Aesthetics: Description
Child Terms
- Animate/Inanimate
- Character portrait
- Color blue
- Color bronze
- Color brown
- Color gray
- Color green
- Color lilac
- Color maroon
- Color of leaf tobacco
- Color pink
- Color purple
- Color red
- Color white
- Color yellow
- Delayed decoding
- Eyes
- Grotesque
- Landscape
- Location portrait
- Stage direction
- Tableau
- Weight / Burden
Sibling Terms
Tagged Events
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Grayness | Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Sunset
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Reminiscence | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Description›Color gray
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Racial identity | Slavery›Ownership | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering passim | Naming›Change over time | Naming›Indian name
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Class›Dehumanization | Class›Power | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Change over time | Naming›Indian name
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Sobriety | War›World War I
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
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Home›Distance from home
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau
Actions: Play›Sports Golf
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Forgetting | Objects›Golf ball
Aesthetics: Description›Delayed decoding
Actions: Interaction, Social›Leadership | Military›Training
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Place›Cabin
Cultural Issues: Economy›Rural sales | Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Sewing machine
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Themes and Motifs: Character›Persistence | Memory›Remembering | Time›Permanence
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Education›Heidelberg | Gender›Masculinity | Group Mentality›Political solidarity
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Environment: Auditory›Cars passing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Car accident
Aesthetics: Description›Delayed decoding
Actions: Economic›Selling | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age | Race›Subverting a stereotype
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Actions: Economic›Selling | Verbal›Persuasion
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Panama hat
Relationships: Familial›Father-son in law | Interracial›Conflict
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
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: Age›Youth vs age | Progress›Roads
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
Cultural Issues: Age›Middle age
Themes and Motifs: Time›Timelessness
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Narrative›Temporal discontinuity
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting | Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: War›Going to war
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Robinson Crusoe | Description›Landscape
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Complexion | Body›Eyes | Body›Face
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental limitations
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Power of literature | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Metafictional | Narrative›First-person passim
Environment: Natural›Back country
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Relationships: Marital›Common law
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Figures of Speech›Simile
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Narrative›Delayed revelation
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Pardon | Race›Native American
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Communication›Sending mail | Play›Prank
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Drive | Domestic Space›Library
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Gender›Southern woman | War›Confederate Army
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Accent
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom | Natural›Woods | Time of Year›November | Time of Year›Summer
Aesthetics: Description›Color gray | Description›Color green
Cultural Issues: Law›Warrant | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Prejudice›Socio-economic | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Threshold
Aesthetics: Description›Location portrait
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Dilapidation
Actions: Work›Government
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Health and Illness›Amputation | Health and Illness›Injury | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Negation
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Individualism | Values›Conservatism
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate
Environment: Auditory›Nature | Domestic Space›Garden | Olfactory›Flowers | Time of Year›June
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | Race›Etiquette
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›"Wait" | Recurring Tropes›Twilight | Time›Permanence
Aesthetics: Description›Color white | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Frenchman's Bend | Public›Store | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cicadas | Animals›Lightning bugs | Philosophical›Human nature | Philosophical›Suffering | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Economic›Paying | Movement›Walking | Physical›Apprehending | Physical›Hitting | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Assault
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal authority
Themes and Motifs: Money›Filthy lucre | Objects›Ax
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Agriculture›Farming life | Law›Eye for an eye | Law›Grand jury | Law›Hearing | Law›Indictment | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits | Morals›Justice | Morals›Responsibility | Philosophical›Human nature
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Mental›Contemplation | Movement›Driving
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Environment: Domestic Space›Log house | Domestic Space›Porch | Natural›Hills | Time of Day›Morning
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Soil quality | Gender›Masculinity | Land-Use›Corn farming | Land-Use›Cotton farming
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Intertextuality›Embedded text, lettering
Environment: Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Economic›Trading | Verbal›Storytelling | Work›Farming | Work›Sawmilling
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Economy›Wages
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Frenchman's Bend
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Cleaning | Domestic›Cooking | Domestic›Milking | Domestic›Nursing | Domestic›Washing | Mental›Discovery | Moral›Lying | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Rural poverty
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Goat | Naming›False name | Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Collaborative narration
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Entertainment›Baseball | Health and Illness›Drugs | Religion›Church service
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Interaction, Social›Male gathering
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Drugs | Religion›Preacher / Minister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Conflict
