Aesthetics: Diction African American vernacular dialect

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"A Bear Hunt", 74 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian mound
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Laughing | Moral›Scheming | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
"A Bear Hunt", 78 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Moral›Deception | Moral›Scheming | Play›Prank | Verbal›Revealing | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Law›Revenue officer
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Explaining
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"A Bear Hunt", 78 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian mound
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Communication›Language barriers | Moral›Deception | Movement›Walking | Physical›Capture | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Revealing | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Lamp or lantern | Objects›Shotgun
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Native American languages | Language›Indian
"A Bear Hunt", 79 (Event)
Environment: Public›Church
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic | Physical›Burning | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Revealing | Violent›Interracial
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Past | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Delayed revelation
"A Bear Hunt", 79 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Buying | Emotional›Patience | Emotional›Waiting | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar | Labor›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Objects›Gun | Objects›Steamboat | Past›Past vs present
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Natchez, Mississippi | Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Allusion, Historical›Steamboat race | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Delayed revelation | Narrative›Irony | Tone›Humorous
"A Point of Law", 213 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Supper table | Time of Day›Night
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"A Point of Law", 214 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house | Domestic Space›Veranda | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Interaction, Private›Conversation | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Law›Sheriff | Mass Media›Telephone | Race›Etiquette | Race›Masquerade
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›Etiquette | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Conjectural narration
"A Point of Law", 215 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Premarital
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"A Point of Law", 216 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Porch | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car | Objects›Still
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Hyperbole
"A Point of Law", 218 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Stable | Place›McCaslin-Edmonds plantation
Actions: Verbal›Command | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Panama hat | Law›Spousal privilege
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Car
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Kinship | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Style›Character portrait
"A Point of Law", 218 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Bodily›Staring | Economic›Bargaining | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Headrag | Clothes›Overalls | Clothes›Panama hat
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Intergenerational›Conflict | Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy | Style›Character portrait | Tone›Humorous
"A Point of Law", 220 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Race›Masquerade
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car | Objects›Still
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Conflict | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Mississippi | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"A Point of Law", 222 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Naming self | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Law›Wedding license
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still | Objects›Well | Psychological›Peace
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy | Style›Character portrait | Tone›Humorous
"A Point of Law", 223 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Cottonfield | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Law›Spousal privilege | Race›Etiquette
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Money›Dowry | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Well | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Conflict | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Conflict | Interracial›Conflict | Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"A Point of Law", 224 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Laid-by season
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Dowry | Politics›Election
Themes and Motifs: Money›Dowry | Objects›Still | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Well
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Marital›Father in law-son in law
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy | Tone›Humorous
"Ambuscade", 3 (Event)
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
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›First-person passim
"Ambuscade", 8 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Discipline
Cultural Issues: Race›Segregated space | Slavery›Freedom | Slavery›Loyalty
Themes and Motifs: Character›Naivety | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Texts›Bible
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Centaur in Brass", 164 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Chasing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype mule
Themes and Motifs: Objects›knife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›First-person
"Go Down, Moses", 266 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Newspapers | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Imitation | Narrative›Imagined conversation
"Lion", 185 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Stars | Weather›Cold | Weather›Frost
Actions: Bodily›Shivering | Hunting›Bear hunting | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Food›Breakfast
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Animals›Named dog Lion
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Lion", 198 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Landmark | Natural›Woods | Time of Year›Summer | Weather›Heat
Actions: Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Movement›Return | Movement›Train | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Animals›Squirrel | Past›Recent past
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Mule in the Yard", 249 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Actions: Bodily›Running | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Shoes
Themes and Motifs: Community›Knowledge
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"Mule in the Yard", 250 (Event)
Environment: Auditory | Weather›Fog
Actions: Bodily›Running | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Apparition | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"Mule in the Yard", 251 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Fog
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Apotheosis | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Hyperbole
"Mule in the Yard", 254 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Actions: Physical›Chase | Physical›Running | Verbal›Shouting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"Mule in the Yard", 255 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cellar | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Physical›Chase | Physical›Running | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Cows | Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"Mule in the Yard", 256 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Verbal›Shouting
