Gold-colored scarab beetle (the gold-bug)

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The gold-colored scarab beetle, or "gold-bug," is the mysterious insect in Edgar Allan Poe’s short story that triggers William Legrand’s cryptographic treasure-hunt adventure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional insect
literary character
symbolic object
appearsIn The Gold-Bug NERFINISHED
appearsInPublication The Dollar Newspaper NERFINISHED
associatedWithCharacter Jupiter NERFINISHED
William Legrand NERFINISHED
unnamed narrator
causes Legrand’s obsession with the insect
decoding of a pirate cipher
color gold
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED
describedAs scarab beetle
fictionalStatus exists only within the narrative of The Gold-Bug
firstPublicationYear 1843
foundBy William Legrand NERFINISHED
genreContext adventure fiction
detective fiction
puzzle story
hasAlias gold-bug
hasCulturalImpact popularized interest in ciphers in literature
hasTitleInWork the gold-bug
hasWorkAuthor Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED
influences development of cryptogram fiction
languageOfWork English
linkedToTheme cryptography
rational analysis
treasure hunting
literaryPeriod American Romanticism NERFINISHED
medium short story
narrativeFunction initiates cryptographic investigation
leads to discovery of buried treasure
partOf Edgar Allan Poe’s tales of ratiocination NERFINISHED
relatedTo pirate treasure of Captain Kidd
roleInWork plot catalyst
treasure-hunt trigger
settingContext Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina NERFINISHED
symbolizes hidden knowledge
mystery
wealth
usedFor demonstration of analytical reasoning
workFirstPublishedIn The Dollar Newspaper NERFINISHED

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William Legrand discovers Gold-colored scarab beetle (the gold-bug)