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concept/ambition
42 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
When the World Screamed
graph/work
author/conan_doyle
form/science_fiction
form/short_story
concept/ambition
concept/argument_from_authority
concept/wonder
motif/machine
motif/uncanny
setting/london
character/professor_challenger
archetype/wise_old_man_sage
Jul 24, 2026
To Haydon
graph/work
author/keats
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/ambition
topos/inexpressibility
concept/friendship
motif/birds
motif/stars
form/sonnet
Jul 24, 2026
TO DISAPPOINTMENT
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/ode
concept/melancholy
motif/seasons
motif/spring
concept/ambition
topos/pastoral_retreat
concept/joy
Jul 24, 2026
To a Young Lady who Sent Me a Laurel Crown
graph/work
author/keats
concept/ambition
topos/immortality_through_verse
motif/crown
motif/stars
motif/sun
character/apollo
form/sonnet
Jul 24, 2026
The Stark Munro Letters
graph/work
author/conan_doyle
form/epistolary_diary_novel
form/fictional_autobiography
form/bildungsroman
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/ambition
concept/friendship
concept/poverty
concept/self_reliance
concept/reason_and_rationalism
motif/letters_and_writing
motif/money_and_gold
character/stark_munro
character/james_cullingworth
archetype/trickster
archetype/self_made_man
topos/journey_of_life
Jul 24, 2026
THE PICCOLOMINI
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/ambition
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/honour
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/deception
archetype/rebel
archetype/tragic_hero
motif/swords_weapons
histref/the_thirty_years_war
setting/the_court
setting/the_battlefield
form/verse_drama
form/tragedy
form/blank_verse
Jul 24, 2026
The Man Who Made Gold
graph/work
concept/economics
author/belloc
form/novel
form/satire
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/greed
concept/satire_of_society
concept/capitalism
concept/materialism
concept/ambition
motif/money_and_gold
motif/machine
motif/book_reading
setting/oxford
archetype/self_made_man
Jul 24, 2026
The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/poe
concept/satire_of_society
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/pride
concept/ambition
concept/deception
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/power_and_corruption
topos/theatrum_mundi
motif/the_book
motif/letters_writing
motif/money_gold
archetype/fool
archetype/trickster
form/satire
form/autobiography
form/parody
Jul 24, 2026
The Lost World
graph/work
author/conan_doyle
form/adventure_fiction
form/science_fiction
form/novel
concept/darwinism_evolutionary_theory
concept/heroism
concept/ambition
concept/wonder
concept/courage
motif/journey
motif/nature
motif/animals
histref/darwinism_evolutionary_theory
setting/mountains
character/professor_challenger
archetype/quest_hero
archetype/hero
archetype/mentor
topos/quest
topos/journey_of_life
Jul 24, 2026
The Happiest Day
graph/work
author/poe
concept/disillusionment
concept/transience
concept/pride
concept/melancholy
concept/ambition
topos/tempus_fugit
topos/vanitas
motif/memory
motif/time
concept/nostalgia
form/lyric
Jul 24, 2026
THE FIRST PART OF THE CONTENTION - (2 HENRY VI)
graph/work
concept/economics
author/shakespeare
topos/fortunes_wheel
topos/world_upside_down
topos/great_chain_of_being
archetype/usurper
archetype/king
archetype/rebel
motif/crown
motif/blood
motif/the_supernatural
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/ambition
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/class_conflict
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/deception
form/history_play
form/verse_drama
form/blank_verse
histref/wars_of_the_roses
histref/medieval_england
setting/medieval_england
setting/the_court
character/henry_vi
character/queen_margaret
character/duke_of_york
character/duke_of_gloucester
character/cardinal_beaufort
character/duke_of_suffolk
character/jack_cade
character/eleanor
Jul 24, 2026
THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE
graph/work
setting/europe
author/coleridge
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/ambition
concept/revenge
concept/deception
concept/war_and_its_cost
archetype/tyrant
topos/fortunes_wheel
motif/serpent_snake
motif/blood
histref/the_french_revolution
setting/paris
form/verse_drama
form/history_play
form/blank_verse
Jul 24, 2026
THE DEATH OF WALLENSTEIN
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/verse_drama
form/tragedy
form/blank_verse
concept/ambition
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/revenge
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/deception
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
archetype/tragic_hero
archetype/avenger
motif/blood
motif/swords_weapons
motif/stars
topos/fortunes_wheel
archetype/villain
Jul 24, 2026
Tamerlane
graph/work
author/poe
concept/ambition
concept/pride
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/love_romantic
concept/sin_and_the_fall
motif/crown
motif/death
motif/fire
motif/childhood
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/vanitas
topos/fortunes_wheel
topos/paradise_lost
archetype/tragic_hero
archetype/tyrant
archetype/usurper
archetype/king
form/dramatic_monologue
form/narrative_poem
Jul 24, 2026
The Spice of Life
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/literary_criticism
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/joy
form/detective_fiction
concept/faith
concept/imagination
character/macbeth
character/lady_macbeth
character/king_lear
character/goneril
character/regan
character/falstaff
character/jane_eyre
character/mr_rochester
character/paul_emanuel
character/caliban
character/odysseus_ulysses
character/wilkins_micawber
character/dick_swiveller
character/seth_pecksniff
character/sam_weller
character/daniel_quilp
character/ralph_nickleby
character/little_nell
character/wackford_squeers
character/augustus_snodgrass
character/alice
character/scheherezade
character/sherlock_holmes
concept/ratiocination_detection
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/madness
concept/ambition
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/temptation
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/nostalgia
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/original_sin
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
concept/distributism
concept/education
concept/grotesque
concept/critique_of_progress
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/world_upside_down
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/carpe_diem
topos/golden_age
topos/life_as_a_battle
topos/beatus_ille_happy_the_man_rural_retreat
motif/cave
motif/storm
motif/mirror
motif/ghosts
motif/light_and_dark
motif/crown
motif/dreams
motif/ship
motif/wine_and_drink
setting/london
setting/paris
setting/italy
setting/egypt
setting/cathedral
setting/medieval_england_2
setting/orient
setting/rural_england
setting/holy_land_jerusalem_and_bethlehem
archetype/detective
archetype/fool
archetype/usurper
archetype/king
archetype/trickster
archetype/madwoman
archetype/child
form/fable
form/fairy_tale_fantasy
form/melodrama
form/travel_writing
form/biography
form/satire
histref/renaissance
histref/french_revolution
histref/crusades
histref/spanish_inquisition
histref/reformation
histref/thirty_years_war
histref/arthurian_legend
histref/islam
histref/puritanism
histref/roman_history
histref/ancient_rome
histref/elizabethan_england
histref/bible
histref/dante
histref/greek_mythology
histref/medieval_england
histref/chaucer
histref/voltaire
histref/the_age_of_reason_eighteenth_century_rationalism
Jul 24, 2026
Sonnet: When I have fears that I may cease to be
graph/work
author/keats
concept/mortality
concept/transience
concept/ambition
topos/immortality_through_verse
concept/love_romantic
motif/letters_writing
motif/stars
form/shakespearean_sonnet
form/sonnet
Jul 24, 2026
Sonnet: This pleasant tale is like a little copse
graph/work
author/keats
concept/imagination
concept/ambition
topos/book_of_nature
motif/the_book
motif/nature
motif/birds
histref/the_renaissance
form/sonnet
Jul 24, 2026
Sonnet to Fanny
graph/work
author/keats
form/sonnet
concept/love_romantic
concept/lust
concept/jealousy
concept/self_and_soul
concept/ambition
Jul 24, 2026
The Runaway Abbot
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
author/chesterton
form/biography
concept/humility
concept/temptation
concept/pride
histref/catholic_church
setting/medieval_england
motif/fire
motif/the_cross
character/thomas_aquinas
character/count_landulf
concept/renunciation
concept/poverty
concept/conformity_vs_individualism
concept/ambition
topos/contemptus_mundi
motif/imprisonment_2
motif/journey
setting/italy
setting/castle
setting/paris
archetype/martyr_saint
Jul 24, 2026
RICHARD III
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/history_play
form/tragedy
form/blank_verse
concept/ambition
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/guilt
concept/conscience
concept/deception
concept/providence
concept/fate_and_free_will
archetype/villain
archetype/tyrant
archetype/usurper
archetype/ghost
motif/crown
motif/dreams
motif/ghosts
motif/blood
topos/fortunes_wheel
topos/theatrum_mundi
histref/wars_of_the_roses
histref/medieval_england
character/richard_iii
character/buckingham
character/queen_margaret
character/lady_anne
character/clarence
character/queen_elizabeth
character/earl_of_richmond
character/hastings
Jul 24, 2026
REMORSE
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/verse_drama
form/tragedy
form/blank_verse
form/gothic_novel
concept/guilt
concept/conscience
concept/revenge
concept/jealousy
concept/ambition
concept/deception
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/grace_and_redemption
archetype/avenger
archetype/villain
motif/masks_disguise
motif/the_supernatural
motif/ghosts
motif/blood
motif/madness
histref/the_inquisition
setting/the_castle
Jul 24, 2026
RICHARD DUKE OF YORK - (3 HENRY VI)
graph/work
author/shakespeare
