The Witch
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"The Witch" is a short horror-tinged story by Shirley Jackson, included in her collection *The Lottery and Other Stories*, that unsettlingly explores childhood, strangers, and menace in an everyday setting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Witch canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Shirley Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | The Lottery and Other Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| explores |
social norms and their breakdown
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the intrusion of horror into ordinary life ⓘ the threat posed by strangers ⓘ the vulnerability of children ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInCollection | The Lottery and Other Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror fiction
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psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
an older male stranger
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the boy's mother ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | a young boy ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
creating unease from ordinary situations
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disturbing portrayal of childhood innocence ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Witch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Lottery and Other Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isContainedIn | short story collection ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | short ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
economical prose
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subtle horror ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOf | Shirley Jackson bibliography ⓘ |
| periodOfPublication | post-World War II era ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfCollection | 1949 ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Farrar, Straus and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
The Haunting of Hill House
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Lottery NERFINISHED ⓘ We Have Always Lived in the Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | passenger train ⓘ |
| settingCharacteristic | everyday environment ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | a child's encounter with a disturbing stranger ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
childhood
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family relationships ⓘ fear ⓘ menace ⓘ strangers ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly comic
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unsettling ⓘ |
| workOf | Shirley Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Lottery and Other Stories