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Actions: Emotional›Bewilderment | Emotional›Despair | Movement›Car | Physical›Restraining
Cultural Issues: Food›Ice-cream | Health and Illness›Drugs | Religion›Preacher / Minister
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Hierarchical›Pastor-congregant
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Cure | Health and Illness›Drugs
Relationships: Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Description›Eyes
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Narrative›Self-Reflective | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas, figuratively
Actions: Emotional›Excitement | Mental›Planning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Aviation clothes | Clothes›Cap | Clothes›Collar | Clothes›Goggles | Clothes›Shirt | Entertainment›Barnstorming | Race›Black foresight | Region›The West
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›California | Description›Eyes
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Domestic Space›Architecture | Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Time of Year›Fall | Weather›Heat
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Figures of Speech›Tomb | Genre Conventions›Gothic
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness
Actions: Movement›Horse | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Animal abuse | Violent›Restraining
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Temporal projection
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Persuasion
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Eyes
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Recovery | Movement›Swimming | Physical›Repair | Physical›Searching | Play›Betting | Verbal›Arguing | Violent›Violence against animals
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Broken bones | Health and Illness›Injured | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Body›Breast | Death›Coffin | Objects›Construction tools | Philosophical›Luck
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate | Description›Character portrait | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Bodily›Dipping snuff | Bodily›Dying | Economic›Delivery | Emotional›Resentment | Emotional›Shame | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Persuasion | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency
Themes and Motifs: Death | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Parents-children | Intergenerational›Obligation | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Language›Ellipsis | Style›Unfinished sentence
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Perceptual›Watching
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Auditory›Carpentry | Auditory›Sawing | Auditory›Voices | Time of Day›Five o'clock p.m.
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Hunting and Fishing
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical | Description›Animate/Inanimate | Description›Eyes
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal laws and regulations | War›Draft
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Character›Work ethic
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Environment: Auditory›Carpentry | Domestic Space›Deathbed | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Communication›Without words | Emotional›Resentment | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Relationships: Hierarchical›Doctor-patient
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Accident
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Worry | Verbal›Hushing | Violent
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Absence/Loss›Blame | Animals›Cows | Animals›Horses
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Style›List
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Animals›Buzzards | Death›Response to | Philosophical›Existentialism | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Dissolution | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Impatience | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fury | Movement›Hurrying | Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Style›Cubism
Environment: Atmospheric›Chaos | Atmospheric›Dangerous | Place›Livery stable
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Character›Impulsiveness | Character›Recklessness
Aesthetics: Description›Animate/Inanimate | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traditional music | Gender›Women as gentler sex / delicate
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Cerberus | Description›Delayed decoding | Figures of Speech›Simile
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injury | War›Wound
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Mask
Environment: Auditory›Dog barking | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Weather›Frost
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper
Relationships: Familial›Physical resemblances
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Cincinnatus | Description›Character portrait | Diction›Rural vernacular
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Character›Indomitable
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Food›Breakfast | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Actions: Hunting›Squirrel hunting | Perceptual›Hearing
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos | Psychological›Madness
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Cultural Issues: History›Pre-World War II issues | Race›Miscegenation | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Double entendre
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Familial›Extended family
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Perceptual›Moment of vision
Cultural Issues: Labor›Racialized | Race›Black stereotype | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Racial spheres | Segregation›Marriage
Relationships: Interracial›Marriage
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Penitentiary
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Urban | Crime›Murder | Government›Demographics | History›Great Migration | Identity, Cultural›Northerner
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Deracination | Art›Sculpture | Body›Straightened hair | Texts›Census
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Accent
Environment: Atmospheric›Wind | Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Education›Heidelberg | Law›Missing person | Race›Aunt as term for black woman | Slavery›Biblical analogy
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Bible | Texts›Translation
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Domestic›Teaching | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Crime›Murder | Gender›Lady's accoutrements | Law›Trial | Mass Media›Newspaper | Slavery›Family | Slavery›Persistence over time
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Determinism›Genetic
Relationships: Familial›Descendants | Interracial›Pseudo-family
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Diction›Racist term
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Tone›Sarcastic
Environment: Place›Official office
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Cigarette lighter
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Italian | Health and Illness›Physical deformity | Sexuality›Impotence
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Delayed revelation
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Immodest female clothing | Sexuality›Prostitution
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male domination
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Guilt | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Texts›Love letter | Values›Evil
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood | Marital›Social respectability
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Confession
Cultural Issues: Religion›Islam | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Church | Place›Country club
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Domestic›Housekeeping | Interaction, Social›Partying | Interaction, Social›Peer group | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Sharing confidences
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Respectability | Class›Status, low | Health and Illness›Hangover | Modernity›Interwar years | Religion›Catholicism
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Environment: Place›Official office
Actions: Verbal›Interruption
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Religion›Relationship with God
Relationships: Marital›As atonement
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Theatrical effect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Place›Official office
Actions: Verbal›Interruption
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male domination
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Mental›Imagining | Verbal›Speculation
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Theatrical effect
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Theatrical effect
Environment: Domestic Space›Dressing room | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›September
Actions: Bodily›Kissing | Emotional›Suspicion | Perceptual›Eavesdropping | Physical›Searching | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Fur coat / suit | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit | Clothes›Uniform | Crime›Blackmail | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Race›Black stereotype | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Sexual›Adultery
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Environment: Domestic Space›Dressing room
Actions: Mental›Disapproval | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Screaming | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Interracial
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Jewelry | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family | Money›Cash | Objects›Baby bottle
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-infant | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Marital›Adultery
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Money›Cash
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Environment: Place›Official office | Time of Day›Three o'clock a.m. | Time of Year›March
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Theatrical effect
Environment: Place›Official office
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Environment: Place›Official office
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Handkerchief
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Pause
Environment: Place›Official office
Actions: Emotional›Dread | Emotional›Repentance | Legal›Pardon | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Command
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Time›Cyclical
Environment: Place›Official office
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Cyclical
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Place›Official office
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Environment: Place›Official office
Themes and Motifs: Futility | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Philosophical›Redemption
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
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
Environment: Auditory›Unseen voice | Public›Court | Public›Courtroom | Time of Day›Five o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›November
Actions: Legal›Pronouncing sentence | Verbal›Announcing | Verbal›Praying
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creating order | Death›Death sentence | Death›Murder
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Theatrical effect | Symbolism›Theatrical
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment | Time of Day›Six o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›November
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Hysteria | Emotional›Waiting | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Abstinence | Alcohol›Whiskey | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Fur coat / suit | Clothes›Glove | Clothes›Handbag | Clothes›Hat | Crime›Drug addiction | Crime›Prostitution | Modernity›Interwar years
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Objects›Bottle | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Cigarette lighter | Objects›Furniture | Past›Past in present | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Verbal›Withholding
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Mental›Repression | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Mumbling | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Alcohol›Whiskey | Crime›Prostitution | Entertainment›Movies | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present
Relationships: Marital›As atonement
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment | Time of Day›Ten o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›March
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit | Health and Illness›Sleeping pill
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Old vs new selves
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Cigarette lighter | Past›Past in present | Values›Honor | Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hamlet | Description›Stage direction | Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Mental›Changing one's mind | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Themes and Motifs: Values›Truth/Lies
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Perceptual›Eavesdropping
Cultural Issues: Technology›Telephone
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Place›Official office | Time of Day›Two o'clock a.m. | Time of Year›March
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Withholding
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And class | Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Fur coat / suit | Clothes›Glove | Clothes›Handbag | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit
Themes and Motifs: Naming›And caste | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Cigarette lighter | Objects›Furniture | Past›As explanatory
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Theatrical effect | Symbolism›Theatrical | Tone›Sarcastic
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch
Aesthetics: Description›Grotesque
Aesthetics: Description›Grotesque
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Agriculture›Cotton | Clothes›And class | Crime›Moonshining | Crime›Murder | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Corruption | Government›Interference | Identity, Cultural›Hill country | Law›Justice of the Peace | Politics›Democracy | Race›Segregation | Race›Sundown town
Themes and Motifs: Body›Mental disability
Aesthetics: Description›Grotesque
Cultural Issues: Law›Bill of sale
Aesthetics: Description›Grotesque
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Scheming | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Race›Hierarchical | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Commercial›Boss-underling | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Murmur | Olfactory›Urine | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Agriculture›Husbandry | Progress›Infrastructure | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses | Tone›Overwrought | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Class›Elite | Race›Genealogy | Race›Mixed race
Relationships: Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Ether | Alcohol›Laws | Clothes›Dirty | Health and Illness›Addiction | Health and Illness›Doctoring
Relationships: Institutional›Doctor-patient
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Language›Haw haw haw
Actions: Movement›Car | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Progress›Cars | Progress›Electrification
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Recurring Episodes›Jefferson's first car
Cultural Issues: Law›Wanted poster
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Environment: Public›Pioneer settlement
Actions: Hunting›Fox hunting | Work›Driving
Cultural Issues: Class›Declasse | Class›Homelessness
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Sunday
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Gallery
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Traditions
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Comedy | Language›Hee hee hee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Natural›Creek | Time of Day›Lunch
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Eating
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Rubicon | Description›Landscape | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Public›Road | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›May | Time of Year›Sunday
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Progress›Country to city | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape
Actions: Communication›Telegraph
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Natural›Fecundity / lushness | Natural›Trees | Place›Road | Place›Stone wall | Weather›Coolness
Themes and Motifs: Home | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Time›Being outside of time | Time›Return to present time
Environment: Auditory›Water | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Lichen / fungi | Natural›River | Natural›Rocks / stones | Natural›Sky | Public›Bridge
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Sensing
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Return to present time
Aesthetics: Description›Color gray | Figures of Speech›Stone | Symbolism›Reflection
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Voices | Auditory›Whistle | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Hills | Natural›River | Place›Rural | Public›Bridge | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower | Time of Day›One o'clock p.m.
Actions: Economic›Purchase | Hunting›Fishing | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Male gathering | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Fishing contest | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Progress›Factory | Progress›Streetcar line
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fish trout | Money›Prize value | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Fishing rod | Objects›Watch | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Solitary | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament Book of Proverbs | Allusion, Geographical›Boston, Massachusetts | Allusion, Geographical›Canada | Description›Color yellow | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Southern dialect | Figures of Speech›Fire | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Threads
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Bees | Place›Stone wall
Actions: Hunting›Fishing | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Insects butterflies | Supernatural›Spell
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends
Environment: Natural›Body of water
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male domination | Gender›Mama's boy | Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Insects butterflies
Aesthetics: Description›Color yellow
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Fence | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Auditory›Bees | Natural›Body of water | Place›Houses | Place›Lawns | Place›Road | Public›Street
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Hoofbeats | Auditory›Tree / leaves
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
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Shame | Perceptual›Sensing | Physical›Pushing away | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
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
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: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Movement›Buggy | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Description›Color white
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Grass | Natural›River | Place›Houses | Public›Bridge | Public›Street | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Physical›Nodding | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes | Economy›Poverty | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Nationality›Immigration|Immigrants
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Stillness
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Description›Color pink
Environment: Auditory›Bees | Domestic Space›Barn | Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Natural›Grass | Natural›Orchard | Natural›Vines | Natural›Weeds | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Place›Houses | Place›Road | Weather›Rain
Actions: Movement›Running | Perceptual›Looking back | Physical›Escaping
Cultural Issues: Clothes
Themes and Motifs: Home | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Fence | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home
Actions: Bodily›Swallowing | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Physical›Kissing | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Slapping
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Learning about | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Values›Honor | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic
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›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: 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
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Scolding | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Courting | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Legal›Arrest | Movement›Car | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Kidnapping
Cultural Issues: Class›Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | Clothes›Veil | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Gender›Dirty girl | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›Women as gentler sex / delicate | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Identity, Cultural›Yankee | Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self | Technology›Automobile
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic
Aesthetics: Description›Color white | Tone›Sarcastic
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Immigrant neighborhood | Place›Houses | Public›Bridge | Public›Street
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Perceptual›Passing from sight | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Verbal›Bragging | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Invitation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Garment female | Clothes›Hat cap | Clothes›Motoring clothes | Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Body›Arm
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›England | Description›Color pink
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Body›Hand / Palm | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Light | Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Heartbeat | Auditory›Insect sounds | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Creek | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›Sand | Natural›Sky | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Rain | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Heart beating | Bodily›Panting | Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Lying | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Starting over | Physical›Touching | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Skirt | Clothes›Wet clothes | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Sensuality | Sexuality›Sex and death | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Insects crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Hips | Body›Knee | Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Objects›Fence | Objects›Willow tree | Objects›knife | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Romantic›Sexual | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Description›Color gray | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Island of silence | Figures of Speech›Mirror | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Language›no no | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Cleansing power of water | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Olfactory›Oversweet organic
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Sensuality
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Pasture | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Smelling water
Aesthetics: Description›Color gray | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Natural›Creek | Olfactory›Oversweet organic
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Failure to defend honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Domestic Space›Gate | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Love | Violent›Intent to kill
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Year›Easter | Weather›Fog | Weather›Rain
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mexico | Description›Color blue | Description›Color maroon | Description›Color purple
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Cellar | Olfactory›Smelling death
Actions: Emotional›Anguish | Perceptual›Smelling
Themes and Motifs: Art›Music | Objects›Fence | Objects›Musical instrument | Objects›Saw | Objects›Umbrella | Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Description›Color maroon | Description›Color purple
Environment: Domestic Space›Supper table | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Throwing | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Fighting
Themes and Motifs: Body›Arm | Body›Mouth | Objects›Drinking glass | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Interracial›Domestic
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Ferris wheel | Entertainment›World's Fair | Materialism›Americana | Materialism›Souvenir | Progress›Skyscraper
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Objects›Jewelry Charm | Objects›Opera glass | Objects›Peep-hole viewer / Stanhope | Objects›Watch
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
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
Actions: Movement›Streetcar | Perceptual›Seeing | Work›Maritime / Marine
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat, straw | Technology›Shipping schooner | Technology›Shipping tugboat
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
Actions: Economic›Banking | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Learning | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Speculation
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Money›Filthy lucre
Relationships: Commercial›Rivalry
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Relationships: Commercial›Boss-underling
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Environment: Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Clothes›Tie | Sexuality›Learning about | Technology›Car
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau | Figures of Speech›Simile
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Texts | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Widower
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Color gray | Narrative›Anticipation
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Work›Restauranteer
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Commercial›Employer-employee | Familial›Parents-children
Environment: Public›Blacksmith
Actions: Work›Sharpening
Cultural Issues: Race›Black property ownership
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait
Environment: Time of Year›January
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Anxiety | Emotional›Fear | Physical›Delivering
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy | Texts›Love letter
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype eyes | Race›Stereotype: smell | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Displacement
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Disorder
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Actions: Emotional›Sympathy | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War consequences | War›Displacement
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Language›Profanity
Actions: Movement›Hiding | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Assault | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes
Actions: Violent›Fighting | Violent›Killing | Violent›Restraining | Violent›Shooting | Violent›Stabbing
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging | Clothes›Confederate uniform | Clothes›Yankee uniform | Slavery›Violence
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Day›Evening
Cultural Issues: Modernity›Changing customs
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Responsibility | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Olfactory›Flowers | Time of Day›Midnight
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female intuition | Law›Eye for an eye
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Lucifer | Description›Eyes | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Olfactory›Flowers | Place›Hotel | Public›Street | Time of Day›Eleven o'clock | Weather›Heat
Relationships: Friendship›Interracial
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Typography/Orthography›Italics
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
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war | Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau