Twelve Months
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"Twelve Months" is a classic Soviet-era children's fairy-tale play by Samuil Marshak that weaves moral lessons into a story about a girl sent to gather impossible gifts with the magical help of the personified months of the year.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet play
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children's play ⓘ fairy-tale play ⓘ play ⓘ |
| author | Samuil Marshak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| educationalUse | moral education for children ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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drama ⓘ fairy tale ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
animated adaptations
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film adaptations ⓘ stage productions ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Queen
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Stepmother ⓘ Stepsister ⓘ the Twelve Months NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | personified natural forces ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | classic of Soviet children's drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | stepdaughter ⓘ |
| moral |
goodness and hard work are rewarded
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greed and cruelty are punished ⓘ |
| motif |
impossible tasks
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magic ⓘ personification of months ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| period | Soviet era ⓘ |
| plotDetail |
a girl is sent to gather impossible gifts in winter
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the girl receives magical help from the personified months ⓘ |
| setting | fairy-tale kingdom ⓘ |
| theme |
greed
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honesty ⓘ justice ⓘ kindness ⓘ punishment for selfishness ⓘ reward for virtue ⓘ |
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