Moreau's island
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Moreau's island is the remote, isolated setting in H.G. Wells's novel "The Island of Doctor Moreau," where disturbing experiments in vivisection and human-animal hybrids take place.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moreau’s island | 4 |
| Moreau's Island | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional island
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literary location ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | The Island of Doctor Moreau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Doctor Moreau
NERFINISHED
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Edward Prendick NERFINISHED ⓘ M'ling NERFINISHED ⓘ Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenre |
gothic fiction
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science fiction ⓘ |
| countryOfAuthor | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | H. G. Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
isolated
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remote ⓘ |
| endsWithEvent | destruction and breakdown of Moreau's regime ⓘ |
| featuresStructure |
Moreau's laboratory
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enclosure for Beast Folk ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceDate | 1896 ⓘ |
| governedBy | Doctor Moreau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationSettingIn | film adaptations of The Island of Doctor Moreau ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | the island of Doctor Moreau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimate | tropical ⓘ |
| hasMoralOrder | The Law of the Beast Folk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTerrain |
beach
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jungle ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
blurred boundary between humans and animals
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cruelty of vivisection ⓘ degeneration and regression ⓘ ethical limits of science ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy |
Beast Folk
NERFINISHED
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Doctor Moreau NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Prendick NERFINISHED ⓘ Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | contemporary debates on vivisection in the 19th century ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalRegion | South Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
closed environment for moral and philosophical exploration
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site of scientific transgression ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | The Island of Doctor Moreau adaptations and retellings ⓘ |
| primaryActivityOnIsland |
creation of human-animal hybrids
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vivisection experiments ⓘ |
| settingOf | The Island of Doctor Moreau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | ocean ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
hubris of scientific experimentation
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isolation of unethical science ⓘ |
| timePeriodInStory | late 19th century ⓘ |
| usedFor | experiments in pain and transformation ⓘ |
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