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topos/theatrum_mundi
29 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
Years of the Modern
graph/work
author/whitman
concept/democracy
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/poet_as_prophet
motif/crown
motif/dreams
histref/the_industrial_revolution
Jul 24, 2026
A Ballade of Theatricals
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/ballad
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/mortality
concept/heroism
motif/death
motif/masks_disguise
concept/truth
concept/vanity_of_worldly_things
topos/memento_mori
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/all_the_world_s_a_stage
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
motif/drums_and_bugles
motif/clothing_and_costume
histref/titanic_disaster_1912
Jul 24, 2026
The Man Who Was Thursday
graph/work
setting/europe
concept/history
author/chesterton
character/gabriel_syme
character/lucian_gregory
character/sunday
character/rosamond_gregory
character/the_secretary
character/dr_bull
character/professor_de_worms
character/marquis_de_st_eustache
character/gogol
character/colonel_ducroix
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/identity
concept/fear
concept/paradox
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/providence
concept/anarchism
topos/double
topos/world_upside_down
topos/quest
topos/katabasis_descent
topos/theatrum_mundi
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/light_and_dark
motif/eyes_and_sight
motif/fire
motif/garden
motif/sun
setting/london
setting/river_thames
setting/rural_england
setting/underworld_cave
setting/sea_2
setting/france
archetype/detective
archetype/trickster
archetype/rebel
archetype/satanic_figure
archetype/double_doppelganger
archetype/christ_figure
form/novel
form/detective_fiction
form/allegory
histref/french_revolution
histref/bible
histref/christianity
histref/greek_mythology
histref/roman_history
Jul 24, 2026
The Truth of Masks
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/wilde
motif/masks_disguise
motif/clothing
topos/theatrum_mundi
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/truth
concept/beauty
concept/paradox
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/imagination
form/literary_criticism
form/essay
histref/elizabethan_england
histref/the_renaissance
histref/classical_antiquity
character/hamlet
character/falstaff
setting/the_court
Jul 24, 2026
THE TEMPEST
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/romance_play
form/tragicomedy
form/masque
form/blank_verse
motif/the_supernatural
motif/storm
motif/the_sea
motif/music_and_song
motif/dreams
motif/sleep
motif/the_book
concept/mercy
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/revenge
concept/love_romantic
concept/nature_vs_civilization
concept/imagination
concept/exile
concept/transience
concept/grace_and_redemption
topos/paradise_lost
topos/theatrum_mundi
archetype/wise_old_man
archetype/monster
archetype/usurper
archetype/lover
archetype/innocent
setting/an_enchanted_wood
setting/the_sea
character/prospero
character/miranda
character/ariel
character/caliban
character/ferdinand
character/antonio
character/alonso
character/gonzalo
character/stephano
character/trinculo
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 Portrait of Mr. W. H.
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/wilde
concept/friendship
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/immortality_of_art
concept/deception
concept/faith
concept/martyrdom
concept/truth
concept/beauty
topos/immortality_through_verse
topos/love_as_religion
topos/theatrum_mundi
archetype/martyr
archetype/trickster
motif/letters_writing
motif/the_book
motif/blood
motif/masks_disguise
motif/death
motif/eyes_sight
form/short_story
form/essay
form/literary_criticism
histref/elizabethan_england
histref/the_renaissance
setting/london
character/hamlet
character/faust
character/cyril_graham
character/erskine
character/willie_hughes
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 Man of the Crowd
graph/work
author/poe
topos/theatrum_mundi
concept/alienation
concept/guilt
concept/rationcination_detection
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/social_injustice
concept/poverty
motif/the_city
motif/night
motif/fog_and_smoke
motif/eyes_sight
motif/autumn
motif/the_book
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/shadow
setting/london
setting/the_modern_metropolis
form/short_story
Jul 24, 2026
The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/poe
concept/satire_of_society
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/pride
concept/ambition
concept/deception
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/power_and_corruption
topos/theatrum_mundi
motif/the_book
motif/letters_writing
motif/money_gold
archetype/fool
archetype/trickster
form/satire
form/autobiography
form/parody
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 Conqueror Worm
graph/work
author/poe
topos/theatrum_mundi
concept/mortality
motif/death
concept/madness
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/disillusionment
topos/eternal_return
form/lyric
Jul 24, 2026
The Spice of Life
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/literary_criticism
