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concept/self_sacrifice
11 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
The Great Shipwreck as Analogy
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/satire_of_society
concept/class_conflict
concept/mortality
concept/heroism
motif/a_ship
motif/the_sea
setting/a_ship
setting/the_sea
character/sylvia_pankhurst
character/w_t_stead
concept/equality_in_death
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/democracy
concept/comradeship
concept/conscience
concept/courage
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
archetype/hero
histref/suffragette_movement
Jul 24, 2026
The Man Who Knew Too Much
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/detective_fiction
form/short_story
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/justice
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/disillusionment
concept/rationcination_detection
concept/satire_of_society
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
archetype/detective
archetype/corrupt_official
character/horne_fisher
character/harold_march
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/conscience
concept/war_and_its_cost
topos/last_stand
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/secrets
motif/silence
motif/well
motif/stone_and_marble
motif/swords_and_weapons
setting/rural_england
setting/castle
setting/battlefield
setting/sea_2
archetype/martyr_saint
histref/irish_question
histref/first_world_war
Jul 24, 2026
The Battle of Life
graph/work
author/dickens
concept/love_romantic
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/humility
topos/the_world_as_battlefield
archetype/lover
motif/blood
motif/nature
motif/seasons
form/novel
form/allegory
setting/rural_england
histref/victorian_england
character/marion_jeddler
character/grace_jeddler
character/doctor_jeddler
character/alfred_heathfield
character/michael_warden
character/clemency_newcome
character/benjamin_britain
Jul 24, 2026
Robert Browning
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/biography
form/literary_criticism
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/imagination
concept/joy
concept/love_romantic
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/the_grotesque
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/paradox
form/dramatic_monologue
histref/victorian_england
setting/italy
character/caliban
character/elizabeth_barrett_browning
character/edward_moulton_barrett
character/pompilia
character/giuseppe_caponsacchi
character/guido_franceschini
concept/truth
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/immortality_of_the_soul
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/optimism
topos/carpe_diem
topos/poet_as_prophet
motif/imprisonment_2
motif/letters_and_writing
motif/journey
motif/marriage
setting/venice
setting/london
archetype/tyrant
archetype/lover
form/epic
form/history_play
form/sonnet
histref/french_revolution
histref/romantic_movement_sensibility
histref/puritanism
Jul 24, 2026
A Defence of Rash Vows
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/chesterton
form/essay
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/identity
concept/self_and_soul
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/disillusionment
concept/heroism
concept/love_romantic
topos/love_as_religion
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/paradox
concept/honour
topos/quest
motif/chains
motif/ship_2
form/apologetics
histref/crusades
Jul 24, 2026
Lord Kitchener
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/biography
concept/heroism
concept/honour
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
histref/the_first_world_war
archetype/hero
concept/the_common_man
motif/the_sea
motif/crown
character/kitchener
character/charles_gordon
character/marchand
character/botha
character/the_mahdi
concept/fanaticism
concept/friendship
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/conversion
concept/masculinity_and_the_male_code
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/reconciliation
concept/greatness
concept/silence_2
concept/martyrdom
topos/last_stand
topos/combat_strife
topos/open_road_homecoming
topos/night_journey_vision
motif/machine
motif/silence
motif/drums_and_bugles
motif/river
motif/ship_2
motif/light_and_dark
motif/blood
setting/egypt
setting/desert
setting/russia
setting/battlefield
setting/sea_2
setting/ship
setting/south_africa
archetype/tragic_hero
archetype/avenger
archetype/prophet
archetype/martyr_saint
form/sketch
form/elegy
histref/islam_and_the_east
histref/crusades
histref/irish_question
Jul 24, 2026
Little Door
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/hymn
form/lyric
concept/love_divine
concept/faith
character/christ
archetype/christ_figure
motif/swords_weapons
histref/the_bible
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/paradox
concept/martyrdom
concept/self_sacrifice
topos/life_as_a_battle
motif/cross
motif/battlefield_2
archetype/child
Jul 24, 2026
Four Faultless Felons
graph/work
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/detective_fiction
form/short_story
concept/paradox
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/rationcination_detection
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/guilt
archetype/detective
concept/justice
character/count_raoul_de_marillac
character/john_hume
character/barbara_traill
character/walter_windrush
character/jacob_nadoway
character/alan_nadoway
character/colonel_grimm
character/isidor_simon
concept/deception
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/distributism
concept/class_conflict
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/eastern_religion_and_asceticism
concept/self_denial_and_renunciation
concept/money_and_avarice
topos/double
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/secrets
motif/garden
motif/imprisonment_2
setting/egypt
setting/london
setting/desert
archetype/scapegoat
archetype/trickster
archetype/antihero
form/satire
histref/king_alfred
histref/dante
histref/bible
Jul 24, 2026
Francis Xavier
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/spenserian_stanza
form/lyric
concept/martyrdom
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/providence
concept/love_divine
concept/heroism
archetype/martyr
archetype/pilgrim
histref/catholic_church
histref/eastern_religion
setting/the_orient
motif/stars
character/francis_xavier
concept/vanity_of_worldly_things
concept/unseen_the_hidden
concept/self_sacrifice
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
motif/dust
motif/cross
motif/light_and_dark
motif/time
form/elegy
Jul 24, 2026
Ballad of St Barbara
graph/work
setting/europe
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/ballad
form/narrative_poem
concept/martyrdom
concept/faith
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/heroism
topos/the_last_stand
archetype/martyr
archetype/tyrant
motif/the_window
motif/swords_weapons
motif/blood
motif/light_and_dark
histref/the_first_world_war
histref/christianity
setting/the_battlefield
setting/paris
character/barbara_st_barbara
character/caesar
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/providence
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/war_as_glory
motif/lightning
motif/chains
motif/flags_and_banners
setting/africa
archetype/christ_figure
histref/ancient_rome
histref/greek_mythology
histref/battle_of_the_marne
Jul 24, 2026
BalladStBarbara
graph/work
setting/europe
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/ballad
form/lyric
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/martyrdom
concept/faith
concept/nostalgia
concept/distributism
concept/social_injustice
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
topos/ubi_sunt
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/the_last_stand
motif/ruins
motif/the_grave
motif/swords_weapons
histref/the_first_world_war
histref/the_crusades
histref/christianity
character/christ
character/herod_antipas
character/lazarus_the_risen_man
character/king_arthur
character/barbara
concept/conversion
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/greed_and_money
topos/memento_mori
topos/world_upside_down
topos/quest
motif/window
motif/bells
motif/stone_and_marble
motif/money_and_gold
motif/horse
motif/eyes_and_sight
motif/fire
motif/dragon
setting/london
setting/paris
setting/desert
setting/medieval_england_2
archetype/martyr_saint
archetype/tyrant
form/sonnet
form/elegy
form/satire
histref/arthurian_legend
histref/french_revolution
histref/industrial_revolution
histref/british_empire