Nine Lives Causeway

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Nine Lives Causeway is the treacherous tidal road leading to the isolated Eel Marsh House in Susan Hill’s gothic horror novel "The Woman in Black."

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nine Lives Causeway canonical 4
Nine Lives Causeway area 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional road ⓘ
literary location ⓘ
tidal causeway ⓘ
adaptedIn film adaptations of The Woman in Black ⓘ
stage adaptations of The Woman in Black ⓘ
appearsInWork The Woman in Black ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Arthur Kipps ⓘ
Jennet Humfrye ⓘ
connectsTo Eel Marsh House ⓘ
mainland ⓘ
countryOfAuthor United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy Susan Hill ⓘ
describedAs dangerous ⓘ
tidal ⓘ
treacherous ⓘ
evokes claustrophobia ⓘ
fear ⓘ
foreboding ⓘ
exposedAt low tide ⓘ
firstPublicationContext novel The Woman in Black (1983) ⓘ
genreContext gothic horror ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
locatedInFictionalSetting Eel Marsh ⓘ
medium marshland ⓘ
narrativeFunction creates sense of entrapment ⓘ
heightens gothic atmosphere ⓘ
isolates Eel Marsh House ⓘ
narrativeRole device to control timing of events ⓘ
obstacle to escape ⓘ
riskOf being cut off by the tide ⓘ
death by drowning ⓘ
settingOf key scenes of The Woman in Black ⓘ
submergedAt high tide ⓘ
surroundedBy marshes ⓘ
symbolizes boundary between safety and danger ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
liminal space ⓘ
travelMethod horse and trap ⓘ
on foot ⓘ
usedBy locals with caution ⓘ
visualizedAs narrow track across the marsh ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

The Woman in Black → notableLocation → Nine Lives Causeway ⓘ
Eel Marsh House → locatedInFictional → Nine Lives Causeway area ⓘ
linked to: Nine Lives Causeway
Eel Marsh House → accessedBy → Nine Lives Causeway ⓘ
Crythin Gifford → locatedNear → Nine Lives Causeway ⓘ
Jennet Humfrye → associatedWithLocation → Nine Lives Causeway ⓘ