Mrs. Croft
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Mrs. Croft is an elderly, eccentric landlady in Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story “The Third and Final Continent,” symbolizing old-world values and the immigrant experience in America.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mrs. Croft canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ supporting character ⓘ |
| age | very elderly ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Third and Final Continent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInCollection | Interpreter of Maladies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
assimilation
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cultural displacement ⓘ immigration ⓘ intergenerational relationships ⓘ loneliness ⓘ |
| catchphrase | Splendid! ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
eccentric
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old-fashioned ⓘ strict ⓘ |
| creator | Jhumpa Lahiri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| embodies |
Victorian-era propriety
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rigid moral code ⓘ |
| ethnicity | white American ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | short story first published in Interpreter of Maladies (1999) ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | one of Jhumpa Lahiri’s memorable minor characters ⓘ |
| livesWith | her daughter Helen (offstage presence) ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | widowed ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
bridge between narrator and American society
ⓘ
contrast to narrator’s youth and foreignness ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableScene | repeatedly declares that the moon landing is splendid ⓘ |
| occupation | landlady ⓘ |
| physicalCondition |
frail
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very old age ⓘ |
| relationshipToProtagonist | landlady of the unnamed narrator ⓘ |
| relationshipType | tenant–landlady relationship ⓘ |
| requires | strict rules for her boarders ⓘ |
| residence | Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInPlot |
helps mark narrator’s transition into American life
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provides first home in America for the narrator ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
cultural continuity
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generational distance ⓘ immigrant experience in America ⓘ old-world values ⓘ |
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