Keywords

Term ID Vocabularysort descending Parent Term Description
2196 Themes and Motifs Objects Damask
4236 Themes and Motifs Recurring Tropes Dark house
2343 Themes and Motifs Recurring Tropes Dead time
5226 Themes and Motifs Story-telling Deadpan
370 Themes and Motifs (First level term) Death
3332 Themes and Motifs Death Death by water / Drowning
4799 Themes and Motifs Texts Death certificate
2980 Themes and Motifs Death Death sentence
2257 Themes and Motifs Death Deathbed
3411 Themes and Motifs Community Decoration Day
2400 Themes and Motifs Values Decorum
1998 Themes and Motifs Texts Deed
730 Themes and Motifs Animals Deer
2593 Themes and Motifs Objects Demijohn
4462 Themes and Motifs Death Denial
4573 Themes and Motifs Psychological Denial
2515 Themes and Motifs Arrivals/Departures Departing Yoknapatawpha

For characters who leave Yoknapatawpha once and for all in a text - like Bayard Sartoris at the end of Flags in the Dust or Sarty Snopes in "Barn Burning." SR

1242 Themes and Motifs Arrivals/Departures Departure
3845 Themes and Motifs Appearance Depth / deepness
764 Themes and Motifs Absence/Loss Deracination
903 Themes and Motifs Arrivals/Departures Desertion-family
4349 Themes and Motifs Recurring Tropes Design
2183 Themes and Motifs Recurring Tropes Destiny
4713 Themes and Motifs Home Destroyed
1994 Themes and Motifs Values Determination
371 Themes and Motifs (First level term) Determinism
2384 Themes and Motifs Values Devotion
4683 Themes and Motifs Objects Dice
1531 Themes and Motifs Values Dignity
3913 Themes and Motifs Appearance Diminishment / fading
3605 Themes and Motifs Appearance Dirty
1725 Themes and Motifs Absence/Loss Disappearance
3174 Themes and Motifs Past Discovering it
5266 Themes and Motifs Money Disdaining money
4408 Themes and Motifs Death Disease
3426 Themes and Motifs Psychological Disembodiment
5187 Themes and Motifs Objects Dishes
3809 Themes and Motifs Morals Dishonor
503 Themes and Motifs Chaos/Order Disorder
3012 Themes and Motifs Exile Dispossession
4188 Themes and Motifs Home Distance from home

For moments when somebody thinks how far they've come from where they live. SR

1779 Themes and Motifs Chaos/Order Divine plan
4008 Themes and Motifs Animals Dog-fox
3067 Themes and Motifs Objects Dogfennel
618 Themes and Motifs Animals Dogs
2151 Themes and Motifs Objects Dolls
4993 Themes and Motifs Chaos/Order Domestic
2337 Themes and Motifs Recurring Tropes Doom
609 Themes and Motifs Recurring Tropes Door
1063 Themes and Motifs Money Dowry
4860 Themes and Motifs Texts Drawing
2023 Themes and Motifs Recurring Tropes Dream
2671 Themes and Motifs Recurring Tropes Dream turns to dust
3341 Themes and Motifs Objects Dresser
3143 Themes and Motifs Objects Drinking glass
4872 Themes and Motifs Exile Driven away
1468 Themes and Motifs Objects Drum
4775 Themes and Motifs Animals Ducks
1517 Themes and Motifs Objects Dulcimer
2526 Themes and Motifs Values Durability
3513 Themes and Motifs Time Duration of time
3456 Themes and Motifs Character Duty
1069 Themes and Motifs Home Dwelling
3841 Themes and Motifs Death Dying wish
4990 Themes and Motifs Money Earned
2625 Themes and Motifs Recurring Tropes Echo
1841 Themes and Motifs Animals Elephants
3911 Themes and Motifs Objects Elm tree
4511 Themes and Motifs Chaos/Order Emptiness
1177 Themes and Motifs Recurring Tropes Endurance
4306 Themes and Motifs Objects Engagement ring
4755 Themes and Motifs Chaos/Order Entropy
4335 Themes and Motifs Death Epitaph
4441 Themes and Motifs Texts Epitaph
1305 Themes and Motifs Home Estranged
2398 Themes and Motifs Recurring Tropes Eternal feminine
2700 Themes and Motifs Supernatural Eternity
536 Themes and Motifs Philosophical Ethics
2699 Themes and Motifs Death Eulogy
4758 Themes and Motifs Objects European in U.S.
3065 Themes and Motifs Values Evil
2402 Themes and Motifs Philosophical Evolution
3278 Themes and Motifs Body Excrement
988 Themes and Motifs Death Execution
372 Themes and Motifs (First level term) Exile
3350 Themes and Motifs Philosophical Existentialism
1789 Themes and Motifs Money Expenses
4918 Themes and Motifs Story-telling Explaining
2161 Themes and Motifs Objects Eyeglasses
3740 Themes and Motifs Body Eyelashes
584 Themes and Motifs Body Eyes
629 Themes and Motifs Body Face
3162 Themes and Motifs Futility Failure to defend honor
2623 Themes and Motifs Recurring Tropes Fairy-tale
2408 Themes and Motifs Morals Faith
2172 Themes and Motifs Values Faithfulness

Faithfulness as a general virtue, synonymous with fidelity and/or loyalty (unless others think those merit a separate keyword entry). Wasn't sure if this should go here or go also or instead under Actions > Emotions. JBP

1210 Themes and Motifs Naming False name
2857 Themes and Motifs Past Family history
4476 Themes and Motifs Values Family honor
4250 Themes and Motifs Values Family values

Not to be confused with the contemporary politically charged term. Rather, these are values shared by all or most members of the family. It's what your mamma or daddy taught you. JB and EP

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