The Emperor Jones
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The Emperor Jones is a 1920 expressionist play by Eugene O'Neill that follows the psychological and moral unraveling of a corrupt Black emperor fleeing a Caribbean island revolt.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Emperor Jones canonical | 7 |
| The Emperor Jones (The Wooster Group production) | 1 |
| The Emperor Jones (opera) | 1 |
| The Emperor Jones (stage role) | 1 |
| film "The Emperor Jones" | 1 |
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Target entity: The Emperor Jones Context triple: [Eugene O'Neill, notableWork, The Emperor Jones]
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Night of the Iguana
Night of the Iguana is a 1964 drama film directed by John Huston, based on Tennessee Williams’ play, noted for its intense character study and prominent performances by stars including Ava Gardner.
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The Paquete Habana
The Paquete Habana is a landmark 1900 U.S. Supreme Court case that established that customary international law is part of U.S. law, holding that small coastal fishing vessels are exempt from capture as prizes of war.
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C.
The Dying Negro
The Dying Negro is an 18th-century abolitionist poem co-authored by Thomas Day that powerfully condemns the brutality of the transatlantic slave trade.
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D.
Porgy (novel)
Porgy (novel) is a 1925 work by DuBose Heyward that portrays the lives of African American residents in Charleston’s Catfish Row and later served as the basis for the opera Porgy and Bess.
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E.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness is a novella by Joseph Conrad that explores imperialism, moral corruption, and the darkness within human nature through a journey into the African Congo.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Emperor Jones Target entity description: The Emperor Jones is a 1920 expressionist play by Eugene O'Neill that follows the psychological and moral unraveling of a corrupt Black emperor fleeing a Caribbean island revolt.
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A.
Night of the Iguana
Night of the Iguana is a 1964 drama film directed by John Huston, based on Tennessee Williams’ play, noted for its intense character study and prominent performances by stars including Ava Gardner.
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B.
The Paquete Habana
The Paquete Habana is a landmark 1900 U.S. Supreme Court case that established that customary international law is part of U.S. law, holding that small coastal fishing vessels are exempt from capture as prizes of war.
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C.
The Dying Negro
The Dying Negro is an 18th-century abolitionist poem co-authored by Thomas Day that powerfully condemns the brutality of the transatlantic slave trade.
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D.
Porgy (novel)
Porgy (novel) is a 1925 work by DuBose Heyward that portrays the lives of African American residents in Charleston’s Catfish Row and later served as the basis for the opera Porgy and Bess.
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E.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness is a novella by Joseph Conrad that explores imperialism, moral corruption, and the darkness within human nature through a journey into the African Congo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
expressionist play
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play ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
The Emperor Jones (1933 film)
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The Emperor Jones self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Emperor Jones (opera)
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| author | Eugene O'Neill ⓘ |
| character |
Brutus Jones
ⓘ
Lem ⓘ Smithers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dramaticTechnique |
expressionist staging and lighting
ⓘ
hallucinatory visions ⓘ |
| firstProducedBy | Provincetown Players ⓘ |
| firstPublisher |
Boni & Liveright
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surface form:
Boni and Liveright
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| genre |
expressionist drama
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tragedy ⓘ |
| hasControversy | use of racial stereotypes ⓘ |
| hasForm | stage play ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | African American theatre representation debates ⓘ |
| hasStyle | nonlinear psychological journey ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
consequences of tyranny
ⓘ
corruption ⓘ fear and guilt ⓘ identity and race ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Brutus Jones ⓘ |
| movement | modernist theatre ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
extensive use of monologue
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use of drumbeat as sound motif ⓘ use of expressionist techniques ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American modern drama ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A corrupt Black emperor named Brutus Jones flees a Caribbean island revolt and experiences a psychological and moral unraveling in the forest. ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1920-11-01 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Provincetown Playhouse, New York City ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1920 ⓘ |
| protagonist | Brutus Jones ⓘ |
| setting | Caribbean island ⓘ |
| soundMotif | increasingly rapid drumbeat ⓘ |
| structure | one-act play ⓘ |
| subject |
abuse of power
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colonialism ⓘ psychological breakdown ⓘ race relations ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
| writer | Eugene O'Neill ⓘ |
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