Abel Tiffauges

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Abel Tiffauges is a fictional French mechanic and misfit whose disturbing obsessions and experiences during World War II form the dark psychological core of Michel Tournier’s novel “The Ogre” and its 1996 film adaptation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
adaptedAs film character
appearsInGenre dark fantasy
historical fiction
psychological novel
associatedWith Nazism NERFINISHED
Third Reich NERFINISHED
World War II NERFINISHED
ogre archetype
centralTo exploration of complicity with totalitarianism
exploration of evil in ordinary individuals
characterIn The Ogre (1996 film) NERFINISHED
The Ogre (novel) NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship France
creator Michel Tournier NERFINISHED
describedAs misfit
fictionalUniverse The Ogre NERFINISHED
gender male
hasThemeConnection evil and responsibility
fascination with children
innocence and corruption
myth and folklore
pedophilia
power and domination
hasTrait emotionally immature
obsessive
physically imposing
psychologically disturbed
sexually deviant
socially isolated
languageOfWork French
narrativeFunction embodiment of monstrous innocence
vehicle for philosophical reflection on evil
narrativeRole protagonist
occupation mechanic
portrayedAs collector of children
settingOfActivities French-German border regions
Germany NERFINISHED
symbolizes perverted paternal protection
the ogre of fairy tales in a modern context
timePeriod World War II

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The Ogre (1996 film) mainCharacter Abel Tiffauges