Actions: Verbal Threat

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"Ad Astra", 421 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›National
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Time›Anticipation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
"Barn Burning", 4 (Event)
Environment: Place›Barn
Actions: Economic›Impounding | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Economy | Race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Hog
"Barn Burning", 4 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Food
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Grief | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shabby | Law›Acquittal | Law›Testimony
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures | Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Naming | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Hierarchical | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
"Centaur in Brass", 158 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Moral›Deception | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Politics›City government | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes
"Gold Is Not Always", 230 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Mental›Realization | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Labor›Racialized | Law›Bill of sale | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Race›Black property ownership
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Ethnic slur
"Knight's Gambit", 145 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Sitting room
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Play›Chess | Verbal›Threat
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 151 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Verbal›Threat
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Madness
"Miss Zilphia Gant", 376 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Fainting | Bodily›Sweating | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Threat
Themes and Motifs: Money
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
"Monk", 59 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Confession | Verbal›Threat
Relationships: Institutional›Jailer-prisoner
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Monk", 61 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Verbal›Threat
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"That Evening Sun", 292 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Body›Pregnancy
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Two Soldiers", 89 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Paying | Economic›Trading | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls | Identity, Cultural›Rural | Mass Media›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Objects›knife
Relationships: Civic›child protection | Familial›Sibling | Social›Adversarial | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Tone›Humorous
"Two Soldiers", 95 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Love | Physical›Kissing | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming life | Mass Media›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Determinism›Lack of choice | Time
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
"Uncle Willy", 233 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Emotional›Indignation | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Stereotype lower intelligence
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Vendee", 110 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Violence | Violence›Interracial | Violence›Lynching
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Texts›Note
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Absalom, Absalom!, 16 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Thunder | Auditory›Confused din | Auditory›Gallop | Auditory›Hoofbeats | Public›Church | Public›Road | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Actions: Communication›Without words | Movement›Carriage | Movement›Racing | Perceptual›Ambiguity | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Speech | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Animal abuse | Violent›Beating
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Rules / norms for addressing whites | Race›Stereotype: teeth | Religion›Church service | Religion›Institutional | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Community›Preserving order | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Psychological›Terror | Recurring Tropes›Going fast | Recurring Tropes›Performance | Values›Moral authority | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Institutional›Minister and parishioner | Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Ambiguity | Diction›Accent | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Southern dialect | Genre Conventions›Gothic
As I Lay Dying, 241 (Event)
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Interaction, Private›Coercion | Interaction, Private›Interrogation | Moral›Exploitation | Moral›Fraud | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Health and Illness›Abortion | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Medicine | Sexuality›Attractiveness | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Flags in the Dust, 187 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Playing music | Emotional›Jealousy | Physical›Kissing | Play›Tennis | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Sports | Gender›Men vs women | Mass Media›Magazines | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Ugliness | Objects›Car | Objects›Gun | Objects›Piano | Objects›Tea
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Secrecy | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›South America | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Flags in the Dust, 263 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Reading | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Love letter
Aesthetics: Language›Misspelling
Flags in the Dust, 282 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›October | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Economic›Indebtedness | Verbal›Shouting | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Crime›Embezzlement | Crime›Extortion
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Coin
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
Go Down, Moses, 60 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Threat
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Intruder in the Dust, 18 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country store | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Smoking | Bodily›Squatting | Bodily›Standing | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Intent to kill | Violent›Interracial
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Suit | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Toothpick | Objects›Watch
Relationships: Familial›Genealogy | Familial›Interracial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Intruder in the Dust, 42 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail | Public›Street | Time of Day›Sunday morning
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Movement›Car | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Ordering | Verbal›Threat | Verbal›Warning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Suit
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Light in August, 102 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Tree / leaves | Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›House | Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Falling | Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Singing | Bodily›Smoking | Movement›Walking | Physical›Hitting | Physical›Panting | Physical›Sleeping | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Asphyxiation | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency | Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 181 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Believing | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Moralizing | Verbal›Threat | Work›Farming
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 205 (Event)
Environment: Public›School | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Car | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Screaming | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting
Relationships: Familial›Adoptive | Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Sexual
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 245 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Shouting | Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | Religion›Catholicism | Religion›Preacher / Minister
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Common law
Light in August, 349 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail | Place›Sheriff's office | Public›Restaurant | Public›Street | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Looking | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Threat | Verbal›Yelling | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Hat
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Light in August, 454 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Threat
Light in August, 80 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Slapping
Light in August, 93 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Threat
Relationships: Sexual | Social›Assailant-victim
Light in August, 98 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial identity
Requiem for a Nun, 136 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dressing room | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›September
Actions: Bodily›Kissing | Emotional›Suspicion | Perceptual›Eavesdropping | Physical›Searching | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Fur coat / suit | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Uniform | Crime›Blackmail | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Race›Black stereotype | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Money›Cash | Objects›Baby bottle | Objects›Furniture | Objects›Luggage
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Requiem for a Nun, 143 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dressing room
Actions: Mental›Disapproval | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Screaming | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Interracial
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Jewelry | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family | Money›Cash | Objects›Baby bottle
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-infant | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 139 (Event)
Environment: Public›Filling Station
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Hungering | Economic›Buying | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Ordering | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Skirt | Food›Candy | Food›Sandwich | Violence›Male-female
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Cigarette
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 232 (Event)
Environment: Place›Speakeasy | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Physical›Dancing | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Entertainment›Dancing | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Impotence
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Art›Jazz music
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 240 (Event)
Environment: Place›Speakeasy
Actions: Physical›Dancing | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Dragging
Cultural Issues: Crime›Gambling | Crime›Kidnapping
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Dice | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Sanctuary, 295 (Event)
Environment: Public›Jail
Actions: Verbal›Screaming | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Lynch mob | Violent›Sexual assault
Cultural Issues: Violence›Lynching
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 5 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Bodily›Spitting | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Clothes›Suit
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Alienation from nature | Objects›Watch
The Hamlet, 152 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Dueling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol
The Mansion, 107 (Event)
Environment: Place›Official office | Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Escape from confinement | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Threat
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Letters
The Mansion, 109 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary | Time of Year›Valentine's Day
Actions: Communication›Letter | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Threat
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Drawing | Time›Awareness of time
The Mansion, 154 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Rural
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Helen | Allusion, Mythical›Paris | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Mansion, 22 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Field | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Emotional›Defiance | Verbal›Ordering | Verbal›Threat
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cattle | Animals›Horses
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
The Mansion, 23 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Emotional›Refusal | Verbal›Ordering | Verbal›Threat
Themes and Motifs: Character›Indomitable | Objects›Lamp or lantern | Objects›Shotgun
The Mansion, 241 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Inquiry | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal Bureau of Investigation | History›Anti-Communism|McCarthy Era
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Parentheses
The Mansion, 363 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Agricultural›Hog farming | Emotional›Hysteria | Emotional›Rage | Physical›Building | Verbal›Taunt | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Regulations
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Hog | Psychological›Obsession
The Mansion, 96 (Event)
Environment: Place›Official office | Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Relationships: Familial›Uncertain relationship
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 170 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Alcohol | Olfactory›Sweat
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Sheriff | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Morals›Chivalry | Naming›Nickname | Past›Innocence
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Lord Fauntleroy | Allusion, Literary›Uncle Remus | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Ha ha ha | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 190 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Public›Street | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Movement›Surrey | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs: Past›Innocence
The Reivers , 201 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Hotel
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Moral›Reform | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Ether | Food | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Labor›Prostitution | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Allusion, Historical›Caesar, Julius | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
The Sound and the Fury, 107 (Event)
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
The Sound and the Fury, 139 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Running sound | Natural›Water moving / flowing
Actions: Bodily›Retching | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Laughing | Legal›Arrest | Legal›Handcuffing | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Physical›Holding | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Stuttering / stammering | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Kidnapping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Vest | Food›Bread | Health and Illness›Nausea | Law›Badge | Law›Constitutional right to remain silent | Law›Criminal assault | Law›Criminal assault and battery | Law›Custody | Nationality›Foreigners | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Insects butterflies | Appearance›Dirty | Body›Arm | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Shoulder | Body›Stomach/belly | Body›Throat | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Civic | Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Assailant-victim
Aesthetics: Description›Color yellow | Language›Foreign accent / dialect | Language›ah ah ah
The Sound and the Fury, 149 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Light | Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Heartbeat | Auditory›Insect sounds | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Creek | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›Sand | Natural›Sky | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Rain | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Heart beating | Bodily›Panting | Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Lying | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Starting over | Physical›Touching | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Skirt | Clothes›Wet clothes | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Sensuality | Sexuality›Sex and death | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Insects crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Hips | Body›Knee | Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Objects›Fence | Objects›Willow tree | Objects›knife | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Romantic›Sexual | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Description›Color gray | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Island of silence | Figures of Speech›Mirror | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Language›no no | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Cleansing power of water | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 159 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Natural›Creek | Natural›Sky | Public›Bridge | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Bodily›Heart beating | Emotional›Humiliation | Emotional›Love | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Injury | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 208 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Child support | Emotional›Caring | Verbal›Threat
Themes and Motifs: Money›Check | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson as synonym for state insane hospital
The Sound and the Fury, 284 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Money›Stolen
The Sound and the Fury, 320 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Anguish | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Observing | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Hitting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Chaos/Order›Creating order | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Chaos/Order›Out of ordered place | Objects›Windows | Psychological›Terror | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument | Recurring Tropes›Door
The Sound and the Fury, 48 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Atmospheric›Wind | Domestic Space›Backyard | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Weed | Public›Golf course | Weather›Sun | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Private›Courting | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Spying | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Searching | Play›Sports Golf | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Age | Clothes›Tie | Entertainment›Magic trick | Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Deafness | Health and Illness›Mute | Ritual›Birthday | Sexuality›Birth control | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Body›Hair | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Mouth | Futility | Money›Lost | Objects›Condom | Objects›Fence | Objects›Fire | Objects›Flag | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Golf ball | Objects›Jimson weed | Objects›Poison | Objects›Swing | Objects›Windows | Psychological›Learning disability | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Symbolism›Christian | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 57 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Crying | Moral›Punishment | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Nonverbal taunting or teasing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Food›Birthday cake | Ritual›Birthday
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Fire | Objects›knife | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 69 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental limitations
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Uncle-niece | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 90 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Ice floes / iceberg | Atmospheric›Wind | Natural›River | Time of Year›March | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Economic›Renting | Legal›Calling police | Mental›Believing | Movement›Boat | Movement›Car | Movement›Following | Movement›Matching / Paralleling | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Fur coat / suit | Clothes›Hat, straw | Law›Police | Religion›God | Religion›God with human characteristics | Religion›Godhead | Religion›Relationship with God | Religion›Sacrilege
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Character›Regal
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Geographical›Arctic | Allusion, Geographical›Charles River | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Geographical›Massachusetts | Allusion, Historical›Explorers | Figures of Speech›King and/or queen | Figures of Speech›Planets | Figures of Speech›Sheep | Figures of Speech›Simile
The Town, 125 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Accounting | Verbal›Threat | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: Government›Audit
The Town, 174 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Legal›Locking up | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bribe
The Town, 306 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype | Religion
Relationships: Familial›Mother-in-law | Marital›Adultery | Marital›Divorce
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
The Town, 308 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country store
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Law›Contract
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
The Town, 344 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Interaction, Social›Elopement | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Law›Bill of sale
Relationships: Marital›Adultery | Sexual›Adultery
The Unvanquished, 177 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Weather›Cold
Actions: Movement›Mule | Physical›Riding | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Violence | Violence›Lynching
Themes and Motifs: Character›Predatory | Death›Corpse | Texts›Note
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Underlining
The Unvanquished, 53 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Tobacco
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger