San Dominick
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San Dominick is the Spanish slave ship at the center of Herman Melville’s novella "Benito Cereno," serving as the primary setting for its tale of mutiny and deception.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish ship
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fictional ship ⓘ slave ship ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Benito Cereno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
legal and moral responsibility
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perception versus reality ⓘ power and domination ⓘ race ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| captainCharacter | Don Benito Cereno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandedBy | Don Benito Cereno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfRegistry | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Herman Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| encounteredBy | Amasa Delano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| encounteredByShip | Bachelor’s Delight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Benito Cereno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1855 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | Putnam’s Monthly Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext |
psychological fiction
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sea narrative ⓘ slavery narrative ⓘ |
| hasCargo | enslaved Africans ⓘ |
| hasCrew | Spanish sailors ⓘ |
| hasLegalProceedings | post-voyage court deposition (within the story) ⓘ |
| hasPassenger | Alexandro Aranda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| locationOfEvent |
deceptive masquerade of authority
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slave revolt ⓘ |
| mutinyLedBy | Babo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mutinyParticipants | enslaved Africans ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
confining space that intensifies tension
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stage for role reversals between captors and captives ⓘ |
| narrativePerspectiveContext | described through Amasa Delano’s limited viewpoint ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central setting
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site of deception ⓘ site of mutiny ⓘ |
| primarySettingOf | Benito Cereno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingType | ship at sea ⓘ |
| structuralRole | unified setting for nearly all action in Benito Cereno ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
colonial power structures
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deceptive appearances ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ violence of slavery ⓘ |
| usedFor | transporting enslaved people from Africa ⓘ |
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