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"Mule in the Yard", 257 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Hoofbeats | Domestic Space›Cellar | Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Morning | Weather›Fog
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Bodily›Smelling | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Running
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Mule in the Yard", 259 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Economic›Paying | Verbal›Conversation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
"Mule in the Yard", 260 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Domestic›Milking | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Scamming | Physical›Sitting | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Negotiation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
"Mule in the Yard", 262 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Paying | Economic›Scamming | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Realization | Moral›Exploitation | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Eating | Physical›Sitting | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Gallic
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice | Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"Mule in the Yard", 264 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›January
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 674 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Upstairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Prejudice›Socio-economic | Race›Stereotype eyes
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Alarm
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 675 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Outhouse
Actions: Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: War›Pillage | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 686 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Upstairs | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Domestic labor
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 688 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Perceptual›Overhearing
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Domestic labor | War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Raid", 38 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Cross dressing | Clothes›Hat | Slavery›Discipline | Slavery›Loyalty | War›Destruction
Themes and Motifs: Home›Destroyed | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Raid", 39 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Right
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
"Raid", 44 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Tending to animal
Relationships: Interspecies›Woman-horse
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Raid", 46 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction | War›Displacement
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Raid", 53 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation | Texts›Military communications
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Retreat", 19 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Locking a door
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Labor
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Retreat", 34 (Event)
Actions: Military›Escape | Verbal›Lying
Cultural Issues: Race›Self-abnegation | Slavery›Loyalty
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Profanity
"Retreat", 34 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Biblical analogy | Slavery›Loyalty | Slavery›Resistance | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Violence against civilians
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Home›Destroyed
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jordan | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Smoke", 12 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Watching
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Smoke", 33 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Tobacco | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Time›Routine
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Latin phrase
"That Evening Sun", 290 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Health and Illness | Labor›Domestic
Relationships: Hierarchical›Child as authority | Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Evening Sun", 291 (Event)
Actions: Legal›Arrest | Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Gender | Race | Religion | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Hypocrisy
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"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
"That Evening Sun", 292 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Sitting
Cultural Issues: Race›Self-abnegation
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Evening Sun", 293 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Relationships: Marital›Abandonment
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Evening Sun", 294 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Lane
Actions: Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Clothes | Race
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Marital›Husband-wife | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Evening Sun", 296 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Haunting | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Singing | Physical›Stalking
Cultural Issues: Race›Self-abnegation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Evening Sun", 297 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Emotional›Fear
Cultural Issues: Race›Racist child | Violence›Domestic
Relationships: Friendship | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Evening Sun", 298 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Haunting | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Singing | Communication›Telephone | Physical›Stalking
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women | Race›Racist child
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Evening Sun", 300 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Child as authority
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Evening Sun", 302 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Evening Sun", 303 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread | Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Singing | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear
Cultural Issues: Race
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Child as authority
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Evening Sun", 306 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Singing | Emotional›Despair | Physical›Stalking | Verbal›Speculation
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Terror
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"That Will Be Fine", 265 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Excitement | Physical›Bathing
Themes and Motifs: Values›Greed
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Child's perspective | Narrative›First-person passim
"That Will Be Fine", 266 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Family history | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Religion›Sacrilege | Ritual›Christmas gift game
Themes and Motifs: Money›Nickel coin
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Mammy-child
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Profanity
"The Bear", 285 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Grayness | Natural›Trees | Natural›Wilderness | Place›Hunting camps | Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Shooting | Hunting›Teaching | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Woodpecker|Lord-to-God | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Gun | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"The Old People", 204 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Squatting | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Past›Old days
Relationships: Friendship›Racial
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Hill dialect | Diction›Native American languages
