Themes and Motifs: Body Blood
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Appearance-plain
- Arm
- Bowels
- Brain / mind
- Breast
- Buttocks
- Chins
- Excrement
- Eyelashes
- Eyes
- Face
- Fingers
- Flesh
- Foot / Feet
- Forehead
- Hair
- Hand / Palm
- Heels
- Hips
- Intestines
- Jaw
- Knee
- Legs
- Lips
- Male body
- Mental disability
- Moustache
- Mouth
- Naked
- Nose
- Physical disability
- Pregnancy
- Prosthetic
- Scar
- Sensory experience
- Shoulder
- Skin
- Stomach/belly
- Straightened hair
- Symbolism
- Teeth
- Testicles
- Thighs
- Thinness
- Throat
- Voice
- Waist
- Weight
- Womb
Tagged Events
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Appearance›Scruffiness | Body›Blood
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Auditory›Nature | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Hall
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Amputation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend | Time of Day›Morning
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Body›Blood | Objects›Mirror | Recurring Tropes›Echo | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Memory | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Supernatural›Phantom | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Values›Love
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Character›Provincialism | Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Relationships: Friendship | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Medical / Surgical
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation | Moral›Corrupting | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Puritan | Race›White race | Religion›Godhead | Ritual›Initiation | Sexuality›Prostitution | Sexuality›Racialized | Slavery›Commodity | Slavery›Racialism | Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Body›Hair | Character›Gambler | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Philosophical›Evolution | Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine | Values›Decorum | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Friendship | Interracial›Marriage
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Seed
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Domestic›Discipline | Emotional›Exhaustion | Interaction, Private›Parenting
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Environment: Olfactory›Oversweet organic
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Underclothes, female | Crime›Breaking and entering | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Health and Illness›Injured | Sexuality›Desire
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Health and Illness›Bandage | Health and Illness›Nausea
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Byron robs bank
Actions: Mental›Misunderstanding
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Actions: Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Castration | Violent›Self-mutilation
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Disgust with sex | Sexuality›Learning about
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Losing vs never having | Body›Blood | Body›Testicles | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Razor
Relationships: Interracial›Domestic | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Barn | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Movement›Running away | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Touching | Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Learning about
Relationships: Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Lifting | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Touching
Cultural Issues: Gender›Body | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Relationships: Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Wetness | Natural›Grass | Natural›Mud | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Feeling pain | Bodily›Panting | Domestic›Washing | Emotional›Caring | Violent›Scratching
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Auditory›Clock ticking
Actions: Communication›Letter
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Objects›Gasoline | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Watch
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Diction›Racist term | Symbolism›Blood
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Injury
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Drawing of an eye
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Socks | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Tie | Clothes›Underclothes, male | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Home | Objects›Books | Objects›Broken glass | Objects›Trunk | Objects›Watch
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Jealousy | Physical›Hitting | Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Baseball
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Self-correction
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
Cultural Issues: Race›White savior
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Character›Fool|Foolishness
Environment: Public›Alley | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Staring | Emotional›Amazement | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Outrage | Emotional›Vengeful | Physical›Dancing | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Extra-marital
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son