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Term IDsort ascending Vocabulary Parent Term Description
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
1210 Themes and Motifs Naming False name
1209 Actions Domestic Child care
1208 Actions Moral Lying
1207 Actions Domestic Milking
1206 Actions Domestic Nursing
1205 Actions Domestic Cleaning
1204 Aesthetics Description Eyes
1203 Actions Mental Discovery
1202 Themes and Motifs Recurring Tropes "Wait"

Spoken by a character to pause or slow down narration by another character so s/he can process the significance or take over the narration. The classic examples are from ABSALOM, but it's a signature verbal formula across Faulkner. JW
1201 Themes and Motifs Animals Goat
1200 Actions Movement Buggy
1199 Environment Time of Year March
1198 Environment Place Sawmill
1197 Environment Time of Year Christmas
1196 Themes and Motifs Character Work ethic
1195 Actions Economic Trading
1194 Cultural Issues Economy Wages
1193 Actions Work Sawmilling
1192 Actions Economic Renting
1191 Cultural Issues Economy Poverty
1190 Cultural Issues Clothes Shoes
1189 Actions Domestic Washing
1188 Cultural Issues Age Premature aging
1187 Themes and Motifs Character Independence
1186 Aesthetics Narrative Collaborative narration

Any time multiple characters or voices participate in relating a story. JW
1185 Actions Verbal Storytelling

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