Actions: Work
Child Terms
- Accident
- Architect
- Banking
- Barbering
- Blacksmith
- Boot-black / Shoe shine
- Building structure
- Carpenter
- Chopping wood
- Churning butter
- Construction
- Dismissal
- Dismissing from work
- Doctor / medical care
- Driving
- Factory
- Farming
- Fireman
- For room and board
- Gardening
- Getting water
- Glassblowing
- Government
- Horse training
- Hotel employee
- House painter
- Janitor
- Jeweler
- Landscaping
- Law enforcement
- Lawyering
- Leaving work
- Livery stable
- Longshoreman
- Losing job
- Maritime / Marine
- Mechanic
- Milling
- Miners / mining
- Missing work
- Night watchman
- Office
- Painting|Drawing
- Performance
- Photography
- Postal worker
- Prosecuting
- Quitting job
- Railroad workers
- Restauranteer
- Sawmilling
- Sharpening
- Shodding
- Sowing
- Store clerk
- Tailor
- Teaching
- To pay for education
- Traveling salesman
- Waiter
- Waitress
- Washing clothes
- Weaving
- Yard work
Tagged Events
Actions: Domestic›Sewing | Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime | Economy›Moonshine
Relationships: Civic›Charity | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Roman salute
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Work›Dismissing from work
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white | Romantic›Courtship
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Cold
Actions: Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Crime›Bootlegging
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict
Actions: Verbal›Dialogue | Work›Law enforcement
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Domestic Space›Porch | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Work›Law enforcement
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
Environment: Domestic Space›Stable | Place›Field | Time of Day›Afternoon
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Domestic Space›Stable | Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Year›Laid-by season | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Impatience | Work›Farming
Relationships: Marital›Father in law-son in law
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Place›Smokehouse | Place›Well|Wellhouse | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Physical›Ambush | Play›Historical recreation | Work›Getting water
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes | Slavery›Resistance | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Friendship›Childhood friends | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial›Companions
Actions: Interaction, Social›Incarcerating | Work›Law enforcement
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Violent›Disfigurement | Violent›Murder | Work›Performance
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Circus
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Naming›Change over time | Texts›Newspapers | Texts›Poster
Actions: Work›Performance
Environment: Domestic Space›Study | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Exposure | Violent›Murder | Work›Performance
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Disguise | Entertainment›Circus
Themes and Motifs: Character›Hubris | Psychological›Motivation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical | Genre Conventions›Parable | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Government›National authority | Government›Usurpation | Group Mentality›Political solidarity | History›Dispossessing Indians | History›Indian Removal | Identity, Cultural›National | Ritual›Dueling | War›Indian / Native American wars
Actions: Interaction, Social›Conspiracy | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Following | Play›Gambling | Work›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Crime›Sedition | Crime›Treason | Government›Right of secession | Health and Illness›Amputation | Health and Illness›Injury | History›Burr conspiracy | War›American Revolution | War›Recuperation
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Inheritance›Traits
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Place›Indian agency
Actions: Economic›Earning Money | Play›Gambling | Work›Government | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Government›US Bureau of Indian Affairs
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Class›Social decline | Government›Governor
Themes and Motifs: Death›Eulogy | Memory›Forgetting | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Idleness | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Washing clothes | Verbal›Begging | Verbal›Command | Work›Chopping wood
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Objects›Coffee | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›France | Allusion, Literary›Gulliver's Travels
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Hope | Work›Chopping wood
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Natural›Creek | Place›Country store | Public›Blacksmith
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Auction | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Whispering | Work›Blacksmith
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Story-telling
Cultural Issues: Law›County attorney
Themes and Motifs: Values›Justice | Values›Truth/Lies
Actions: Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›America and opportunity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Marital›Shotgun marriage | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem and Eula marry
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Education›Yale | Gender›Bachelor | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Femininity | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Advent | Body›Face | Character›Predatory | Recurring Tropes›Sexual power
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Gossip | Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Government | Group Mentality›Community collective | Politics›City government
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Character›Predatory | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Economical | Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow
Cultural Issues: Clothes | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Gender›Clothing | Race›Hierarchical
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Water
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Work›Barbering
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Themes and Motifs: Character›Personality change
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Appearance›Pretending / Feigning
Relationships: Romantic›Flirtation
Actions: Work›Traveling salesman
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Work clothes
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Alabama | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Actions: Work›Quitting job
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Actions: Work›Barbering | Work›Quitting job
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic›Fiance
Aesthetics: Diction›Ethnic slur
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Work›Horse training
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Practicality | Work›Horse training
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Emotional›Fear | Legal›Locking up | Physical›Protection | Work›Lawyering
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype
Actions: Communication›Spanish | Play›Betting | Work›Horse training
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Actions: Communication›Spanish | Work›Horse training
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Livestock | Economy›Rural sales
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Goat | Objects›Sewing machine
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Work›Painting|Drawing
Environment: Olfactory›Evoking memory
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Work›Painting|Drawing
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Freedom | Slavery›Self-emancipation | Slavery›Slaves vs masters | War›Union Army
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Environment: Domestic Space›Ritual
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Eating | Domestic›Cooking | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Food›Dependable
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Domestic | Money›Coin | Money›Silver dollar | Values›Faithfulness
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Relationships: Hierarchical›Foreman-worker | Social›Coworker
Actions: Physical›Throwing | Work›Sawmilling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Character›Superhuman strength
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Laughing | Mental›Thinking | Violent›Fighting | Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Law›Chain gang | Law›Incarceration | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Stereotype eyes
Themes and Motifs: Character›Superhuman strength
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Hunting and Fishing›Ritual
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship
Environment: Domestic Space›Field
Actions: Communication›Letter | Work›Farming
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Friday | Time of Year›July
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Communication›Newspaper columns and notices | Emotional›Grief | Movement›Truck | Physical›Walking | Work›Churning butter
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Community›Social life | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Plane accident
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Farming tools
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Work›Construction
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Construction tools | Time›Being late / tardiness
Actions: Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Labor
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Construction tools | Time›Being late / tardiness
Actions: Economic›Barter | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Work›Construction
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Construction tools
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Bodily›Falling | Work›Construction
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Emotional›Embarrassment | Interaction, Social›Gossip | Movement›Running away | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Reproduction
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Narrative›Self-Reflective
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Work›Getting water
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Reproduction | War›Death | War›Women
Relationships: Intergenerational›Female | Interracial›White-black
Actions: Emotional›Defeat | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Mourning | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›Widow | Politics›Voting | Region›Lost Cause | Region›Reconstruction
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Intergenerational›Female
Actions: Work›For room and board
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Nursing
Relationships: Familial›Exigent circumstances
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Monday morning | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Work›Washing clothes
Themes and Motifs: Memory
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Christmas
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›Double entendre | Narrative›Reported narration | Tone›Sarcastic
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Emotional›Exhaustion | Work›Building structure
Actions: Work›Blacksmith | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Class›Blood | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Metaphorical | Slavery›Persistence over time | Slavery›Quarters
Relationships: Hierarchical | Interracial›Indian-white
Cultural Issues: Law›Warrant | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Prejudice›Socio-economic | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Aesthetics: Description›Location portrait
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Dilapidation
Actions: Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Health and Illness›Amputation | Health and Illness›Injury | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Negation
Relationships: Familial›Physical resemblances | Familial›Twins
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Government›Bureaucracy | Government›Interference | Identity, Personal›Financial independence
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations
Themes and Motifs: Values›Family values
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Actions: Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Migration›Intraregional migration
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Genre Conventions›Mystery
Actions: Economic›Ascent | Emotional›Love | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Sawmilling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Honesty | Character›Responsibility | Character›Trust | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Education›Law school | Law›Law school | Law›Trial
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Clothes›Shoes | Economy›Poverty | Economy›Self-sufficiency
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Economic›Trading | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Farming | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Economy›Wages
