Environment | Time of Day | Saturday night | |
4849 | Cultural Issues | Cultural Identity | Savagism | |
5289 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Saving | |
4521 | Actions | Economic | Saving money | |
4068 | Cultural Issues | Economy | Savings | |
4516 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Saw | |
1960 | Environment | Auditory | Sawing | |
2761 | Actions | Physical | Sawing | |
1198 | Environment | Place | Sawmill | |
1193 | Actions | Work | Sawmilling | |
2554 | Actions | Economic | Scamming | |
1541 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Scandal | |
5475 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Scandanavia | |
2145 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Scar | |
4864 | Cultural Issues | Food | Scarcity | |
2601 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Scarecrow | |
1359 | Actions | Economic | Scheming | |
2282 | Actions | Moral | Scheming |
Any action that plots or plans to gain a material or social advantage over someone through immoral means. This is separate from economic scheming, which is often directly tied to a commercial situation. It is also not like deception, because the deception has not happened yet. The specific example is Boon "scheming" to take out the car, but there are other instances of characters ratiocinating or plotting to do so. JB |
4112 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Schiller, Friedrich | |
5536 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Scholarship | |
3547 | Environment | Public | School | |
4650 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | School book | |
3557 | Relationships | Friendship | School classmates | |
1289 | Actions | Play | School recess | |
5550 | Cultural Issues | Education | School vs life | |
3756 | Cultural Issues | Education | School year | |
4995 | Environment | Place | School, segregated | |
2140 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Scientific |
To be used for figures of speech drawn from science (for example, references to osmosis, astronomy, or Darwinian evolution) - CR |
3105 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Scissors | |
2478 | Actions | Emotional | Scolding | |
1808 | Cultural Issues | War | Scorched-earth policy |
This refers specifically to the events describing the destruction of Southern plantations, cities, railroads, etc., by Union forces during the Civil War. Frequently the narratives associate these actions directly with "Sherman," a hated name in Faulkner's South. |
857 | Cultural Issues | Ethnicity | Scotch-Irish | |
4912 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Scotland | |
1876 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Scott, Walter | |
5696 | Cultural Issues | Nationality | Scottish | |
4930 | Cultural Issues | Ethnicity | Scottish / Scots | |
3896 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Scoundrel | |
2599 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Scratch | |
3997 | Actions | Violent | Scratching | |
1344 | Actions | Verbal | Screaming | |
3922 | Actions | Physical | Screaming | |
2223 | Themes and Motifs | Appearance | Scruffiness | |
729 | Themes and Motifs | Art | Sculpture | |
4161 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Scythe | |
2666 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Scythe | |
2354 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Scythian |