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topos/love_as_war
18 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
VENUS AND ADONIS
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/narrative_poem
topos/love_as_war
topos/the_unattainable_beloved
topos/carpe_diem
concept/lust
concept/unrequited_love
concept/beauty
concept/mortality
concept/transience
concept/grief_and_loss
motif/desire
motif/flowers
motif/horse
motif/animals
archetype/temptress
histref/greek_mythology
histref/classical_antiquity
character/venus
character/adonis
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
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 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
SONNET
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/lust
concept/unrequited_love
topos/love_as_war
motif/fire
setting/the_underworld
archetype/femme_fatale
form/sonnet
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
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
Fame, like a wayward Giri, will still be coy
graph/work
author/keats
form/sonnet
concept/ambition
concept/the_artist_and_society
topos/love_as_war
histref/the_bible
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 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
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
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
Ah Poverties, Wincings, and Sulky Retreats
graph/work
author/whitman
concept/self_and_soul
concept/alienation
topos/love_as_war
motif/swords_weapons
form/lyric
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 Lover’s Complaint
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/narrative_poem
form/rhyme_royal
form/lyric
concept/unrequited_love
concept/deception
concept/lust
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/beauty
concept/temptation
topos/love_as_war
archetype/temptress
archetype/fallen_woman
archetype/lover
motif/tears
motif/letters_writing
motif/river
motif/flowers
motif/eyes_sight
Jul 24, 2026
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN POET AND FRIEND
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/deception
form/satire
histref/catholic_church
histref/the_reformation
motif/serpent_snake
topos/love_as_war
motif/swords_weapons
concept/martyrdom