Aesthetics: Diction Rural vernacular

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"A Bear Hunt", 66 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured | Hunting and Fishing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cats | Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Body›Face | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Diction›Southern dialect | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Narrative shift | Tone›Humorous
"A Bear Hunt", 67 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Outrage | Mental›Realization | Play›Poker | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"A Bear Hunt", 68 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Hiccups
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"A Point of Law", 217 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Verbal›Dialogue | Work›Law enforcement
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
"A Point of Law", 217 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Time of Day›Pre-dawn
Actions: Moral›Deception | Physical›Hiding | Work›Law enforcement
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"A Point of Law", 217 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
"A Point of Law", 217 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Domestic Space›Porch | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
"By the People", 86 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Actions: Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Class›Middle | Gender›All-male space
Themes and Motifs: Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Death Drag", 197 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›January
Actions: Economic›Paying | Mental›Disbelief | Movement›Car | Movement›Flight
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming | Race›Jewish
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Money›Stingy with money
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Aaahhhhhhh | Narrative›Parentheses
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 144 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Creepy | Auditory›Hoofbeats | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Perceptual›Dowsing | Perceptual›Spying
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure
Relationships: Economical›Partnership
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Monk", 50 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Knitting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Making whisky
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Monk", 51 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Train
Relationships: Institutional›Police-arrestee
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Monk", 51 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Monk", 55 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Speech
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Pardon | Race›Native American
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Rural vernacular
"Monk", 58 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread | Place›Penitentiary
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Monk", 59 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Confession | Verbal›Threat
Relationships: Institutional›Jailer-prisoner
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Monk", 61 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Divine plan | Psychological›Manipulation
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Monk", 61 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Verbal›Threat
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"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", 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", 258 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Law›Trespassing
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"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
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 675 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Bodily›Running | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 684 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Moral›Stealing
Cultural Issues: Class | War›Confederate Army | War›Mercenary | War›Spoils
Themes and Motifs: Values›Honor
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Rural vernacular
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 685 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Lot
Actions: Movement›Horse | Movement›Riding | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Shall Not Perish", 113 (Event)
Environment: Public›Alley | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Shaking | Emotional›Embarrassment | Physical›Trembling | Verbal›Consoling | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Ordering
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Alcohol›Beer | War›Civil War | War›Civil War consequences
Relationships: Familial›Patriarch
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Ah-h-h | Language›Hah
"Shingles for the Lord", 29 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Labor
Themes and Motifs: Time›Being late / tardiness | Time›Working day
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 31 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Barter | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 33 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Economic›Barter | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 34 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Labor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Shingles for the Lord", 35 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Barter | Movement›Mule | Work›Construction
Cultural Issues: Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 37 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Barter
Cultural Issues: Labor
Themes and Motifs: Time›Being late / tardiness
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 37 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Barter
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 38 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Borrowing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Construction tools
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Shingles for the Lord", 38 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Borrowing
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Shingles for the Lord", 38 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Work›Construction
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Construction tools
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Shingles for the Lord", 38 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Shingles for the Lord", 39 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Fire
Actions: Bodily›Falling | Work›Construction
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Shingles for the Lord", 40 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Fire
Cultural Issues: Religion›Religious art or iconography | Religion›Rituals and rites
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
"Shingles for the Lord", 40 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Fire
Actions: Interaction, Social›Church | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Labor | Religion›Rituals and rites
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"Shingles for the Lord", 42 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Nursing | Emotional›Anger | Interaction, Private›Rejection
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Health and Illness›Injury | Labor
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
"The Tall Men", 45 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Howling | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Health and Illness›Doctoring | War›Draft
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"The Unvanquished", 74 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Moral›Fraud
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | War›Profiting from war
Themes and Motifs: Money›Cash | Texts›Military communications
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mottstown | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
"Tomorrow", 101 (Event)
Environment: Place›Field
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Shotgun
Relationships: Social›Conflict | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Tomorrow", 101 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Genre Conventions›Mystery
"Tomorrow", 103 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Ascent | Emotional›Love | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty
Themes and Motifs: Character›Honesty | Character›Responsibility | Character›Trust | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
"Tomorrow", 104 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal document
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Tomorrow", 104 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Dying | Emotional›Love | Legal›Marriage | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Pride
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Sibling | Marital›Desertion
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