topos/fortunes_wheel
topos/world_upside_down
topos/theatrum_mundi
archetype/usurper
archetype/king
archetype/avenger
archetype/villain
archetype/tyrant
motif/crown
motif/blood
motif/swords_weapons
motif/white_and_red
motif/rose
motif/death
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/ambition
concept/revenge
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/providence
form/history_play
form/verse_drama
form/tragedy
histref/wars_of_the_roses
histref/medieval_england
setting/the_battlefield
setting/medieval_england
character/henry_vi
character/queen_margaret
character/duke_of_york
character/edward_iv
character/richard_iii
character/earl_of_warwick
character/clarence
character/clifford
Jul 24, 2026
Otho the Great
graph/work
author/keats
form/verse_drama
form/tragedy
form/blank_verse
topos/love_as_war
archetype/femme_fatale
archetype/villain
archetype/king
archetype/tragic_hero
motif/masks_disguise
motif/madness
motif/swords_weapons
motif/food_feasting
motif/crown
concept/ambition
concept/deception
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/madness
concept/revenge
concept/lust
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
setting/the_court
setting/the_castle
Jul 24, 2026
On Receiving a Laurel Crown from Leigh Hunt
graph/work
author/keats
concept/ambition
topos/immortality_through_verse
topos/inexpressibility
motif/crown
motif/time
motif/dreams
form/sonnet
Jul 24, 2026
Ode on Indolence
graph/work
author/keats
form/ode
concept/indolence
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/ambition
histref/greek_mythology
concept/love_romantic
motif/masks_disguise
Jul 24, 2026
NAPOLEON
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/ambition
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/revenge
archetype/tyrant
histref/napoleonic_wars
motif/swords_weapons
topos/war_as_glory
Jul 24, 2026
Martin Chuzzlewit
graph/work
author/dickens
form/novel
form/satire
form/bildungsroman
concept/satire_of_society
concept/pride
concept/ambition
concept/deception
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/greed
concept/guilt
concept/conscience
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/childhood_and_growth
concept/nature_vs_civilization
archetype/villain
archetype/trickster
archetype/self_made_man
archetype/fool
motif/money_gold
motif/masks_disguise
motif/blood
motif/the_journey
motif/the_inn_tavern
setting/london
histref/victorian_england
character/martin_chuzzlewit
character/seth_pecksniff
character/tom_pinch
character/jonas_chuzzlewit
character/mark_tapley
character/sairey_gamp
character/mary_graham
character/old_martin_chuzzlewit
character/montague_tigg
Jul 24, 2026
MACBETH
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/tragedy
form/verse_drama
form/blank_verse
concept/ambition
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/guilt
concept/conscience
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/deception
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/the_natural_order
concept/madness
concept/mortality
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/temptation
topos/fortunes_wheel
topos/world_upside_down
topos/great_chain_of_being
topos/the_sleeper_awakes
archetype/tyrant
archetype/usurper
archetype/tragic_hero
archetype/witch
archetype/prophet
archetype/ghost
archetype/femme_fatale
motif/blood
motif/death
motif/the_supernatural
motif/ghosts
motif/sleep
motif/night
motif/light_and_dark
motif/madness
motif/crown
motif/swords_weapons
motif/clothing
motif/animals
setting/scotland
setting/the_castle
setting/the_court
character/macbeth
character/lady_macbeth
character/banquo
character/macduff
character/duncan
character/malcolm
character/the_three_witches
character/lady_macduff
Jul 24, 2026
Lines On Seeing a Lock of Milton’s Hair
graph/work
author/keats
concept/immortality_of_art
concept/ambition
topos/immortality_through_verse
concept/beauty
motif/music_and_song
motif/stars
histref/the_renaissance
form/ode
Jul 24, 2026
KING JOHN
graph/work
author/shakespeare
topos/fortunes_wheel
archetype/king
archetype/usurper
motif/crown
motif/swords_weapons
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/ambition
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/appearance_vs_reality
form/history_play
form/blank_verse
form/verse_drama
setting/the_court
setting/medieval_england
histref/medieval_england
histref/catholic_church
character/king_john
character/philip_the_bastard
character/constance
character/arthur
character/king_philip_of_france
character/cardinal_pandulph
character/hubert
Jul 24, 2026
King Stephen
graph/work
author/keats
form/verse_drama
form/history_play
form/fragment
form/blank_verse
topos/fortunes_wheel
topos/the_last_stand
archetype/king
archetype/usurper
archetype/tragic_hero
motif/swords_weapons
motif/horse
motif/crown
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/heroism
concept/honour
concept/pride
concept/ambition
concept/fate_and_free_will
histref/medieval_england
setting/the_battlefield
setting/medieval_england
Jul 24, 2026
JULIUS CAESAR
graph/work
author/shakespeare
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/fortunes_wheel
archetype/tragic_hero
archetype/tyrant
archetype/avenger
archetype/ghost
motif/blood
motif/swords_weapons
motif/ghosts
motif/storm
motif/the_supernatural
concept/revenge
concept/ambition
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/conscience
concept/honour
concept/justice
form/tragedy
form/verse_drama
form/blank_verse
setting/ancient_rome
histref/ancient_rome
histref/roman_history
character/julius_caesar
character/brutus
character/cassius
character/mark_antony
character/octavius_caesar
character/casca
character/portia
character/calpurnia
Jul 24, 2026
Hymn to Apollo
graph/work
author/keats
concept/humility
concept/ambition
character/apollo
motif/crown
motif/stars
motif/storm
histref/greek_mythology
form/hymn
Jul 24, 2026
HENRY VI PART ONE
graph/work
concept/economics
author/shakespeare
form/history_play
form/blank_verse
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/class_conflict
concept/ambition
motif/white_and_red
motif/swords_weapons
motif/crown
setting/the_battlefield
histref/medieval_england
histref/wars_of_the_roses
character/henry_vi
character/lord_talbot
character/joan_la_pucelle
character/duke_of_gloucester
character/duke_of_york
character/earl_of_suffolk
character/charles_the_dauphin
character/margaret_of_anjou
Jul 24, 2026
HAPPINESS
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/ode
topos/beatus_ille
concept/ambition
concept/humility
concept/temptation
motif/money_gold
concept/friendship
concept/joy
Jul 24, 2026
Gold Leaves
graph/work
author/chesterton
concept/mortality
concept/transience
concept/the_common_man
concept/humility
topos/ubi_sunt
motif/autumn
motif/seasons
motif/gold_and_grey
motif/flowers
motif/masks_disguise
form/lyric
concept/wonder
concept/democracy
concept/ambition
motif/stars
archetype/hero
histref/greek_mythology
Jul 24, 2026
Fame, like a wayward Giri, will still be coy
graph/work
author/keats
form/sonnet
concept/ambition
concept/the_artist_and_society
topos/love_as_war
histref/the_bible
Jul 24, 2026
Eldorado
graph/work
author/poe
concept/the_quest_concept
concept/disillusionment
concept/mortality
concept/ambition
topos/the_quest
topos/night_journey
topos/katabasis_descent
archetype/quest_hero
archetype/pilgrim
motif/the_journey
motif/money_gold
motif/moon
motif/death
form/ballad
form/allegory
setting/the_underworld
Jul 24, 2026
Crown · Pride · Fortune's Wheel
graph/work
author/dickinson
form/lyric
concept/pride
motif/crown
concept/ambition
archetype/king
motif/flowers
concept/identity
form/letter
motif/dreams
concept/humility
form/aphorism
concept/honour
motif/birds
concept/self_and_soul
topos/fortunes_wheel
form/epigram
motif/bells
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/grace_and_redemption
motif/money_gold
setting/the_court
motif/clothing
concept/friendship
concept/beauty
concept/wonder
character/christ
Jul 24, 2026
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
graph/work
author/shakespeare
concept/love_romantic
concept/lust
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/ambition
concept/honour
concept/mortality
topos/love_as_war
topos/fortunes_wheel
archetype/lover
archetype/femme_fatale
archetype/temptress
archetype/tragic_hero
motif/death
motif/desire
motif/serpent_snake
motif/the_sea
form/tragedy
form/blank_verse
histref/ancient_rome
histref/roman_history
setting/ancient_rome
setting/egypt
character/mark_antony
character/cleopatra
character/octavius_caesar
character/enobarbus
character/lepidus
character/octavia
character/charmian
Jul 24, 2026
An Ideal Husband
graph/work
author/wilde
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/the_double
archetype/corrupt_official
archetype/temptress
archetype/villain
archetype/trickster
motif/letters_writing
motif/money_gold
motif/masks_disguise
motif/serpent_snake
motif/the_city
motif/marriage
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/deception
concept/satire_of_society
concept/guilt
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/ambition
concept/grace_and_redemption
form/comedy
form/satire
form/epigram
histref/victorian_england
setting/london
setting/the_court
character/sir_robert_chiltern
character/lady_chiltern
character/lord_goring
character/mrs_cheveley
character/lord_caversham
character/mabel_chiltern
Jul 24, 2026
ALL IS TRUE - (HENRY VIII)
graph/work
concept/history
author/shakespeare
form/history_play
form/blank_verse
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/ambition
concept/pride
concept/conscience
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/providence
concept/martyrdom
topos/fortunes_wheel
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
archetype/king
archetype/corrupt_official
archetype/martyr
motif/crown
motif/the_wheel
histref/the_reformation
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
setting/the_court
character/henry_viii
character/cardinal_wolsey
character/queen_katherine
character/anne_bullen
character/duke_of_buckingham
character/cranmer