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Time of Year›March | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Movement›Buggy | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Sawmilling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Goat | Arrivals/Departures›Return
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Domestic›Child care | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Bodily›Idleness | Emotional›Worry | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Withholding | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Radio
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Radio | War›World War II
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›MacArthur, Douglas | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Worry | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Hushing | Work›Chopping wood
Cultural Issues: Age›War | Age›Youth | Nationality›Japanese | War›Patriotism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Home | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling
Actions: Work›Store clerk
Relationships: Institutional›Church-Town
Actions: Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Legal›Warrant | Verbal›Cursing | Work›Dismissing from work
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Social›Adversarial
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Violent›Murder | Work›Law enforcement
Actions: Mental›Calculation | Mental›Deciding | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Riding | Movement›Steamboat | Physical›Clearing land | Play›Gambling | Work›Building structure | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Class›Birthright | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Class›Social mobility | Economy›Consumption | Economy›Gambling | Identity, Personal›Background | Identity, Personal›On frontier | Law›Frontier justice | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Character›Opportunism | Character›Recklessness | Determinism›Vs human agency | Money›As motive | Money›Ill-gotten | Objects›Steamboat | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi River | Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana | Allusion, Geographical›Virginia | Figures of Speech›Face | Figures of Speech›Gambling imagery | Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›Metonym | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Calm | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Burial | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Rebel yell | Work›Carpenter
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral | Recurring Tropes›Echo | Recurring Tropes›Mediation | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Domestic›Sewing | Hunting | Physical›Waiting | Work›Chopping wood | Work›Gardening
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation | Slavery›Civil War | War›Deprivation | War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness | Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Work›Gardening
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Marriage | Gender›Southern woman | Group Mentality›Community collective | War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Death | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Class | War›Civil War | War›Going to war | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Restoration / rebuilding | Values›Loyalty | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Work›Store clerk
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Work›Store clerk
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Domestic›Camping | Domestic›Cooking | Economic›Paying | Mental›Discovery | Mental›Learning | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Migration | Nationality›French
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Money›Lacking | Objects›Fire | Time›Duration of time | Values›Determination | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Martinique | Narrative›Delayed revelation
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Mud | Natural›Swamp | Place›Plantation | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Communication›Language barriers | Communication›Speaking | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Suspicion | Interaction, Social›Male gathering | Interaction, Social›Withdrawal from public | Movement›Riding | Perceptual›Observing | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Building structure | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Group Mentality›Community collective | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Land-Use›Ownership | Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Alligators | Animals›Dogs | Appearance›Nakedness | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Community›Local legends | Objects›Bricks | Objects›Pistol | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Values›Determination
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Heat | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Natural›Mud | Place›Plantation | Time of Day›Sunrise | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›Summer | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Exhaustion | Emotional›Fury | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Observing | Perceptual›Watching | Work›Building structure | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Hat | Group Mentality›Community collective | Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Labor | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mosquitoes | Character›Work ethic | Objects›Windows | Recurring Tropes›Fatality | Supernatural›Ghost | Values›Determination
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Social›Crowds
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture | Place›Plantation
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Hurried | Mental›Believing | Mental›Envisioning | Work›Architect | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Pretension | Cultural Identity›Outlander | Nationality›Foreigners
Themes and Motifs: Art›Artistic creation | Chaos/Order›Creation | Character›Artist | Character›Hubris | Character›Ruthless | Character›Vanity | Home›Dwelling | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Time›Duration of time
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Leader
Aesthetics: Description›Grotesque | Figures of Speech›Negation | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Narrative›Argument | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Place›Livery stable | Place›Plantation | Place›Rural | Place›Slave Quarters | Place›Smokehouse
