Captain Amasa Delano
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Captain Amasa Delano is a good-natured but naive American sea captain best known as the central figure and unreliable observer in Herman Melville’s novella "Benito Cereno."
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ sea captain ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Benito Cereno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
moral blindness
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perception versus reality ⓘ racial prejudice ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| basedOn | Amasa Delano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
good-natured
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naive ⓘ |
| createdBy | Herman Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | "Benito Cereno" (1855) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext | 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | The Piazza Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| medium | novella ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | unreliable observer ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | fails to recognize the slave revolt on the San Dominick ⓘ |
| occupation | sea captain ⓘ |
| perspective | limited third-person focalization ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central figure in Herman Melville’s novella "Benito Cereno" ⓘ |
| settingRole | visiting captain who boards the San Dominick ⓘ |
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