Coketown
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Coketown is the grim, industrial fictional city in Charles Dickens's novel "Hard Times," symbolizing the dehumanizing effects of Victorian-era factory life and utilitarianism.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional city
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literary setting ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Hard Times NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
class conflict
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critique of utilitarian philosophy ⓘ education based on facts only ⓘ exploitation of labor ⓘ tension between fact and imagination ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalLocation | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Charles Dickens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedIn | novel Hard Times ⓘ |
| describedBy | Charles Dickens as a town of machinery and tall chimneys ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceDate | 1854 ⓘ |
| genre | industrial novel setting ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
crowded working-class housing
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factory-dominated landscape ⓘ grim atmosphere ⓘ monotonous streets ⓘ noise of machinery ⓘ smoke-filled environment ⓘ soot-covered buildings ⓘ |
| hasColorImagery | black from soot and smoke ⓘ |
| hasForm | urban industrial landscape ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
factories
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textile mills ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeFunction |
allegorical representation of industrial capitalism
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backdrop for character development in Hard Times ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| hasUrbanFeature |
canals
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factory chimneys ⓘ rows of identical houses ⓘ |
| inhabitedByFictionalGroup |
factory workers
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industrialists ⓘ middle class ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Manchester
NERFINISHED
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Preston NERFINISHED ⓘ Victorian industrial towns in Northern England ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | social problem novel ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| narrativeLocationOf | Hard Times NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Victorian industrial society
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alienation of workers ⓘ dehumanizing effects of factory life ⓘ environmental pollution ⓘ industrialization ⓘ mechanization of human life ⓘ social inequality ⓘ utilitarianism ⓘ |
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