"Tomorrow", 105 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sawmill | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Character›Responsibility
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Tomorrow", 105 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Feeding | Domestic›Nursing | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Law›Custody | Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Complexion
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Tomorrow", 106 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Economic›Paying | Movement›Walking | Physical›Apprehending | Physical›Hitting | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority
Themes and Motifs: Money›Filthy lucre | Objects›Ax
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Tomorrow", 108 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Tomorrow", 109 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Emotional›Love | Perceptual›Looking | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cattle | Animals›Mules | Naming›Nickname
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Tomorrow", 96 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Clothes›Shoes | Economy›Poverty | Economy›Self-sufficiency
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Tomorrow", 97 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
"Tomorrow", 98 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Cleaning | Domestic›Cooking | Domestic›Milking | Domestic›Nursing | Domestic›Washing | Mental›Discovery | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Rural poverty
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Goat | Naming›False name | Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Collaborative narration
"Tomorrow", 99 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Domestic›Child care | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Farming
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Uncle Willy", 241 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | Politics›Democrat | Politics›Republican
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
"Vendee", 110 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Violence | Violence›Interracial | Violence›Lynching
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Texts›Note
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
"Wash", 536 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Bad smell
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›White trash | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Objects›Scythe | Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
"Wash", 536 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Economy›Property | Slavery›Loyalty | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Relationships: Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Diction›Rural vernacular
Absalom, Absalom!, 106 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Movement›Mule
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Absalom, Absalom!, 108 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Place›Plantation
Actions: Movement›Buggy
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Crime›Murder
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 7 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Auditory›Carpentry | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Domestic›Housekeeping | Emotional›Attraction | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Resentment | Mental›Economizing
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty | Religion›Piety
Themes and Motifs: Death
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 105 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Pipe smoke
Actions: Communication›Transcribing | Communication›Writing | Domestic›Cleaning | Moral›Blackmail | Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Gender›Work | Race›Native American stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Objects›Air gun | Objects›Letter | Objects›Phonograph
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Exoticism | Metafictional›Picture/image
Flags in the Dust, 132 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dereliction | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Class›Equality | Health and Illness›Headache
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Personification
Flags in the Dust, 136 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Interaction, Social›Camaraderie | Verbal›Swearing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Alcohol›Wine | Health and Illness›Amputation | Health and Illness›Anaesthetic | Health and Illness›Headache | Identity, Cultural›Rural
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 137 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Frogs | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Movement›Car | Violent›Violence against animals
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Class›Class consciousness | Class›Equality | Labor›Farming
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Geese
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 154 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Character›Courteous | Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 20 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women as gentler sex / delicate | War›Civil War | War›Displacement
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 20 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Remembering | Military›Escape | Movement›Limping | Verbal›Shouting | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Clothes›Boots | Slavery›Loyalty | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Gun | Objects›Pipe
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Reported narration
Flags in the Dust, 20 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pipe
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 22 (Event)
Environment: Place›Poorhouse
Actions: Work›Construction
Themes and Motifs: Money
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Sartoris builds railroad
Flags in the Dust, 22 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers | Politics›And race
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 225 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Time of Year›June
Actions: Bodily›Sweating
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Food›Candy | Health and Illness›Indian medicine | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Parcel
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
Flags in the Dust, 228 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming | Food›Candy | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Ghost
Flags in the Dust, 229 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Trading | Moral›Stealing
Cultural Issues: Crime›Horse theft | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Vicksburg | Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 23 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Murder | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 230 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Horse | Physical›Ambush
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Plunder
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Coffee
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Sartoris captures Yankees
Flags in the Dust, 232 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Burning
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Holly Springs, Mississippi | Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 241 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Indian medicine
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bravery | Objects›Cigar | Philosophical›Human experience
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 242 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Interracial | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers | History›Reconstruction | Race›Disenfranchisement
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Flags in the Dust, 243 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Hero worship | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: History›Carpetbaggers
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 278 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Owls
Actions: Non-human›Dog barking | Physical›Escape from confinement | Violent›Sexual assault
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Bandage | Health and Illness›Injured | Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 331 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Domestic Space›Log house | Time of Day›Twilight
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Fox | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 332 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Emotional›Dread | Mental›Flashback | Verbal›Omission
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
Flags in the Dust, 334 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Mask
Flags in the Dust, 334 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Relief | Physical›Wagon|Car maintenance
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Alcohol›Whiskey | Gender›Feminine man
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 336 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Weather›Frost
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Relationships: Familial›Physical resemblances
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Cincinnatus | Description›Character portrait | Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 338 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Weather›Cold
Actions: Hunting›Possum
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 339 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Hunting›Possum
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 340 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Oppressive | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Cold
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper | Nationality›English / British | War›Death | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bed
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Flags in the Dust, 341 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Breathing
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self | Identity, Personal›Emptying oneself | Identity, Personal›Soldier | War›Confederate Army | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Medal | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" | Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 345 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Hunting›Breeding
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dog-fox
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 347 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Breeding | Verbal›Repetition | Verbal›Teasing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dog-fox
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 351 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Time of Day›Twilight | Weather›Frost
Actions: Hunting›Fox hunting | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Animals›Dog-fox | Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 355 (Event)
Environment: Place›Country vs city | Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Progress›Consumerism | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 357 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Verbal›Lying
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Fox | Animals›Pony | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Geographical›Louisville, Kentucky | Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 4 (Event)
Environment: Place›Poorhouse
Actions: Economic›Gifting
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance | Objects›Pipe
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Flags in the Dust, 76 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness | Health and Illness›Growth | Modernity›Speed
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pipe | Objects›Tobacco
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Go Down, Moses, 342 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Northern dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 26 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Purchase | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Conversation
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Hamlet, 13 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Conversation | Work›Traveling salesman
Cultural Issues: Crime›Arson
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Sewing machine | Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Hamlet, 33 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Renting housing | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Child's perspective
The Hamlet, 341 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Violence against animals
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Tone›Humorous
The Mansion, 267 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Scheming | Mental›Imagining | Moral›Deception | Verbal›Writing
Cultural Issues: Government›Bureaucracy | Government›Federal Bureau of Investigation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Mississippi | Allusion, Historical›Hoover, Herbert | Allusion, Historical›Hoover, J. Edgar | Allusion, Historical›Roosevelt, Franklin D. | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Misspelling | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 288 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Anxiety | Mental›Counting | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Overalls | Clothes›Shoes | Economy›Prices | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Pain | Progress›Paving
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Messalina | Allusion, Mythical›Semiramis | Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 290 (Event)
Environment: Public›Highway
Actions: Emotional›Patience | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Progress›Road traffic
Themes and Motifs: Money›Need for
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 300 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Mental›Thinking
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 301 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Mental›Thinking
Themes and Motifs: Character›Integrity | Objects›Coffee pot | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 302 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Swamp
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Movement›Truck | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Progress›Building structure
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 31 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Stubbornness | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Ordering
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal fine
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 311 (Event)
Environment: Place›City | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Mental›Calculation | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Progress›Neon lights | Progress›Road traffic
Themes and Motifs: Time›And change
Relationships: Marital›Wedding
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 313 (Event)
Environment: Place›City | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Car | Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Time›And change
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 318 (Event)
Environment: Place›City | Time of Day›Daybreak
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Movement›Walking
Themes and Motifs: Community›Alienation
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 319 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Economic›Buying | Emotional›Reassurance
Cultural Issues: Economy›Prices | Progress›Racialized | Race›Black property ownership | Segregation›Economic
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 320 (Event)
Environment: Place›Pawn shop
Actions: Economic›Buying | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Law›Regulation
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 395 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Helen | Allusion, Mythical›Paris | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 396 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›June
Actions: Emotional›Worry | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | History›Post-war prosperity | Progress›Racialized | Sexuality›Pregnancy
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 405 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 422 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 422 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Law›Pardon
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 423 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Freedom of choice
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 423 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Religion›Lay preacher | Violence›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Salvation
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 426 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Friday
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Law›Police | Mass Media›Newspaper | Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Civic records
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 428 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Friday
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Physical›Waiting
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 429 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Discussion
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 430 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Day›Four o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Emotional›Waiting
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 431 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Place›Office | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Sunday
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Car | Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Clock | Philosophical›Freedom
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 438 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cottonfield
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Government›Veterans Administration | Health and Illness›Hospitalization|Operation
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Doddsville, Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi Delta | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 443 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cottonfield | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 443 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Movement›Hitch-hiking | Movement›Truck
Cultural Issues: Progress›Roads
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi Delta | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 443 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Movement›Truck | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Rural
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
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 Mansion, 454 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Mental›Planning
Cultural Issues: History›Communism | Race›Negro reporting white behavior | Race›Negro-lover
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Chicago | Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 456 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Sitting room
Actions: Bodily›Looking | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Religion›Religious faith
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 469 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Conversation
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 469 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Movement›Car | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Gossip
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 47 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Mental›Curiosity | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal advice | Law›Parole
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 470 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human experience
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›California | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 470 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Physical›Protection
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies
Themes and Motifs: Character›Duty | Futility›Inability
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 471 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Ten o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Play›Children playing | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: History›Communism | Sexuality›Impotence
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Values›Justice
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 474 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Starlight | Domestic Space›Cellar | Natural›Hills | Place›Decayed house
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Movement›Car | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Money›Cash
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Zodiac | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Mansion, 51 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining | Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Law›Insanity plea
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 100 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Emotional›Anxiety | Moral›Secret
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Education›Informal | Progress›Infrastructure
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity
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 , 151 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Attic | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Perceptual›Voyeurism
Cultural Issues: Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
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 , 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 , 184 (Event)
Environment: Place›Medical practice
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Physical›Intrusion | Verbal›Rumor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 197 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Actions: Emotional›Suspicion
Cultural Issues: Education›Parenting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Values›Refinement
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
The Reivers , 201 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Hotel
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Moral›Reform | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Ether | Food | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Labor›Prostitution | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Pharaoh | Allusion, Geographical›Arkansas | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Allusion, Historical›Caesar, Julius | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
The 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 , 33 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 34 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Upstairs | Public›Street
Actions: Movement›Car | Perceptual›Spying | Verbal›Shouting | Work›Washing clothes
Cultural Issues: Education›Informal | Progress›Cars
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Language›Hee hee hee | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 44 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity | Tone›Humorous
The Reivers , 49 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Moral›Scheming | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Education›Informal | Modernity›Speed | Progress›Trains
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 50 (Event)
Environment: Place›Lane | Place›Motordrome
Actions: Movement›Car | Physical›Driving
Cultural Issues: Education›Informal | Law›Motor vehicle | Modernity›Speed | Race›Segregation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 52 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Emotional›Hurried | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Car | Physical›Driving
Cultural Issues: Education›Informal
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 64 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Carriage house | Domestic Space›Garage | Olfactory›Gasoline
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 67 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Movement›Car
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Satan | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 68 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Progress›Roads
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Self-correction
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 Reivers , 98 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Place›Paducah
Actions: Interaction, Social›Greeting
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Dirty | Religion›Sabbath
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
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 Town, 176 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Code-switching / Change in dialect
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Education›Being well read / erudite | Politics›Election
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 184 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Perceptual›Misreading
Cultural Issues: Law›Corruption
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
The Town, 215 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Bribing | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Grammatically incorrect
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, 252 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Offering to buy | Verbal›Dialogue
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Law›Legal issue
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Blame | Character›Reliability
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
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, 259 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Law›Lawsuit
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Money›Payoff | Psychological›Manipulation
Aesthetics: Diction›Malapropism | Diction›Rural vernacular
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, 268 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Believing | Mental›Discovery | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Misspeaking
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes | Economy›Evaluate exchange value | Education›College | Education›Female education
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Grammatically incorrect
The Town, 310 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Understanding | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Law›Lawyers
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Contested | Narrative›First-person passim throughout section | Narrative›Unreliable narrator
The Town, 311 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 313 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Delivery | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Sewing machine
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Town, 313 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Waking
Relationships: Marital›Strife
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Town, 313 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Four o'clock a.m.
Actions: Movement›Car
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Town, 314 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Uncertainty
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Promiscuity
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Town, 34 (Event)
Environment: Public›Restaurant
Actions: Verbal›Cursing | Work›Losing job | Work›Restauranteer
Themes and Motifs: Character›Honesty | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Self-correction
The Town, 35 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Economic›Auction | Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Scamming | Emotional›Indecision | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned | Tone›Humorous
The Town, 364 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Planning
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Death›Suicide | Objects›Monument | Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Violent in figurative sense | Narrative›First-person passim throughout section | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Self-correction
The Town, 367 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Education›College | Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Home›Getting away | Recurring Tropes›Doom
Relationships: Romantic›Potential
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Greenwich Village | Allusion, Geographical›New York | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery
The Town, 368 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Plantation house
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Waiting | Work›Lawyering
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Identity, Cultural›Southern stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Objects›Car
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Italy | Allusion, Historical›Grant, Ulysses S. | Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 370 (Event)
Environment: Place›Railroad | Time of Year›October
Themes and Motifs: Art›Artistic creation
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
The Town, 370 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Distraction | Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Monument
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Town, 371 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Whiskey
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Town, 371 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Texts›Letters
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Military analogy
The Town, 371 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›October
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Emotional›Anguish | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Satisfaction | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Glove | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Tie | Clothes›Veil
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Objects›Luggage | Objects›Marble columns | Objects›Monument | Objects›Tobacco | Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine | Texts›Epitaph
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Bible verse on children | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Fire | Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Eula's medallion unveiled
The Town, 383 (Event)
Environment: Place›Office
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Economic›Child support | Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Exile
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Town, 385 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Violent›Stabbing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Drugs | Health and Illness›Sleeping pill
Themes and Motifs: Body›Scar | Objects›knife
Relationships: Familial›Surrogate
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Town, 386 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Domestic›Cooking
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Futility
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Reported narration
The Town, 388 (Event)
Environment: Public›Store
Actions: Bodily›Running | Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Gender›Maternal impulse
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Reported narration
The Town, 388 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Ditches
Actions: Physical›Burning | Physical›Capture | Verbal›Screaming
Themes and Motifs: Time›Just in time
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Reported narration | Recurring Episodes›Byron Snopes' children
The Town, 388 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Hungering | Communication›Telephone | Movement›Car | Physical›Apprehending
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Reported narration
The Town, 389 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Indian Removal
Aesthetics: Diction›Malapropism | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Town, 84 (Event)
Environment: Public›Court | Public›Jail
Actions: Mental›Disbelief | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Whispering
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration | Law›Indictment | Law›Trial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
The Unvanquished, 120 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Firelight
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Military›Patrol | Moral›Fraud
Cultural Issues: Crime›Forgery | War›Profiting from war
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Money›Cash | Texts›Military communications
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Mottstown | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular
The Unvanquished, 177 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Weather›Cold
Actions: Movement›Mule | Physical›Riding | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Violence | Violence›Lynching
Themes and Motifs: Character›Predatory | Death›Corpse | Texts›Note
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Underlining
The Unvanquished, 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, 225 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Train sound
Actions: Economic›Investing | Movement›Train | Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Progress›Regional | Progress›Trains
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular