Framton Nuttel

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Framton Nuttel is a nervous, hypochondriac visitor whose anxious disposition drives the ironic twist in Saki’s short story “The Open Window.”

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
short story character
appearsIn The Open Window NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre short story
appearsInLanguage English
createdBy Saki NERFINISHED
drivesPlotElement ironic twist
fears supposed ghosts of hunters
firstPublicationContext The Open Window (1914 collection Beasts and Super-Beasts) NERFINISHED
gender male
hasCondition hypochondria
hasFullName Framton Nuttel NERFINISHED
hasNationality British
hasPersonalityTrait anxious
gullible
nervous
timid
hasSocialTrait easily embarrassed
socially awkward
isDeceivedBy Vera NERFINISHED
isRelatedToCharacter Vera NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod Edwardian literature NERFINISHED
narrativeFunction vehicle for situational irony
reactsTo open French window story
reasonForVisit rest cure in the countryside
roleInWork protagonist
seeksTreatmentFor nervous condition
settingOfActions English countryside
usedFor satire of nervous upper-middle-class sensibilities
visits Mrs. Sappleton NERFINISHED

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La Fenêtre ouverte hasCharacter Framton Nuttel
La Fenêtre ouverte mainCharacter Framton Nuttel