Klamm
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Klamm is a powerful, elusive bureaucratic official in Franz Kafka’s novel "The Castle," symbolizing opaque and inaccessible authority.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Klamm canonical | 1 |
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bureaucratic official
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ symbolic figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Franz Kafka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
the Castle
ⓘ
village administration ⓘ |
| createdBy | Franz Kafka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| existsInFictionalUniverse | the world of The Castle ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
bureaucratic
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distant ⓘ elusive ⓘ mysterious ⓘ powerful ⓘ unapproachable ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryThemeContext |
absurdity of administration
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alienation ⓘ bureaucracy ⓘ power and authority ⓘ |
| mentionedBy | villagers in The Castle ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodiment of the Castle’s power structure
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object of the protagonist K.’s petitions ⓘ source of administrative decisions ⓘ |
| occupation | bureaucrat ⓘ |
| rarelyInteractsDirectlyWith | K. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
central but largely absent character
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elusive authority figure ⓘ powerful official in the Castle administration ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
bureaucratic alienation
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distance between individual and authority ⓘ impersonal administration ⓘ inaccessible power ⓘ opaque authority ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.