Eleanor Lance

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Eleanor Lance is the psychologically fragile and emotionally isolated protagonist of Shirley Jackson’s horror tale "The Haunting of Hill House," as depicted in the 1963 film adaptation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
adaptationOf Eleanor Vance
surface form: Eleanor Vance (novel character)
appearsIn The Haunting (1963)
The Haunting
surface form: The Haunting of Hill House (1963 film)

novel "The Haunting of Hill House"
surface form: The Haunting of Hill House (novel)
appearsInGenre gothic horror
associatedWith Hill House
basedOn Eleanor Vance
centralThemeRelation haunting
isolation
psychological breakdown
characterArc gradual mental disintegration
characterTrait emotionally isolated
psychologically fragile
countryOfOriginOfWork United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Shirley Jackson
firstAppearance novel "The Haunting of Hill House"
surface form: The Haunting of Hill House (1959 novel)
genre horror
languageOfWork English
medium film
literature
narrativeFunction unreliable focal character
portrayedInFilmBy Julie Harris
roleInWork protagonist
setting Hill House
storyRole possible source of supernatural phenomena
victim of supernatural forces
themeInvolvement female vulnerability
loneliness
repressed desire
unreliable perception of reality
workAuthor Shirley Jackson

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The Haunting mainCharacter Eleanor Lance
subject surface form: The Haunting (1963 film)
Theodora relationshipWith Eleanor Lance