Themes and Motifs: Character Ambitious
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Amoral
- Artist
- Ascetic
- Assertive
- Barbarism
- Bargainer
- Blackguard
- Bookishness
- Bravado
- Bravery
- Cautious
- Childlike
- Comforter
- Constitutive moment
- Conventional
- Conviction
- Courteous
- Coward
- Cruel
- Curmudgeonly
- Decent
- Duty
- Fool|Foolishness
- Forbearance
- Gambler
- Generous
- Greed
- Helpless
- Honesty
- Hubris
- Humility
- Hypocrisy
- Impotence
- Impulsiveness
- Independence
- Indomitable
- Inexperience
- Inherited traits
- Innocence
- Integrity
- Intelligence
- Laziness
- Maturity
- Naivety
- Noisiness
- Opportunism
- Persistence
- Personality change
- Playfulness
- Popularity
- Power
- Precision
- Predatory
- Pride
- Principle
- Provincialism
- Purity
- Reactionary
- Recklessness
- Regal
- Reliability
- Reputation
- Resolve
- Responsibility
- Ruthless
- Scoundrel
- Self-deception
- Self-reliance
- Self-righteousness
- Shrewdness
- Sophistication
- stoic
- Stubborn
- Stupid
- Superhuman strength
- Swagger
- Teetotaler
- Tenderness
- Trust
- Unknowable
- Unruliness
- Vanity
- Violent
- Work ethic
Tagged Events
Cultural Issues: Class›Dehumanization | Class›Power | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Slavery›Slave trading
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Violent›Intimidation | Violent›Poisoning
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Doom becomes chief
Cultural Issues: Race›Ku Klux Klan
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Class›Class conflict | Group Mentality›Community collective | History›Silver Shirts | Religion›Baptist
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Character›Opportunism
Relationships: Social›Social organizations
Actions: Interaction, Social›Leadership
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Law›Legal authority
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Character›Personality change
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Space program | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Ambitious | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Values›Honor
Relationships: Friendship | Sexual
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
Environment: Place›Country store
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Economy›Predatory practices
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Objects›Letter | Recurring Tropes›Dream | Recurring Tropes›Scandal | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements | Marital›Father in law-son in law
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Dragging
Cultural Issues: Economy›Industrialization | War›Death
Themes and Motifs: Body›Moustache | Character›Ambitious | Futility | Home›Homecoming | Objects›Cigar
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Agriculture›Ownership | Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Sports | Education›Need to be educated | Entertainment›Football
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›University of Mississippi
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›September
Actions: Verbal›Negotiation | Work›Teaching | Work›To pay for education
Actions: Economic›Buying on credit | Economic›Indebtedness | Movement›Horse
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Year›September
Actions: Agricultural›Cotton picking
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Technology›Cotton gin
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption | Law›Abuse of office | Violence›By police | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Social order|disorder | Character›Ambitious
Relationships: Interracial›Conflict
Aesthetics: Language›Latin phrase | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: History›Ku Klux Klan | Politics›Demagoguery | Politics›Public opinion
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Bilbo, Theodore | Allusion, Historical›Huey Long
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Education›Primary school
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Naming›Child's name
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Law›Inheritance
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Weak heart
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Work›Restauranteer
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Commercial›Employer-employee | Familial›Parents-children
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Marital›Father in law-son in law | Marital›Wedding
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem and Eula marry