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Economic›Borrowing | Emotional›Patience | Hunting›Deer hunting | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Rumor | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Whiskey | Class›Respectability | Gender›All-male space | Gender›Inversion | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Separate spaces | Group Mentality›Community collective | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Turkey | Chaos/Order›Creating order | Community›Knowledge | Community›Opinion | Community›Secrecy | Meaning›Mystery | Money›Dowry | Money›Gold | Objects›Footprint | Recurring Tropes›Solitude | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility | Time›Frozen / Static | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Marital›Arrangements | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Description›Location portrait | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Withholding
Environment: Place›Hotel | Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Mental›Believing | Movement›Horse | Movement›Riding | Movement›Stopping | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Talking | Work›Hotel employee
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites
Environment: Atmospheric›Thunder | Olfactory›Sulfur
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Riding | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Clearing land | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Sitting | Work›Architect | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Labor›Racialized | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Racial consciousness | Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Art›Painting | Body›Hair | Body›Hand / Palm | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Objects›Ax | Objects›Shovel | Recurring Tropes›Paradox
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Description›Character portrait | Description›Stage direction | Description›Tableau | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Figures of Speech›Chains | Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Thunderclap | Metafictional›Painting | Recurring Episodes›Architect captured | Recurring Episodes›Sutpen's arrival | Style›Long sentence | Symbolism›Hamsa | Tone›Overwrought
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
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | War›Deprivation
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
Environment: Place›Fishing camp
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Hunting and Fishing | Labor
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Hope | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Practicality | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Fish | Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Death›Dying wish | Objects›Toys | Philosophical›Existentialism
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Work›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Physical›Waiting | Work›Carpenter
Themes and Motifs: Death
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Fainting | Bodily›Sweating | Emotional›Reassurance | Work›Doctor / medical care
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›As anaesthetic | Health and Illness›Anaesthetic | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Medical treatment
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Chair | Objects›Construction tools
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people
Actions: Legal›Charge/accuse | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Destructive behavior | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Crime›Arson | Economy›Evaluate exchange value | Economy›Property | Health and Illness›Mental illness
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Divine plan | Death›Burial | Philosophical›Ethics | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson | Values›Propriety
Environment: Place›Cottonfield
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking | Bodily›Sweating | Emotional›Passivity | Mental›Fatalism | Moral›Exploitation | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment
Actions: Emotional›Resentment | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency | Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Deathbed | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Shaking | Emotional›Grief | Moral›Rationalization | Physical›Sawing | Verbal›Shouting | Work›Carpenter
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Parents-children
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Interaction, Private›Interrogation | Physical›Confining | Work›Carpenter
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Relationships: Familial
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau
Environment: Atmospheric›Light | Auditory›Silence | Olfactory›Sulfur | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Rain | Weather›Storm
Themes and Motifs: Death›Coffin | Objects›Lamp or lantern | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Neighbor
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Domestic Space›Porch | Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Ritual›Funeral
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Picture/image
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident | Character›Precision | Character›Work ethic
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Gender›Widow | Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Accident | Character›Precision
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›May
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Environment: Time of Day›Evening
Themes and Motifs: Time›Working day
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Place›Railroad | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Frost
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Construction | Work›Railroad workers
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Ethnicity›Scottish / Scots | Race›Black stereotype
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Class›Declasse | Modernity›Speed | Slavery›Nostalgia | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Movement›Car | Work›Traveling salesman
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Bandage | Health and Illness›Medicine | Mass Media›Advertising
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Sewing machine
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Domestic Space›Architecture
Actions: Work›Building structure
Environment: Domestic Space›Dollhouse | Domestic Space›Home | Natural›Cedar trees | Olfactory›Trees
Actions: Work›Landscaping
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-nature
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Cave
Actions: Work›Glassblowing
Themes and Motifs: Art›Artistic creation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›A Midsummer Night's Dream | Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Communication›Silence | Play›Tennis | Work›Glassblowing
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Gender›Idealization | War›Return from war
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Inheritance
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Day›Tea
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sports | Gender›Male gaze | Mass Media›Movies | Mass Media›Newspaper | Sexuality›Virginity | War›Draft | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
Environment: Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Work›Glassblowing
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Art›Artistic creation
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage | War›Return from war
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Delilah | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Language›Antimetabole
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Progress›Tractor | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Free indirect discourse
Actions: Work›Construction
Themes and Motifs: Money
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Sartoris builds railroad
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Growth | Health and Illness›Indian medicine
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›August
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Drooling | Bodily›Watching | Economic›Banking | Emotional›Rage | Emotional›Terror | Moral›Blackmail | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Beating | Violent›Dragging | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Health and Illness›Insomnia | Sexuality›Fantasy
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Environment: Natural›Moon | Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Agricultural›Ginning cotton | Bodily›Singing | Economic›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Movement›Car | Work›Milling
Cultural Issues: History›Reconstruction | Labor›Farming | Land-Use›Cotton farming | Race›Stereotype mule
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Art›African American music
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-mule
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Homer | Diction›Racist term | Tone›Overwrought
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Legal›Marriage | Work›Building structure
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Aesthetics: Language›Archaic | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Gender›Labor | Labor›Farming | Race›Black stereotype | War›Return from war
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Character›Fool|Foolishness
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality | Sexuality›Pregnancy
Cultural Issues: Gender›War | War›Return to war
Themes and Motifs: Death›In childbirth | Objects›Flowers
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-correction
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Military | Gender›War | Technology›Automobile | War›Play at War
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car | Objects›Flowers | Recurring Tropes›Performance
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Actions: Domestic›Housekeeping | Mental›Remembering | Work›Gardening
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female body | Gender›Marriage | Region›Hospitality | Sexuality›Pregnancy
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Health and Illness›Growth | Modernity›Speed
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Environment: Domestic Space›Ritual
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Eating | Domestic›Cooking | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Food›Dependable
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Domestic | Money›Coin | Money›Silver dollar | Values›Faithfulness
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male body | Religion›Piety | Religion›Relationship with God | Religion›Sacrilege
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Actions: Physical›Throwing | Work›Sawmilling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Character›Superhuman strength
Actions: Violent›Interracial | Work›Dismissal
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Crime›Moonshining
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Laughing | Mental›Thinking | Violent›Fighting | Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Law›Chain gang | Law›Incarceration | Race›Black incarceration | Race›Stereotype eyes
Themes and Motifs: Character›Superhuman strength
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective
Environment: Place›Blacksmith shop | Place›Plantation
Actions: Work›Blacksmith
Themes and Motifs: Character›Independence | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Door
Actions: Mental›Realization | Work›Teaching | Work›Washing clothes
Cultural Issues: Gender›Widow | Labor›Racialized
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Actions: Domestic›Mending | Domestic›Washing | Physical›Cutting | Physical›Washing clothes | Work›Washing clothes
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Believing | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Moralizing | Verbal›Threat | Work›Farming
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Public›Restaurant | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Friday | Time of Year›Saturday
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Yard | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Denial | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Looking away | Perceptual›Seeing | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Changing clothes | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Overalls | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Shirt
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Verbal›Discussion | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Changing clothes | Clothes›Hat, straw | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Tie
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Naming›Importance of naming
Environment: Place›Sawmill | Time of Day›Monday morning | Time of Year›Monday
Actions: Bodily›Looking | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Gossip | Work›Quitting job
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Actions: Work›Doctor / medical care
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Actions: Verbal›Preaching | Work›Doctor / medical care
Relationships: Hierarchical›Doctor-patient
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Kinlessness
Environment: Place›Church | Time of Year›Sunday
Environment: Place›Church | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Work›Quitting job
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Work›Quitting job
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype black women's sexual promiscuity
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Cultural Issues: History›King Cotton | Land-Use›Cotton farming
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Slavery
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Place›Jail | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›July Fourth | Time of Year›Juneteenth | Time of Year›New Year | Time of Year›Thanksgiving
Actions: Agricultural›Milking a cow | Legal›Bailing out | Work›Yard work
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Hangover | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›As loss | Progress›Electrification | Progress›Neon lights | Progress›New replacing old
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Building structure | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Building | Work›Architect | Work›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Lilliput | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Physical›Capture | Physical›Escape from confinement | Physical›Pursuit | Work›Architect
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Architect captured
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Paris | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Courthouse
Cultural Issues: War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Values›Durability
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
Actions: Communication›Swearing | Interaction, Social›Civic discussion | Verbal›Cursing | Work›Postal worker
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Work›Driving | Work›Postal worker | Work›To pay for education | Work›Waiter
Cultural Issues: Education›Law school | Health and Illness›Physical deformity
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Year›June
Cultural Issues: Law›Trial | Politics›Political ambition
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Sexuality›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships: Romantic›Infidelity
Actions: Economic›Sex as payment | Work›Waitress
Cultural Issues: Violence›Domestic | War›On homefront | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Environment: Public›Restaurant
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Violence›Domestic
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›September
Actions: Verbal›Negotiation | Work›Teaching | Work›To pay for education
Actions: Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Football | Progress›Infrastructure
Actions: Work›To pay for education
Cultural Issues: Education›Rural school | Gender›Male domination
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Voltaire
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Conversation | Work›Traveling salesman
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Sewing machine | Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Work›Traveling salesman
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Values›Liberty
Relationships: Marital›Common law
Actions: Work›Construction
Actions: Work›Construction
Actions: Work›Longshoreman
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women as aggressive
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Futility›Illusion of success or victory
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Region›The West | Religion›Fanaticism | Sexuality›Infertility
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Marital›Common law
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Magdalen | Allusion, Historical›Babylon
Actions: Bodily›Barefooted | Interaction, Social›Gossip | Work›Hotel employee
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution
Actions: Emotional›Empathy | Work›Blacksmith
Cultural Issues: History›Panic of 1893
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Child's name
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Work›Traveling salesman
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Work›Store clerk
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Economic›Blacksmithing | Economic›Rationalization | Work›Shodding
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Body›Face | Objects›Coal oil
Actions: Work›Doctor / medical care
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Health and Illness›Medicine | Materialism›Status
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Work›Building structure | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Progress›Gentrification
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mount Vernon
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Work›House painter
Themes and Motifs: Character›Conventional
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Marital›Bachelor
Environment: Place›Factory|Plant | Public›Street
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls | Gender›Masculine woman
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Military | Religion›Preacher / Minister | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging | War›World War II
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure | Religion›Fanaticism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jesus
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Progress›Building structure
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Movement›Truck | Work›Building structure
Actions: Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Actions: Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Hunting and Fishing›Recreation
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi Delta
Actions: Economic›Buying a shop or store | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Recreation
Environment: Domestic Space›Carriage house
Actions: Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Progress›Renovations
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Lumber trade | Economy›Retirement
Themes and Motifs: Character›Curmudgeonly | Money›Stingy with money
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Eight o'clock p.m.
Actions: Movement›Walking | Work›Traveling salesman
Environment: Auditory›Train sound | Auditory›Unseen voice | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Waking | Communication›Telegraph | Emotional›Regret | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Conversation | Work›Railroad workers
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Race›Racial resentment
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Train | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Year›September
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking | Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Smoking | Communication›And deafness | Mental›Planning | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drink recipe | Alcohol›Moonshine | Government›State government | Law›Incarceration | Law›Parole
