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Aesthetics: Tone Absurdist

Parent Term

  • Tone

Sibling Terms

  • Apocalyptic
  • Elegiac
  • Farce
  • Humorous
  • Incongruous
  • Ironic
  • Mock-heroic
  • Nostalgic
  • Overwrought
  • Sarcastic
  • Shift

Tagged Events

"Spotted Horses", 180 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Capture as loss
Aesthetics: Tone›Absurdist
As I Lay Dying, 206 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Medical treatment
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Tone›Absurdist | Tone›Farce
The Hamlet, 166 (Event)
Environment: Otherworldly›Beyond living world passim
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Aesthetics: Tone›Absurdist
The Town, 14 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Interaction, Social›Ball/dance | Interaction, Social›Leadership
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Movies
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Car
Relationships: Social›Fame
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Grable, Betty | Allusion, Historical›Harlow, Jean | Allusion, Historical›Monroe, Marilyn | Figures of Speech›Personification | Tone›Absurdist
The Town, 248 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shock | Non-human›Escape
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Tone›Absurdist