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/joy
form/detective_fiction
concept/faith
concept/imagination
character/macbeth
character/lady_macbeth
character/king_lear
character/goneril
character/regan
character/falstaff
character/jane_eyre
character/mr_rochester
character/paul_emanuel
character/caliban
character/odysseus_ulysses
character/wilkins_micawber
character/dick_swiveller
character/seth_pecksniff
character/sam_weller
character/daniel_quilp
character/ralph_nickleby
character/little_nell
character/wackford_squeers
character/augustus_snodgrass
character/alice
character/scheherezade
character/sherlock_holmes
concept/ratiocination_detection
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/madness
concept/ambition
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/temptation
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/nostalgia
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/original_sin
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
concept/distributism
concept/education
concept/grotesque
concept/critique_of_progress
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/world_upside_down
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/carpe_diem
topos/golden_age
topos/life_as_a_battle
topos/beatus_ille_happy_the_man_rural_retreat
motif/cave
motif/storm
motif/mirror
motif/ghosts
motif/light_and_dark
motif/crown
motif/dreams
motif/ship
motif/wine_and_drink
setting/london
setting/paris
setting/italy
setting/egypt
setting/cathedral
setting/medieval_england_2
setting/orient
setting/rural_england
setting/holy_land_jerusalem_and_bethlehem
archetype/detective
archetype/fool
archetype/usurper
archetype/king
archetype/trickster
archetype/madwoman
archetype/child
form/fable
form/fairy_tale_fantasy
form/melodrama
form/travel_writing
form/biography
form/satire
histref/renaissance
histref/french_revolution
histref/crusades
histref/spanish_inquisition
histref/reformation
histref/thirty_years_war
histref/arthurian_legend
histref/islam
histref/puritanism
histref/roman_history
histref/ancient_rome
histref/elizabethan_england
histref/bible
histref/dante
histref/greek_mythology
histref/medieval_england
histref/chaucer
histref/voltaire
histref/the_age_of_reason_eighteenth_century_rationalism
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
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
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
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
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
Gus: the Theatre Cat
graph/work
author/eliot
form/dramatic_monologue
concept/nostalgia
topos/theatrum_mundi
motif/animals
motif/masks_disguise
histref/victorian_england
Jul 24, 2026
Fancies versus Fads
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
form/literary_criticism
concept/paradox
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/anti_industrialism
character/hamlet
character/portia
character/shylock
character/macbeth
character/lady_macbeth
character/banquo
character/claudius
character/falstaff
character/sam_weller
character/tony_weller
character/samuel_pickwick
character/artful_dodger
character/dorian_gray
character/rosalind
character/viola
character/king_arthur
character/gulliver
character/joan_of_arc
concept/equality_in_death
concept/democracy
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/slavery
concept/distributism
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/education
concept/class_conflict
topos/world_upside_down
topos/poet_as_prophet
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/golden_age
motif/food_and_feasting
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/imprisonment_2
motif/ghosts
motif/wheel
setting/london
setting/medieval_england_2
setting/america
setting/new_england_america
setting/venice
setting/denmark
setting/ancient_rome_2
archetype/rebel
archetype/tyrant
archetype/martyr_saint
form/aphorism
histref/puritanism
histref/new_england
histref/arthurian_legend
histref/milton
histref/jonathan_swift
Jul 24, 2026
Death of General Grant
graph/work
author/whitman
concept/heroism
archetype/hero
concept/war_and_its_cost
histref/american_civil_war
topos/theatrum_mundi
concept/grief_and_loss
motif/the_grave
form/elegy
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
Broadway
graph/work
author/whitman
motif/the_city
setting/new_york
setting/the_modern_metropolis
topos/theatrum_mundi
concept/appearance_vs_reality
motif/the_road
concept/the_common_man
form/lyric
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
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 Child's History of England
graph/work
concept/economics
author/dickens
concept/satire_of_society
form/satire
form/parody
form/short_story
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/nostalgia
concept/pride
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/the_grotesque
concept/the_common_man
topos/world_upside_down
topos/theatrum_mundi
archetype/fool
archetype/corrupt_official
motif/masks_disguise
motif/the_road
motif/horse
motif/the_inn_tavern
histref/the_industrial_revolution
histref/victorian_england
setting/industrial_city
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