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motif/madness
34 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
Villette
graph/work
author/bronte
concept/alienation
concept/unrequited_love
concept/melancholy
concept/identity
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/self_and_soul
concept/the_uncanny
concept/love_romantic
concept/exile
motif/ghosts
motif/storm
motif/the_sea
motif/letters_writing
motif/masks_disguise
motif/madness
motif/the_supernatural
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/ghost
form/novel
form/bildungsroman
form/gothic_novel
histref/catholic_church
setting/industrial_city
character/lucy_snowe
character/paul_emanuel
character/graham_bretton
character/madame_beck
character/ginevra_fanshawe
character/polly_home
character/mrs_bretton
Jul 24, 2026
THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/tragicomedy
form/romance_play
form/blank_verse
concept/friendship
concept/love_romantic
concept/honour
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/paradox
topos/fortunes_wheel
topos/love_as_war
archetype/lover
archetype/innocent
motif/madness
motif/swords_weapons
motif/horse
motif/flowers
histref/greek_mythology
histref/ancient_greece
setting/ancient_greece
character/palamon
character/arcite
character/emilia
character/theseus
character/hippolyta
character/the_jailers_daughter
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 Tell-Tale Heart
graph/work
author/poe
topos/memento_mori
motif/madness
motif/death
motif/eyes_sight
motif/the_clock
motif/night
concept/madness
concept/guilt
concept/conscience
concept/terror_and_horror
character/death_personified
form/short_story
Jul 24, 2026
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
graph/work
author/poe
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/trickster
motif/madness
concept/madness
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/satire_of_society
form/short_story
form/satire
Jul 24, 2026
THE MAD MONK
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/ballad
concept/madness
concept/guilt
concept/grief_and_loss
motif/madness
motif/blood
motif/the_grave
archetype/outcast_wanderer
concept/unrequited_love
Jul 24, 2026
THE MADMAN AND THE LETHARGIST
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/madness
motif/madness
concept/faith
concept/grace_and_redemption
form/epigram
form/allegory
histref/classical_antiquity
Jul 24, 2026
THE MADMAN AND THE LETHARGIST
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/madness
concept/satire_of_society
concept/doubt
motif/madness
archetype/fool
histref/the_french_revolution
form/fable
form/satire
Jul 24, 2026
The Imp of the Perverse
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/poe
concept/guilt
concept/conscience
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/madness
concept/self_and_soul
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/good_vs_evil
motif/madness
motif/death
motif/the_clock
archetype/satanic_figure
form/essay
form/short_story
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 Black Cat
graph/work
author/poe
concept/guilt
concept/conscience
concept/madness
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/the_grotesque
motif/animals
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/madness
motif/blood
motif/eyes_sight
motif/fire
topos/fall_from_innocence
archetype/antihero
archetype/monster
form/short_story
Jul 24, 2026
The Angry Street
graph/work
concept/economics
author/chesterton
concept/satire_of_society
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/critique_of_progress
topos/world_upside_down
motif/the_city
motif/the_clock
motif/the_supernatural
motif/madness
motif/horse
form/short_story
setting/london
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/labor_and_work
concept/slavery
concept/apocalypse
concept/uncanny
topos/night_journey_vision
motif/chains
motif/road
motif/hill
motif/dreams
setting/modern_metropolis
archetype/prophet
form/parable
histref/industrial_revolution
Jul 24, 2026
Terror and Horror · Madness
graph/work
author/dickinson
form/lyric
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/self_and_soul
concept/madness
motif/the_supernatural
concept/alienation
concept/the_uncanny
concept/identity
motif/madness
topos/the_double
form/epigram
concept/paradox
motif/ghosts
archetype/double_doppelganger
motif/death
motif/swords_weapons
motif/silence
motif/water
concept/melancholy
concept/mortality
concept/doubt
concept/suffering
motif/eyes_sight
concept/appearance_vs_reality
motif/night
motif/music_and_song
Jul 24, 2026
Sweeney Erect
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/the_grotesque
concept/lust
histref/greek_mythology
motif/madness
motif/the_sea
archetype/antihero
character/sweeney
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
RECANTATION
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/ballad
form/fable
form/satire
concept/satire_of_society
concept/madness
motif/madness
motif/animals
topos/world_upside_down
concept/power_and_corruption
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
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
ON A DISCOVERY MADE TOO LATE
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/sonnet
concept/jealousy
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/madness
