Actions: Communication Telephone
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Addressing for mail delivery
- And deafness
- By sound
- Car horn
- Censorship
- Engrave
- Gossip
- Graffiti
- Joking
- Lack of communication
- Language barriers
- Letter
- Listening
- Marriage announcement
- Messenger
- Miscommunication
- Newspaper article
- Newspaper columns and notices
- Non-human
- Note
- Pen and ink well
- Post card
- Receiving mail
- Sending mail
- Silence
- Spanish
- Speaking
- Swearing
- Telegraph
- Transcribing
- Unsent message
- Without words
- Writing
Tagged Events
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Sympathy
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Matthew | Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Death›Animal horse | Death›Corpse
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Environment: Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Olfactory›Old woman smell | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Biblical analogy | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation | Slavery›Music
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Eyes | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Interracial›White-black
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Communication›Telephone
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Mystery | Recurring Episodes›Harriss' death
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Narrative›Anticipation
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Perceptual›Watching
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Place›Greenbury hotel
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age | Entertainment›Movies | Law›Police
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Cultural Issues: Government›Depression-era programs | Mass Media›Newspaper | War›Death
Environment: Auditory›Haunting | Domestic Space›Kitchen
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
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Betrayal | Mental›Remembering
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Technology›Race
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Communication›Telephone | Domestic›Sewing | Emotional›Restlessness | Mental›Imagining | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Monologue
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Entertainment›Traditional music | Gender›Chivalry | Race›Friendly interaction
Themes and Motifs: Character›Recklessness | Objects›Car
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Cold
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Atmospheric›Grayness | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Disgust with sex
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Haunted by past | Psychological›Disembodiment | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Violent›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Doom
Relationships: Sexual›Extramarital
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Domestic›Teaching | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Crime›Murder | Gender›Lady's accoutrements | Law›Trial | Mass Media›Newspaper | Slavery›Family | Slavery›Persistence over time
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Determinism›Genetic
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Interracial›Pseudo-family
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Racist term
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Movement›Truck
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Violence›Interracial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Place›Jail | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Mental›Changing one's mind | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Perceptual›Eavesdropping
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Cultural Issues: Technology›Public telephone
Environment: Auditory›Music | Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Technology›Telephone
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Communication›Writing | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Numbness | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Food›Candy | Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Home›Home as prison | Home›Homecoming | Objects›Books | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Texts›Magazine
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Communication›Telephone
Cultural Issues: Economy›Prices | War›Going to war
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Movement›Hitch-hiking
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Batesville, Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Chicago | Allusion, Geographical›Clarksdale, Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›New Orleans, Louisiana | Allusion, Geographical›Tutwiler, Mississippi | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Government›Civic officials
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates
Cultural Issues: Politics›Campaigning
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Shock | Interaction, Social›Spectate
Cultural Issues: Technology›Jaguar
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Entropy
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
Relationships: Commercial›Boss-underling | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
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
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Outrage | Emotional›Rage | Emotional›Shock | Movement›Buggy | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation | Crime›Vagrancy | Health and Illness›Nursing | Health and Illness›Stroke | Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption | Violence›Gendered
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Interaction, Social›Noblesse oblige
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Telephone | Economic›Paying
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Beer | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Romantic›Sexual | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Hysteria | Moral›Stealing | Perceptual›Investigating | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Questioning | Work›Doctor / medical care
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Drugs | History›Civil War as point of reference | Law›Police | Mass Media›Newspaper
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Physical›Discovering
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Law›Evidence | Law›Revenue officer
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Violent›Fighting
Environment: Time of Year›May
Actions: Communication›Addressing for mail delivery | Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Sadness | Physical›Burning
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Economic›Paying | Economic›Trading | Interaction, Social›Shopping
Cultural Issues: Materialism›Status | Progress›Consumerism
Themes and Motifs: Money
Relationships: Ancestral | Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Work›Lawyering
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Calling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Kidnapping | Economy›Insurance | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Loss of animal companion | Meaning›Misinterpretation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Lao Tse (Laozi) | Typography/Orthography›Onomatopoeia
Environment: Atmospheric›Night | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Bodily›Eating supper | Bodily›Laughing | Communication›Telephone | Domestic›Sewing | Movement›Car | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Play›Checkers | Play›Chess | Verbal›Arguing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Coffee | Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Negotiation