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Themes and Motifs: Futility Inability

Parent Term

  • Futility

Sibling Terms

  • Failure to defend honor
  • Illusion of success or victory
  • Nothing to do
  • When will it stop

Tagged Events

"The Unvanquished", 95 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Emotional›Regret
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Sanctuary, 121 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Child care
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability | Values›Propriety
Sanctuary, 287 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women as sacred
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Sibling
Sanctuary, 309 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Law›Arrest
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability
Aesthetics: Narrative›Irony | Narrative›Repetition | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
The Unvanquished, 153 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Communication›Writing | Emotional›Regret
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Inability | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild