Captain Stormfield
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Captain Stormfield is the seafaring protagonist of Mark Twain’s satirical story "Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven," whose afterlife journey humorously challenges conventional notions of heaven.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorPseudonym | Mark Twain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorRealName | Samuel Langhorne Clemens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralThemeOfJourney |
challenge to conventional notions of heaven
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religious satire ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdBy | Mark Twain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
humorous fiction
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satire ⓘ |
| hasAfterlifeJourneyTo | heaven ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
humorous perspective on the afterlife
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irreverent attitude toward religious dogma ⓘ observant traveler in the afterlife ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | short story ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
first-person narrator
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title character ⓘ |
| occupation |
sea captain
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seafarer ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
down-to-earth
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plain-spoken ⓘ skeptical observer ⓘ |
| primarySettingOfAfterlifeExperience | a bureaucratic, unconventional heaven ⓘ |
| usedFor |
critique of traditional Christian eschatology
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religious commentary ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven