the Condemned Man
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The Condemned Man is a silent, bewildered prisoner in Franz Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony,” whose impending execution exposes the brutality and absurdity of the colony’s justice system.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a short story
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condemned person ⓘ fictional character ⓘ prisoner ⓘ |
| appearsAlongside |
the Explorer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
the Officer ⓘ the Soldier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | In the Penal Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
absurdity of law
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authority and obedience ⓘ guilt and innocence ⓘ human suffering ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| awarenessOfSentenceDetails | limited ⓘ |
| canAppealSentence | false ⓘ |
| communicationStyle | mostly nonverbal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | fictional penal colony ⓘ |
| createdBy | Franz Kafka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathOutcome | intended execution by machine ⓘ |
| emotionalState |
bewildered
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silent ⓘ submissive ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Kafka’s In the Penal Colony universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1919 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
existential fiction
ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ |
| hasRelationTo |
the Explorer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
the Officer ⓘ the Soldier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knowsReasonForPunishment | false ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| legalStatus | sentenced to death ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| methodOfExecution |
execution machine
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torture device that inscribes the law on the body ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
to highlight the absurdity of unquestioned authority
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to reveal the brutality of the penal colony’s justice system ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
object of the execution procedure
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prisoner awaiting execution ⓘ |
| socialClass | low-ranking member of the colony ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
dehumanization under bureaucratic systems
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powerlessness of the individual ⓘ victim of arbitrary justice ⓘ |
| trialHeld | false ⓘ |
| workAuthorNationality | Austrian-Hungarian (Kafka, writing in German) ⓘ |
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