Billy Budd, Sailor

GPTKB entity

Properties (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf novel
gptkbp:adaptation 1951
1962
1993
musical
film
ballet
opera
theatre
radio play
gptkbp:artMovement allegory
irony
foreshadowing
gptkbp:author gptkb:Herman_Melville
gptkbp:character gptkb:Captain_Vere
the crew
Claggart
gptkbp:conflict moral dilemma
gptkbp:criticalReception mixed
explores morality
examines authority
questions justice
gptkbp:culturalHeritage popular culture
literary studies
film adaptations
gptkbp:culturalImpact significant
gptkbp:genre novella
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Billy Budd, Sailor
gptkbp:influence American_literature
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:William_Faulkner
gptkb:Cormac_McCarthy
Toni Morrison
gptkbp:influencedBy Realism
Romanticism
Transcendentalism
gptkbp:inspiredBy historical events
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Billy_Budd
gptkbp:motif betrayal
fate
heroism
gptkbp:narrativeStyle internal conflict
third-person
omniscient
external conflict
gptkbp:publishedBy 1924
true
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:The_New_Yorker
gptkbp:setting gptkb:British_Royal_Navy
gptkbp:symbolism the sea
the ship
the gallows
gptkbp:theme good vs evil
innocence
justice