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61 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
ZAPOLYA A CHRISTMAS TALE IN TWO PARTS
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/verse_drama
form/blank_verse
form/romance_play
form/tragicomedy
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/providence
concept/exile
concept/the_natural_order
concept/appearance_vs_reality
topos/the_sleeper_awakes
topos/fortunes_wheel
archetype/usurper
archetype/tyrant
archetype/king
archetype/outcast_wanderer
motif/crown
motif/serpent_snake
motif/swords_weapons
motif/masks_disguise
setting/the_court
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
Varied Types
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/literary_criticism
form/essay
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/truth
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/the_common_man
concept/beauty
concept/imagination
histref/victorian_england
form/biography
character/king_alfred_2
character/christ
character/charlotte_bront
character/william_morris
character/lord_byron
character/alexander_pope
character/st_francis_of_assisi
character/robert_louis_stevenson
character/edmond_rostand
character/charles_ii
character/thomas_carlyle
character/leo_tolstoy
character/girolamo_savonarola
character/sir_walter_scott
character/bret_harte
character/maurice_maeterlinck
character/john_ruskin
character/queen_victoria
character/kaiser_wilhelm_ii_the_german_emperor
character/alfred_lord_tennyson
character/elizabeth_barrett_browning
character/cyrano_de_bergerac
concept/democracy
concept/doubt
concept/self_denial_and_renunciation
concept/nature_vs_civilization
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/power_of_language
concept/vanity
concept/individualism
concept/optimism_and_pessimism
concept/hero_worship
concept/the_spirit_of_romance
topos/poet_as_prophet
motif/crown
motif/court_2
setting/italy
setting/medieval_england_2
setting/germany
archetype/king
archetype/prophet
form/satire
form/verse_drama
histref/puritanism
histref/renaissance
histref/christianity
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/medieval_england
histref/danish_invasions
histref/battle_of_ethandun
histref/king_alfred
Jul 24, 2026
UNFINISHED POEMS
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/spiritual_emptiness
concept/the_waste_land
concept/guilt
motif/death
concept/terror_and_horror
form/verse_drama
form/fragment
histref/greek_tragedy
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
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
graph/work
concept/history
author/shakespeare
form/verse_drama
form/tragicomedy
form/satire
form/blank_verse
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/honour
concept/disillusionment
concept/lust
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/satire_of_society
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/deception
topos/love_as_war
topos/war_as_glory
topos/tempus_fugit
archetype/femme_fatale
archetype/hero
archetype/fallen_woman
archetype/prophet
motif/blood
motif/swords_weapons
motif/time
histref/greek_mythology
histref/classical_antiquity
setting/the_battlefield
character/odysseus
character/troilus
character/cressida
character/hector
character/achilles
character/ulysses
character/pandarus
character/ajax
character/thersites
character/agamemnon
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
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 POETASTER
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/love_romantic
motif/death
form/fragment
form/verse_drama
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 NIGHT-SCENE
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/blank_verse
form/verse_drama
form/fragment
concept/love_romantic
concept/the_sublime
motif/garden
motif/night
motif/stars
archetype/lover
motif/serpent_snake
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 Journey
graph/work
author/conan_doyle
form/allegory
form/verse_drama
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/doubt
concept/reason_and_rationalism
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/suffering_and_pain
concept/hope
motif/journey
motif/road
motif/well
histref/christianity
setting/mountains
archetype/pilgrim
archetype/wise_old_man_sage
archetype/mentor
topos/journey_of_life
topos/open_road_homecoming
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 FOSTER-MOTHER’S TALE
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/nature_vs_civilization
concept/liberty
archetype/outcast_wanderer
concept/madness
form/verse_drama
form/fragment
setting/a_ship
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 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 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 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 DUNGEON
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/social_injustice
concept/reform
motif/nature
concept/grace_and_redemption
form/verse_drama
form/blank_verse
Jul 24, 2026
THE ELDER STATESMAN
graph/work
author/eliot
form/verse_drama
concept/guilt
concept/conscience
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/self_and_soul
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/mortality
concept/love_romantic
motif/ghosts
archetype/ghost
motif/memory
character/lord_claverton
character/monica_claverton
character/federico_gomez
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
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 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
Sweeney Agonistes
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/spiritual_emptiness
concept/the_waste_land
concept/guilt
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/alienation
motif/death
motif/dreams
motif/music_and_song
motif/wine_and_drink
topos/katabasis_descent
archetype/outcast_wanderer
form/verse_drama
form/fragment
histref/greek_tragedy
setting/london
character/sweeney
Jul 24, 2026
SIR THOMAS MORE
graph/work
concept/history
concept/economics
author/shakespeare
form/history_play
form/verse_drama
form/blank_verse
concept/martyrdom
concept/conscience
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/class_conflict
concept/exile
concept/faith
concept/humility
concept/mortality
topos/fortunes_wheel
topos/contemptus_mundi
topos/memento_mori
archetype/martyr
archetype/king
archetype/rebel
motif/the_cross
motif/the_city
motif/the_grave
histref/christianity
histref/catholic_church
histref/the_reformation
histref/medieval_england
setting/london
setting/the_court
character/sir_thomas_more
character/earl_of_surrey
character/lord_mayor
character/lincoln
Jul 24, 2026
George Bernard Shaw
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/biography
form/literary_criticism
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/paradox
histref/puritanism
histref/irish_question
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/doubt
form/verse_drama
character/julius_caesar
character/cleopatra
character/hamlet
character/george_bernard_shaw
character/william_shakespeare
character/henrik_ibsen
character/friedrich_nietzsche
character/oscar_wilde
character/jonathan_swift
character/napoleon_bonaparte
character/charles_stewart_parnell
character/candida
character/mrs_warren
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/democracy
concept/poverty
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/resurrection
concept/fanaticism
concept/vanity
concept/creative_evolution_and_the_superman
topos/all_the_world_s_a_stage
topos/world_upside_down
topos/vanitas
topos/poet_as_prophet
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/music_and_song
motif/animals
motif/home
setting/london
setting/ancient_rome
setting/egypt
setting/germany
setting/ireland
archetype/orphan
archetype/prophet
archetype/rebel
form/epigram
form/satire
form/problem_play
histref/first_world_war
Jul 24, 2026
Sherlock Holmes: A Drama in Four Acts
graph/work
author/conan_doyle
form/verse_drama
form/detective_fiction
form/melodrama
concept/ratiocination_detection
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/deception
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
motif/letters_and_writing
motif/secrets
motif/money_and_gold
setting/london
character/sherlock_holmes
character/doctor_watson
character/professor_moriarty
archetype/detective
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
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
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
PLAYS
graph/work
author/eliot
form/verse_drama
concept/martyrdom
histref/christianity
histref/medieval_england
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
HENRY V
graph/work
concept/history
author/shakespeare
topos/war_as_glory
topos/the_last_stand
topos/theatrum_mundi
archetype/king
archetype/hero
motif/swords_weapons
motif/crown
motif/dawn
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/heroism
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/honour
form/history_play
form/blank_verse
form/verse_drama
setting/the_battlefield
setting/the_court
histref/medieval_england
character/henry_v
character/princess_catherine
character/dauphin
character/fluellen
character/pistol
character/mistress_quickly
character/duke_of_exeter
character/chorus
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
FAMINE.
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/power_and_corruption
motif/blood
form/fragment
form/verse_drama
Jul 24, 2026
Coriolan
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/spiritual_emptiness
concept/satire_of_society
concept/war_and_its_cost
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
motif/dust
motif/swords_weapons
motif/crown
motif/horse
archetype/tyrant
form/verse_drama
form/fragment
histref/ancient_rome
setting/ancient_rome
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
Also by T. S. Eliot
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/eliot
motif/the_book
form/literary_criticism
concept/the_artist_and_society
form/verse_drama
histref/christianity
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
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
Jul 24, 2026
179 8 FIRE, FAMINE, AND SLAUGHTER
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/power_and_corruption
form/verse_drama
motif/fire
motif/blood
concept/satire_of_society
Jul 24, 2026
2 HENRY IV
graph/work
concept/history
author/shakespeare
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/tempus_fugit
topos/memento_mori
archetype/fool
archetype/king
archetype/rebel
motif/the_inn_tavern
motif/time
motif/death
motif/crown
motif/madness
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/mortality
concept/conscience
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/disillusionment
concept/childhood_and_growth
form/history_play
form/blank_verse
form/verse_drama
setting/the_court
setting/an_inn
histref/medieval_england
character/falstaff
character/henry_iv
character/prince_hal
character/earl_of_northumberland
character/lord_chief_justice
character/justice_shallow
character/doll_tearsheet
character/mistress_quickly
character/prince_john
Jul 24, 2026
1 HENRY IV
graph/work
concept/history
author/shakespeare
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/fall_from_innocence
archetype/fool
archetype/king
archetype/rebel
motif/the_inn_tavern
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/crown
motif/honour
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/honour
concept/childhood_and_growth
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/appearance_vs_reality
form/history_play
form/blank_verse
form/verse_drama
setting/the_court
setting/an_inn
setting/the_battlefield
histref/medieval_england
character/falstaff
character/henry_iv
character/prince_hal
character/hotspur
character/earl_of_worcester
character/owen_glendower
character/earl_of_northumberland
character/kate_percy