"The Unvanquished", 78 (Event)
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Caledonia, Mississippi | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"The Unvanquished", 78 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Economic›Scamming
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | Slavery›Etiquette | Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Alias | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mottstown | Allusion, Geographical›Oxford, Mississippi | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"There Was a Queen", 728 (Event)
Relationships: Intergenerational›Obligation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"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
"Uncle Willy", 240 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Flight
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cap | Clothes›Goggles | Race›Clothes
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Handkerchief
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Uncle Willy", 243 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Refusal
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"Uncle Willy", 243 (Event)
Environment: Place›Field | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Excitement | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Flight | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Aviation clothes | Race›Indistinguishable
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Hierarchical›Teacher-student | Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›China | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Hooooooooo | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Uncle Willy", 246 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Engine | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Heart beating | Movement›Flight | Physical›Holding | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Running | Violent›Airplane crash
Cultural Issues: Race›Black body
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Anticipation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Wash", 535 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth
Cultural Issues: Gender›Patriarchy | Gender›Reproduction | War›Civil War
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
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
Flags in the Dust, 11 (Event)
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
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Flags in the Dust, 110 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Movement›Car | Verbal›Singing | Work›Gardening
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
Flags in the Dust, 114 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Movement›Car | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Struggling | Violent›Intimidation
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Speed
Themes and Motifs: Past›And monuments | Supernatural›Folk customs
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 123 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Food
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Genre Conventions›War story | Tone›Apocalyptic
Flags in the Dust, 144 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Tree / leaves
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Car | Verbal›Exaggeration | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Modernity›Speed | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile
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, 213 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›July
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Car accident
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Broken bones | Law›Witness
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 219 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Health and Illness›Injury
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Free indirect discourse
Flags in the Dust, 222 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Love | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Gender›Separate spaces | Health and Illness›Anaesthetic
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Car | Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile-mask
Flags in the Dust, 237 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: War›Aerial combat | War›Civil War | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Past›Grander than present
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Argument
Flags in the Dust, 238 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Lending Money | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Theatricality | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Health and Illness›Convalescence | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Flags in the Dust, 24 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Tolerance | Verbal›Chatter | Verbal›Command
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | Entertainment›Playing cards | Technology›Automobile
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car | Objects›Cigar
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 244 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›July
Actions: Perceptual›Eavesdropping | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring | Race›Division
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 248 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Auditory›Quietness | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›July
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Monologue | Verbal›Reading aloud | Verbal›Swearing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Convalescence
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Piano
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Simile-mask | Language›Ellipsis | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 26 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Trees | Place›Graveyard | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Callousness | Play›Card playing | Verbal›Chatter | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Apron | Clothes›Uniform | Food›Ice-cream | Labor›Domestic | Land-Use›Loss of flora | Land-Use›Loss of wildlife | Mass Media›Magazines | Sexuality›Harassment | War›Death | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Body›Weight | Objects›Cigar | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New York | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
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
Flags in the Dust, 292 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Possum
Cultural Issues: Age›Baby | Violence›Killing animal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Body›Eyes | Objects›Lamp or lantern
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 298 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Rabbit hunting | Hunting›Shooting | Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Relationships: Interracial›Companions
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 300 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Thanksgiving
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Hunting›Fishing | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Marriage proposal
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage | Ritual›Holiday dinner
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Coffee
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Flags in the Dust, 308 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Non-human›Decay
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›Letter
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 33 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Movement›Carriage | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Eloquence | Verbal›Tirade
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Bonnet | Clothes›Boots | Health and Illness›Deafness | History›Prohibition
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Objects›Books | Objects›Keys | Objects›Locks | Objects›Silver
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Demosthenes | Allusion, Literary›Dumas, Alexandre | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Reported narration
Flags in the Dust, 363 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas | Weather›Cold
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Eating | Economic›Bribing | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Flags in the Dust, 368 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Race›Segregation | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Exile | Objects›Train
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 37 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Voices | Natural›Moon | Olfactory›Cigar | Olfactory›Locust | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Domestic›Food preparation | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Train | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Health and Illness›Deafness | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Crickets | Animals›Fox | Art›African American music | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Flowers
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile | Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Flags in the Dust, 391 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Nostalgia
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past vs present
Relationships: Familial›Dynasty
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 395 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Religion›Christening
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 47 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Command | Work›Gardening | Work›Sharpening
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Gender›Labor | Labor›Farming | Race›Black stereotype | War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Hoe
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 48 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Clothes›Military | Clothes›Uniform | Gender›War | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Character›Fool|Foolishness
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 52 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Callousness | Physical›Mimicking | Verbal›Command | Work›Gardening
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
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Recurring Episodes›Bayard and the lost generation
Flags in the Dust, 58 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Movement›Truck | Verbal›Exaggeration | Violent›Killing in war | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Coffee | Objects›Machine gun | Objects›Medal | Objects›Steamboat
Relationships: Institutional›Military | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Genre Conventions›War story | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 58 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling | Violent›Killing in war
Cultural Issues: Race›Equal rights | Race›Inequalities | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 6 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Movement›Carriage | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Interracial›White-black | Social›Snobbery
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 61 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Race›Equal rights | Sexuality›Interracial | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 7 (Event)
Environment: Place›Farm | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Movement›Carriage | Movement›Sneaking | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Nationality›Foreigners | War›World War I | War›Wound
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Psychological›Trauma
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Symbolism›Shadows
Flags in the Dust, 7 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 7 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shame
Cultural Issues: Class | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Uniform | Identity, Personal›Soldier | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 7 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Uniform
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 75 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust
Actions: Emotional›Indifference | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Speed | Technology›Automobile
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
Flags in the Dust, 79 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Verbal›Command | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Race›Equal rights
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Flags in the Dust, 8 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Silence
Actions: Emotional›Theatricality
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness | Law›Inheritance | Technology›Electricity
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flowers | Objects›Flowers Roses | Objects›Wisteria
Relationships: Interracial›Conflict | Interracial›Domestic | Interracial›Master-servant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Simile
Flags in the Dust, 83 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Worry | Movement›Carriage | Verbal›Gossip | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Health and Illness›Growth | Modernity›Speed
Themes and Motifs: Character›Noisiness
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Go Down, Moses, 163 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Race›Chickasaw
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Hill dialect
Go Down, Moses, 200 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Competition
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Values›Courage
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-bear
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Go Down, Moses, 364 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Values›Family honor
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Imitation | Narrative›Imagined conversation
Go Down, Moses, 65 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Verbal›Negotiation
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Go Down, Moses, 71 (Event)
Environment: Public›Courtroom
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Crime›Moonshining | Law›Trial
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Husband-wife | Marital›Certificate | Marital›Spousal privilege
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Intruder in the Dust, 110 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Giving advice
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Ring
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Intruder in the Dust, 110 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating
Cultural Issues: Food›Breakfast | Law›Sheriff | Segregation›Daily life
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
Intruder in the Dust, 219 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Domestic›Cooking | Verbal›Talking
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Intruder in the Dust, 219 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Truck | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Intruder in the Dust, 220 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Race›Rules / norms for addressing whites
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Intruder in the Dust, 232 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Public›Town Square
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Ordering
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Vest | Cultural Identity›American | Entertainment›Radio
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Watch
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Intruder in the Dust, 238 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Economic›Earning Money | Economic›Getting a receipt | Economic›Indebtedness | Verbal›Dialogue
Themes and Motifs: Money›Bill | Money›Coin | Money›Expenses
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
Intruder in the Dust, 24 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Economic›Indebtedness | Verbal›Thanking
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
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
Intruder in the Dust, 57 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Legal›Counsel | Legal›Trial | Violent›Lynch mob
