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Aesthetics: Tone Elegiac

Parent Term

  • Tone

Sibling Terms

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

Tagged Events

The Hamlet, 164 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Dream turns to dust
Aesthetics: Tone›Elegiac
The Hamlet, 175 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Tragic / tragedy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Futility›Illusion of success or victory
Aesthetics: Tone›Elegiac
The Town, 332 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Emotional›Tragic / tragedy
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Body›Hair | Death | Futility
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Barnes, Djuna | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed | Tone›Elegiac