Themes and Motifs: Appearance
Child Terms
- As character
- Baldness
- Beautiful/handsome
- Complexion
- Condition of heaviness
- Cosmetics
- Depth / deepness
- Diminishment / fading
- Dirty
- Fatness / obesity
- Feminine
- Hair pigtails
- Inscrutable
- Invisibility
- Librarian look
- Nakedness
- Nondescript
- Perspective
- Pretending / Feigning
- Racialized
- Red necks
- Scruffiness
- Similarity
- Surface
- Ugliness
Tagged Events
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous | Place›Indian mound
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Government | Group Mentality›Communal story | History›Civil War | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Deracination | Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Appearance›Diminishment / fading | Community›Local legends | Naming›Renaming | Past | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Place | Texts›Novel
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Hunting camps
Actions: Bodily›Hiccups | Emotional›Self-pity | Moral›Scheming | Play›Joking around | Play›Prank | Verbal›Joking
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Cure | Health and Illness›Indian medicine | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Invisibility | Time›Measuring time
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Character›Laziness
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Interracial›Indian-white
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Body | Law›Regulation | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Appearance›Complexion | Objects›Poison
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Flag
Actions: Bodily›Gaining weight
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Gender›Body | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Body›Hair | Death
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Uniform
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning
Cultural Issues: Religion›Damnation | Religion›Presbyterian | Religion›Sin | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Fetishism | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Feminine | Body | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Longing for death | Death›Suicide | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Family honor | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Cultural Issues: Government›State capital
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning
Actions: Perceptual›Misreading
Cultural Issues: Politics›Exploitative | Prejudice›Anti-Catholic | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism | Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Character›Hypocrisy | Character›Power
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Emotional›Introspective | Emotional›Shame
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Recurring Tropes›Dark house | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Environment: Domestic Space›Closet
Actions: Interaction, Social›Competition | Verbal›Rumor | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Race›Passing | Race›Racial identity | Sexuality›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Racialized
Relationships: Interracial›Prospective
Actions: Verbal›Requesting
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Marital›Social respectability | Sexual›Extramarital
Actions: Physical›Undressing
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Objects›Clock
Actions: Economic›Trading | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Appearance›Inscrutable | Body›Face
Relationships: Familial›Father-son in law | Interracial›White-black
Actions: Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Exhaustion | Emotional›Rage
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Watch chain
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable | Money›Treasure
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Narrative›Repetition
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Fatness / obesity | Community›Knowledge | Objects›Dolls
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Puberty
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Appearance›Pretending / Feigning
Relationships: Romantic›Flirtation
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nondescript
Actions: Mental›Disorientation
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nondescript | Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Red necks | Death›Corpse | Texts›Death certificate
Environment: Place›Sawmill | Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hunting clothes
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Scruffiness
Actions: Mental›Self-consciousness
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Hunting clothes | Progress›Country to city
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Scruffiness
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Hunting›Bear hunting | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Appearance›Scruffiness | Objects›Gun
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Appearance›Scruffiness | Body›Blood
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Complexion | Body›Eyes | Body›Face
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Actions: Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Fear | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Strip searching | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Learning about | Sexuality›Puberty
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Past›Parental
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Time of Year›June
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Panama hat
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable
Cultural Issues: Crime›Making whisky
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable
Cultural Issues: Education›Mentorship
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable | Psychological›Motivation
Actions: Emotional›Satisfaction
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Sacramental
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Home›Homebound | Values›Good conduct
Cultural Issues: Class›Planter vs farmer
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Place›Plantation
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Diminishment / fading | Art›Poetry | Character›Pride | Morals›Honor | Morals›Justice | Texts›Poetry | Values›Courage | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
Environment: Time of Year›Fall
Actions: Hunting›Setting up camp
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Annual
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Perspective
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Feeding | Domestic›Nursing | Physical›Burial | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Law›Custody | Law›Legal document
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Complexion
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Communication›Writing | Movement›Surrey
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Appearance›Similarity | Body›Face | Community›Social life | Death›Burial | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Loom | Figures of Speech›Skull | Figures of Speech›Stone | Narrative›Self-Reflective
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway | Place›Plantation
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal | Race›Division | Race›Miscegenation | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Body›Face | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Touch | Supernatural›Haunting
Relationships: Familial | Interracial
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Italics
