The Red Room
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"The Red Room" is a classic Gothic ghost story by H. G. Wells that follows a skeptical narrator spending a night in a supposedly haunted room to confront the nature of fear.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ghost story
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horror fiction work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | H. G. Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
fear
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psychological terror ⓘ rationalism versus superstition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
limitations of rational thought in the face of terror
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the power of the human mind to generate fear ⓘ |
| genre |
Gothic fiction
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ghost story ⓘ horror ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later psychological horror stories ⓘ |
| hasTone |
claustrophobic
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psychological ⓘ suspenseful ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 19th century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacterRole | skeptical narrator ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A skeptical narrator spends a night in a haunted room to confront the nature of fear. ⓘ |
| protagonistMotivation | to disprove the existence of ghosts ⓘ |
| resolution | the narrator concludes that fear itself is the true haunting presence. ⓘ |
| setting | a supposedly haunted room ⓘ |
| settingType | old castle ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
courses on Gothic literature
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courses on horror fiction ⓘ |
| usesLiteraryDevice |
personification of fear
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symbolism of darkness and light ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor |
The Invisible Man
NERFINISHED
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The Time Machine NERFINISHED ⓘ The War of the Worlds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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