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concept/temptation
40 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
X You have seen the house built, you have seen it adorned
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/faith
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/temptation
motif/light_and_dark
motif/serpent_snake
motif/the_window
form/hymn
form/free_verse
histref/christianity
Jul 24, 2026
VIII O Father we welcome your words
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/faith
concept/martyrdom
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/temptation
motif/blood
form/free_verse
histref/the_crusades
histref/the_bible
Jul 24, 2026
To St. Michael in Time of Peace
graph/work
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/hymn
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/temptation
concept/faith
motif/swords_weapons
motif/serpent_snake
motif/money_gold
histref/the_bible
histref/christianity
character/satan
character/michael
character/christ
concept/power_of_language
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/greed_and_money
topos/combat_strife
motif/silence
archetype/christ_figure
archetype/satanic_figure
Jul 24, 2026
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
graph/work
author/bronte
form/novel
form/social_novel
form/epistolary_diary_novel
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/love_romantic
concept/identity
concept/temptation
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/faith
concept/conscience
concept/social_injustice
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/childhood_and_growth
archetype/fallen_woman
archetype/rebel
archetype/lover
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/letters_writing
motif/masks_disguise
motif/money_gold
setting/rural_england
histref/christianity
character/helen_huntingdon
character/gilbert_markham
character/arthur_huntingdon
character/walter_hargrave
character/annabella_lowborough
character/lord_lowborough
Jul 24, 2026
The Sphinx
graph/work
concept/history
author/wilde
topos/immortality_through_verse
topos/memento_mori
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/ubi_sunt
archetype/femme_fatale
archetype/temptress
archetype/monster
motif/desire
motif/night
motif/moon
motif/the_cross
motif/ruins
motif/serpent_snake
motif/the_supernatural
motif/animals
concept/lust
concept/temptation
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/transience
concept/the_grotesque
form/narrative_poem
form/dramatic_monologue
histref/greek_mythology
histref/classical_antiquity
histref/the_bible
setting/egypt
setting/the_orient
character/christ
Jul 24, 2026
The Picture of Dorian Gray
graph/work
author/wilde
concept/self_and_soul
concept/beauty
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/conscience
concept/guilt
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/temptation
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/transience
topos/the_double
topos/fall_from_innocence
topos/carpe_diem
topos/vanitas
topos/paradise_lost
archetype/double_doppelganger
archetype/shadow
archetype/satanic_figure
archetype/innocent
motif/the_mirror
motif/the_supernatural
motif/the_book
motif/blood
motif/decay
motif/time
motif/flowers
motif/the_city
form/gothic_novel
form/novel
form/epigram
histref/victorian_england
setting/london
setting/a_garden
character/faust
character/dorian_gray
character/lord_henry_wotton
character/basil_hallward
character/sibyl_vane
character/james_vane
Jul 24, 2026
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain
graph/work
author/dickens
concept/memory_and_time
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/temptation
concept/conscience
concept/the_supernatural
concept/the_uncanny
concept/poverty
topos/the_double
topos/fall_from_innocence
topos/the_sleeper_awakes
archetype/ghost
archetype/double_doppelganger
archetype/great_mother
archetype/child
motif/memory
motif/ghosts
motif/winter
motif/fire
motif/light_and_dark
motif/childhood
motif/fog_and_smoke
motif/the_city
form/allegory
form/short_story
histref/christianity
histref/victorian_england
setting/london
character/redlaw
character/milly_swidger
character/william_swidger
character/philip_swidger
character/the_tetterbys
character/the_phantom
Jul 24, 2026
The Green Overcoat
graph/work
author/belloc
form/novel
form/comedy
form/satire
concept/temptation
concept/deception
concept/satire_of_society
concept/greed
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/machine
motif/rain
setting/industrial_city
setting/rural_england
archetype/satanic_figure
archetype/trickster
topos/temptation_2
Jul 24, 2026
The Fisherman and his Soul
graph/work
author/wilde
topos/the_double
topos/the_quest
topos/love_as_religion
topos/katabasis_descent
archetype/double_doppelganger
archetype/witch
archetype/satanic_figure
archetype/lover
motif/the_sea
motif/desire
motif/love
motif/the_supernatural
motif/the_mirror
motif/money_gold
motif/the_cross
motif/moon
motif/death
concept/self_and_soul
concept/love_romantic
concept/temptation
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/lust
concept/grace_and_redemption
form/fairy_tale
form/allegory
form/short_story
histref/christianity
setting/the_sea
setting/the_orient
character/satan
character/the_young_fisherman
character/the_mermaid
character/the_soul
character/the_witch
Jul 24, 2026
The Duc de L'omelette
graph/work
author/poe
concept/satire_of_society
motif/food_feasting
archetype/satanic_figure
setting/the_underworld
concept/temptation
motif/death
form/satire
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
Sharing Eve’s Apple
graph/work
author/keats
topos/carpe_diem
concept/lust
concept/temptation
concept/innocence_and_experience
topos/fall_from_innocence
concept/sin_and_the_fall
histref/the_bible
form/song
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
Salome
graph/work
author/wilde
topos/love_as_religion
topos/the_unattainable_beloved
topos/memento_mori
archetype/femme_fatale
archetype/prophet
archetype/martyr
archetype/tyrant
motif/moon
motif/death
motif/blood
motif/desire
motif/white_and_red
motif/music_and_song
motif/eyes_sight
concept/lust
concept/unrequited_love
concept/martyrdom
concept/the_grotesque
concept/temptation
concept/revenge
form/tragedy
form/verse_drama
histref/the_bible
histref/ancient_rome
setting/the_orient
setting/the_court
character/christ
character/salome
character/herod_antipas
character/iokanaan
character/herodias
character/the_young_syrian
Jul 24, 2026
PROGRESS OF VICE
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/lyric
concept/temptation
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/guilt
concept/conscience
concept/good_vs_evil
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/madness
Jul 24, 2026
ON IMITATION
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/epigram
form/satire
concept/satire_of_society
motif/wine_and_drink
concept/temptation
Jul 24, 2026
Oliver Twist
graph/work
author/dickens
concept/poverty
concept/social_injustice
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/childhood_and_growth
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/temptation
concept/satire_of_society
concept/reform
concept/identity
archetype/orphan
archetype/innocent
archetype/villain
archetype/fallen_woman
motif/the_city
motif/money_gold
motif/blood
motif/light_and_dark
form/novel
form/social_novel
form/bildungsroman
setting/london
histref/victorian_england
character/oliver_twist
character/fagin
character/bill_sikes
character/nancy
character/artful_dodger
character/mr_bumble
character/mr_brownlow
character/monks
character/rose_maylie
Jul 24, 2026
Never Bet the Devil your Head
graph/work
author/poe
concept/satire_of_society
concept/temptation
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/the_grotesque
concept/the_artist_and_society
archetype/satanic_figure
archetype/fool
character/satan
motif/death
motif/the_grave
form/satire
form/fable
form/short_story
Jul 24, 2026
MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL
graph/work
concept/history
author/eliot
form/verse_drama
form/tragedy
concept/martyrdom
concept/temptation
concept/faith
concept/conscience
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/pride
concept/humility
concept/providence
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/the_common_man
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/fate_and_free_will
archetype/martyr
archetype/christ_figure
topos/fortunes_wheel
motif/the_wheel
motif/blood
motif/the_cross
motif/bread_and_wine_eucharist
motif/seasons
motif/swords_weapons
motif/death
histref/medieval_england
histref/catholic_church
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
setting/a_cathedral
setting/medieval_england
character/christ
character/thomas_becket
Jul 24, 2026
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/problem_play
form/tragicomedy
form/verse_drama
form/blank_verse
concept/justice
concept/mercy
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/lust
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/deception
concept/guilt
concept/mortality
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/temptation
concept/conscience
topos/world_upside_down
topos/memento_mori
archetype/corrupt_official
archetype/tyrant
archetype/innocent
motif/masks_disguise
motif/death
motif/the_city
histref/the_bible
histref/christianity
character/vincentio_the_duke
character/angelo
character/isabella
character/claudio
character/lucio
character/mariana
character/escalus
character/pompey
Jul 24, 2026
Mansfield Park
graph/work
concept/economics
author/austen
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/class_conflict
concept/conscience
concept/temptation
concept/childhood_and_growth
concept/humility
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/love_romantic
concept/satire_of_society
form/novel
form/social_novel
form/bildungsroman
motif/marriage
setting/rural_england
archetype/innocent
archetype/lover
character/fanny_price
character/edmund_bertram
character/sir_thomas_bertram
character/henry_crawford
character/mary_crawford
character/mrs_norris
character/maria_bertram
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
Magic
graph/work
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/comedy
form/verse_drama
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/doubt
motif/the_supernatural
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/temptation
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/imagination
concept/madness
motif/light_and_dark
character/hastings
character/the_duke
character/doctor_grimthorpe
character/rev_cyril_smith
character/morris_carleon
character/patricia_carleon
character/the_conjurer
concept/deception
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/satire_of_society
concept/romantic_love
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/spiritualism
motif/music_and_song
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/great_house
setting/garden_2
setting/rural_england
archetype/fool
archetype/trickster
form/problem_play
histref/bible
histref/christianity
histref/irish_question
Jul 24, 2026
Lady Windermere's Fan
graph/work
author/wilde
concept/satire_of_society
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/deception
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/temptation
concept/identity
concept/grief_and_loss
topos/fall_from_innocence
topos/world_upside_down
topos/the_double
archetype/fallen_woman
archetype/innocent
archetype/great_mother
archetype/trickster
motif/marriage
motif/masks_disguise
motif/money_gold
motif/flowers
motif/rose
motif/white_and_red
motif/clothing
motif/the_city
motif/fog_and_smoke
form/comedy
form/satire
form/epigram
histref/victorian_england
setting/london
setting/the_court
character/lady_windermere
character/lord_windermere
character/lord_darlington
character/mrs_erlynne
character/duchess_of_berwick
Jul 24, 2026
La Sainte Courtisane
graph/work
concept/history
author/wilde
concept/conversion
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/temptation
concept/lust
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/martyrdom
topos/contemptus_mundi
topos/love_as_religion
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/femme_fatale
archetype/fallen_woman
archetype/temptress
archetype/pilgrim
motif/the_cross
motif/desire
motif/death
motif/clothing
motif/money_gold
motif/eyes_sight
form/verse_drama
form/fragment
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
histref/classical_antiquity
setting/egypt
character/christ
character/myrrhina
character/honorius
Jul 24, 2026
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
graph/work
author/keats
form/ballad
archetype/femme_fatale
topos/the_unattainable_beloved
concept/unrequited_love
motif/dreams
motif/the_supernatural
motif/seasons
motif/rose
concept/temptation
histref/medieval_england
Jul 24, 2026
Jane Eyre
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/economics
author/bronte
form/novel
form/bildungsroman
form/gothic_novel
form/autobiography
concept/love_romantic
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/conscience
concept/faith
concept/identity
concept/alienation
concept/class_conflict
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/childhood_and_growth
concept/madness
concept/temptation
archetype/orphan
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/lover
archetype/madwoman
motif/fire
motif/madness
motif/the_supernatural
motif/eyes_sight
motif/the_castle
setting/rural_england
histref/christianity
character/jane_eyre
character/mr_rochester
character/bertha_mason
character/st_john_rivers
character/mrs_reed
character/mrs_fairfax
character/adele_varens
character/helen_burns
Jul 24, 2026
III At the first turning of the second stair
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/temptation
topos/katabasis_descent
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/humility
motif/music_and_song
histref/dante
Jul 24, 2026
HONOUR
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/satire
form/heroic_couplet
concept/honour
topos/vanitas
motif/money_gold
motif/wine_and_drink
concept/temptation
concept/satire_of_society
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
EDWARD III
graph/work
concept/history
author/shakespeare
form/history_play
form/blank_verse
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/heroism
concept/honour
concept/mercy
concept/temptation
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
topos/love_as_war
topos/war_as_glory
motif/crown
setting/the_battlefield
histref/medieval_england
character/edward_iii
character/edward_the_black_prince
character/countess_of_salisbury
character/queen_philippa
character/king_john_of_france
character/earl_of_salisbury
Jul 24, 2026
The Diabolist
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/chesterton
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/temptation
archetype/satanic_figure
concept/conscience
concept/conversion
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/sin_and_the_fall
motif/fire
motif/light_and_dark
concept/terror_and_horror
form/essay
form/autobiography
concept/paradox
concept/despair
concept/unseen_the_hidden
topos/temptation_2
motif/stars
setting/london
form/apologetics
histref/bible
histref/classical_antiquity
Jul 24, 2026
CHRISTABEL
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/temptation
motif/the_supernatural
concept/the_uncanny
archetype/temptress
archetype/innocent
motif/moon
concept/terror_and_horror
form/narrative_poem
setting/the_castle
character/christabel
character/geraldine
Jul 24, 2026
Circe’s Palace
graph/work
author/eliot
form/lyric
archetype/witch
archetype/temptress
motif/garden
motif/flowers
motif/animals
motif/serpent_snake
concept/temptation
concept/the_grotesque
histref/greek_mythology
character/odysseus
setting/a_garden
Jul 24, 2026
The Extraordinary Cabman
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/chesterton
form/essay
concept/doubt
concept/truth
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/the_common_man
concept/temptation
setting/london
character/the_extraordinary_cabman
character/h_g_wells
concept/democracy
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/paradox
motif/light_and_dark
archetype/common_man_2
archetype/satanic_figure
form/parable
Jul 24, 2026
Bon-Bon
graph/work
author/poe
concept/temptation
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/pride
concept/self_and_soul
concept/satire_of_society
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Jul 24, 2026
The Ball and the Cross
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Jul 24, 2026
The Aristocrat
graph/work
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Jul 24, 2026
A Woman of No Importance
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character/lady_hunstanton
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Jul 24, 2026
A Lover’s Complaint
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