Framton Nuttel

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Framton Nuttel is a nervous, hypochondriac visitor whose anxious disposition drives the ironic twist in Saki’s short story “The Open Window.”

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Label Occurrences
Framton Nuttel canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
short story character ⓘ
appearsIn The Open Window ⓘ
appearsInGenre short story ⓘ
appearsInLanguage English ⓘ
createdBy Saki ⓘ
drivesPlotElement ironic twist ⓘ
fears supposed ghosts of hunters ⓘ
firstPublicationContext The Open Window (1914 collection Beasts and Super-Beasts) ⓘ
linked to: The Open Window
gender male ⓘ
hasCondition hypochondria ⓘ
hasFullName Framton Nuttel ⓘ
hasNationality British ⓘ
hasPersonalityTrait anxious ⓘ
gullible ⓘ
nervous ⓘ
timid ⓘ
hasSocialTrait easily embarrassed ⓘ
socially awkward ⓘ
isDeceivedBy Vera ⓘ
isRelatedToCharacter Vera ⓘ
literaryPeriod Edwardian literature ⓘ
narrativeFunction vehicle for situational irony ⓘ
reactsTo open French window story ⓘ
reasonForVisit rest cure in the countryside ⓘ
roleInWork protagonist ⓘ
seeksTreatmentFor nervous condition ⓘ
settingOfActions English countryside ⓘ
usedFor satire of nervous upper-middle-class sensibilities ⓘ
visits Mrs. Sappleton ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

La Fenêtre ouverte → mainCharacter → Framton Nuttel ⓘ
La Fenêtre ouverte → hasCharacter → Framton Nuttel ⓘ
Framton Nuttel → hasFullName → Framton Nuttel ⓘ
Mrs. Sappleton → interactsWith → Framton Nuttel ⓘ
The Open Window → hasMainCharacter → Framton Nuttel ⓘ