Morella

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:novel
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:film_adaptation
gptkb:musical
gptkb:film_adaptations
gptkb:radio_station
gptkb:graphic_novel
gptkb:film
gptkb:stage_play
gptkbp:adaptation_year gptkb:1960
gptkb:1990
gptkb:2005
gptkbp:author gptkb:Edgar_Allan_Poe
gptkbp:character_development the husband's descent into madness
the wife's transformation into a spirit
gptkbp:character_relationships mother and child
husband and wife
gptkbp:critical_reception mixed reviews
gptkbp:cultural_impact influenced horror genre
gptkbp:genre gptkb:horror
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Romanticism
19th century America
Gothic revival
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Morella
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Mary_Shelley
gptkb:Charles_Dickens
gptkb:Nathaniel_Hawthorne
gptkb:Gothic_literature
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Frankenstein
gptkb:The_Haunting_of_Hill_House
gptkb:The_Turn_of_the_Screw
gptkbp:inspiration Poe's own life
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:literary_devices gptkb:metaphor
symbolism
imagery
unreliable narrator
foreshadowing
gptkbp:main_character gptkb:Morella
gptkbp:narrative_style first-person
gptkbp:notable_quote “ I cannot, and I will not, believe.”
“ The soul of the woman was in the child.”
gptkbp:plot a man's obsession with his wife
the wife's mysterious illness
the wife's return as a spirit
gptkbp:published_in 1835
gptkbp:related_works gptkb:The_Tell-Tale_Heart
gptkb:The_Narrative_of_Arthur_Gordon_Pym
gptkb:The_Fall_of_the_House_of_Usher
gptkbp:setting gptkb:New_England
gptkbp:symbolism the house as a character
the child as a representation of the mother
gptkbp:theme gptkb:death
gptkb:identity
supernatural
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Edgar_Allan_Poe
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4