Relationships: Hierarchical Master-slave
Tagged Events
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Moral›Scheming
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial | Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Place›Smokehouse | Place›Well|Wellhouse | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Physical›Ambush | Play›Historical recreation | Work›Getting water
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes | Slavery›Resistance | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Friendship›Childhood friends | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial›Companions
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Messenger | Domestic›Discipline
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Cross dressing | Clothes›Hat | Slavery›Discipline | Slavery›Loyalty | War›Destruction
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction | War›Displacement
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype | Slavery›Re-enslavement
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Actions: Bodily›Hiding | Perceptual›Surveillance
Cultural Issues: Slavery›African origins
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Death›Indian burial practices
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Natural›Orchard | Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Segregation of space | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Precognition / Something to happen
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Locking a door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Military›Reconnaissance
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype | Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Oxford, Mississippi
Actions: Communication›Writing | Economic›Scamming
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Alias | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Themes and Motifs: Character›Honesty | Values›Good conduct
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Cultural Issues: Slavery | Violence›Interracial
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Cultural Issues: Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Design
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out | Values›Determination
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Perceptual›Watching | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Objects›Pistol | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Shadow
Actions: Mental›Envisioning
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Racialism
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Interracial | Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness | Naming›Importance of naming
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Big house vs quarters | Slavery›Music | Slavery›Slaves vs masters
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male attraction | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Past›Old days | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | Slavery›Slave trading
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Marital›Social respectability | Romantic›Unrequited
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery
Actions: Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Interruption
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Incest | Slavery›Freedom | Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Ownership | Slavery›Southern curse
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance | Recurring Tropes›Endurance
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Descendants | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Actions: Perceptual›Looking back
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Gender›Masculinity | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Native American | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Loyalty | War›Civil War consequences
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Public›Jail | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Cultural Issues: Government›As source of money | Slavery›Etiquette | Slavery›Field slaves vs house slaves
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Physical›Capture | Physical›Escape from confinement | Physical›Pursuit | Work›Architect
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Architect captured
Cultural Issues: Class›White trash | Prejudice›Racism | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Slavery›Labor
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Race›Subverting a stereotype | Slavery›Re-enslavement | Slavery›Self-emancipation | Slavery›Slaves vs masters | War›Displacement
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Military›Reconnaissance
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype | Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Actions: Communication›Writing | Economic›Scamming
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Themes and Motifs: Character›Honesty | Values›Good conduct
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Domestic Space›Porch
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Place›Smokehouse | Place›Well|Wellhouse | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Physical›Ambush | Play›Historical recreation | Work›Getting water
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War as point of reference | Race›Stereotype eyes | Slavery›Resistance | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Friendship›Childhood friends | Friendship›Racial | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Interracial›Companions
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Natural›Orchard | Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes | Slavery›Domestic labor | Slavery›Segregation of space | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Precognition / Something to happen
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Labor
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Interaction, Social›Concealment | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Locking a door
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Entertainment›Poker game | Slavery›Big house vs quarters | Slavery›Commodity | Slavery›Etiquette | Slavery›Resistance
Themes and Motifs: Body›Physical disability
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Buck and Buddy's experiment
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Profanity
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Messenger | Domestic›Discipline
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Cross dressing | Clothes›Hat | Slavery›Discipline | Slavery›Loyalty | War›Destruction
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Loyalty | War›Destruction | War›Displacement
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect