Actions: Movement Mule
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Ambulance
- Aviation
- Bicycle
- Boat
- Buggy
- Bus
- Canoe
- Car
- Carriage
- Cart
- Chasing
- Constant
- Crash
- Crossing
- Direction east
- Driving
- Ferry
- Fetching
- Flat tire
- Flight
- Following
- Getting closer
- Hiding
- Hitch-hiking
- Horse
- Hot-air balloon
- Hurrying
- Interurban streetcar / trolley
- Limousine
- Limping
- Marching
- Matching / Paralleling
- Migration
- Ox
- Procession
- Racing
- Random
- Return
- Riding
- Running
- Running away
- Ship
- Sneaking
- Spitting
- Steamboat
- Stopping
- Streetcar
- Surrey
- Swimming
- Taxi
- Traffic
- Train
- Truck
- Wagon
- Walking
- Wrong direction
Tagged Events
Environment: Domestic Space›Livestock pen
Actions: Movement›Mule | Perceptual›Surveillance
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Slavery›Emancipation | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Door
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Mule | Verbal›Whispering
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Honeysuckle
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Public›Road
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Movement›Mule
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Movement›Mule
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Farming tools
Cultural Issues: Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›New Year | Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Snow
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Movement›Mule
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Signs | Typography/Orthography›Inscription | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Communication›Without words | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Balance | Character›Cautious | Character›Recklessness | Time›Cyclical | Time›Measuring time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Actions: Emotional›Betrayal | Mental›Calculation | Movement›Crossing | Movement›Mule | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Protection | Verbal›Command
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Accident | Death›Death by water / Drowning
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Home | Place›Church | Time of Day›Three o'clock a.m. | Time of Year›Wednesday
Cultural Issues: Religion›African American
Environment: Place›Church | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›House | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Pregnancy | Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Snoring | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Mule | Movement›Running
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Mule | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Yard | Public›Road
Cultural Issues: Law›Sheriff's deputy
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Style›Present tense | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Church | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Interaction, Social›Church | Movement›Mule
Environment: Time of Year›May
Cultural Issues: War›Return from war
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Past›Discovering it
Relationships: Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Place›Jail
Cultural Issues: War›Return from war
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Values›Imagination
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Friendship›Adult friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Lilith | Allusion, Historical›Bernhardt, Sarah | Allusion, Historical›Duse, Eleonora | Allusion, Historical›Emperor Maximilian | Allusion, Historical›Lind, Jenny | Allusion, Historical›Mark Twain | Allusion, Historical›Mistinguett | Allusion, Mythical›Erinys | Narrative›Alternative story | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Store porch
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Tobacco | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Objects›Firewood
Environment: Domestic Space›Stable | Place›Farm
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate | Movement›Car | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Physical›Repair
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Materialism›Status | Progress›Electrification | Progress›Gentrification
Cultural Issues: Progress›Pace of travel
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends | Interspecies›Man-mule
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Abandonment | Animals›Mules
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Hungering | Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Movement›Buggy | Movement›Mule | Physical›Driving
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Movement›Mule | Physical›Apprehending | Physical›Restraining | Violent›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gold tooth | Recurring Tropes›Recovery
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary | Public›Store
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Infrastructure | Progress›Roads
Relationships: Commercial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Sunday
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Auditory›Confused din
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Environment: Auditory›Gallop | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Economic›Insurance payment | Movement›Mule | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Chaos/Order›Chaos | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Movement›Chasing | Movement›Mule | Movement›Running | Non-human›Animal senses | Verbal›Shouting
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile | Tone›Absurdist
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard
Aesthetics: Description›Tableau | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees | War›Displacement | War›Profiting from war
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Re-arrangements during War
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December | Time of Year›February | Time of Year›New Year | Weather›Cold | Weather›Frost | Weather›Snow
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Ducks | Animals›Geese | Animals›Mules | Time›Duration of time | Time›Measuring time
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation | Mental›Reinterpretation | Movement›Mule | Physical›Pursuit
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
Cultural Issues: Violence›Killing animal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Hog | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Time›Awareness of time
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Weather›Cold
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Underlining
Actions: Movement›Mule | Violent›Mutilation
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk | Weather›Rain
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return to Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
Environment: Domestic Space›Log yard
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›Oh Oh Oh Oh
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage | War›Reconstruction
Environment: Domestic Space›Livestock pen
Actions: Movement›Mule | Perceptual›Surveillance
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Slavery›Emancipation | War›Union Army