Toad Hall is taken over by weasels and stoats

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"Toad Hall is taken over by weasels and stoats" refers to a pivotal conflict in Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s novel *The Wind in the Willows*, in which the villainous animals seize Toad’s ancestral home and must later be ousted by Toad and his friends.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conflictInLiterature
fictionalEvent
plotPoint
antagonists stoats
weasels
appearsInAdaptation filmAndTelevisionAdaptationsOfTheWindInTheWillows
stageAdaptationsOfTheWindInTheWillows
appearsInMedium novel
appearsInWork The Wind in the Willows
authorOfWork Kenneth Grahame
causeOrPrecondition Toad's Adventures
surface form: Toad’sEarlierMisadventures
conflictType domesticInvasion
goodVsEvil
countryOfOriginOfWork UnitedKingdom NERFINISHED
genreContext animalFantasy
children’sLiterature
involvesCharacter Badger
Mole
J. Thaddeus Toad
surface form: Mr. Toad

Ratty
involvesGroup wildWooders
languageOfWork English
leadsTo battleInToadHall
narrativeFunction centralConflict
climax
protagonistOpposed Badger
Mole
Rat
Toad
relatedLocation TheRiverBank
The Wild Wood
surface form: TheWildWood
resolutionEvent retakingOfToadHall
settingLocation Toad Hall
symbolizes lossOfHome
threatToSocialOrder
themeIllustrated consequencesOfRecklessness
friendship
homeAndBelonging
loyalty
timeOfPublicationContext early20thCenturyLiterature
workPublicationYear 1908

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The Wind in the Willows plotElement Toad Hall is taken over by weasels and stoats