Autopsy Room Four (short story)
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"Autopsy Room Four" is a darkly comic horror short story by Stephen King about a man who wakes up paralyzed on an autopsy table, fully conscious as doctors prepare to dissect him.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Autopsy Room Four (short story) canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Autopsy Room Four (short story) Context triple: [Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King, basedOnWork, Autopsy Room Four (short story)]
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A.
Autopsy
Autopsy is a digital forensics platform that provides a graphical interface for analyzing disk images and file systems, commonly used in conjunction with The Sleuth Kit.
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B.
The Charnel House
The Charnel House is a 1945 painting by Pablo Picasso that depicts a twisted, skeletal pile of bodies as a powerful condemnation of war and human atrocity.
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C.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
The Autopsy of Jane Doe is a 2016 supernatural horror film that follows a father-son coroner team uncovering terrifying secrets while examining the mysterious body of an unidentified woman.
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D.
Inspector of the Dead
Inspector of the Dead is a historical thriller novel by David Morrell featuring Victorian-era intrigue, political conspiracies, and a relentless hunt for a serial killer in 1850s London.
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E.
Murder in the Gunroom
Murder in the Gunroom is a mystery novel by Henry Beam Piper, centered on the investigation of a suspicious death involving firearms and gun collecting.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Autopsy Room Four (short story) Target entity description: "Autopsy Room Four" is a darkly comic horror short story by Stephen King about a man who wakes up paralyzed on an autopsy table, fully conscious as doctors prepare to dissect him.
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A.
Autopsy
Autopsy is a digital forensics platform that provides a graphical interface for analyzing disk images and file systems, commonly used in conjunction with The Sleuth Kit.
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B.
The Charnel House
The Charnel House is a 1945 painting by Pablo Picasso that depicts a twisted, skeletal pile of bodies as a powerful condemnation of war and human atrocity.
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C.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
The Autopsy of Jane Doe is a 2016 supernatural horror film that follows a father-son coroner team uncovering terrifying secrets while examining the mysterious body of an unidentified woman.
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D.
Inspector of the Dead
Inspector of the Dead is a historical thriller novel by David Morrell featuring Victorian-era intrigue, political conspiracies, and a relentless hunt for a serial killer in 1850s London.
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E.
Murder in the Gunroom
Murder in the Gunroom is a mystery novel by Henry Beam Piper, centered on the investigation of a suspicious death involving firearms and gun collecting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dark comedy work
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horror fiction work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
consciousness and paralysis
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fear of being buried or dissected alive ⓘ medical error ⓘ |
| conflictType |
man vs. body
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man vs. institution ⓘ |
| containsElement |
gallows humor
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irony ⓘ medical horror ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creatorOccupation | novelist Stephen King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
hospital staff
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medical examiner ⓘ pathologist ⓘ |
| genre |
dark comedy
ⓘ
horror ⓘ suspense ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| intendedEffect | evoke fear and nervous laughter ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | short ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary horror fiction ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
conversational prose
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internal monologue-driven ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Howard Cottrell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| motif |
clinical detachment of medical staff
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misdiagnosis of death ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice |
limited internal monologue
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trapped conscious body ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| partOf | Stephen King short fiction corpus ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A man wakes up paralyzed on an autopsy table, fully conscious as doctors prepare to dissect him. ⓘ |
| protagonist | Howard Cottrell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
autopsy room
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hospital ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
autopsy procedures
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misperception of death ⓘ paralysis ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| temporalSetting | contemporary period ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly comic
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suspenseful ⓘ |
| usesHorrorTrope |
apparent death
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premature autopsy ⓘ |
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