Nine Lives Causeway
E899687
Nine Lives Causeway is the treacherous tidal road leading to the isolated Eel Marsh House in Susan Hill’s gothic horror novel "The Woman in Black."
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional road
ⓘ
literary location ⓘ tidal causeway ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
film adaptations of The Woman in Black
ⓘ
stage adaptations of The Woman in Black ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | The Woman in Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Arthur Kipps
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jennet Humfrye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Eel Marsh House
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
mainland ⓘ |
| countryOfAuthor | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Susan Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
dangerous
ⓘ
tidal ⓘ treacherous ⓘ |
| evokes |
claustrophobia
ⓘ
fear ⓘ foreboding ⓘ |
| exposedAt | low tide ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | novel The Woman in Black (1983) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext | gothic horror ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalSetting | Eel Marsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | marshland ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
creates sense of entrapment
ⓘ
heightens gothic atmosphere ⓘ isolates Eel Marsh House ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
device to control timing of events
ⓘ
obstacle to escape ⓘ |
| riskOf |
being cut off by the tide
ⓘ
death by drowning ⓘ |
| settingOf | key scenes of The Woman in Black ⓘ |
| submergedAt | high tide ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | marshes ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
boundary between safety and danger
ⓘ
isolation ⓘ liminal space ⓘ |
| travelMethod |
horse and trap
ⓘ
on foot ⓘ |
| usedBy | locals with caution ⓘ |
| visualizedAs | narrow track across the marsh ⓘ |
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The Woman in Black