Keywords
Term ID |
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Parent | Term | Description |
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1825 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Ballot Box | |
2359 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Barbarism | |
739 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Bargainer | |
1823 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Basket | |
3263 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Bats | |
734 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Bear | |
2322 | Themes and Motifs | Appearance | Beautiful/handsome | |
3994 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Beavers | |
3276 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Bed | |
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 |
3294 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Being late / tardiness | |
3293 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Being on time / punctuality | |
3167 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Being outside of time | |
1982 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Belatedness | |
4374 | Themes and Motifs | Home | Belonging | |
3850 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Beyond |
I added this keyword to mark places where a character or text contemplates or imagines exceeding ordinary or usual boundaries. Specifically, this was added for when Quentin starts imagining "a hell beyond that" for him and Caddy. It can be used when "beyond" or a similar construction is used in figurative ways. JBP |
1388 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Bible | |
4818 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Bible | |
3674 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Bill | |
1393 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Birds | |
3011 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Bison | |
3880 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Blackguard | |
3416 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Blame | |
680 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Blood | |
4509 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Bluejays | |
2070 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Boat | |
365 | Themes and Motifs | (First level term) | Body | |
5491 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Bomb-sight | |
2911 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Bones | |
3457 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Bookishness | |
2452 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Books | |
3039 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Booksatchel | |
2469 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Bottle | |
2905 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Bow and arrow | |
3563 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Bowels | |
3138 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Bowl | |
2615 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Brain / mind | |
4951 | Themes and Motifs | Naming | Brand name | |
941 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Brass | |
4259 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Bravado | |
3668 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Bravery | |
3998 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Breast | |
3177 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Bricks | |
4733 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Briefcase | |
3364 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Broken glass | |
4538 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Broom | |
1260 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Bugs | |
2467 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Bumble-bee | |
2265 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Burial | |
3186 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Burning a town | |
5578 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Buttocks | |
2909 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Buzzards | |
4417 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Camera | |
2198 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Candelabra | |
1268 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Candle | |
4562 | Themes and Motifs | (First level term) | Cannon | |
4563 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Cannon | |
4674 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Canteen | |
1385 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Capture as loss | |
670 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Car | |
1350 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Car accident | |
3402 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Cards | |
2724 | Themes and Motifs | Community | Carnival | |
906 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Case file | |
4853 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Cash | |
5161 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Catechism | |
2722 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Cats | |
593 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Cattle | |
3855 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Cautious | |
745 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Census | |
3066 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Chair | |
2340 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Chamber pot | |
2034 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Chandlier | |
2433 | Themes and Motifs | Naming | Change over time | |
1369 | Themes and Motifs | Chaos/Order | Chaos | |
385 | Themes and Motifs | (First level term) | Chaos/Order | |
366 | Themes and Motifs | (First level term) | Character | |
4656 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Charity | |
2511 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Chasing a person |
For the many instances when a human being is hunted by others - the slave in "Red Leaves," the architect in Absalom!, Christmas several times in Light in August, Miss Quentin in The Sound and the Fury, etc. SR |
4675 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Chastity belt | |
4119 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Check | |
1739 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Chickens/roosters | |
4997 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Child | |
2684 | Themes and Motifs | Naming | Child's name | |
3536 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Childlike | |
3995 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Chins | |
1320 | Themes and Motifs | Morals | Chivalry | |
3272 | Themes and Motifs | Art | Christian art or iconography | |
4709 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Christmas card | |
1221 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Cicadas | |
1042 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Cigar | |
3800 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Cigarette | |
5406 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Cigarette lighter | |
4051 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Citizenship papers | |
1678 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Civic records | |
5635 | Themes and Motifs | Art | Classical Greek | |
4720 | Themes and Motifs | Art | Classical music | |
646 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Clock | |
3815 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Coal oil | |
1127 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Coffee |