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character/hamlet
11 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
The Truth of Masks
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/wilde
motif/masks_disguise
motif/clothing
topos/theatrum_mundi
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/truth
concept/beauty
concept/paradox
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/imagination
form/literary_criticism
form/essay
histref/elizabethan_england
histref/the_renaissance
histref/classical_antiquity
character/hamlet
character/falstaff
setting/the_court
Jul 24, 2026
The Portrait of Mr. W. H.
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/wilde
concept/friendship
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/immortality_of_art
concept/deception
concept/faith
concept/martyrdom
concept/truth
concept/beauty
topos/immortality_through_verse
topos/love_as_religion
topos/theatrum_mundi
archetype/martyr
archetype/trickster
motif/letters_writing
motif/the_book
motif/blood
motif/masks_disguise
motif/death
motif/eyes_sight
form/short_story
form/essay
form/literary_criticism
histref/elizabethan_england
histref/the_renaissance
setting/london
character/hamlet
character/faust
character/cyril_graham
character/erskine
character/willie_hughes
Jul 24, 2026
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/alienation
concept/disillusionment
concept/self_and_soul
topos/the_unattainable_beloved
form/dramatic_monologue
form/free_verse
motif/time
motif/fog_and_smoke
motif/the_sea
setting/the_modern_metropolis
character/hamlet
archetype/antihero
histref/dante
character/j_alfred_prufrock
Jul 24, 2026
The Decay of Lying
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/wilde
concept/beauty
concept/imagination
concept/paradox
concept/truth
concept/deception
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/nature_vs_civilization
concept/beauty_and_truth
topos/book_of_nature
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/trickster
motif/nature
motif/the_mirror
motif/the_book
motif/fog_and_smoke
form/essay
form/literary_criticism
form/epigram
form/aphorism
histref/ancient_greece
histref/the_renaissance
character/odysseus
character/hamlet
Jul 24, 2026
George Bernard Shaw
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/biography
form/literary_criticism
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/paradox
histref/puritanism
histref/irish_question
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/doubt
form/verse_drama
character/julius_caesar
character/cleopatra
character/hamlet
character/george_bernard_shaw
character/william_shakespeare
character/henrik_ibsen
character/friedrich_nietzsche
character/oscar_wilde
character/jonathan_swift
character/napoleon_bonaparte
character/charles_stewart_parnell
character/candida
character/mrs_warren
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/democracy
concept/poverty
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/resurrection
concept/fanaticism
concept/vanity
concept/creative_evolution_and_the_superman
topos/all_the_world_s_a_stage
topos/world_upside_down
topos/vanitas
topos/poet_as_prophet
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/music_and_song
motif/animals
motif/home
setting/london
setting/ancient_rome
setting/egypt
setting/germany
setting/ireland
archetype/orphan
archetype/prophet
archetype/rebel
form/epigram
form/satire
form/problem_play
histref/first_world_war
Jul 24, 2026
A Midsummer Night's Dream
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/chesterton
form/literary_criticism
form/essay
motif/dreams
motif/the_supernatural
setting/an_enchanted_wood
archetype/fool
concept/joy
concept/imagination
concept/appearance_vs_reality
histref/elizabethan_england
character/hamlet
character/bottom
character/puck
character/theseus
concept/greatness
concept/common_man
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
topos/sleeper_awakes
motif/fog_and_smoke
motif/night
setting/medieval_england_2
setting/rural_england
archetype/trickster
form/comedy
histref/puritanism
Jul 24, 2026
HAMLET
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/tragedy
form/verse_drama
form/blank_verse
concept/revenge
concept/mortality
concept/madness
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/deception
concept/conscience
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/melancholy
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/memento_mori
archetype/avenger
archetype/ghost
archetype/usurper
motif/death
motif/ghosts
motif/the_grave
motif/poison
motif/madness_feigned
setting/denmark
setting/the_court
character/hamlet
character/claudius
character/gertrude
character/ophelia
character/polonius
character/laertes
character/horatio
character/the_ghost
character/rosencrantz
character/guildenstern
Jul 24, 2026
Come to Think of It
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
form/literary_criticism
concept/paradox
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/original_sin
concept/rationcination_detection
character/hamlet
character/macbeth
character/abraham_lincoln
character/elizabeth_bennet
character/mr_wickham
character/emma_woodhouse
character/three_witches
character/napoleon
character/ferdinand_foch
character/charles_dickens
character/king_george_v
concept/truth
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/democracy
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/distributism
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/honour
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/vulgarity
topos/ubi_sunt
motif/serpent_snake
motif/money_and_gold
setting/america
setting/american_south
setting/italy
archetype/king
archetype/self_made_man
archetype/detective
archetype/tyrant
form/detective_fiction
form/ode
form/epigram
histref/american_civil_war
histref/french_revolution
histref/puritanism
histref/irish_question
histref/first_world_war
histref/regency_georgian_england
Jul 24, 2026
All Is Grist
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
form/literary_criticism
concept/paradox
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
histref/the_renaissance
histref/dante
character/beatrice
character/hamlet
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
concept/democracy
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/education
topos/eternal_return
topos/golden_age
topos/fortune_s_wheel
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/nakedness
setting/venice
setting/italy
setting/canada
archetype/wise_old_man_sage
form/aphorism
form/travel_writing
histref/italy_reference
histref/french_revolution
histref/puritanism
histref/medieval_england
histref/algernon_charles_swinburne
histref/t_s_eliot
histref/napoleon
histref/michelangelo
histref/petrarch
histref/thomas_aquinas
Jul 24, 2026
FANCIES AT NAVESINK
graph/work
author/whitman
motif/the_sea
setting/the_sea
motif/water
concept/mortality
concept/self_and_cosmos
topos/eternal_return
motif/memory
motif/stars
motif/death
concept/war_and_its_cost
setting/a_ship
character/hamlet
histref/the_renaissance
form/free_verse
concept/the_sublime
Jul 24, 2026
Fancies versus Fads
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
form/literary_criticism
concept/paradox
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/anti_industrialism
character/hamlet
character/portia
character/shylock
character/macbeth
character/lady_macbeth
character/banquo
character/claudius
character/falstaff
character/sam_weller
character/tony_weller
character/samuel_pickwick
character/artful_dodger
character/dorian_gray
character/rosalind
character/viola
character/king_arthur
character/gulliver
character/joan_of_arc
concept/equality_in_death
concept/democracy
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/slavery
concept/distributism
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/education
concept/class_conflict
topos/world_upside_down
topos/poet_as_prophet
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/golden_age
motif/food_and_feasting
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/imprisonment_2
motif/ghosts
motif/wheel
setting/london
setting/medieval_england_2
setting/america
setting/new_england_america
setting/venice
setting/denmark
setting/ancient_rome_2
archetype/rebel
archetype/tyrant
archetype/martyr_saint
form/aphorism
histref/puritanism
histref/new_england
histref/arthurian_legend
histref/milton
histref/jonathan_swift