Jack Torrance about the hotel’s history
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Jack Torrance about the hotel’s history refers to the moment in Stephen King’s "The Shining" (and its film adaptation) when the aspiring writer and winter caretaker is cautioned about the Overlook Hotel’s violent and disturbing past.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalSceneOrMoment
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narrativeEvent ⓘ plotPoint ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
The Shining (1980 film)
NERFINISHED
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The Shining (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithDirector | Stanley Kubrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audienceKnowledgeType | diegeticInformation ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Stephen King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRoleEmphasized |
aspiringWriter
ⓘ
winterCaretaker ⓘ |
| connectsToLaterEvent |
JackAttemptsToMurderFamily
ⓘ
JackPsychologicalBreakdown ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
JackTorranceCharacterArc
NERFINISHED
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senseOfInevitableDoom ⓘ |
| dramaticIrony | JackUnderestimatesDanger ⓘ |
| effectOnAudience |
createsExpectationOfViolence
ⓘ
heightensSuspense ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Shining universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext |
horror
ⓘ
psychologicalHorror ⓘ |
| involvesCharacter | Jack Torrance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvesLocation | Overlook Hotel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalWork | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
establishesHorrorBackstory
ⓘ
exposition ⓘ foreshadowing ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | The Shining franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatesToMotive | JackNeedsJobDespiteRisks ⓘ |
| relatesToSetting | isolatedMountainHotel ⓘ |
| relatesToTime | winterOffSeason ⓘ |
| setsTone |
foreboding
ⓘ
ominous ⓘ |
| storyPosition | earlyInNarrative ⓘ |
| symbolicallyRepresents | cyclicalViolenceAtOverlook ⓘ |
| theme |
familyTragedy
ⓘ
madness ⓘ supernaturalEvil ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| usedAs | backstoryDeliveryDevice ⓘ |
| warningDeliveredBy | hotelManagement ⓘ |
| warnsAboutAction |
caretakerCommittedSuicide
ⓘ
caretakerKilledFamily ⓘ |
| warnsAboutCharacter | Delbert Grady NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| warnsAboutEvent | previousCaretakerMurders ⓘ |
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