Relationships: Ancestral

Child Terms

Sibling Terms

Tagged Events

"A Name for the City", 210 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money | Land-Use›Ownership | Law›Legal ownership | Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Ledger
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession
"A Rose for Emily", 119 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Place›Decayed house
Cultural Issues: Gender | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral
Relationships: Ancestral
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Monument | Genre Conventions›Gothic
"Appendix: Compson", 331 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Selling land
Cultural Issues: Education›College | Education›Harvard | Health and Illness›Mental limitations
Themes and Motifs: Death›Suicide | Objects›Fire
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession | Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Wedding
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Cambridge, Massachusetts | Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Historical›Battle of Culloden Moor | Recurring Episodes›Quentin's suicide
"Appendix: Compson", 333 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Public›Store
Actions: Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Cultural Issues: Age›Agelessness | Age›Spinsterhood | Agriculture›Cotton | Agriculture›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Class›Social decline | Class›Social mobility | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession | Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Popular magazines
"Delta Autumn", 271 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Delta
Actions: Physical›Building
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Aboriginal
Themes and Motifs: Death›Indian burial practices
Relationships: Ancestral›Indian
"Shall Not Perish", 101 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Field | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Planting time
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Homefront
Themes and Motifs: Time›Permanence
Relationships: Ancestral
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
"The Bear", 285 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Ax | Objects›Bow and arrow
Relationships: Ancestral›Indian
"The Old People", 203 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Pre-dawn | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Hunting›Turkey hunting | Verbal›Listen
Cultural Issues: Race›Chickasaw | Race›Mixed race
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Animals›Turkey | Past›Old days | Story-telling
Relationships: Ancestral
"The Old People", 204 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Values›Moral authority
Relationships: Ancestral›Indian
"The Old People", 209 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Hunting›Blowing horn | Hunting›Teaching | Verbal›Honor
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer
Relationships: Ancestral›Indian | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Hierarchical›Teacher-student
"The Old People", 211 (Event)
Environment: Otherworldly
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Renewal | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Ancestral›Indian | Familial›Father-son
"There Was a Queen", 727 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Death
Relationships: Ancestral | Familial›Father-son
"There Was a Queen", 741 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Clothes›Hat
Relationships: Ancestral | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery
Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›House | Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Communication›Listening | Emotional›Waiting | Interaction, Private›Breaking marriage engagement | Movement›Buggy | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Speculation | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chivalry | Gender›Gentleman | Gender›Women | History›Civil War as point of reference | Region›The South | War›Civil War consequences | War›Destruction
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy | Determinism›Genetic | Inheritance›Hereditary culpability | Inheritance›Inheritance of wrong | Inheritance›Traits | Morals›Chivalry | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Open secret | Recurring Tropes›Scandal | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Story-telling›Audience response | Story-telling›Family oral tradition | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunting | Time›Anticipation
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession | Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult friends | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Skeleton | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Flash forward | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Frame | Narrative›Parentheses
Go Down, Moses, 158 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession | Familial›Cousin
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Doom becomes chief
Go Down, Moses, 324 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Delta
Actions: Physical›Building
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Aboriginal
Themes and Motifs: Death›Indian burial practices
Relationships: Ancestral›Indian
Go Down, Moses, 37 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Emotional›Surprise | Physical›Digging | Physical›Hiding
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still
Relationships: Ancestral›Indian
Intruder in the Dust, 147 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Car | Perceptual›Sensing the past
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›North vs South | History›Immigration | Race›Equal rights | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Race as a form of behavior
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Intruder in the Dust, 91 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Driving | Verbal›Planning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession
The Mansion, 183 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street
Actions: Movement›Car | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tie | Entertainment›Movies | Identity, Personal›Ancestral
Themes and Motifs: Values›Family honor
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession
The Reivers , 17 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Friday
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Work›Livery stable
Relationships: Ancestral›Parent's great-grandparent
The Reivers , 3 (Event)
Relationships: Ancestral›Great-grandparent
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 69 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bible | Objects›Second-hand
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
The Sound and the Fury, 101 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Streetlamp
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Inferiority
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Class consciousness | Class›Elite | Class›Equality | Class›Gentility | Government›Governor | Religion›Sin | War›Military rank of general
Themes and Motifs: Death›Compared to living | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Morality | Past›Family history | Recurring Tropes›Father said
Relationships: Ancestral | Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Eve | Allusion, Biblical›Garden of Eden | Figures of Speech›Poisoned | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Town, 10 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Cooking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Apron | Clothes›Bathing suit | Clothes›Women | History›Civil War as point of reference | Politics›City government | Politics›Election | Sexuality›Attractiveness | War›Confederate Army
Relationships: Ancestral | Familial›Father-son | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Personification | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Communal narrative
The Town, 232 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Economic›Paying | Economic›Trading | Interaction, Social›Shopping | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Materialism›Status | Progress›Consumerism
Themes and Motifs: Money
Relationships: Ancestral | Marital›Husband-wife
The Town, 338 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›American Revolution | War›Surrender
Relationships: Ancestral
The Town, 43 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Joking | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Money | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Ancestral
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Metafictional | Narrative›Parentheses