Themes and Motifs: Values Truth/Lies
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Bad conduct
- Charity
- Conscience
- Conservatism
- Courage
- Decorum
- Determination
- Devotion
- Dignity
- Durability
- Evil
- Faithfulness
- Family honor
- Family values
- Good conduct
- Greed
- Honor
- Idealism
- Imagination
- Independence
- Justice
- Liberty
- Love
- Loyalty
- Misogyny
- Moral authority
- Propriety
- Providence
- Refinement
- Sacrifice
- Selflessness
- Success
- Valor
- Virtue
Tagged Events
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures | Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Naming | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Hierarchical | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal issue
Themes and Motifs: Values›Justice | Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Cultural Issues: Law›County attorney
Themes and Motifs: Values›Justice | Values›Truth/Lies
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Place›Plantation
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Diminishment / fading | Art›Poetry | Character›Pride | Morals›Honor | Morals›Justice | Texts›Poetry | Values›Courage | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
Actions: Emotional›Pity | Mental›Realization | Mental›Understanding
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Character›Pride | Values›Honor | Values›Justice | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interspecies›Man-bear | Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
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
Themes and Motifs: Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Deathbed
Actions: Communication›Without words | Mental›Channeling
Themes and Motifs: Death | Recurring Tropes›Door | Values›Truth/Lies
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Poetry | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment | Time of Day›Six o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›November
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Hysteria | Emotional›Waiting | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Abstinence | Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Fur coat / suit | Clothes›Glove | Clothes›Handbag | Clothes›Hat | Crime›Drug addiction | Crime›Prostitution | Modernity›Interwar years
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Objects›Bottle | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Cigarette lighter | Objects›Furniture | Past›Past in present | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Old vs new selves
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Cigarette lighter | Past›Past in present | Values›Honor | Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hamlet | Description›Stage direction | Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Mental›Changing one's mind | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Age›Rite of passage
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Home›Homecoming | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
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
Themes and Motifs: Character›Duty | Morals›Justice | Morals›Responsibility | Objects›Keys | Recurring Tropes›Door | Values›Truth/Lies
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry | Interracial›Boss-employee
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Scheming | Economic›Trading | Emotional›Vengeful | Moral›Deception | Physical›Digging | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift | Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness | Values›Bad conduct | Values›Truth/Lies