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Philosophical›Human nature | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Work›Night watchman
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness
Environment: Time of Year›Friday
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Work›Livery stable
Relationships: Ancestral›Parent's great-grandparent
Actions: Work›Livery stable
Cultural Issues: Education›Primary school
Relationships: Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry
Environment: Domestic Space›Upstairs | Public›Street
Actions: Movement›Car | Perceptual›Spying | Verbal›Shouting | Work›Washing clothes
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Language›Hee hee hee | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Emotional›Excitement | Work›Livery stable
Environment: Place›Livery stable
Actions: Physical›Jumping | Work›Blacksmith
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
Actions: Domestic›Sewing | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Work›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Open secret
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Hunting›Fox hunting | Work›Driving
Cultural Issues: Class›Declasse | Class›Homelessness
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Auditory›Whistle | Public›Street | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Noon
Themes and Motifs: Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being in time | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Measuring time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Language›Fragments
Environment: Domestic Space›Fireplace|Mantel
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Bribing | Economic›Gifting | Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Economic›Lending Money | Economic›Offering to buy | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Hurting | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Interaction, Social›Shaking hands | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Learning | Moral›Cheating | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Physical›Intrusion | Physical›Travel | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Flattery | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Revealing | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Education›College or school traditions | Education›Harvard | Education›Life after graduation | Education›School year | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Widow | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper comics / funny paper | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Premarital | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Character›Bookishness | Character›Honesty | Character›Integrity | Memory›Remembering | Money›As motive | Money›Bill | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigar | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Values›Devotion | Values›Honor | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Fiance | Sexual›Extramarital | Social›Adversarial | Social›Fellow alumni of a college or university
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›Havana, Cuba | Allusion, Literary›Galahad | Diction›Double entendre | Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech›Parrot | Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Work›Doctor / medical care
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Fatness / obesity
Relationships: Commercial›Doctor-patient
Actions: Legal›Marriage | Work›Doctor / medical care
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Olfactory›Tobacco | Public›Town hall
Actions: Communication›Pen and ink well | Legal›Arraign | Legal›Charge/accuse | Legal›Hearing | Legal›Pronouncing sentence | Legal›Record keeping | Legal›Release of prisoner | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Procession | Violent›Kidnapping | Work›Leaving work
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Ethnicity›Italian | Labor | Law›Corruption | Law›Evidence | Law›Eyewitness | Law›Hearing | Law›Justice of the Peace | Law›Legal document | Law›Legal fine | Law›Marshal | Law›Testimony | Nationality›Foreigners | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants | Nationality›U.S. citizenship | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Body›Nose | Chaos/Order›Order in a courtroom | Money›Payoff | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Stove | Objects›Table | Recurring Tropes›Door | Texts›Citizenship papers | Texts›Map | Texts›Plat
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Institutional›Police-arrestee | Social›Adversarial
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Selling | Moral›Reform | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Farming tools
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Heaven | Diction›Racist term
Actions: Economic›Asking for money | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Mourning | Work›Losing job
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Absence/Loss›Separation | Character›Trust | Death›Funeral | Home›Estranged | Money›Stingy with money | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Resentment | Moral›Deception | Moral›Lying | Moral›Stealing | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Economy›Economic speculation | Technology›Car
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Money›Stingy with money
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Actions: Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›North vs South | Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Insect boll weevil | Money
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Public›Store | Public›Telegraph office
Actions: Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Emotional›Impatience | Emotional›Suspicion | Movement›Running away | Verbal›Insulting | Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Entertainment›Traveling show | Law›Badge | Law›Evidence | Law›Sheriff
Themes and Motifs: Money›Stolen | Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Russia | Diction›Racist term
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Thinking | Work›Losing job
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Money›Stolen | Recurring Tropes›Triumph
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Play | Work
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos | Psychological›Madness | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Master-servant
Actions: Interaction, Social›Celebration | Movement›Marching | Verbal›Conversation | Work
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat, stovepipe | Clothes›Uniform | History›Civil War | History›Civil War consequences | Prejudice›Racism | Ritual›Birthday | Ritual›Commemoration | Slavery›Abolition | War›Civil War | War›Grand Army of the Republic / G.A.R.
