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form/tragedy
27 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
Vera, or The Nihilists
graph/work
setting/europe
author/wilde
form/tragedy
form/verse_drama
form/melodrama
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/revenge
concept/love_romantic
concept/martyrdom
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/deception
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/social_injustice
concept/reform
topos/world_upside_down
topos/love_as_religion
topos/love_death
archetype/tyrant
archetype/rebel
archetype/martyr
archetype/avenger
archetype/lover
archetype/christ_figure
motif/blood
motif/death
motif/swords_weapons
motif/poison
motif/crown
motif/masks_disguise
motif/the_cross
motif/winter
motif/nightingale
motif/letters_writing
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
character/christ
setting/russia
setting/the_court
character/vera_sabouroff
character/prince_paul_maraloffski
character/czarevitch_alexis
character/czar_ivan
character/michael
Jul 24, 2026
TIMON OF ATHENS
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/tragedy
form/satire
form/verse_drama
form/blank_verse
concept/misanthropy
concept/friendship
concept/satire_of_society
concept/social_injustice
concept/alienation
concept/deception
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/mortality
concept/pride
topos/fortunes_wheel
topos/contemptus_mundi
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/tragic_hero
motif/money_gold
motif/food_feasting
motif/the_grave
motif/animals
histref/classical_antiquity
histref/ancient_greece
setting/ancient_greece
character/timon
character/apemantus
character/alcibiades
character/flavius
character/lucullus
character/lucius
character/sempronius
Jul 24, 2026
TITUS ANDRONICUS
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/tragedy
form/blank_verse
concept/revenge
concept/the_grotesque
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/justice
concept/madness
concept/war_and_its_cost
motif/blood
motif/swords_weapons
archetype/avenger
archetype/villain
archetype/femme_fatale
setting/ancient_rome
topos/fortunes_wheel
character/titus_andronicus
character/tamora
character/aaron
character/lavinia
character/saturninus
character/bassianus
character/marcus_andronicus
character/lucius
Jul 24, 2026
THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR - THE FOLIO TEXT
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/tragedy
form/blank_verse
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/madness
concept/justice
concept/the_natural_order
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/pride
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/doubt
topos/world_upside_down
topos/fortunes_wheel
topos/seven_ages_of_man
archetype/king
archetype/tragic_hero
archetype/fool
archetype/villain
archetype/outcast_wanderer
motif/storm
motif/madness
motif/eyes_sight
motif/clothing
motif/animals
setting/medieval_england
character/king_lear
character/cordelia
character/goneril
character/regan
character/edmund
character/edgar
character/gloucester
character/kent
character/the_fool
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 HISTORY OF KING LEAR - THE QUARTO TEXT
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/tragedy
form/verse_drama
form/blank_verse
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/madness
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/the_natural_order
concept/justice
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/pride
concept/deception
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/mortality
concept/humility
concept/fate_and_free_will
topos/world_upside_down
topos/fortunes_wheel
topos/great_chain_of_being
archetype/king
archetype/tragic_hero
archetype/fool
archetype/villain
archetype/outcast_wanderer
motif/storm
motif/nature
motif/madness
motif/eyes_sight
motif/animals
motif/clothing_nakedness
motif/crown
setting/medieval_england
setting/the_court
character/king_lear
character/cordelia
character/goneril
character/regan
character/edmund
character/edgar
character/gloucester
character/kent
character/the_fool
Jul 24, 2026
THE FAMILY REUNION
graph/work
author/eliot
form/verse_drama
form/tragedy
concept/guilt
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/conscience
concept/alienation
concept/appearance_vs_reality
topos/katabasis_descent
archetype/avenger
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/ghost
motif/ghosts
motif/the_supernatural
motif/seasons
histref/greek_tragedy
histref/greek_mythology
setting/rural_england
character/harry_monchensey
character/amy_monchensey
character/agatha
Jul 24, 2026
The Duchess of Padua
graph/work
setting/europe
concept/history
author/wilde
form/tragedy
form/verse_drama
form/blank_verse
concept/revenge
concept/love_romantic
concept/unrequited_love
concept/guilt
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/justice
concept/mercy
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/social_injustice
concept/deception
concept/fate_and_free_will
topos/love_death
topos/love_as_religion
archetype/avenger
archetype/tyrant
archetype/fallen_woman
archetype/lover
motif/blood
motif/death
motif/swords_weapons
motif/poison
motif/the_court
motif/letters_writing
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
histref/the_renaissance
setting/italy
setting/the_court
character/guido_ferranti
character/beatrice
character/duke_simone_gesso
character/count_moranzone
character/ascanio_cristofano
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
Scenes From "Politian"
graph/work
setting/europe
author/poe
topos/the_unattainable_beloved
topos/love_as_religion
topos/paradise_lost
concept/revenge
concept/love_romantic
concept/melancholy
concept/honour
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/guilt
concept/conscience
archetype/lover
archetype/fallen_woman
archetype/avenger
archetype/tragic_hero
motif/death
motif/the_mirror
motif/swords_weapons
motif/the_cross
motif/music_and_song
motif/moon
form/verse_drama
form/tragedy
form/blank_verse
form/fragment
histref/the_renaissance
setting/italy
setting/a_garden
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
ROMEO AND JULIET
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/tragedy
form/blank_verse
form/lyric
concept/love_romantic
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/mortality
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/unrequited_love
topos/love_as_religion
topos/dawn_parting_alba
motif/light_and_dark
motif/death
motif/stars
motif/night
motif/poison
archetype/lover
archetype/mentor
setting/verona
character/romeo
character/juliet
character/mercutio
character/tybalt
character/friar_laurence
character/nurse
character/capulet
character/benvolio
character/paris
character/prince_escalus
Jul 24, 2026
RICHARD II
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/history_play
form/tragedy
form/blank_verse
form/lyric
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/identity
concept/guilt
concept/providence
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/grief_and_loss
topos/fortunes_wheel
topos/great_chain_of_being
motif/crown
motif/the_mirror
motif/garden
archetype/king
archetype/usurper
setting/the_court
histref/medieval_england
character/richard_ii
character/henry_bolingbroke
character/john_of_gaunt
character/duke_of_york
character/queen_isabel
character/duke_of_aumerle
character/mowbray
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
OSORIO
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/revenge
concept/guilt
concept/conscience
concept/jealousy
concept/deception
concept/love_romantic
concept/terror_and_horror
archetype/villain
archetype/avenger
motif/the_sea
histref/the_spanish_inquisition
histref/catholic_church
form/tragedy
form/verse_drama
form/blank_verse
Jul 24, 2026
OTHELLO
graph/work
setting/europe
author/shakespeare
form/tragedy
form/verse_drama
form/blank_verse
concept/jealousy
concept/deception
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/alienation
concept/love_romantic
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/revenge
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/pride
concept/guilt
concept/mortality
topos/love_as_war
archetype/villain
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/tragic_hero
archetype/innocent
archetype/shadow
motif/blood
motif/death
motif/eyes_sight
motif/light_and_dark
motif/clothing
motif/animals
setting/venice
setting/the_court
histref/the_orient
character/othello
character/iago
character/desdemona
character/cassio
character/emilia
character/roderigo
character/brabantio
character/bianca
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
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
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
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
I
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/verse_drama
form/tragedy
concept/revenge
concept/love_romantic
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/providence
archetype/avenger
archetype/lover
concept/guilt
setting/the_court
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
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
CORIOLANUS
graph/work
concept/economics
author/shakespeare
form/tragedy
form/blank_verse
concept/pride
concept/honour
concept/heroism
concept/class_conflict
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/revenge
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/exile
topos/war_as_glory
archetype/tragic_hero
archetype/hero
archetype/great_mother
motif/swords_weapons
motif/blood
histref/ancient_rome
histref/roman_history
setting/ancient_rome
setting/the_battlefield
character/coriolanus
character/volumnia
character/menenius
character/aufidius
character/virgilia
character/sicinius
character/brutus_the_tribune
character/cominius
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
A Florentine Tragedy
graph/work
setting/europe
author/wilde
concept/jealousy
concept/revenge
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/lust
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/power_and_corruption
topos/love_as_religion
topos/memento_mori
archetype/avenger
archetype/lover
archetype/femme_fatale
motif/blood
motif/swords_weapons
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/money_gold
motif/clothing
motif/death
motif/moon
form/verse_drama
form/blank_verse
form/tragedy
form/fragment
histref/the_renaissance
setting/italy
character/simone
character/bianca
character/guido_bardi