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
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Body›Voice | Objects›Eyeglasses | Recurring Tropes›Odor
Relationships: Friendship
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Age›Premature aging | Age›Spinsterhood | Clothes›Confederate uniform | Clothes›Glove
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Appearance | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Coffin | Death›Funeral | Objects›Corpse | Objects›Sword
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Emotional›Overwhelmed | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Past›Repetition
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Race | Slavery›Quarters
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Complexion | Supernatural›Haunted house
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Ripple | Figures of Speech›Water | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Perceptual›Hearing | Verbal›Insulting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Similarity | Memory›Uncertain
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Body›Eyes | Body›Thinness | Past›Past in present
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Clay | Recurring Episodes›Sutpen's arrival
Cultural Issues: Clothes
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Character›Inherited traits | Meaning›Paternity
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College companions / classmates
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Gender›Feminine man
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Character›Inherited traits | Recurring Tropes›Imitation | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College companions / classmates
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Character›Inherited traits
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Launcelot | Typography/Orthography›Italics
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: Communication›Lack of communication | Emotional›Longing
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Character›Inherited traits
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Memory›Remembering
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Objects›Basket | Objects›Portmanteau | Objects›Tarpaulin
Relationships: Civic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes | Narrative›Anti-climax
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Beaver hat | Clothes›Frock coat
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance | Character›Power | Character›Ruthless | Objects›Basket | Objects›Portmanteau | Objects›Tarpaulin
Relationships: Civic
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Mental›Envisioning | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›Formal | Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Romantic›Courtship
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Mental›Self-consciousness | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Formal | Clothes›Frock coat | Clothes›Hat | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Character›Swagger
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Rain
Cultural Issues: War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Appearance | Objects›Candelabra | Objects›Damask | Objects›Porcelain
Relationships: Familial
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Chaos/Order | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Physical resemblances
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Face
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Movement›Carriage
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Complexion | Character›Regal | Recurring Tropes›Performance
Relationships: Familial›Sister-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Figures of Speech›Personification
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Appearance
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Actions: Mental›Envisioning
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Character›Swagger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Macbeth | Allusion, Mythical›Phoenix | Ambiguity
Environment: Domestic Space›Plantation house
Actions: Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Appearance›Cosmetics | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Death›Deathbed | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Supernatural›Place
Relationships: Familial›Sister-sister
Actions: Military›Enlistment | Movement›Carriage
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Similarity | Body›Face
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Actions: Mental›Channeling | Movement›Wagon
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Red necks | Body›Hair | Death
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Playing music | Emotional›Jealousy | Physical›Kissing | Play›Tennis | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Sports | Gender›Men vs women | Mass Media›Magazines | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Physical›Dancing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Entertainment›Recital | Gender›Dirty girl | Gender›Female stereotype | Gender›Separate spaces
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Baldness | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Piano | Texts›Love letter
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Parents-children | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Booth, William | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Bodily›Watching | Emotional›Coldness | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Shopping | Physical›Tripping | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Sensuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable | Body›Eyes
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Body›Eyes
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Ghost
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable | Body›Eyes
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Gender›New Woman | Global›Travel | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Sexuality›Sexual passion
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Sexual
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Gender
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Feminine
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Objects›Milk
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Intergenerational›Conflict | Social›Paternalism
Cultural Issues: Labor›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Fatness / obesity
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Manipulative
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Appearance›Nakedness
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Religion›Church service | Violence›Male-female
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Health and Illness›Doctoring | Sexuality›Virginity
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home
Environment: Public›Post office
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Appearance›Cosmetics | Futility›Nothing to do
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Hiding | Verbal›Persuasion | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Morals›Justice | Past›Quest to recover
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Clothes›Handbag | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Objects›Bed | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Gun | Objects›Perfume
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Reba's
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m.
Environment: Place›Speakeasy | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Entertainment›Dancing | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Impotence
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Art›Jazz music
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Decayed plantation
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Ugliness
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Perceptual›Voyeurism | Perceptual›Watching
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty
Actions: Interaction, Social›Shopping | Interaction, Social›Spectate | Mental›Curiosity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›As character
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics
Environment: Natural›River | Natural›Tide flat / marsh | Natural›Trees | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Weather
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Anxiety | Mental›Contemplation | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Class›noblesse-oblige | Entertainment›Boat race | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Traits | Gender›Women | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Art›Photograph | Character›Inherited traits | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Boat | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Evil
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Romantic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›New London, Connecticut | Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Mid-sentence insertion of another thought | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Fireplace|Mantel
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Bribing | Economic›Gifting | Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Economic›Lending Money | Economic›Offering to buy | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Hurting | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Interaction, Social›Shaking hands | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Learning | Moral›Cheating | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Physical›Intrusion | Physical›Travel | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Flattery | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Revealing | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Education›College or school traditions | Education›Harvard | Education›Life after graduation | Education›School year | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Widow | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper comics / funny paper | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Premarital | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Character›Bookishness | Character›Honesty | Character›Integrity | Memory›Remembering | Money›As motive | Money›Bill | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigar | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Values›Devotion | Values›Honor | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Fiance | Sexual›Extramarital | Social›Adversarial | Social›Fellow alumni of a college or university
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›Havana, Cuba | Allusion, Literary›Galahad | Diction›Double entendre | Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech›Parrot | Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Natural›River | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Noon | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Mental›Unaware | Movement›Interurban streetcar / trolley | Physical›Meddling | Physical›Protection | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Requesting
Cultural Issues: Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Sick as euphemism for pregnancy | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Cousin | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homosocial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Allusion, Literary›Antony and Cleopatra | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Gods | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Natural›Body of water | Natural›Leaf / leaves | Natural›River | Public›Bridge
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Hiding
Cultural Issues: Religion›Resurrection
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fish | Animals›Insects mayflies | Appearance›Depth / deepness | Appearance›Surface | Body›Eyes | Death›Afterlife | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Bones | Death›Compared to sleep | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Objects›Flat-iron | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Judgment Day | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Allusion, Mythical›Narcissus | Figures of Speech›Arrow | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Simile | Symbolism›Christian
Environment: Auditory›Hoofbeats | Natural›Trees | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Diminishment / fading | Objects›Wheel | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Olfactory›Baking / bread
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Economic›Purchase | Emotional›Caring | Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Charity | Moral›Judgmental | Moral›Stealing | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Jewish | Ethnicity›Offensive terminology | Food›Bread | Food›Cake | Food›Coffee | Gender›Femininity | Gender›Masculine woman | Gender›Stereotype librarian / school teacher | Mass Media›Newspaper | Nationality›American | Nationality›Foreigners | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants | Prejudice
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Librarian look | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Money›Nickel coin | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Coffee | Objects›Ring | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Civic›Charity | Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Isolation
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Work›Doctor / medical care
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Fatness / obesity
Relationships: Commercial›Doctor-patient
Environment: Atmospheric›Full moon | Atmospheric›Harvest moon | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Otherworldly›Moon / Lunar | Time of Year›Lunar month / cycle
Actions: Emotional›Attraction | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Lust | Interaction, Social›Concealment
Cultural Issues: Gender›Body | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Men vs women | Gender›Menstruation / menstrual cycle | Gender›Women as gentler sex / delicate | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Sexuality›Birth control | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Disgust with sex | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Sensuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Body›Foot / Feet | Body›Hips | Body›Pregnancy | Body›Thighs | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Recurring Tropes›Father said
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Flowers | Natural›Moss | Natural›River | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Natural›Woods | Place›Road
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Emotional›Worry | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Sensing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hair ribbons | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Food›Bread | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Hair pigtails | Appearance›Invisibility | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Home | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Meaning›Profound | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Solitude | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell
Environment: Natural›Body of water | Natural›River
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Swimming | Movement›Walking | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Shouting
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Body
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Description›Color brown
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Barn | Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Hogwallow | Natural›Mud | Olfactory›Animal / stable | Olfactory›Hog / pig pen | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Movement›Walking | Physical›Jumping | Physical›Rolling / wallowing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Shirt | Gender›Dirty girl | Health and Illness›Pneumonia | Sexuality›Learning about
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic | Sexual
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Domestic Space›Hogwallow | Natural›Mud | Olfactory›Hog / pig pen | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Sweetness | Perceptual›Tasting | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Touching | Physical›Turning away | Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Sensuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Face | Body›Fingers | Body›Legs | Body›Lips | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Freudian | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Moss | Natural›River | Public›Bridge
