Iris Chase

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Iris Chase is the complex, introspective narrator of Margaret Atwood’s novel "The Blind Assassin," whose recollections unravel a multigenerational family saga marked by betrayal, secrecy, and shifting power.

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Label Occurrences
Iris Chase canonical 7

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
novel protagonist
ageDuringNarration elderly
appearsIn The Blind Assassin
associatedWithTextWithinText The Blind Assassin
surface form: The Blind Assassin (fictional novel within the novel)
bookPublicationYearContext 2000
centralThemeRelation betrayal
class and privilege
family saga
gender roles
memory
power dynamics
secrecy
characterTrait guilt-ridden
introspective
observant
reserved
createdBy Margaret Atwood
experiences emotional abuse
loss of sister
social constraint
familyName Chase
genreOfWorkContext literary fiction
hasDaughter Aimee Griffen
hasFather Norval Chase
hasGranddaughter Sabrina
hasHusband Richard Griffen
hasPerspectiveOn 20th-century Canadian society
industrial wealth and decline
women’s limited choices in early 20th century
hasSibling Laura Chase
hasSisterInLaw Winifred Griffen
involvedIn arranged marriage for social advantage
multigenerational family conflict
languageOfWorkContext English
literaryPeriod contemporary literature
livesInFictionalLocation Ticonderoga, New York
surface form: Port Ticonderoga
maidenName Chase
marriedName Griffen
narratorOf The Blind Assassin
nationalityInFiction Canadian
occupationInFiction memoirist
roleInWork first-person narrator
unreliable narrator
writesWithinStory manuscript of her life story

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Subject: Iris Chase
Description of subject: Iris Chase is the complex, introspective narrator of Margaret Atwood’s novel "The Blind Assassin," whose recollections unravel a multigenerational family saga marked by betrayal, secrecy, and shifting power.

Referenced by (7)

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

The Blind Assassin mainCharacter Iris Chase
Laura Chase hasRelative Iris Chase
Laura Chase sibling Iris Chase
Alex Thomas hasRelationshipWith Iris Chase
Richard Griffen hasSpouse Iris Chase
Richard Griffen isOlderThan Iris Chase