Themes and Motifs: Character›Laziness | Community›Crowd | Community›Decoration Day | Community›Parade | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Flag | Past›Family history
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Sitting room | Natural›Grass | Public›Store | Time of Year›September
Actions: Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Moral›Lying | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Repair | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning | Work›Jeweler
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Boat race | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Objects›Clock | Objects›Jeweler's loupe / magnifying glass | Objects›Watch | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Clock ticking | Public›Clock tower | Public›Store | Public›Store window | Public›Street
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Street vendor / service worker | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking away | Perceptual›Seeing | Work›Boot-black / Shoe shine | Work›Jeweler
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Baldness | Money›Gift of money | Money›Nickel coin | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Jeweler's loupe / magnifying glass | Objects›Watch | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Town clock
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Atmospheric›Wind | Auditory›Clock ticking | Natural›Body of water | Public›Store window | Time of Year›December
Cultural Issues: Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Baldness | Body›Hair | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Objects›Watch | Philosophical›Nihilism | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Supernatural›Folk customs | Supernatural›Superstitions | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Measuring time | Time›Timelessness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Philosopher Bergson, Henri | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Drained marsh | Figures of Speech›Gull | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Water | Narrative›African-American folk sayings
Actions: Movement›Streetcar | Perceptual›Seeing | Work›Maritime / Marine
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat, straw | Technology›Shipping schooner | Technology›Shipping tugboat
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Time of Day›Dusk
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Missing
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Cultural Issues: Government›Audit
Cultural Issues: Clothes
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Playground | Public›School
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Marriage proposal | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility | Clothes›Suit | Education›Graduation | History›Civil War | Progress›Cars | Progress›Consumerism
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance | Money›Inheritance | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Nickname
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy | Time of Day›Nine o'clock a.m.
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Hysteria | Moral›Stealing | Perceptual›Investigating | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning | Work›Doctor / medical care
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Drugs | History›Civil War as point of reference | Law›Police | Mass Media›Newspaper
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Clothes›Tie | Sexuality›Learning about | Technology›Car
Relationships: Familial›Twins | Romantic›Flirtation
Environment: Domestic Space›Lot
Actions: Legal›Bailing out | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Daring | Violent›Fighting | Work›Losing job | Work›Quitting job
Cultural Issues: Law›Frontier justice
Themes and Motifs: Body›Physical disability | Body›Prosthetic | Body›Stomach/belly
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Bodily›Losing weight | Work
Cultural Issues: Race›Colorism | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee | Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Agricultural›Milking a cow | Agricultural›Planting | Agricultural›Plowing | Movement›Train | Verbal›Talking | Work›Chopping wood
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance | Death›Animal mule | Death›Response to
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Actions: Work›Painting|Drawing
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Clothes›Shoes
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Natural›Fire | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Burning | Physical›Extinguishing fire | Verbal›Gossip | Work›Fireman
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Material | Art›Painting | Community›Crowd | Money | Objects›Chair | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Bodily›Looking | Work›Quitting job
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Lost Cause | Education›Female education | War›Civil War
Relationships: Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Cultural Issues: Race›White savior
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Character›Fool|Foolishness
Environment: Public›Restaurant
Actions: Verbal›Cursing | Work›Losing job | Work›Restauranteer
Themes and Motifs: Character›Honesty | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Self-correction
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Explaining | Work›Lawyering
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Environment: Public›Bank | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Death›Response to | Recurring Tropes›Performance
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Plantation house
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Identity, Cultural›Southern stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Objects›Car
Actions: Violent›Assault | Work›Blacksmith
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Pants | Education›Rural school
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Work›Restauranteer
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Commercial›Employer-employee | Familial›Parents-children
Environment: Public›Restaurant
Actions: Verbal›Talking | Work›Restauranteer
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Animals›Termites | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Body›Face | Character›Ruthless
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Money | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Ancestral
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Metafictional | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Environment: Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Verbal›Speculation | Work›Store clerk
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Environment: Public›Blacksmith
Actions: Work›Sharpening
Cultural Issues: Race›Black property ownership
Relationships: Friendship›Interracial
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Actions: Work›Blacksmith | Work›Mechanic
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Changing customs | Progress›Cars | Progress›New replacing old
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Work›Restauranteer
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Scientific
Environment: Place›Smokehouse | Place›Well|Wellhouse | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Physical›Ambush | Play›Historical recreation | Work›Getting water
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War as point of reference | Race›Stereotype eyes | Slavery›Resistance | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Friendship›Childhood friends | Friendship›Racial | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial›Companions