Aunt Martha
E125559
Aunt Martha is a central maternal figure in Harriet Jacobs's slave narrative "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," representing strength, moral guidance, and resilience amid the brutality of slavery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aunt Martha canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1011378 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Aunt Martha Context triple: [Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, featuresCharacter, Aunt Martha]
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A.
Martha
Martha is a feminine given name of Aramaic origin, historically borne by notable figures such as Martha Washington, the first First Lady of the United States.
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B.
Aunt Lydia
Aunt Lydia is a central, morally complex enforcer of Gilead’s theocratic regime in Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novels, particularly explored in depth as a narrator in *The Testaments*.
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C.
Martha Lumpkin
Martha Lumpkin was the namesake of Marthasville, the early 19th-century town that later became the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
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D.
Aunt Sally Phelps
Aunt Sally Phelps is a kind but strict Southern woman who serves as Tom Sawyer’s aunt and mistakenly takes Huck Finn for her nephew in Mark Twain’s novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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E.
Dilsey Gibson
Dilsey Gibson is the resilient and compassionate Black matriarch of the Compson household in William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," embodying moral strength amid the family’s decline.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Aunt Martha Target entity description: Aunt Martha is a central maternal figure in Harriet Jacobs's slave narrative "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," representing strength, moral guidance, and resilience amid the brutality of slavery.
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A.
Martha
Martha is a feminine given name of Aramaic origin, historically borne by notable figures such as Martha Washington, the first First Lady of the United States.
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B.
Aunt Lydia
Aunt Lydia is a central, morally complex enforcer of Gilead’s theocratic regime in Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novels, particularly explored in depth as a narrator in *The Testaments*.
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C.
Martha Lumpkin
Martha Lumpkin was the namesake of Marthasville, the early 19th-century town that later became the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
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D.
Aunt Sally Phelps
Aunt Sally Phelps is a kind but strict Southern woman who serves as Tom Sawyer’s aunt and mistakenly takes Huck Finn for her nephew in Mark Twain’s novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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E.
Dilsey Gibson
Dilsey Gibson is the resilient and compassionate Black matriarch of the Compson household in William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," embodying moral strength amid the family’s decline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
enslaved woman
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
autobiographical literature
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slave narrative ⓘ |
| countryOfNarrativeSetting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdBy | Harriet Jacobs ⓘ |
| embodies |
Christian morality
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maternal care ⓘ resilience ⓘ strength ⓘ |
| hasFunctionInNarrative |
emotional support for the protagonist
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moral center of the narrative ⓘ |
| hasRole |
maternal figure
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moral guide ⓘ protector ⓘ |
| isCharacterInWorkBy | Harriet Jacobs ⓘ |
| isDescribedAs | central maternal figure ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo | Harriet Jacobs ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| livesUnderSystem | slavery ⓘ |
| providesGuidanceTo | Harriet Jacobs ⓘ |
| represents |
moral authority under slavery
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resistance to the brutality of slavery ⓘ the strength of enslaved Black women ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | antebellum American South ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
family stability
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maternal sacrifice ⓘ spiritual endurance ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Aunt Martha Description of subject: Aunt Martha is a central maternal figure in Harriet Jacobs's slave narrative "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," representing strength, moral guidance, and resilience amid the brutality of slavery.
Referenced by (1)
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