Alastor
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Alastor is a narrative poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley that explores themes of idealism, isolation, and the destructive pursuit of unattainable beauty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alastor canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alastor Context triple: [Alastor, or The Spirit of Solitude, shortTitle, Alastor]
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A.
Old Greyback
Old Greyback is the colloquial name for Mount San Gorgonio, the highest peak in Southern California and a prominent landmark of the San Bernardino Mountains.
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Dementus
Dementus is the ruthless and power-hungry warlord antagonist in the film "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga."
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C.
Rubeus
Rubeus is the first name of Rubeus Hagrid, the half-giant gamekeeper and Care of Magical Creatures professor at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series.
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D.
Snape
Snape is a small village in Suffolk, England, known for its historic Snape Maltings complex and annual Aldeburgh music festival events.
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E.
Gussie Fink-Nottle
Gussie Fink-Nottle is a shy, newt-obsessed friend of Bertie Wooster in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves stories, known for his timidity and comic misadventures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alastor Target entity description: Alastor is a narrative poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley that explores themes of idealism, isolation, and the destructive pursuit of unattainable beauty.
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A.
Old Greyback
Old Greyback is the colloquial name for Mount San Gorgonio, the highest peak in Southern California and a prominent landmark of the San Bernardino Mountains.
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B.
Dementus
Dementus is the ruthless and power-hungry warlord antagonist in the film "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga."
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C.
Rubeus
Rubeus is the first name of Rubeus Hagrid, the half-giant gamekeeper and Care of Magical Creatures professor at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series.
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D.
Snape
Snape is a small village in Suffolk, England, known for its historic Snape Maltings complex and annual Aldeburgh music festival events.
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E.
Gussie Fink-Nottle
Gussie Fink-Nottle is a shy, newt-obsessed friend of Bertie Wooster in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves stories, known for his timidity and comic misadventures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | narrative poem ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Mary Shelley ⓘ |
| author | Percy Bysshe Shelley ⓘ |
| centralConflict | tension between ideal beauty and earthly reality ⓘ |
| centralMotif |
the quest
ⓘ
visionary dream ⓘ |
| contains | preface by Percy Bysshe Shelley ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | recognized as Shelley’s first major poem ⓘ |
| explores |
the consequences of rejecting human community
ⓘ
the fate of the isolated poet ⓘ the limits of imagination ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1816 ⓘ |
| form | blank verse ⓘ |
| genre |
Romantic poetry
ⓘ
narrative poetry ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySignificance | early articulation of Shelley’s poetic philosophy ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | The Poet ⓘ |
| influenced | later Romantic criticism of Shelley ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
ⓘ
William Wordsworth ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Alastor; or, The Spirit of Solitude ⓘ |
| partOf | Shelley’s early poetic career ⓘ |
| period | early Romantic period ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| publicationYear | 1816 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Baldwin, Cradock and Joy
ⓘ
linked to:
Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy
|
| setting | various idealized and exotic landscapes ⓘ |
| subtitle | The Spirit of Solitude ⓘ |
| symbol |
nature as reflection of inner psyche
ⓘ
the visionary maiden ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
death ⓘ idealism ⓘ imagination ⓘ isolation ⓘ solitude ⓘ the destructive pursuit of unattainable beauty ⓘ the visionary poet ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | avenging spirit or daemon (Alastor) as metaphor for inner drive ⓘ |
| tone |
meditative
ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Percy Bysshe Shelley ⓘ |
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