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form/comedy
31 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
TWELFTH NIGHT
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/comedy
form/verse_drama
concept/love_romantic
concept/identity
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/deception
concept/satire_of_society
concept/melancholy
topos/world_upside_down
topos/love_as_religion
archetype/fool
archetype/trickster
archetype/lover
motif/masks_disguise
motif/music_and_song
motif/letters_writing
motif/the_sea
motif/clothing
character/viola
character/orsino
character/olivia
character/malvolio
character/sir_toby_belch
character/sir_andrew_aguecheek
character/feste
character/maria
character/sebastian
Jul 24, 2026
Twelve Types
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/literary_criticism
form/biography
form/essay
concept/identity
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/heroism
concept/faith
concept/paradox
character/jane_eyre
character/mr_rochester
character/christ
character/charlotte_bronte
character/william_morris
character/lord_byron
character/alexander_pope
character/st_francis_of_assisi
character/edmond_rostand
character/charles_ii
character/robert_louis_stevenson
character/thomas_carlyle
character/leo_tolstoy
character/girolamo_savonarola
character/sir_walter_scott
character/cyrano_de_bergerac
character/prince_florizel_of_bohemia
character/rob_roy
character/meg_merrilees
concept/democracy
concept/doubt
concept/greatness
concept/power_of_language
concept/asceticism
concept/optimism_and_pessimism
concept/cult_of_simplicity
concept/the_spirit_of_romance
topos/contemptus_mundi
topos/poet_as_prophet
motif/fire
motif/light_and_dark
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/sea
setting/italy
setting/london
setting/scotland_the_highlands
setting/russia
archetype/hero
archetype/prophet
archetype/martyr_saint
archetype/fool
form/satire
form/comedy
form/verse_drama
histref/puritanism
histref/renaissance
histref/christianity
histref/bible
histref/catholic_church
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/industrial_revolution
histref/medieval_england
Jul 24, 2026
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
graph/work
setting/europe
author/shakespeare
form/comedy
form/verse_drama
form/blank_verse
concept/love_romantic
concept/friendship
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/deception
concept/unrequited_love
concept/identity
topos/the_unattainable_beloved
topos/love_as_war
motif/masks_disguise
motif/the_journey
motif/letters_writing
motif/music_and_song
motif/love
archetype/lover
archetype/fool
setting/italy
setting/verona
histref/elizabethan_england
character/valentine
character/proteus
character/julia
character/silvia
character/launce
character/speed
character/duke_of_milan
character/thurio
Jul 24, 2026
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
graph/work
setting/europe
author/shakespeare
form/comedy
form/verse_drama
form/blank_verse
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/love_romantic
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/deception
concept/identity
concept/satire_of_society
topos/the_sleeper_awakes
topos/world_upside_down
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/love_as_war
motif/masks_disguise
motif/marriage
motif/clothing
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/love
archetype/trickster
archetype/lover
archetype/fool
setting/italy
histref/elizabethan_england
character/katherina
character/petruchio
character/bianca
character/baptista
character/lucentio
character/tranio
character/grumio
character/hortensio
character/christopher_sly
Jul 24, 2026
The Pickwick Papers
graph/work
author/dickens
topos/the_open_road
topos/world_upside_down
topos/theatrum_mundi
archetype/fool
archetype/trickster
archetype/pilgrim
archetype/corrupt_official
motif/the_journey
motif/the_road
motif/the_inn_tavern
motif/food_feasting
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/money_gold
motif/the_supernatural
concept/satire_of_society
concept/justice
concept/social_injustice
concept/friendship
concept/deception
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/poverty
form/novel
form/social_novel
form/satire
form/comedy
histref/victorian_england
setting/rural_england
setting/an_inn
setting/london
character/samuel_pickwick
character/sam_weller
character/tony_weller
character/alfred_jingle
character/nathaniel_winkle
character/augustus_snodgrass
character/tracy_tupman
character/mrs_bardell
Jul 24, 2026
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
graph/work
setting/europe
author/shakespeare
concept/justice
concept/mercy
concept/revenge
concept/alienation
concept/love_romantic
concept/friendship
concept/appearance_vs_reality
topos/love_as_religion
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/villain
archetype/scapegoat
motif/money_gold
motif/blood
motif/masks_disguise
form/tragicomedy
form/comedy
form/verse_drama
setting/venice
histref/the_bible
character/shylock
character/portia
character/antonio
character/bassanio
character/jessica
character/lorenzo
character/gratiano
character/nerissa
character/launcelot_gobbo
Jul 24, 2026
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
graph/work
author/shakespeare
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/fool
archetype/trickster
motif/masks_disguise
motif/letters_writing
motif/money_gold
concept/jealousy
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/deception
concept/satire_of_society
concept/lust
concept/the_common_man
form/comedy
form/verse_drama
setting/rural_england
histref/elizabethan_england
character/falstaff
character/mistress_ford
character/mistress_page
character/master_ford
character/master_page
character/mistress_quickly
character/anne_page
character/fenton
character/doctor_caius
Jul 24, 2026
The Missing Masterpiece
graph/work
setting/europe
concept/economics
author/belloc
form/novel
form/satire
form/comedy
concept/satire_of_society
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/artist_and_society
concept/deception
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/fame_and_publicity
concept/antisemitism
motif/money_and_gold
motif/book_reading
setting/paris
setting/france
setting/rural_england
archetype/artist
archetype/trickster
topos/world_upside_down
Jul 24, 2026
The Importance of Being Earnest
graph/work
concept/economics
author/wilde
concept/satire_of_society
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/deception
concept/identity
concept/class_conflict
topos/world_upside_down
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/the_double
archetype/fool
archetype/trickster
archetype/lover
motif/marriage
motif/masks_disguise
motif/food_feasting
motif/letters_writing
motif/garden
form/comedy
form/satire
form/epigram
histref/victorian_england
setting/london
setting/rural_england
character/jack_worthing
character/algernon_moncrieff
character/lady_bracknell
character/gwendolen_fairfax
character/cecily_cardew
character/miss_prism
character/canon_chasuble
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 CONFIDENTIAL CLERK
graph/work
author/eliot
form/verse_drama
form/comedy
concept/identity
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/self_and_soul
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/deception
concept/faith
concept/grace_and_redemption
topos/the_sleeper_awakes
archetype/orphan
archetype/child
motif/garden
histref/greek_tragedy
setting/london
character/colby_simpkins
character/sir_claude_mulhammer
Jul 24, 2026
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/comedy
form/blank_verse
concept/identity
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/deception
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/madness
concept/grief_and_loss
motif/masks_disguise
motif/the_mirror
motif/the_sea
motif/money_gold
archetype/double_doppelganger
archetype/fool
topos/the_double
character/antipholus_of_syracuse
character/antipholus_of_ephesus
character/dromio_of_syracuse
character/dromio_of_ephesus
character/adriana
character/luciana
character/egeon
character/emilia
Jul 24, 2026
THE COCKTAIL PARTY
graph/work
author/eliot
form/verse_drama
form/comedy
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/martyrdom
concept/spiritual_emptiness
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/alienation
concept/identity
concept/conversion
concept/the_common_man
archetype/mentor
archetype/martyr
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/masks_disguise
histref/greek_tragedy
setting/london
character/edward_chamberlayne
character/lavinia_chamberlayne
character/celia_coplestone
character/henry_harcourt_reilly
Jul 24, 2026
The Canterville Ghost
graph/work
author/wilde
topos/world_upside_down
topos/memento_mori
topos/the_sleeper_awakes
archetype/ghost
archetype/innocent
archetype/child
archetype/self_made_man
motif/ghosts
motif/blood
motif/the_supernatural
motif/ruins
motif/the_grave
motif/nightingale
motif/garden
motif/death
motif/masks_disguise
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/satire_of_society
concept/mercy
concept/death_and_love
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/innocence_and_experience
form/parody
form/gothic_novel
form/short_story
form/comedy
histref/new_england
histref/victorian_england
setting/the_castle
setting/rural_england
character/sir_simon_de_canterville
character/hiram_b_otis
character/virginia_otis
character/washington_otis
character/mrs_otis
Jul 24, 2026
Pride and Prejudice
graph/work
concept/economics
author/austen
concept/pride
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/love_romantic
concept/class_conflict
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/satire_of_society
concept/self_and_soul
concept/deception
concept/childhood_and_growth
concept/humility
form/novel
form/social_novel
form/satire
form/comedy
motif/marriage
motif/money_gold
motif/letters_writing
setting/rural_england
archetype/lover
histref/victorian_england
character/elizabeth_bennet
character/mr_darcy
character/jane_bennet
character/mr_bingley
character/mr_wickham
character/mr_collins
character/lydia_bennet
character/charlotte_lucas
character/lady_catherine_de_bourgh
Jul 24, 2026
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
graph/work
setting/europe
author/shakespeare
topos/love_as_war
archetype/villain
archetype/lover
archetype/fool
motif/masks_disguise
motif/eyes_sight
motif/love
concept/love_romantic
concept/deception
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/honour
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/jealousy
form/comedy
form/verse_drama
setting/italy
character/benedick
character/beatrice
character/claudio
character/hero
character/don_pedro
character/don_john
character/dogberry
character/leonato
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
Manalive
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/novel
form/allegory
form/comedy
form/satire
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/joy
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/paradox
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/madness
concept/justice
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/love_romantic
concept/melancholy
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/faith
topos/world_upside_down
topos/the_open_road
topos/the_sleeper_awakes
archetype/fool
archetype/innocent
archetype/trickster
archetype/outcast_wanderer
motif/wind
motif/madness
motif/the_journey
motif/the_road
motif/swords_weapons
motif/garden
character/innocent_smith
character/michael_moon
character/arthur_inglewood
character/diana_duke
character/rosamund_hunt
character/mary_gray
character/moses_gould
character/dr_cyrus_pym
character/dr_warner
character/emerson_eames
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/despair
concept/conformity_vs_individualism
topos/paradise_lost
motif/home
motif/marriage
setting/london
setting/rural_england
histref/bible
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
LOVE’S LABOUR’S WON - A BRIEF ACCOUNT
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/shakespeare
form/literary_criticism
form/comedy
concept/love_romantic
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/the_artist_and_society
motif/the_book
Jul 24, 2026
LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/comedy
form/song
concept/love_romantic
concept/education
concept/satire_of_society
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/deception
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
motif/masks_disguise
motif/letters_writing
motif/seasons
archetype/lover
archetype/fool
topos/love_as_religion
setting/the_court
character/ferdinand_king_of_navarre
character/berowne
character/princess_of_france
character/rosaline
character/longueville
character/dumaine
character/don_armado
character/costard
Jul 24, 2026
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
graph/work
setting/europe
author/wilde
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/all_the_worlds_a_stage
topos/world_upside_down
topos/memento_mori
archetype/fool
archetype/antihero
archetype/trickster
archetype/lover
motif/hands
motif/the_city
motif/blood
motif/the_clock
motif/death
motif/marriage
motif/night
motif/river
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/satire_of_society
concept/conscience
concept/honour
concept/guilt
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/appearance_vs_reality
form/short_story
form/satire
form/comedy
histref/victorian_england
setting/london
setting/venice
character/lord_arthur_savile
character/mr_podgers
character/sybil_merton
character/lady_clementina_beauchamp
character/lady_windermere
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
Jane Annie, or The Good Conduct Prize
graph/work
author/conan_doyle
form/comedy
form/verse_drama
concept/hypocrisy
concept/satire_of_society
setting/oxford
archetype/fool
Jul 24, 2026
Humour
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
concept/humility
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/paradox
concept/justice
concept/the_grotesque
form/literary_criticism
form/essay
form/comedy
histref/classical_antiquity
histref/the_renaissance
character/falstaff
character/don_quixote
archetype/fool
character/odysseus_ulysses
character/councillor_pleydell
concept/truth
concept/pride
concept/self_knowledge
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/trickster
form/satire
form/fairy_tale_fantasy
form/epic
histref/medieval_england
histref/ancient_greece
histref/elizabethan_england
histref/bible
histref/voltaire
histref/chaucer
histref/rabelais
histref/cervantes
Jul 24, 2026
Beyond the City
graph/work
author/conan_doyle
form/social_novel_novel_of_manners
form/comedy
concept/the_woman_question
concept/feminism_and_the_new_woman
concept/satire_of_society
concept/romantic_love
motif/garden
motif/marriage
setting/london
character/mrs_westmacott
archetype/lover
Jul 24, 2026
AS YOU LIKE IT
graph/work
author/shakespeare
topos/pastoral_retreat
topos/locus_amoenus
topos/all_the_worlds_a_stage
topos/seven_ages_of_man
topos/love_as_war
archetype/lover
archetype/fool
archetype/outcast_wanderer
motif/masks_disguise
motif/nature
motif/love
concept/love_romantic
concept/nature_vs_civilization
concept/exile
concept/melancholy
concept/appearance_vs_reality
form/comedy
form/verse_drama
setting/an_enchanted_wood
setting/pastoral_countryside
setting/the_court
character/rosalind
character/orlando
character/celia
character/touchstone
character/jaques
character/duke_senior
character/duke_frederick
character/oliver
character/silvius
character/phoebe
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’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
graph/work
concept/economics
author/shakespeare
concept/love_romantic
concept/unrequited_love
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/deception
concept/class_conflict
concept/appearance_vs_reality
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/lover
archetype/orphan
motif/marriage
motif/masks_disguise
form/comedy
form/problem_play
form/blank_verse
setting/the_court
character/helen
character/bertram
character/countess_of_rossillion
character/parolles
character/king_of_france
character/lafew
character/diana
Jul 24, 2026
A Woman of No Importance
graph/work
concept/economics
author/wilde
concept/satire_of_society
concept/social_injustice
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/martyrdom
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/guilt
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/revenge
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/temptation
concept/class_conflict
concept/grace_and_redemption
topos/fall_from_innocence
topos/world_upside_down
topos/paradise_lost
archetype/fallen_woman
archetype/great_mother
archetype/martyr
archetype/temptress
archetype/innocent
archetype/outcast_wanderer
motif/marriage
motif/childhood
motif/letters_writing
motif/the_mirror
motif/clothing
motif/garden
motif/memory
form/comedy
form/satire
form/epigram
form/problem_play
histref/victorian_england
histref/the_bible
setting/rural_england
setting/the_court
character/lord_illingworth
character/mrs_arbuthnot
character/gerald_arbuthnot
character/hester_worsley
character/lady_hunstanton
character/mrs_allonby
Jul 24, 2026
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
graph/work
author/shakespeare
topos/love_as_war
topos/the_unattainable_beloved
topos/theatrum_mundi
archetype/trickster
archetype/lover
motif/dreams
motif/the_supernatural
motif/moon
motif/love
concept/love_romantic
concept/imagination
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
form/comedy
form/verse_drama
setting/an_enchanted_wood
setting/ancient_greece
histref/greek_mythology
character/oberon
character/titania
character/puck
character/bottom
character/theseus
character/hippolyta
character/hermia
character/lysander
character/helena
character/demetrius