# Analysis of a Play by Means of CHAPLIN, the Characters and Places Interaction Network Software

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.07001 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1511.07001/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 22 Nov 2015.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Renard: A Modular Pipeline for Extracting Character Networks from Narrative Texts](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2407.02284/) (2024)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Recently, we have developed a software able of gathering information on social networks from written texts. This software, the CHAracters and PLaces Interaction Network (CHAPLIN) tool, is implemented in Visual Basic. By means of it, characters and places of a literary work can be extracted from a list of raw words. The software interface helps users to select their names out of this list. Setting some parameters, CHAPLIN creates a network where nodes represent characters/places and edges give their interactions. Nodes and edges are labelled by performances. In this paper, we propose to use CHAPLIN for the analysis a William Shakespeare's play, the famous 'Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'. Performances of characters in the play as a whole and in each act of it are given by graphs.