Themes and Motifs: Time Long passage of time
Description
Perhaps self-evident, but for when a text makes a huge jump in time very quickly -- Zilphia Gant sitting beside the window "for twelve years," for instance. JBP
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Abrupt shift in time
- And change
- Anticipation
- Awareness of time
- Being in time
- Being late / tardiness
- Being on time / punctuality
- Being outside of time
- Continuity
- Cyclical
- Duration of time
- Frozen / Static
- Future
- Just in time
- Living in the present
- Lost time
- Measuring time
- Past
- Permanence
- Return to present time
- Routine
- Running out
- Series of events experienced as long duration
- Simultaneity of time
- Timelessness
- Town clock
- Transcended
- Travel back in time
- Unsynchronized clocks
- Watch
- Working day
Tagged Events
Themes and Motifs: Home›Home as prison | Time›Long passage of time
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute | Sexuality›Frustration
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Lack of choice | Recurring Tropes›Precognition / Something to happen | Time›Long passage of time
Actions: Emotional›Triumph | Mental›Insight | Perceptual›Moment of vision
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›American | Identity, Cultural›National
Themes and Motifs: Time›Future | Time›Long passage of time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Sexuality›Predatory | War›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-horse | Sexual›Inappropriate
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›April
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Self-pity | Mental›Fatalism | Mental›Realization | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Religion›God | Religion›Providence | War›Defeat | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Death›Like death | Determinism›Fated | Futility›Nothing to do | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Psychological›Trauma | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Long passage of time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Heaven | Figures of Speech›Negation | Tone›Elegiac
Cultural Issues: Economy›Wealth | Land-Use›Cotton farming | Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Violence
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Design | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Familial
Environment: Atmospheric›Peaceful | Auditory›Bells | Auditory›Birdsong | Natural›Sky | Place›Church | Public›Church steeple | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Day›Sunday morning | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Mental›Flashback | Mental›Remembering | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Religion›Christianity | Religion›Sabbath
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Pigeons | Memory›Remembering | Past›Past in present | Time›Continuity | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Institutional›Church-Town
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Figures of Speech›Paint | Metafictional›Painting | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Repetition | Tone›Nostalgic | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Mental›Discovery | Mental›Realization
Themes and Motifs: Time›Long passage of time | Time›Past
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Temporal discontinuity
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Drinking | Economic›Paying | Emotional›Hurried | Emotional›Impatience | Mental›Calculation | Mental›Discovery | Mental›Realization | Mental›Speculation | Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Teetotaling | Economy›Poverty | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Slavery›Metaphorical
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lacking | Psychological›Motivation | Psychological›Obsession | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Running out | Values›Determination
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lacking | Money›Need for | Naming›Change over time | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Simultaneity of time
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation | Perceptual›Experiencing second-hand / vicariously | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Past›Family history | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Story-telling›Retelling | Time›Future | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Narrative›Flash forward | Narrative›Foreshadowing
Actions: Movement›Return | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Nationality›Foreigners
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Absence/Loss›Separation | Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Ambiguity | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Withholding
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Heat | Atmospheric›Oppressive | Atmospheric›Stillness | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Haunting | Auditory›Quietness | Domestic Space›Office | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Old woman smell | Olfactory›Smelling death | Place›Office | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›September | Time of Year›Summer | Weather›Heat | Weather›Sun | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Bodily›Watching | Communication›Listening | Communication›Silence | Communication›Speaking | Emotional›Frustration | Emotional›Outrage | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Sensing the past | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Silence | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Age›Spinsterhood | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Garment female | Clothes›Mourning | Gender›Chastity / purity | Gender›Femininity | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Sparrow | Body›Voice | Objects›Chair | Objects›Windows | Objects›Wisteria | Past›Past in present | Psychological›Repression | Recurring Tropes›Dark house | Recurring Tropes›Odor | Recurring Tropes›Old insult (abiding affront) | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Story-telling›Reminiscence | Story-telling›Retelling | Story-telling›Story-telling passim | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Haunting | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Series of events experienced as long duration
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Description›Character portrait | Description›Color black | Description›Color yellow | Description›Grotesque | Description›Location portrait | Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Bloom | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Paint | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Voice | Figures of Speech›Water | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Metafictional | Narrative›Indeterminacy | Style›Long sentence | Style›Neologism | Style›Numerous adjectives | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Heat | Atmospheric›Oppressive | Atmospheric›Stillness | Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›House | Place›Houses | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›September | Weather›Heat
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation | Emotional›Waiting | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Obeying / obedience | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Age›Generation gap | Age›Old age | Age›Youth vs age | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Garment female | Clothes›Lace | Clothes›Mourning | Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Home›Home as prison | Home›Neglect | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Dark house | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Duration of time | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Intergenerational›Obligation
Environment: Atmospheric›Familiar | Atmospheric›Haunted | Auditory›Echoing
Actions: Mental›Misunderstanding | Mental›Remembering | Mental›Unaware | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Looking back
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Lost Cause | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Informal | Group Mentality›Community collective | History›Civil War consequences | Region›Lost Cause | Region›The South | War›Defeat
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Community›Alienation | Determinism›Lack of choice | Futility›Inability | Memory›Collective memory | Memory›Haunted by past | Naming›Importance of naming | Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Echo | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Supernatural›Ghost | Time›Long passage of time
Environment: Atmospheric›Familiar | Domestic Space›House | Place›Jefferson | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Day›Sunday | Time of Day›Sunday morning | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›September
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Economic›Purchase | Legal›Marriage | Movement›Riding | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Widow | Group Mentality›Communal story | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Law›Legal ownership | Law›Property | Ritual›Wedding | Violence›Retribution
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Community›Local legends | Death›Future | Death›Spousal | Determinism›Fated | Home›New home | Meaning›Mystery | Meaning›Paternity | Memory›Collective memory | Past›Past in present | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Time›Duration of time | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Past | Values›Justice
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis | Figures of Speech›Breath | Narrative›Background | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Origin | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Summary
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Haunted | Atmospheric›Oppressive | Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Listening | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Outrage | Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Speculation | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Forgiveness | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Monologue | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Age›Youth vs age | Gender›Female body | Gender›Women | Religion›Damnation | Religion›Forgiveness
Themes and Motifs: Body›Flesh | Body›Voice | Death›Response to | Objects›Photograph | Past›Past in present | Psychological›Obsession | Psychological›Trauma | Recurring Tropes›Dark house | Recurring Tropes›Old insult (abiding affront) | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Story-telling | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunting | Supernatural›Monster / monstrous | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Duration of time | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sister-sister | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Allusion, Mythical›Niobe | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Voice | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Narrative›Parentheses | Style›Long sentence | Style›Numerous adjectives | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Public›Courthouse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Pigeons | Animals›Sparrow | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Time›Future | Time›Long passage of time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis
Environment: Natural›Beach | Time of Day›Sunset
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Shell | Philosophical›Human experience | Time›Long passage of time
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Mental›Thinking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls | Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Time›Long passage of time
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Natural›Body of water
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Sadness | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Realization | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Seeing | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Resurrection | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Preventing or avoiding sex | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Death›Bones | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Suicide | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Objects›Flat-iron | Philosophical›Existentialism | Philosophical›Nihilism | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Long passage of time | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Judgment Day | Allusion, Biblical›New Testament Book of Revelation | Allusion, Literary›Coleridge, Samuel | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Kubla Khan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Economic›Buying a shop or store
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Tie | Identity, Cultural›America vs Europe | Politics›Election | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha | Art›Photograph | Character›Provincialism | Community›Secrecy | Time›Long passage of time
Themes and Motifs: Time›Long passage of time | Time›Return to present time
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Meaning | Morals›Justice | Morals›Morality | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Measuring time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Present-time reference
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | History›Arrival of whites in Mississippi | Migration›Intraregional migration | Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Environment: Place›Railroad | Time of Year›July
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Texts | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Widower
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Migration | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | History›Awareness of / Being in history | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Displacement
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Time›Long passage of time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jordan | Typography/Orthography›Dots