Shawshank State Penitentiary
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Shawshank State Penitentiary is the fictional prison that serves as the primary setting for the film and novella "The Shawshank Redemption."
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shawshank State Penitentiary canonical | 14 |
| Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (novella) | 1 |
| Shawshank State Penitentiary, Maine | 1 |
| Shawshank prison library | 1 |
| “Shawshank Prison” | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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fictional prison ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Shawshank State Penitentiary
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (novella)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994 film) ⓘ
surface form:
The Shawshank Redemption (film)
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| associatedTheme |
corruption
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freedom ⓘ friendship ⓘ hope ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| countryInFiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| countryOfOriginWork |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdBy | Stephen King ⓘ |
| depictedAs | maximum-security prison ⓘ |
| fictionalLocationIn | Maine ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Shawshank Redemption (1994 film)
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surface form:
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (1982)
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| genreContext |
crime fiction
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prison drama ⓘ |
| governedByInFiction | Warden Samuel Norton ⓘ |
| guardedByInFiction | Captain Byron Hadley ⓘ |
| hasFictionalFacilityType |
cell blocks
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library ⓘ prison yard ⓘ solitary confinement ⓘ warden’s office ⓘ |
| inspiredRealLocation | Ohio State Reformatory (film shooting location) ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginWork | English ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
backdrop for escape plot
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site of wrongful imprisonment ⓘ symbol of institutional oppression ⓘ |
| notableAdaptationAppearance | The Shawshank Redemption (1994 film) ⓘ |
| notableEventInFiction |
Andy Dufresne’s escape
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death of Tommy Williams ⓘ money laundering scheme exposure ⓘ suicide of inmate Brooks Hatlen (film version) ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse | Stephen King multiverse ⓘ |
| primarySettingForCharacter |
Andy Dufresne
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Brooks Hatlen ⓘ Captain Byron Hadley ⓘ Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding ⓘ Tommy Williams ⓘ Warden Samuel Norton ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Hemlock Grove
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surface form:
Castle Rock (TV series)
Castle Rock ⓘ
surface form:
Castle Rock (fictional town)
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| timePeriodInFiction | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| usedFor | incarceration of long-term prisoners (in fiction) ⓘ |
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Shawshank Redemption
subject surface form:
Captain Byron Hadley
Captain Byron Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption
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fictionalLocation
→
Shawshank State Penitentiary
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subject surface form:
Captain Byron Hadley
this entity surface form:
Shawshank prison library
subject surface form:
Henry Deaver
Shawshank State Penitentiary
→
appearsInWork
→
Shawshank State Penitentiary
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (novella)
this entity surface form:
Shawshank State Penitentiary, Maine
this entity surface form:
“Shawshank Prison”