Cultural Issues: Violence
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- Age
- Agriculture
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- Class
- Clothes
- Crime
- Cultural Identity
- Economy
- Education
- Entertainment
- Ethnicity
- Food
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- Global
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- Group Mentality
- Health and Illness
- History
- Hunting and Fishing
- Identity, Cultural
- Identity, Personal
- Labor
- Land-Use
- Law
- Mass Media
- Materialism
- Migration
- Modernity
- Nationality
- Politics
- Prejudice
- Progress
- Race
- Region
- Religion
- Ritual
- Segregation
- Sexuality
- Slavery
- Supernatural
- Technology
- War
Tagged Events
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Collar | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time | Naming›Change over time | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Running | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Grief | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Listening
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Economy›And racism | Race›Economic basis of racism | Race›Subverting a stereotype | Race›White fear | Violence›Interracial
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Explanatory passage
Themes and Motifs: Character›Personality change | Character›Power
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming | Health and Illness›Injury | Violence›Accident
Themes and Motifs: Money›Stingy with money
Aesthetics: Diction›Stereotypical Jewish accent
Environment: Place›Barn | Time of Day›Saturday night
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming | Religion›Providence | Violence›Accident
Environment: Auditory›Airplane sound | Time of Year›January
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Barnstorming | Violence›Accident
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Misconduct | Violence›Killing animal
Themes and Motifs: Values›Bad conduct
Environment: Atmospheric›Dread | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip | Verbal›Speculation
Relationships: Commercial›Customer relations
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic
Environment: Atmospheric›Heat | Auditory›Silence | Natural›Moon | Time of Day›Midnight
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Magazines | Violence›Domestic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Prejudice›Not caring about race | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Violence›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Chaos/Order›Accident
Relationships: Marital›Interracial
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Interaction, Social›Picnic
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Crime | Law›Arrest | Violence›Drunken brawling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Fratricide | Economy›Insurance | Law›Eye for an eye | Violence›Shooting
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Violence›Accident | Violence›Interracial
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | Violence›Implied shooting
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Objects›Pistol
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Terror | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Violence›Child abuse
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Natural›Back country
Cultural Issues: Crime›Making whisky | Ethnicity›Scotch-Irish | Health and Illness›Mental limitations | Progress›Infrastructure | Violence›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Values›Independence
Cultural Issues: Education›Negro education | Government›Civic officials | Law›Investigation | Prejudice›Racism | Segregation›Educational | Violence›Lynching
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative shift | Narrative›Summary | Narrative›Temporal projection
Cultural Issues: Violence›Interracial
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Cultural Issues: Violence›Shooting | War›Glorification | War›Violence against civilians
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Cultural Issues: Violence›Child abuse
Relationships: Familial›Physical discipline
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Underclothes, female | Violence›Accident
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Addiction | Race | Violence›Interracial
Relationships: Institutional›Jailer-prisoner
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Nancy confronts white man
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Race›Racist child | Violence›Domestic
Relationships: Friendship | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered
Environment: Place›Campsite | Place›Decayed house
Actions: Bodily›Falling | Perceptual›Spying
Cultural Issues: Violence›Killing animal
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Moral›Judgmental | Play›Card playing | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Class›Respectability | Crime›Gambling | Law›Wedding license | Region›The South | Religion›Institutional | Religion›Methodism | Slavery›Manumission | Slavery›Southern curse | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Character›Teetotaler | Determinism›Fated | Inheritance›Hereditary culpability | Inheritance›Inheritance of wrong | Meaning | Past›Historical wrong | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Fatality | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Sister-sister | Friendship | Marital›Arrangements | Social›Adversarial
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Crime›Murder | Violence›Language | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Sound of a gunshot
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Henry kills Bon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Violence›Language
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Fixation | Recurring Tropes›Performance
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hamlet
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites | Violence›Interracial | Violence›Lynching
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Right-of-way
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Mental›Internal argument | Mental›Thinking
Cultural Issues: Class›Planter vs farmer | Violence›Imagined
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Domestic Space›Pasture | Domestic Space›Stable | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Interaction, Social›Mixed-race gathering | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Moral›Exploitation | Movement›Sneaking | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Dehumanization | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Class›Power | Gender›Inversion | Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Hierarchical | Religion›Providence | Slavery›Racialism | Slavery›Southern curse | Slavery›Violence | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Community›Crowd | Determinism›Fated | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave | Social›Crowds
Actions: Emotional›Detachment | Emotional›Fear
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Revolt | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling | Time›Being in time
Cultural Issues: Slavery | Violence›Interracial
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity | Slavery›Revolt | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name
Cultural Issues: Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Design
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race | Slavery›Revolt | Violence›Interracial
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Sound of drums | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Revolt | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Odor
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Revolt | Violence›Interracial
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Cultural Issues: Violence›Castration | Violence›Torture
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun | Psychological›Manipulation | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Values›Honor
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Gender›All-male space | Violence›Interracial
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Garden | Natural›Dirt / Earth | Place›Plantation
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Visualize | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Building | Physical›Clearing land | Physical›Dragging | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: History›Plantation culture | Progress›Clearing the land | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor | Violence
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order | Chaos/Order›Creation | Chaos/Order›Order | Naming›Place name | Objects›Cards | Objects›Table | Past›As explanatory | Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Design
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis | Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament | Description›Landscape | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Personification | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Language›Grandiloquence | Style›Long sentence | Style›Neologism | Style›Numerous adjectives | Symbolism›Hamsa | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Haunted | Atmospheric›Spectral | Place›Plantation
Actions: Communication›Listening | Communication›Silence | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Internal argument | Mental›Uncertainty | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Garrulousness | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Repetition | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity | Education›Harvard | History›Civil War consequences | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Region›The South | Slavery›Labor | Violence
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Paternity | Memory›Haunted by past | Memory›Remembering | Past›Past in present | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Old insult (abiding affront) | Story-telling›Collaborative | Story-telling›Reminiscence | Story-telling›Retelling | Story-telling›Story-telling passim | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunting | Time›Past
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sister-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Diction›Neologism | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Voice | Genre Conventions›Ghost story | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Language›Grandiloquence | Narrative›Conversation with oneself | Narrative›Imagined conversation | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Interaction, Private›Breaking marriage engagement | Military›Service | Movement›Flight | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Violent›Homicide | Violent›Killing | Violent›Murder | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wedding dress | Crime›Murder | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Women | Ritual›Wedding | Violence›Interracial | Violence›Shooting | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Death | Recurring Tropes›Threshold | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Sibling | Romantic›Engagement | Romantic›Fiance | Social›Assailant-victim
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Henry kills Bon
Environment: Atmospheric›Familiar | Domestic Space›House | Place›Jefferson | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Day›Sunday | Time of Day›Sunday morning | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›September
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Economic›Purchase | Legal›Marriage | Movement›Riding | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Widow | Group Mentality›Communal story | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Law›Legal ownership | Law›Property | Ritual›Wedding | Violence›Retribution
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Community›Local legends | Death›Future | Death›Spousal | Determinism›Fated | Home›New home | Meaning›Mystery | Meaning›Paternity | Memory›Collective memory | Past›Past in present | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Time›Duration of time | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Past | Values›Justice
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis | Figures of Speech›Breath | Narrative›Background | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Origin | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Summary
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Character›Provincialism | Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Relationships: Friendship | Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Medical / Surgical
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Pregnancy | Communication›Without words | Emotional›Cynicism | Violent›Whipping
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Absence/Loss›Substitute | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Philosophical›Nihilism
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Symbolism›Blood
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Self-doubt | Mental›Discovery | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Self-justifying | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental illness | Violence›Ambush
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Capture as loss | Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister
Actions: Movement›Horse | Violent›Animal attack on human | Violent›Intimidation
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Violence›Accident
Cultural Issues: Age›Baby | Violence›Killing animal
Cultural Issues: Education›Negro education | Gender›Body | Government›Civic officials | Law›Investigation | Prejudice›Racism | Segregation›Educational | Violence›Lynching
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative shift | Narrative›Summary | Narrative›Temporal projection
Actions: Economic›Accounting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Government›Voting rights | History›Civil War consequences | History›Reconstruction | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Race›White fear | Race›White supremacists | Slavery›Emancipation | Slavery›Freedom | Slavery›Interracial violence | Violence›Lynching
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Noah/flood
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Misconduct | Violence›Killing animal
Themes and Motifs: Values›Bad conduct
Aesthetics: Diction›Double entendre | Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Violence›Interracial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Dusk
Environment: Time of Day›Dinner
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Violence›Lynching
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Public›Town Square
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Verbal›Conversation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Verbal›Conversation
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Hero worship | Violent›Killing
Themes and Motifs: Values›Moral authority
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Physical›Hitting | Verbal›Demanding | Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Withholding | Violent›Beating
Cultural Issues: Violence›By police | Violence›Interracial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Style›Present tense | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Supper table
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Outrage | Movement›Car | Movement›Running | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Pushing away | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Castration | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Killing | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Race›White race | Violence›Castration | Violence›Lynching | Violence›Shooting
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Movement›Truck | Perceptual›Observing | Physical›Camping | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Telling
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Interaction, Social›Leadership
Themes and Motifs: Community›Preserving order
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Burial | Objects›Razor
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Mannie's death | Recurring Episodes›Rider in jail
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
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Violence›Drunken brawling
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Honor | Naming›Place name
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Religion›Church service | Violence›Male-female
Environment: Public›Filling Station
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Hungering | Economic›Buying | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Ordering | Verbal›Threat
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Restraining
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Cultural Issues: Violence›Killing animal
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Alienation from nature
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Two o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Smoking | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Spying | Perceptual›Watching
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Fantasizing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Canteen | Objects›Chastity belt
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Snoring | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Taunt
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Losing consciousness | Perceptual›Hearing
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing | Violent›Sexual assault
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's
Environment: Atmospheric›Hallucinated
Actions: Mental›Hallucinating
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Sexual symbol
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
Cultural Issues: Violence›Domestic | War›On homefront | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Actions: Legal›Testifying | Verbal›Lying
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Verbal›Accusatory | Violent›Murder
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional
Environment: Public›Restaurant
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Violence›Domestic
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry | Violence›Drunken brawling
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Nightgown | Clothes›Raincoat | Gender›Chivalry | Sexuality›Desire | Violence›Sexual
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Violence›Domestic
Actions: Movement›Running away
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Washington Irving
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Disordered | Violence›Ambush
Environment: Place›Gambling house
Cultural Issues: Violence›Interracial
Relationships: Interracial›Companions
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Dueling | Violence›Interracial
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›McCarron ambushed
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ab's war wound
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care
Cultural Issues: Violence›Killing animal
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Animal horse
Actions: Agricultural›Incompetent farming
Cultural Issues: Economy›Poverty | Race›White supremacists | Violence›Interracial
Actions: Emotional›Ambivalence
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Violence›Domestic
Themes and Motifs: Money›Disdaining money
Cultural Issues: Gender›All-male space | Labor›Racialized | Violence›Lynching
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Natural›Woods
Actions: Bodily›Panting | Emotional›Nostalgia | Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Verbal›Praying | Violent›Shooting
Relationships: Familial›Stepparent-child
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Jewish | Gender›Changing relationships | Gender›War | History›Spanish Civil War | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism | Violence›Rape | War›Casualties of war | War›Return from war | War›Veterans | War›Wound
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Race›Miscegenation | Violence›Torture
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Aesthetics: Language›French | Recurring Episodes›Byron Snopes' children | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Violence›Interracial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Abuse of office | Violence›By police | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder | Character›Ambitious
Relationships: Interracial›Conflict
Aesthetics: Language›Latin phrase | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Economy›And racism | Race›Economic basis of racism | Race›Inequalities | Violence›Interracial
Cultural Issues: Law›Abuse of office | Violence›By police | Violence›Interracial
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured | Violence›Ambush
Environment: Place›Official office | Time of Year›September
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Salvation
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured | Violence›Domestic
Relationships: Romantic›Infidelity
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical | Violence›Shooting
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Hotel
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Vengeful
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Entertainment›Horse race | Violence›Rape
Aesthetics: Language›Haw haw | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Abuse of office | Violence›Gendered
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Ladies parlor | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Restraining
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Alps | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Violence›Gendered
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Communication›By sound | Communication›Car horn | Communication›Telegraph | Moral›Reform | Movement›Car | Violent›Animal abuse
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Running sound | Natural›Water moving / flowing
Actions: Bodily›Retching | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Laughing | Legal›Arrest | Legal›Handcuffing | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Physical›Holding | Physical›Restraining | Verbal›Stuttering / stammering | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Kidnapping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Vest | Food›Bread | Health and Illness›Nausea | Law›Badge | Law›Constitutional right to remain silent | Law›Criminal assault | Law›Criminal assault and battery | Law›Custody | Nationality›Foreigners | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Insects butterflies | Appearance›Dirty | Body›Arm | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Shoulder | Body›Stomach/belly | Body›Throat | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Civic | Familial›Brother-sister | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Assailant-victim
Aesthetics: Description›Color yellow | Language›Foreign accent / dialect | Language›ah ah ah
Environment: Domestic Space›Chicken coop / hen house | Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Indignation | Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Picnic | Legal›Arrest | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Movement›Procession | Physical›Climbing | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Beating | Violent›Kidnapping | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Veil | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Law›Custody | Law›Marshal | Technology›Automobile | Violence›Child abuse | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Body›Foot / Feet | Memory›Forgetting
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Diction›Malapropism | Figures of Speech›Glove | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Profanity
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Olfactory›Tobacco | Public›Town hall
Actions: Communication›Pen and ink well | Legal›Arraign | Legal›Charge/accuse | Legal›Hearing | Legal›Pronouncing sentence | Legal›Record keeping | Legal›Release of prisoner | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Procession | Violent›Kidnapping | Work›Leaving work
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Ethnicity›Italian | Labor | Law›Corruption | Law›Evidence | Law›Eyewitness | Law›Hearing | Law›Justice of the Peace | Law›Legal document | Law›Legal fine | Law›Marshal | Law›Testimony | Nationality›Foreigners | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants | Nationality›U.S. citizenship | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hair | Body›Nose | Chaos/Order›Order in a courtroom | Money›Payoff | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Stove | Objects›Table | Recurring Tropes›Door | Texts›Citizenship papers | Texts›Map | Texts›Plat
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Institutional›Police-arrestee | Social›Adversarial
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Time of Day›Sunset
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Surgical castration | Sexuality›Desire | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Benjy accosts schoolgirl
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Surgical castration | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Fear | Movement›Walking | Physical›Escape from confinement | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Screaming | Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Objects›Fence | Recurring Tropes›Touch | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Social›Assailant-victim | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Rain on roof | Time of Year›November
Actions: Domestic›Discipline | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Private›Parenting | Mental›Disbelief | Mental›Skepticism | Mental›Understanding | Moral›Lying | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Honor | Verbal›Lying | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female | Violence›Child abuse
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Frogs | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Chair | Objects›Fire | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Physical discipline
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging | Crime›Murder | Technology›Car | Violence›Shooting
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance | Death›Hearse | Money›Inheritance
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Agricultural›Milking a cow | Agricultural›Planting | Agricultural›Plowing | Movement›Train | Verbal›Talking | Work›Chopping wood
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance | Death›Animal mule | Death›Response to
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Cultural Issues: Crime›Vigilantism | Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Sexuality›Adult-adolescent | Violence›Castration | Violence›Rape
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular passim | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Decayed house | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Violence›Killing animal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Hog | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Time›Awareness of time
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Weather›Cold
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Underlining
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics