Aesthetics: Diction Southern dialect

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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
"An Error in Chemistry", 121 (Event)
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Matthew | Diction›Southern dialect
"An Error in Chemistry", 124 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Protection
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Intruder in the Dust, 45 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Public›Street | Time of Day›Night | Time of Day›Sunday | Time of Year›May
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Intruder in the Dust, 47 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Night | Time of Day›Sunday
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Lynch mob | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Race›Behaving "white" | Race›Behaving/becoming "black"
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Southern dialect
Intruder in the Dust, 49 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Emotional›Calm | Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Waiting | Emotional›Worry | Legal›Standing guard | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Lynch mob
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Objects›Shotgun
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Southern dialect | Narrative›Parentheses
Intruder in the Dust, 54 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Worry | Verbal›Talking | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Race›Segregation
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern 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, 295 (Event)
Environment: Place›Jail | Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Outrage | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 181 (Event)
Environment: Public›Jail
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Values›Charity
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 188 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place | Place›City | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 190 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 190 (Event)
Environment: Place›City | Public›Street
Actions: Movement›Walking | Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 191 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Communication›Miscommunication | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars | Sexuality›Vicarious
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Character›Naivety
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 195 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Mental›Misunderstanding
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Character›Naivety
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 196 (Event)
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Sexuality›Experience
Themes and Motifs: Money›Stingy with money
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 196 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Music | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Moral›Lying
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 196 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 197 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Character›Naivety
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 197 (Event)
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Emotional›Embarrassment | Verbal›Whispering
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Money›Stingy with money
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 198 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Racialized | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Hearing
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Race›Segregation | Sexuality›Interracial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 202 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Music | Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 203 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Yard | Place›Gate
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Bargaining | Moral›Blackmail
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 207 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Crime›Prostitution | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Morals›Hypocrisy | Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 209 (Event)
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
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, 211 (Event)
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Bodily›Drinking
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Gender›Maternal impulse
Themes and Motifs: Art›Lithographs | Objects›Bed | Objects›Chair | Objects›Dresser | Objects›Tankard
Relationships: Familial›Surrogate
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 212 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Hiding | Verbal›Persuasion | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Law›Execution
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Morals›Justice | Past›Quest to recover
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 242 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Auditory›Music | Place›Speakeasy
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Falling | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Mourning | Emotional›Sadness | Interaction, Social›Partying | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Invitation | Verbal›Screaming | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Clothes›Hat cap | Entertainment›Traditional music | Health and Illness›Bullet hole | Religion›Hymns
Themes and Motifs: Art›Jazz music | Chaos/Order›Chaos | Death›Funeral | Death›Wake | Objects›Coffin
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 249 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Ordering
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Alcohol›Beer | Alcohol›Gin | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Shoes | Entertainment›Traditional music | Gender›Men vs women | Sexuality›Perverse | Sexuality›Voyeurism
Themes and Motifs: Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 256 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Perceptual›Professional surveillance | Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Gossip | Violent›Beating | Violent›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Violence›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Sanctuary, 256 (Event)
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Bodily›Drinking
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Alcohol›Beer | Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Gin
Themes and Motifs: Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Sanctuary, 257 (Event)
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive | Sexuality›Perverse
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 258 (Event)
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Perverse
Themes and Motifs: Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›France | Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 258 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Bodily›Watching | Perceptual›Voyeurism
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Sexuality›Having sex | Sexuality›Impotence | Sexuality›Perverse | Sexuality›Voyeurism
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bed
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 261 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street
Actions: Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Crime›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Hypocrisy
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 265 (Event)
Environment: Public›Barber shop
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Bodily›Spitting | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Hypocrisy
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Sanctuary, 268 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Sanctuary, 311 (Event)
Environment: Public›Courtroom
Actions: Emotional›Apathy | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Law›Conviction | Law›Trial
Relationships: Institutional›Jailer-prisoner | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
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