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Intruder in the Dust, 59 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Economic›Paying | Emotional›Exasperation | Legal›Counsel | Perceptual›Looking | Violent›Lynch mob | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Law›Eyewitness | Law›Miscarriage of justice
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Intruder in the Dust, 67 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Violence›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Intruder in the Dust, 68 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Searching
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Objects›Ring
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Intruder in the Dust, 82 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing | Violent›Lynch mob
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Intruder in the Dust, 82 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Sleeping | Mental›Deduction | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Violent›Lynch mob | Violent›Murder
Relationships: Friendship›Interracial | Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Intruder in the Dust, 98 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Trees | Place›Graveyard | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Emotional›Surprise | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Physical›Digging
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Hat
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Southern dialect | Language›Hah | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 287 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Movement›Car | Movement›Truck | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Discovering | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Showing | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Responding | Verbal›Speculation | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Killing | Violent›Sexual assault
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Group Mentality›Racial solidarity | Race›Negro-lover | Religion›Apotheosis | Religion›Fanaticism
Themes and Motifs: Body›Throat | Death›Corpse | Death›Moving a dead body
Relationships: Social›Assailant-victim | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 437 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Walking | Physical›Pursuit | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Shouting
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Style›Present tense
Light in August, 476 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Denial | Verbal›Gossip | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Loyalty | War›Civil War consequences
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Van Dorn, Earl | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Light in August, 483 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Train | Verbal›Family history | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
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
Requiem for a Nun, 153 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Legal›Arrest | Verbal›Confession
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Requiem for a Nun, 206 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail | Time of Day›Ten o'clock a.m. | Time of Year›March
Actions: Bodily›Miscarriage | Moral›Forgiveness | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Garrulousness | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype: smell | Religion›Religious faith | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Violence›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Salvation | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›Mammy-child | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Description›Stage direction | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 114 (Event)
Environment: Public›Jail
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial spheres
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Sanctuary, 209 (Event)
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Crime›Theft|Robbery
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 226 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Smoking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wanting a drink
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 227 (Event)
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello | Public›Drugstore | Time of Day›Five o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Bribing | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Professional surveillance
Cultural Issues: Technology›Public telephone
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Sanctuary, 228 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Moral›Scheming | Physical›Dressing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun | Objects›Mirror
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Sanctuary, 259 (Event)
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Alcohol›Drunkenness
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Hamlet, 276 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Mansion, 447 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Trees | Place›Railroad | Public›Street
Actions: Movement›Bicycle | Movement›Walking
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 10 (Event)
Environment: Place›Livery stable | Place›Pond
Actions: Emotional›Sulking | Interaction, Private›Courting | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Reconstructed
The Reivers , 114 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Economic›Trading | Movement›Hurrying | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Car | Objects›Gold tooth
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 116 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Verbal›Planning
Cultural Issues: Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-mule
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Parsham | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Hee hee hee
The Reivers , 121 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Communication›Without words
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 121 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Backyard | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 123 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Race›Hierarchical | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules
Relationships: Commercial›Boss-underling | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Tone›Humorous
The Reivers , 131 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Race horse | Objects›Car | Objects›Gold tooth
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 135 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Backyard | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Religion›Sabbath
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity
The Reivers , 137 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Place›Saloon | Public›Sidewalk | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Moral›Stealing | Movement›Walking | Physical›Running | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Laws | Ethnicity›Italian | Race›Etiquette | Race›Racist child
Themes and Motifs: Past›Innocence
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 159 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Wee hours
Actions: Emotional›Repentance | Verbal›Apology
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shirt | Labor›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Naming›Nickname
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 168 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Insulting | Violent›Intimidation | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Law›Sheriff | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Law
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Hand grip
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
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 , 174 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Sexual Harassment | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Racist child
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Kiblett, Arkansas | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Heh heh heh | Language›Profanity
The Reivers , 177 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Education›Informal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Uncle Remus | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Hee hee hee | Language›Heh heh heh | Language›Profanity
The Reivers , 199 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel kitchen | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Interaction, Private›Courting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Socks
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Objects›Gold tooth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 213 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Hotel kitchen | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Sadness | Interaction, Private›Courting | Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Objects›Gold tooth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 215 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation | Public›Road
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Excitement | Moral›Scheming | Moral›Secret | Movement›Buggy | Physical›Driving
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Agriculture›Cotton | Clothes›Socks | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Race horse | Objects›Gold tooth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 218 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Natural›Trees
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Animals›Race horse | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Character›Responsibility
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 220 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Stable
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 224 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Spring | Place›Spring
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Patch, Dan | Allusion, Historical›Sande, Earl | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 230 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Temporal projection
The Reivers , 247 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Breakfast | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Domestic›Washing | Legal›Locking up | Moral›Scheming | Physical›Washing clothes
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Clothes›Dirty | Entertainment›Horse race | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Abuse of office
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 249 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Abuse of office | Violence›Gendered
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 256 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store | Public›Street
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Movement›Buggy
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Violence›Gendered
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 260 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Atmospheric›Crowded | Auditory›Confused din | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 275 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Day›Evening | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gambling
Themes and Motifs: Money›Won | Values›Honor
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 276 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Movement›Mule | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Gold tooth
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 276 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Movement›Mule | Physical›Apprehending | Physical›Restraining | Violent›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gold tooth | Recurring Tropes›Recovery
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 279 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Barking | Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Nature | Olfactory›Flowers
Actions: Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Fish | Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Reivers , 285 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 285 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Hierarchical
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›Delayed revelation
The Reivers , 288 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 54 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Blinking | Moral›Deception | Moral›Lying | Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Race›Naming
Themes and Motifs: Values›Virtue
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Hee hee hee
The Reivers , 56 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Terror
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Formal | Modernity›Changing customs | Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Time›Just in time
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision | Narrative›Self-Reflective | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 58 (Event)
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Hee hee hee | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 69 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Laughing | Verbal›Swearing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Education›Illiteracy
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Hee hee hee | Language›Profanity
The Reivers , 70 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Flatulence | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Class›Blood | Race›Genealogy
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gasoline
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 74 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house | Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Night | Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›May
Actions: Movement›Car | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Food | Land-Use›Corn farming | Land-Use›Cotton farming | Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 78 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Movement›Buggy | Movement›Car | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Movement›Surrey | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Arguing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Hee hee hee | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 81 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Gallery
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Physical›Lifting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Traditions
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Objects›Plow
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Comedy | Language›Hee hee hee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Reivers , 93 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Movement›Buggy | Movement›Car | Movement›Streetcar | Movement›Surrey
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Infrastructure | Race›Segregation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Hee hee hee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Sound and the Fury, 106 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Flowers | Place›Sawmill
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Mental›Imagining | Moral›Scheming | Physical›Meddling | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Throwing downstairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›British nobility | Class›Elite | Clothes›Silk | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Divinity school | Food›Pumpkin pie | Gender›Bitch | Gender›Lady | Gender›Maternal impulse | Gender›Southern woman | History›Confederacy / Confederate States of America / C.S.A. | Race›Black family working for white | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Region›The South | Slavery›Galley slave
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flower orchid | Objects›Handkerchief | Objects›Shotgun | Recurring Tropes›Sole owner and proprietor | Recurring Tropes›Twilight | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Interracial›Master-servant | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Canada | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Genre Conventions›Melodrama | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Tone›Overwrought | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 114 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Hunting horn | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Auditory›Voices | Natural›Body of water | Olfactory›Kerosene lantern | Place›Graveyard | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›October | Weather›Flood
Actions: Domestic›Cleaning | Emotional›Nostalgia | Hunting›Possum | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Insects lice | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Coal oil | Objects›Hunting horn | Objects›Lamp or lantern | Past›Old days | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›Domestic | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Johnstown, Pennsylvania | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Flood imagery | Language›WhoOoooo | Language›WhoOooooooooooooooo | Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia
The Sound and the Fury, 117 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Voices | Auditory›Whistle | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Hills | Natural›River | Place›Rural | Public›Bridge | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower | Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Hunting›Fishing | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Male gathering | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Fishing contest | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Progress›Factory | Progress›Streetcar line
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fish trout | Money›Prize value | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Fishing rod | Objects›Watch | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Solitary | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Proverbs | Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Allusion, Geographical›Canada | Description›Color yellow | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Southern dialect | Figures of Speech›Fire | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Threads
The Sound and the Fury, 189 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Communication›Letter | Emotional›Suspicion | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Labor›Racialized | Prejudice›Racism | Ritual›Easter
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Insect boll weevil | Money›Check | Objects›Farming tools | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Narrative›African-American folk sayings
The Sound and the Fury, 230 (Event)
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
The Sound and the Fury, 245 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Music | Public›Church | Public›Church steeple | Public›Store | Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | History›Prohibition
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Pigeons | Animals›Sparrow | Animals›Swallows
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Matthew | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term
The Sound and the Fury, 296 (Event)
Environment: Place›Church
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Mental›Realization | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Religion›African American | Religion›Church service | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Religion›Resurrection | Religion›Sermon | Ritual›Easter
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Salvation | Philosophical›Suffering
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Bible verse on children | Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Allusion, Biblical›Mary | Allusion, Biblical›New Testament Book of Revelation | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Epiphany | Symbolism›Blood | Symbolism›Christian
The Sound and the Fury, 69 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Superstitions | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Sound and the Fury, 86 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Auditory›Bells | Natural›Mountains | Natural›Mud | Natural›Sky | Public›School | Public›Town Square | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December | Time of Year›New Year
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Waiting | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Train | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Passing from sight
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Blanket | Clothes›Pants | Education›Primary school | Entertainment›Fireworks | Food›Candy | Health and Illness›Gastrointestinal discomfort | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Prejudice›Infantilizing of blacks | Prejudice›White supremacy | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Uncle as term for black man | Race›White race | Ritual›Christmas gift game | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Technology›Steam locomotive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Body›Stomach/belly | Character›Childlike | Character›Reliability | Home›Homebound | Memory›Remembering | Money›Quarter coin | Objects›Toys | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Time›Frozen / Static
Relationships: Interracial›White-black | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Rabbit | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Skeleton | Style›Long sentence | Style›Numerous adjectives
The Sound and the Fury, 88 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Body›Bowels | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Past›Personal past | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Door | Supernatural›Signs / Omen | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Conflation of several possible sources | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Isaiah | Allusion, Literary›Hopkins, Gerard Manley | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Windhover" | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Language›Archaic | Language›Biblical | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 97 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Suspicion | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Moral›Deception | Physical›Saluting | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | Verbal›Code-switching / Change in dialect | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Rumor | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Racial|Regional stereotypes about drinking | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Uniform | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Divinity school | Education›Graduation | Education›Harvard | Ethnicity›Italian | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes | Race›Rules / norms for addressing whites | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Race›Uncle Tom | Ritual›Holiday | War›Grand Army of the Republic / G.A.R. | War›Military rank of general
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Community›Columbus Day | Community›Parade | Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Hypocrisy | Objects›Luggage | Recurring Tropes›Gossip | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black | Social›Mentorship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Princeton University | Allusion, Historical›Columbus, Christopher | Allusion, Historical›Lincoln, Abraham | Allusion, Historical›Women's Christian Temperance Union / W.C.T.U. | Allusion, Literary›Stowe, Harriet Beecher | Allusion, Literary›Uncle Tom's Cabin | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing
The Town, 23 (Event)
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Brass | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry | Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Collaborative narration
The Town, 247 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Movement›Chasing | Movement›Mule | Movement›Running | Non-human›Animal senses | Verbal›Shouting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Giraffe | Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Town, 248 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Emotional›Shock | Movement›Mule | Movement›Running | Non-human›Escape
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile | Tone›Absurdist
The Town, 248 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Actions: Movement›Chasing | Movement›Mule | Physical›Pursuit | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Demanding
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Mules | Money›As motive | Money›Owed | Objects›Broom | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Scientific | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Comedy | Narrative›Reported narration
The Town, 25 (Event)
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee | Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Anticipation
The Town, 250 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
Actions: Movement›Chasing | Movement›Mule | Verbal›Shouting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Cows | Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile
The Town, 250 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Falling | Physical›Lying down
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder | Objects›Rope
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
The Town, 251 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Hoofbeats | Domestic Space›Yard | Olfactory›Ammonia | Olfactory›Smoke | Olfactory›Sweat | Time of Day›Nine o'clock a.m. | Weather›Fog
Actions: Bodily›Running | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Shouting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Parentheses | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Dash
The Town, 255 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Economic›Paying
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Money
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Dash
The Town, 257 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Olfactory›Coffee | Olfactory›Food | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Domestic›Cooking | Economic›Scheming | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Food›Ham
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Substitute | Home›Dwelling | Objects›Coffee | Objects›Fire
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 261 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Buying a house | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Food›Bread | Food›Coffee | Food›Ham | Law›Witness | Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Mules | Character›Bargainer | Money›Owed
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Malapropism | Diction›Rural vernacular | Style›Unfinished sentence
The Town, 266 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Emotional›Frustration | Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Killing of animals | Violent›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Justice | Objects›Fire
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses | Symbolism›Fire
The Town, 28 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Falling | Movement›Running away | Physical›Carrying
Themes and Motifs: Objects›knife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Genre Conventions›Comedy
The Town, 28 (Event)
Environment: Place›Ditch
Actions: Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Verbal›Discussion
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Unvanquished, 10 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner | Time of Day›Noon
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Unvanquished, 111 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Physical›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation | Texts›Military communications
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Unvanquished, 114 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Race›Subverting a stereotype | Slavery›Re-enslavement | Slavery›Self-emancipation | Slavery›Slaves vs masters | War›Displacement
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Unvanquished, 115 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Moral›Fraud | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: War›Profiting from war | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
The Unvanquished, 126 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scamming
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Caledonia, Mississippi | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Unvanquished, 126 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Economic›Scamming
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | Slavery›Etiquette | Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Naming›Alias | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mottstown | Allusion, Geographical›Oxford, Mississippi | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Unvanquished, 185 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Rain | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Physical›Holding | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Family role | Ritual›Cemetery decorations
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Death›Corpse | Recurring Tropes›Reunion | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Unvanquished, 20 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Place›Smokehouse | Time of Day›Afternoon | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Movement›Following | Perceptual›Surveillance
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Unvanquished, 20 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Intuition | Movement›Following | Perceptual›Surveillance
Cultural Issues: Race›Behaving "white" | Slavery›Loyalty | War›Defeat
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Unvanquished, 23 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Domestic›Discipline | Movement›Following
Cultural Issues: Race›Segregated space | Slavery›Freedom | Slavery›Loyalty
Themes and Motifs: Character›Naivety | Objects›Bible | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Texts›Bible
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Unvanquished, 3 (Event)
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
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›First-person passim | Narrative›Parentheses
The Unvanquished, 41 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Locking a door
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Silver
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Unvanquished, 43 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Domestic›Packing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Objects›Gun | Objects›Trunk
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Unvanquished, 44 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Etiquette
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Animals compared to people
The Unvanquished, 73 (Event)
Actions: Military›Escape | Verbal›Lying
Cultural Issues: Race›Self-abnegation | Slavery›Loyalty | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Profanity
The Unvanquished, 74 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Betrayal | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Arson
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Loyalty | Slavery›Resistance | Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Home›Destroyed | Objects›Silver
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Profanity
The Unvanquished, 78 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Cross dressing | Clothes›Hat | Slavery›Discipline | Slavery›Loyalty | War›Destruction
Themes and Motifs: Home›Destroyed | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Unvanquished, 80 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Right
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Tone›Humorous
The Unvanquished, 89 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Naming slaves
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Tending to animal
Relationships: Interspecies›Woman-horse
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Unvanquished, 92 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Loyalty | War›Destruction | War›Displacement
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Objects›Silver
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
The Unvanquished, 99 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Mental›Understanding
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends | Friendship›Racial
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect