The Gates of the World

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The Gates of the World is a significant location in William Morris’s fantasy novel "The Well at the World’s End," marking a pivotal threshold in the hero’s journey through its medieval-romance landscape.

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instanceOf fictional location
literary setting
appearsInGenre fantasy novel
medieval romance
appearsInWork The Well at the World’s End NERFINISHED
associatedWithCharacter Ralph of Upmeads NERFINISHED
belongsToWorkType romance-quest narrative
countryOfAuthor United Kingdom NERFINISHED
createdBy William Morris NERFINISHED
depicts boundary between familiar lands and farther unknown regions
fictionalStatus imaginary place
hasSymbolism entry into a wider, perilous world
hasThemeRelation quest and pilgrimage
threshold-crossing
transition between worlds or regions
languageOfWork English
literarySignificance key symbolic location in the novel’s landscape
literaryTradition late 19th-century fantasy literature
medium prose fiction
mentionedIn The Well at the World’s End, Book I NERFINISHED
narrativeFunction pivotal threshold in the hero’s journey
partOf the quest for the Well at the World’s End NERFINISHED
roleInPlot major waypoint on the protagonist’s quest
settingPeriod pseudo-medieval world
universe fictional world of The Well at the World’s End

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The Well at the World’s End hasPart The Gates of the World