Aesthetics: Symbolism
Child Terms
Sibling Terms
Tagged Events
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Government›Right of secession
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Impermanence
Environment: Time of Year›Easter
Cultural Issues: Crime›Breaking and entering
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Money›Stolen
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Recurring Episodes›Miss Quentin runs away | Symbolism›Christian
Actions: Emotional›Contempt | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Grief | Physical›Waiting | Physical›Walking | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Meaning›Absurdity | Objects›Briefcase | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Photograph | Philosophical›Existentialism
Environment: Natural›Wilderness | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Values›Good conduct
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Symbolism›Blood
Actions: Emotional›Restlessness | Perceptual›Misreading
Cultural Issues: Race›Shadow of Negro
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda
Actions: Interaction, Private›Sexual
Cultural Issues: Gender›Flapper | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda
Actions: Interaction, Private›Courting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness | Prejudice›Racism
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Psychological›Disembodiment
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom
Actions: Emotional›Seduction | Violent›Domestic violence | Violent›Intent to kill
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Cleansing power of water
Environment: Domestic Space›Dilapidation | Olfactory›Old woman smell | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Ritual›Funeral | Slavery›Biblical analogy | Slavery›Legacy after emancipation | Slavery›Music
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Body›Eyes | Objects›Pipe | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Interracial›White-black
Cultural Issues: Labor›Translation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses | Symbolism›Shadows
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Weather›Rain
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Injury | Hunting›Waiting | Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Work›Painting|Drawing
Environment: Auditory›Heartbeat | Time of Day›Twilight
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Metaphorical elephant | Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Home›Home as prison | Objects›Shotgun | Recurring Tropes›Door
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Values›Faithfulness
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Perceptual›Professional surveillance
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Marital›Loving | Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Restlessness
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Competition | War›As metaphor
Actions: Perceptual›Misreading
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Point-of-view
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Age›Rite of passage | Hunting and Fishing›Ritual
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Recurring Tropes›Killing first deer/marked with blood
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Symbolism›Blood
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | Ritual›Initiation | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Story-telling
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Impermanence | Tone›Humorous
Actions: Domestic›Food preparation
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Symbolism›Blood
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Deprivation
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Symbolism›Roman
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing | Symbolism›Time
Cultural Issues: Age›Spinsterhood | Class
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Importance of naming | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Dream turns to dust | Values›Determination
Relationships: Familial
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Clothes | Race›Colorism | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Cultural Issues: Slavery | Violence›Interracial
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Emotional›Longing | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Horse | Movement›Steamboat | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-son | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Mental›Envisioning
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Forced migration | Slavery›Racialism
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Actions: Mental›Envisioning | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creation
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis | Symbolism›Hamsa | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Perceptual›Ambiguity | Verbal›Storytelling
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
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
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Southern woman
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Supernatural›Phantom
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow | Symbolism›Blood
Themes and Motifs: Character›Violent | Death›And inheritance | Death›Anticipation of death | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative anomaly | Symbolism›Blood
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Pregnancy | Communication›Without words | Emotional›Cynicism | Violent›Whipping
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Absence/Loss›Substitute | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Philosophical›Nihilism
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Symbolism›Blood
Actions: Bodily›Breastfeeding | Domestic›Cleaning
Themes and Motifs: Death›Preparing for death | Meaning›Interpretation of symbol | Meaning›Maternity | Meaning›Meaninglessness
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Fish | Death›Response to
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Symbolism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute | Animals›Fish
Relationships: Familial›Childlessness | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Environment: Place›Farm | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Spring
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Nationality›Foreigners | War›World War I | War›Wound
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Psychological›Trauma
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Symbolism›Shadows
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright | Law›Inheritance refusal
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Gender›Masculinity | Race›Stereotype: smell
Themes and Motifs: Death›In childbirth
Relationships: Familial›Genealogy | Friendship›Childhood friends | Interracial›Mammy-child
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Gender›Masculinity | Government›Usurpation | Race›Etiquette | Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Genealogy | Friendship›Childhood friends
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Gender›Masculinity | Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Childhood friends
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Marital›Divorce
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Traits
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Patriarch
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure | Objects›Metal detector
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›Mammy-child | Marital
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical | Symbolism›Fire
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Marital›Loving | Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Restlessness
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Slavery›Biblical curse | Slavery›Miscegenation | Slavery›Slave trading
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Wildness
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Ham | Narrative›Perspective | Symbolism›Blood | Symbolism›Cage
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Labor›Racialized | Slavery›Metaphorical
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Age›Rite of passage
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Age›Rite of passage | Hunting and Fishing›Ritual
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Killing first deer/marked with blood
Cultural Issues: History›Indian Removal | Slavery›Curse
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Actions: Economic›Accounting | Economic›Share-cropping|Tenantry
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Ownership | Slavery›Southern curse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Familial›Descendants
Environment: Natural›Wilderness | Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Age›Rite of passage | History›Civil War as point of reference | Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Memory›Remembering | Past›Grander than present | Recurring Tropes›Killing first deer/marked with blood | Values›Good conduct
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interracial›Indian-white
Actions: Emotional›Restlessness | Perceptual›Misreading
Cultural Issues: Race›Shadow of Negro
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant | Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Diction›Double entendre | Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery | Symbolism›Shadows
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Hearth | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth
Actions: Mental›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Interracial›Mammy-child
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Race›Black family working for white | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Racial identity
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Interracial›Mammy-child | Marital›Jealousy
Environment: Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Mental›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Bodily›Breathing | Emotional›Jealousy | Mental›Planning | Mental›Remembering | Violent›Intent to kill
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Marital›Jealousy
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Fire | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Breastfeeding | Emotional›Rage | Mental›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Interracial›Mammy-child | Marital›Jealousy
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Fire | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Mental›Remembering | Violent›Intent to kill
Cultural Issues: Economy›Savings | Gender›Masculinity | Race›Equal rights | Race›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance | Objects›Razor
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Husband-wife
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Violent›Intent to kill
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Slavery›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Competitive
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Hearth
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Domestic›Cooking
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›Mammy-child
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Domestic›Child care
Cultural Issues: Clothes›And race | Clothes›Shoes | Gender›Masculinity | Race›Miscegenation | Race›Stereotype black women's sexual promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Marital›Jealousy
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Fire | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Race›Miscegenation
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Government›National authority
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Interpretation of symbol | Objects›Padlock
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Environment: Place›Official office
Actions: Verbal›Interruption
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
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: 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
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Verbal›Revealing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Christian | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Atmospheric›Hallucinated
Actions: Mental›Hallucinating
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Sexual symbol
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Cars passing | Natural›Creek bottom | Natural›Spring | Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Four o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›May
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Disorder | Objects›Books
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Symbolism›Reflection
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Reflection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure
Relationships: Marital›Marriage vs freedom | Marital›Wedding
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Military | Religion›Preacher / Minister | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging | War›World War II
Cultural Issues: Law›Chain gang | Law›Incarceration
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Train | Philosophical›Freedom
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Embarrassment | Emotional›Reassurance | Emotional›Shame | Emotional›Worry | Interaction, Private›Courting | Moral›Deception | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Punning | Verbal›Stating intent to leave home / run away
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Salt lick | Class›Class consciousness | Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Death | Memory›Forgetting | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Values›Honor | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Language›Fragments | Narrative›Repetition | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Emotional›Cynicism | Emotional›Frustration
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Supernatural›Eternity | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Running out
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Angel | Figures of Speech›Gull | Figures of Speech›Invisible wire | Symbolism›Christian
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: Natural›Body of water | Natural›Cavern / Grotto | Natural›Sea / Ocean
Cultural Issues: Progress›Smoke stack | Religion›Resurrection
Themes and Motifs: Death›Bones | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Objects›Flat-iron | Psychological›Peace | Time›Awareness of time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Judgment Day | Allusion, Literary›Coleridge, Samuel | Allusion, Literary›Dickinson, Emily | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "Kubla Khan" | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Literary›The Tempest | Symbolism›Sexual symbol
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: 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: 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›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›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›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
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Olfactory›Oversweet organic
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Sensuality
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Smelling water | Time of Day›Twilight
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Insomnia
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Shadows
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Shadows
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Auditory›Clock ticking
Actions: Communication›Letter
Themes and Motifs: Body›Blood | Objects›Gasoline | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Watch
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Christ | Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Diction›Racist term | Symbolism›Blood
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Natural›Cedar trees | Natural›Sea / Ocean | Olfactory›Perfume smell
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Sexuality›Disgust with sex
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Pigs | Supernatural›Eternity | Time›Awareness of time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Clean flame | Symbolism›Blood
Actions: Verbal›Code-switching / Change in dialect | Verbal›Preaching
Cultural Issues: Religion›African American | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Religion›Sermon
Themes and Motifs: Body›Voice | Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Symbolism›Blood
Actions: Emotional›Crying | Mental›Realization | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Religion›African American | Religion›Church service | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Religion›Resurrection | Religion›Sermon | Ritual›Easter
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Salvation | Philosophical›Suffering
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Bible verse on children | Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Allusion, Biblical›Jesus | Allusion, Biblical›Mary | Allusion, Biblical›New Testament Book of Revelation | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Epiphany | Symbolism›Blood | Symbolism›Christian
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Atmospheric›Night | Auditory›Howling | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Pasture | Domestic Space›Servants' home | Natural›Creek | Olfactory›Smelling death | Place›Ditch | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Emotional›Crying | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Dressing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Pigs | Death›Bones | Death›Response to
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Ambiguity›Unspecified shapes | Narrative›Unreliable narrator | Symbolism›Shadows
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Snake | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Christian
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Parlor | Natural›Dew | Natural›Grass | Natural›Trees
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Measles
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype
Environment: Auditory›Tree / leaves | Domestic Space›Parlor | Natural›Trees
Actions: Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Climbing tree
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow | Symbolism›Shadows
Environment: Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Mental›Realization | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Sitting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fireflies | Animals›Lightning bugs | Character›Independence | Character›Innocence | Death›Funeral | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Objects›Furniture | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Values›Courage
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype
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›Sunlight | Atmospheric›Wind | Domestic Space›Backyard | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Weed | Public›Golf course | Weather›Sun | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Crying | Interaction, Private›Courting | Mental›Misunderstanding | Perceptual›Spying | Perceptual›Surveillance | Physical›Climbing tree | Physical›Searching | Play›Sports Golf | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Age | Clothes›Tie | Entertainment›Magic trick | Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Deafness | Health and Illness›Mute | Ritual›Birthday | Sexuality›Birth control | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Slipping out at night | Body›Hair | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Mouth | Futility | Money›Lost | Objects›Condom | Objects›Fence | Objects›Fire | Objects›Flag | Objects›Flowers | Objects›Golf ball | Objects›Jimson weed | Objects›Poison | Objects›Swing | Objects›Windows | Psychological›Learning disability | Recurring Tropes›Sun / Sunlight | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-niece | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Domestic Space›Garden | Natural›Grass | Olfactory›Weed | Public›Golf course
Actions: Economic›Offering to sell | Economic›Taking without paying | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Moaning | Mental›Misunderstanding | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Play›Sports Golf | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Themes and Motifs: Money›Lost | Objects›Fence | Objects›Flag | Objects›Golf ball | Objects›Jimson weed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›White-black
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Cruelty | Emotional›Crying | Mental›Misunderstanding | Play | Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental limitations
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bottle | Objects›Flowers | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Shadow | Symbolism›Shadows
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Auditory›Rain on roof | Domestic Space›Library | Domestic Space›Upstairs | Olfactory›Rain
Actions: Domestic›Child care | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Crying | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Carrying | Play›Children playing | Verbal›Complaining | Violent›Destructive behavior | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Class›Class consciousness | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness
Themes and Motifs: Body›Face | Body›Hand / Palm | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Nickname | Naming›Renaming | Objects›Chair | Objects›Cushion | Objects›Dolls | Objects›Fire | Objects›Mirror | Objects›Scissors | Recurring Tropes›Door | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Mother-daughter | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Sibling
Actions: Moral›Confession | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering | Morals›Honor | Objects›Flowers Dogwood | Objects›Flowers Milkweed | Objects›Flowers Roses | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
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
Actions: Mental›Self-consciousness | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Streetcar | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat, derby | Clothes›Shoes | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Mass Media›Newspaper | Race›Colored people as acceptable terminology | Race›Race as a form of behavior | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Racial identity | Region›North | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Objects›Cigar
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Self-Reflective | Symbolism›Reflection
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: Auditory›Clock ticking | Public›Sidewalk
Themes and Motifs: Body›Heels | Death›Bones | Objects›Watch | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Return to present time
Environment: Time of Year›May
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Interaction, Social›Shopping
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Education›Graduation
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Objects›Suitcase | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Narrative shift | Symbolism›Reflection | Typography/Orthography›Handwriting
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Poorhouse
Actions: Emotional›Frustration | Violent›Killing of animals | Violent›Shooting
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Symbolism›Fire
Actions: Emotional›Worry | Interaction, Social›Civic dispute
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Adage | Symbolism›Created by characters
Actions: Mental›Understanding
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Monument | Figures of Speech›Negation | Narrative›Self-correction | Symbolism
Environment: Place›Country store
Themes and Motifs: Character›Reputation
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Imagined conversation | Symbolism›Created by characters
Cultural Issues: Age›Maturing | Economy›Civic boosterism
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Doom
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Impermanence | Tone›Humorous
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Over time
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee | Symbolism›Impermanence