Actions: Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Exasperation | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Beavers | Animals›Horses | Appearance›Nakedness | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Body›Chins | Body›Male body | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Wetness | Natural›Grass | Natural›Mud | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Feeling pain | Bodily›Panting | Domestic›Washing | Emotional›Caring | Violent›Scratching
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
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: Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Trees | Olfactory›Perfume smell | Place›Stone wall | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hysteria | Emotional›Laughing | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Sadness | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Mental›Suppression / trying not to think | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Car | Movement›Swimming | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Touching | Physical›Wave / waving | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Chatter
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wine | Alcohol›Wine hamper | Class›Gentility | Ethnicity›Italian | Food›Bread | Gender›Dirty girl | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Knee | Body›Throat | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homoerotic
Environment: Natural›Cedar trees | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Otherworldly›Hellfire
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Confession | Moral›Punishment | Moral›Purification | Physical›Burning | Physical›Inaction / Not doing something | Physical›Pointing | Physical›Starting over
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Class›Class consciousness | Religion›Damnation | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Orgasm | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Character›Responsibility | Death›Afterlife | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Gospel of Luke | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Literary›Dante's Inferno | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" | Figures of Speech›Affirmation | Figures of Speech›Clean flame | Figures of Speech›Locked | Figures of Speech›Wild breath | Language›Fragments | Language›yes Yes Yes yes | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Bricolage | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Bodily›Squatting | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Undressing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Clothes›Undressing | Education›Primary school | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Sibling | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial consciousness | Religion›African American | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Immodest female clothing | Entertainment›Traveling show | Gender›Clothing
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Immodest female clothing | Clothes›Tie | Education›Truancy | Entertainment›Traveling show | Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Domestic Space›Cellar | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Year›New Year
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Character›Innocence | Objects›Firewood
Environment: Place›Church | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Interaction, Social›Church | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Religion›Church service | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Ritual›Easter
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Diminishment / fading | Objects›Flowers
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›St. Louis
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Clock ticking | Public›Clock tower | Public›Store | Public›Store window | Public›Street
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Private›Street vendor / service worker | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking away | Perceptual›Seeing | Work›Boot-black / Shoe shine | Work›Jeweler
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Baldness | Money›Gift of money | Money›Nickel coin | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Jeweler's loupe / magnifying glass | Objects›Watch | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Town clock
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Atmospheric›Wind | Auditory›Clock ticking | Natural›Body of water | Public›Store window | Time of Year›December
Cultural Issues: Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Baldness | Body›Hair | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Objects›Watch | Philosophical›Nihilism | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Supernatural›Folk customs | Supernatural›Superstitions | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Measuring time | Time›Timelessness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Philosopher Bergson, Henri | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Drained marsh | Figures of Speech›Gull | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Water | Narrative›African-American folk sayings
Actions: Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Mental›Learning | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Condition of heaviness | Death›Preparing for death | Death›Suicide | Meaning›Absurdity | Objects›Flat-iron | Philosophical›Human experience | Philosophical›Human nature | Recurring Tropes›Father said
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Ice floes / iceberg | Atmospheric›Wind | Natural›River | Time of Year›March | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Economic›Renting | Legal›Calling police | Mental›Believing | Movement›Boat | Movement›Car | Movement›Following | Movement›Matching / Paralleling | Play›Sports Crew / rowing | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Fur coat / suit | Clothes›Hat, straw | Law›Police | Religion›God | Religion›God with human characteristics | Religion›Godhead | Religion›Relationship with God | Religion›Sacrilege
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Character›Regal
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Geographical›Arctic | Allusion, Geographical›Charles River | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Geographical›Massachusetts | Allusion, Historical›Explorers | Figures of Speech›King and/or queen | Figures of Speech›Planets | Figures of Speech›Sheep | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Domestic Space›Apartment | Domestic Space›College dormitory | Natural›River | Public›Chapel | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Birth / Being born | Emotional›Stubbornness | Moral›Condoning | Moral›Forgiveness | Movement›Boat | Play›Sports Crew / rowing
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›British nobility | Class›noblesse-oblige | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Education›Chapel Service (morning prayers) | Gender›Lady | Region›The South | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Character›Regal | Naming›French noble names | Naming›Long name | Time›Return to present time | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Cambridge, Massachusetts | Allusion, Geographical›Kentucky | Allusion, Geographical›Mason and Dixon Line | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Communication›Letter | Economic›Gifting | Emotional›Suspicion | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Moral›Deception | Physical›Saluting | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | Verbal›Code-switching / Change in dialect | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Rumor | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Racial|Regional stereotypes about drinking | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Uniform | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Divinity school | Education›Graduation | Education›Harvard | Ethnicity›Italian | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes | Race›Rules / norms for addressing whites | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Race›Uncle Tom | Ritual›Holiday | War›Grand Army of the Republic / G.A.R. | War›Military rank of general
Themes and Motifs: Appearance | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Community›Columbus Day | Community›Parade | Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Hypocrisy | Objects›Luggage | Recurring Tropes›Gossip | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›White-black | Social›Mentorship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Princeton University | Allusion, Historical›Columbus, Christopher | Allusion, Historical›Lincoln, Abraham | Allusion, Historical›Women's Christian Temperance Union / W.C.T.U. | Allusion, Literary›Stowe, Harriet Beecher | Allusion, Literary›Uncle Tom's Cabin | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Foreshadowing
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Delivering | Physical›Waiting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dressed up
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Texts›Letters | Time›Frozen / Static
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Attractiveness
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics
Environment: Public›Town Square
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Inscrutable
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Playing cards
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Water | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Arrivals/Departures›Departure