Mother Shipton
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Mother Shipton is a hardened yet ultimately self-sacrificing prostitute and one of the exiled figures in Bret Harte’s short story “The Outcasts of Poker Flat.”
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ short story character ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
American local color fiction
ⓘ
Western fiction ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Duchess
ⓘ
John Oakhurst NERFINISHED ⓘ Piney Woods NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Simson NERFINISHED ⓘ Uncle Billy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | starvation ⓘ |
| characterInWork | The Outcasts of Poker Flat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Bret Harte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
hardened
ⓘ
self‑sacrificing ⓘ |
| diesIn | Sierra Nevada mountains (fictional setting) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exiledFrom | Poker Flat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Outcasts of Poker Flat universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Outcasts of Poker Flat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1869 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| groupAffiliation | the outcasts of Poker Flat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTheme |
redemption
ⓘ
self‑sacrifice ⓘ social ostracism ⓘ |
| moralArc | redeems herself through self‑sacrifice ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| notableAction | starves herself to save food for Piney Woods ⓘ |
| occupation | prostitute ⓘ |
| roleInPlot | one of the exiled figures from Poker Flat ⓘ |
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