concept/hope
concept/unrequited_love
motif/madness
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
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
For Lovers Only
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/short_story
concept/love_romantic
concept/madness
topos/world_upside_down
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
archetype/lover
archetype/fool
motif/madness
character/gabriel_gale
character/diana_westermaine
character/hurrel
concept/paradox
concept/friendship
motif/rash_vow
setting/inn
Jul 24, 2026
Lines for an Old Man
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/self_and_soul
concept/madness
motif/animals
motif/blood
motif/madness
form/lyric
Jul 24, 2026
LINES ON A FRIEND WHO DIED OF A FRENZY FEVER INDUCED BY CALUMNIOUS REPORTS
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/elegy
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/friendship
concept/madness
motif/the_grave
motif/madness
concept/social_injustice
motif/death
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
Hysteria
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/the_grotesque
motif/madness
concept/lust
concept/alienation
form/lyric
Jul 24, 2026
Hop-Frog
graph/work
author/poe
concept/revenge
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/justice
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/alienation
concept/the_grotesque
archetype/tyrant
archetype/fool
archetype/trickster
archetype/avenger
motif/fire
motif/masks_disguise
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/animals
motif/madness
topos/world_upside_down
form/short_story
setting/the_court
Jul 24, 2026
How I Found the Superman
graph/work
author/chesterton
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/the_grotesque
concept/terror_and_horror
topos/world_upside_down
motif/madness
motif/wind
motif/the_grave
archetype/monster
form/short_story
form/satire
form/parody
setting/london
character/lady_hypatia_hagg
character/dr_hagg
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/deception
concept/vanity
concept/eugenics
motif/eyes_and_sight
motif/light_and_dark
histref/george_bernard_shaw
histref/h_g_wells
Jul 24, 2026
CARDENIO - A BRIEF ACCOUNT
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/tragicomedy
concept/friendship
concept/love_romantic
concept/revenge
concept/deception
concept/lust
concept/conversion
concept/grace_and_redemption
archetype/lover
archetype/fallen_woman
archetype/villain
motif/madness
motif/masks_disguise
motif/marriage
Jul 24, 2026
Berenice
graph/work
author/poe
concept/madness
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/identity
concept/the_uncanny
concept/mortality
topos/memento_mori
motif/madness
motif/the_grave
motif/decay
motif/death
motif/memory
motif/the_book
motif/eyes_sight
archetype/outcast_wanderer
form/short_story
form/gothic_novel
setting/the_castle
Jul 24, 2026
Barnaby Rudge
graph/work
concept/history
author/dickens
form/novel
form/historical_novel
form/social_novel
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/social_injustice
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/madness
concept/guilt
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/fanaticism
concept/war_and_its_cost
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/innocent
archetype/fool
archetype/rebel
archetype/ghost
motif/fire
motif/blood
motif/the_inn_tavern
motif/animals
motif/the_city
motif/madness
histref/christianity
histref/catholic_church
setting/london
setting/an_inn
character/barnaby_rudge
character/grip
character/gabriel_varden
character/dolly_varden
character/simon_tappertit
character/edward_chester
character/john_chester
character/geoffrey_haredale
character/emma_haredale
character/lord_george_gordon
character/hugh
Jul 24, 2026
The Ball and the Cross
graph/work
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/novel
form/allegory
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/faith
concept/doubt
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/honour
concept/heroism
concept/madness
concept/temptation
concept/satire_of_society
topos/the_quest
topos/world_upside_down
topos/love_as_war
archetype/satanic_figure
archetype/pilgrim
archetype/fool
archetype/rebel
motif/swords_weapons
motif/the_cross
motif/fire
motif/the_sea
motif/the_journey
motif/madness
histref/christianity
histref/catholic_church
setting/scotland
setting/london
character/satan
character/evan_maclan
character/james_turnbull
character/lucifer
character/father_michael
character/madeleine_durand
character/beatrice_drake
character/count_gregory
character/camille_bert
character/cumberland_vane
character/wilkinson
character/doctor_hutton
character/doctor_quayle
concept/fanaticism
concept/friendship
concept/romantic_love
concept/reconciliation
concept/grace_and_redemption
topos/locus_amoenus
topos/last_stand
motif/dreams
motif/imprisonment_2
motif/garden
setting/garden_2
setting/ship
archetype/christ_figure
archetype/lover
archetype/wise_old_man_sage
form/satire
histref/french_revolution
histref/bible
Jul 24, 2026
A DUNGEON
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/fragment
motif/nature
motif/moon
motif/winter
motif/the_grave
concept/madness
motif/madness
concept/melancholy
motif/animals
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