Themes and Motifs: Time Travel back in time
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Abrupt shift in time
- And change
- Anticipation
- Awareness of time
- Being in time
- Being late / tardiness
- Being on time / punctuality
- Being outside of time
- Continuity
- Cyclical
- Duration of time
- Frozen / Static
- Future
- Just in time
- Living in the present
- Long passage of time
- Lost time
- Measuring time
- Past
- Permanence
- Return to present time
- Routine
- Running out
- Series of events experienced as long duration
- Simultaneity of time
- Timelessness
- Town clock
- Transcended
- Unsynchronized clocks
- Watch
- Working day
Tagged Events
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›As loss
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order | Time›Travel back in time
Environment: Natural›River | Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Heart of Darkness
Actions: Mental›Fantasizing
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Themes and Motifs: Time›Awareness of time | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Self-Reflective
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references
Themes and Motifs: Time›Travel back in time
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›As loss
Themes and Motifs: Time›Travel back in time
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Place›Barn | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Carrying
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Horses | Animals›Pigs | Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness
Cultural Issues: Food›Bread | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat | Body›Breast | Home | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Running out | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Bow and arrow | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Child-rearing | Economic›Child support | Emotional›Caring | Interaction, Private›Parenting | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Alcohol›Death from drinking | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Moral authority
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Abandonment | Marital›Breakup
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Caddy's marriage ends
Environment: Natural›Creek | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Domestic›Milking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Pigs | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fireflies | Animals›Lightning bugs | Death›Funeral | Death›Wake | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Disbelief | Mental›Misunderstanding | Physical›Obeying / obedience
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Buzzards | Animals›Fireflies | Animals›Lightning bugs | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Cold
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Pigs | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Flowers | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Natural›Grass | Natural›Trees
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Shadows
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Domestic Space›Backyard | Natural›Trees
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Animals›Dogs | Objects›Swing | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Auditory›Heartbeat | Domestic Space›Backyard | Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Nurturing | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Courting | Movement›Running | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Kissing | Physical›Touching | Violent›Fighting
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Swing | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Gate | Olfactory›Smelling trees | Olfactory›Trees | Weather›Cold
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Sleeping | Movement›Running | Movement›Walking | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Shoes | Health and Illness | Religion›Divine judgment
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Squirrel | Body›Hand / Palm | Home›Home as prison | Home›Homebound | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Booksatchel | Objects›Bottle | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Domestic
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Weather›Rain
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Waiting | Legal›Marriage | Movement›Sneaking | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Renaming | Objects›Fire | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Rain on roof | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Sadness | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Embrace / hugging
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Education›Illiteracy | Religion›Religious faith
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Faith | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Philosophical›Luck | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Naming›Nickname | Naming›Renaming | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Parents-children
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Rain on roof
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Cushion | Objects›Fire | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Library | Olfactory›Rain | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Seeing | Verbal›Wishing | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Failure to defend honor | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Nickname | Objects›Dolls | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
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
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Olfactory›Rain
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Smelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Fire | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Domestic Space›Gate | Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Education›Primary school
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Weather›Rain
Themes and Motifs: Character›Comforter | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Bowl | Objects›Stove | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Bowl | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Actions: Emotional›Sulking | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Domestic Space›Library | Olfactory›Smelling trees
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Mental›Studying | Moral›Punishment | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Burning | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Lifting
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Body›Hair | Body›Mouth | Body›Shoulder | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Chair | Objects›Cushion | Objects›Fire | Objects›Mirror | Objects›Paper | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Health and Illness›Rheumatism
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Rain
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Sick room | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Nightgown | Clothes›Undressing | Health and Illness›Measles
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Sick room | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Undressing
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Death›Response to | Memory›Remembering | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Sick room | Olfactory›Smelling death
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Kissing | Bodily›Sleeping | Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Cleaning | Emotional›Caring | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Obeying / obedience
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Clothes›Undressing | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling | Interracial›Domestic
Actions: Communication›Marriage announcement | Movement›Running | Verbal›Announcing
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Flowers Roses | Objects›Mirror | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Domestic Space›Porch | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Flowers
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Smelling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Champagne | Alcohol›Drunkenness | Clothes›Undressing | Clothes›Veil | Clothes›Vest | Clothes›Wedding dress
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Flowers Roses | Objects›Mirror | Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hymn "Holy Matrimony" | Allusion, Literary›Keble, John | Figures of Speech›Armor | Figures of Speech›Cloud | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Auditory›Clock chiming | Natural›Dirt / Earth | Public›School | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Scolding | Interaction, Private›Teacher-student | Interaction, Social›Teacher-class of students | Mental›Counting | Mental›Day-dreaming | Mental›Failing / Failure | Mental›Inattentativeness | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Education›Primary school | Health and Illness›Gastrointestinal discomfort | History›Explorers
Themes and Motifs: Body›Brain / mind | Body›Fingers | Body›Foot / Feet | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Stomach/belly | Memory›Remembering | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Measuring time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Friendship›School classmates | Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Actions: Bodily›Smelling | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Themes and Motifs: Body›Bowels | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Past›Personal past | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Door | Supernatural›Signs / Omen | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Benjamin | Allusion, Biblical›Conflation of several possible sources | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Isaiah | Allusion, Literary›Hopkins, Gerard Manley | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Windhover" | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Language›Archaic | Language›Biblical | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Recurring Episodes›Benjy's name changed | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Domestic Space›Drive | Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Worry | Movement›Carriage | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Mourning | Health and Illness›Rheumatism | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Horsewhip | Objects›Surrey | Objects›Wheel | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›Master-servant
Actions: Emotional›Theatricality | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Khaki | Clothes›Shirt | Clothes›Silk | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Memory›Remembering | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Time›Travel back in time | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Description›Color blue | Description›Color bronze | Description›Color brown | Diction›Misogynistic wording | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
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
Cultural Issues: History›Arrival of whites in Mississippi | Migration›Intraregional migration | Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual