The Intoxicated

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short story

"The Intoxicated" is a short story by Shirley Jackson that explores themes of disillusionment and existential dread through a late-night conversation between a drunken man and a disturbingly clear-eyed teenage girl.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story ⓘ
author Shirley Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralConflict conversation between a drunken man and a teenage girl ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy Shirley Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ
exploresConcept existentialism ⓘ
loss of innocence ⓘ
moral decay ⓘ
nuclear-age anxiety ⓘ
featuresCharacter drunken man ⓘ
teenage girl ⓘ
hasDialogueForm extended conversation ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryGenre horror fiction ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ
literaryMovement 20th-century American literature ⓘ
literaryStyle subtle horror ⓘ
understated prose ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
partOf Shirley Jackson short fiction corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonistTrait drunkenness ⓘ
secondaryCharacterTrait disturbing clarity ⓘ
settingPlace suburban house ⓘ
settingTime late at night ⓘ
theme alienation ⓘ
apocalyptic anxiety ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ
existential dread ⓘ
fear of the future ⓘ
generational divide ⓘ
tone darkly ironic ⓘ
ominous ⓘ
uneasy ⓘ

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short story collection "The Lottery and Other Stories" → hasPart → The Intoxicated ⓘ
subject surface form: The Lottery and Other Stories