Ainsley

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Ainsley is a secondary character in Margaret Atwood's novel "The Edible Woman," known for her conventional femininity and contrasting attitudes toward gender roles compared to the protagonist.

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Ainsley canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
secondary character
appearsIn The Edible Woman
appearsInGenre Canadian novel
feminist literature
appearsInMedium novel
associatedWithTheme femininity
gender roles
social expectations of women
characterizedBy conventional femininity
contrastsWith Marian MacAlpin
the protagonist of The Edible Woman
countryOfOriginOfWork Canada
createdBy Margaret Atwood
gender female
hasAttitudeToward gender roles
languageOfWork English
literaryPeriodOfWork 20th-century literature
narrativeFunction foil to the protagonist
partOfFictionalUniverse The Edible Woman fictional universe
publicationContext 1960s feminism
roleInWork secondary character in The Edible Woman
workPublicationYear 1969

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Referenced by (4)

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

Jacqui Ainsley familyName Ainsley
Ainsley Whitly givenName Ainsley
Marian McAlpin friend Ainsley