Amedee, or How to Get Rid of It
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Amedee, or How to Get Rid of It is an absurdist play by Eugène Ionesco that explores themes of guilt, marital decay, and the grotesque through a couple haunted by a mysteriously growing corpse in their apartment.
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| Amedee, or How to Get Rid of It canonical | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Amedee, or How to Get Rid of It Context triple: [Eugene Ionesco, notableWork, Amedee, or How to Get Rid of It]
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La Braconne
La Braconne is a French film featuring actress Rachida Brakni in a prominent role.
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La Sablonière
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Town of Moreau
The Town of Moreau is a municipality in Saratoga County, New York, known for encompassing the village of South Glens Falls and areas along the Hudson River.
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D.
L’Amoreaux
L’Amoreaux is a residential neighbourhood in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, known for its diverse community, parks, and suburban character.
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E.
Le Bonheur
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Amedee, or How to Get Rid of It Target entity description: Amedee, or How to Get Rid of It is an absurdist play by Eugène Ionesco that explores themes of guilt, marital decay, and the grotesque through a couple haunted by a mysteriously growing corpse in their apartment.
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A.
La Braconne
La Braconne is a French film featuring actress Rachida Brakni in a prominent role.
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B.
La Sablonière
La Sablonière is one of the small islets within the Les Écréhous reef and island group off the coast of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
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C.
Town of Moreau
The Town of Moreau is a municipality in Saratoga County, New York, known for encompassing the village of South Glens Falls and areas along the Hudson River.
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D.
L’Amoreaux
L’Amoreaux is a residential neighbourhood in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, known for its diverse community, parks, and suburban character.
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E.
Le Bonheur
Le Bonheur is a philosophical poetry collection by French poet and Nobel laureate Sully Prudhomme that meditates on the nature and pursuit of human happiness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
absurdist play
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play ⓘ |
| author | Eugène Ionesco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Eugène Ionesco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticConflict |
attempts to hide the corpse from the outside world
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tension between Amédée and Madeleine over the corpse ⓘ |
| dramaticForm |
comedy
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tragicomedy ⓘ |
| dramaticTechnique |
breaking realistic conventions
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nonsense dialogue ⓘ repetition ⓘ surreal imagery ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| genre |
Theatre of the Absurd
NERFINISHED
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black comedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
concierge
ⓘ
telephone operator ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage | Amédée ou Comment s’en débarrasser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar European absurdism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Amédée
NERFINISHED
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Madeleine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | French avant-garde theatre ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of farce and metaphysical anxiety
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exploration of a deteriorating marriage ⓘ use of a physically expanding corpse as central stage image ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Eugène Ionesco’s absurdist oeuvre ⓘ |
| plotElement | mysteriously growing corpse in the apartment ⓘ |
| setting | a small apartment ⓘ |
| structure | three-act play ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | a couple haunted by a corpse ⓘ |
| symbolism |
corpse as symbol of guilt
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corpse as symbol of unresolved past ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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death ⓘ guilt ⓘ marital decay ⓘ repression ⓘ the absurdity of existence ⓘ the grotesque ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
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