Themes and Motifs: Values Propriety
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Bad conduct
- Charity
- Conscience
- Conservatism
- Courage
- Decorum
- Determination
- Devotion
- Dignity
- Durability
- Evil
- Faithfulness
- Family honor
- Family values
- Good conduct
- Greed
- Honor
- Idealism
- Imagination
- Independence
- Justice
- Liberty
- Love
- Loyalty
- Misogyny
- Moral authority
- Providence
- Refinement
- Sacrifice
- Selflessness
- Success
- Truth/Lies
- Valor
- Virtue
Tagged Events
Actions: Domestic›Discipline | Verbal›Praying
Cultural Issues: Religion›Forgiveness
Actions: Communication›Censorship | Emotional›Worry
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Entertainment›Popular literature
Relationships: Friendship›School classmates
Actions: Emotional›Resignation
Relationships: Marital›Social respectability | Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Gender›Widow | Migration›Intraregional migration | War›Civil War consequences
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Capitalization
Actions: Emotional›Vindictive | Interaction, Social›Visiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Values›Propriety
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
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation | Moral›Corrupting | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Puritan | Race›White race | Religion›Godhead | Ritual›Initiation | Sexuality›Prostitution | Sexuality›Racialized | Slavery›Commodity | Slavery›Racialism | Slavery›Sex
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Body›Hair | Character›Gambler | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Philosophical›Evolution | Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine | Values›Decorum | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Friendship | Interracial›Marriage
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Seed
Actions: Legal›Charge/accuse | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Destructive behavior | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Crime›Arson | Economy›Evaluate exchange value | Economy›Property | Health and Illness›Mental illness
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Divine plan | Death›Burial | Philosophical›Ethics | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson | Values›Propriety
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Emotional›Disappointment | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Race›Behaving/becoming "black"
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Marital›Divorce
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Cultural Issues: Race›Behaving/becoming "black" | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Blackstone | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Movement›Car | Verbal›Disagreeing
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Religion›Baptist | Religion›Uncharitable
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Verbal›Denial | Verbal›Disagreeing
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Verbal›Disagreeing
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Gothic
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Aesthetics: Diction›Misogynistic wording | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Crime›Prostitution | Sexuality›Prostitution
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Alcohol›Beer | Alcohol›Gin | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Shoes | Entertainment›Traditional music | Gender›Men vs women | Sexuality›Perverse | Sexuality›Voyeurism
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Verbal›Accusatory
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›France | Diction›Southern dialect
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Sexuality›Perverse
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Legal›Testifying
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple leaves train
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas | Values›Propriety
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Actions: Communication›And deafness
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Cultural Issues: History›Communism | History›Pre-World War II issues | History›Spanish Civil War | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism
Aesthetics: Style›Address to reader | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Communication›And deafness | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Love | Verbal›Requesting
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human experience | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Gender›Lady
Relationships: Familial›Uncertain relationship
Actions: Communication›Telegraph
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses
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: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Clock chiming
Actions: Communication›Letter
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Immodest female clothing | Entertainment›Traveling show | Gender›Clothing
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Values›Family honor | Values›Propriety
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›Dining room | Time of Year›Easter
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Emotional›Cruelty | Emotional›Sulking | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Locking a door | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Smallpox | Mass Media›Newspaper | Religion›Divine judgment | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Character›Self-righteousness | Death›Longing for death | Objects›Fire | Objects›Mirror | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Uncle-niece
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Injury
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Drawing of an eye
Environment: Time of Year›April | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Communication›Letter | Communication›Marriage announcement | Economic›Banking | Economic›Selling | Emotional›Contempt | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Mental›Distrust | Mental›Learning | Movement›Car | Movement›Limousine | Physical›Driving | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Joking | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Class›Gentility | Class›Pretension | Clothes›Garter | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Harvard | Entertainment›Circus | Gender›Marriage | Region›The South | Sexuality›Incest
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Elephants | Animals›Fleas | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Body›Teeth | Character›Inherited traits | Character›Reputation | Community›Wedding | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Inheritance›Traits | Memory›Remembering | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Honor | Objects›Candle | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Supernatural›Spell | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Honor | Values›Propriety | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College roommate | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Fiance | Romantic›Flirtation | Sexual | Social›Adversarial | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›South Bend, Indiana | Allusion, Literary›Byron | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Don Juan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Marmion" | Allusion, Literary›Scott, Walter | Figures of Speech›Puppy | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Long sentence | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Perceptual›Spying
Themes and Motifs: Time›Awareness of time | Values›Propriety
Actions: Physical›Discovering
Themes and Motifs: Community›Social life | Values›Propriety
Actions: Communication›Letter
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | War›Reconstruction
Themes and Motifs: Community›Conformity | Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Domestic›Knitting | Violent›Intimidation
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Olfactory›Old woman smell
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Moral›Lying | Movement›Hiding | Perceptual›Investigating | Perceptual›Listening | Violent›Killing of animals
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Trans-regional | Gender›Chivalry | War›Homefront | War›Union Army
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Actions: Domestic›Discipline | Verbal›Praying
Cultural Issues: Religion›Forgiveness