Hepzibah Pyncheon

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Hepzibah Pyncheon is a reclusive, impoverished gentlewoman from an old New England family in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel "The House of the Seven Gables," whose struggles reflect themes of ancestral guilt and social decay.

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Hepzibah Pyncheon canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
novel character
appearsIn The House of the Seven Gables
associatedWithTheme ancestral guilt
class decline
family curse
isolation
author Nathaniel Hawthorne
caresFor Clifford Pyncheon
countryOfFictionalSetting United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Nathaniel Hawthorne
familyName Clifford Pyncheon
surface form: Pyncheon
fictionalUniverse The House of the Seven Gables universe
firstPublishedIn The House of the Seven Gables
hasEmotion shame about keeping a shop
hasGender female
hasOccupation shopkeeper
hasRelationshipWith Clifford Pyncheon
Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon
Phoebe Pyncheon
hasSibling Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon
hasSocialStatus gentlewoman
impoverished
hasTrait kind-hearted
melancholic
near-sighted
proud
reclusive
isCousinOf Phoebe Pyncheon
isMemberOf Pyncheon family
isRelativeOf Clifford Pyncheon
languageOfWork English
livesIn Pyncheon family mansion
surface form: Pyncheon House
medium novel
narrativeFunction Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon
surface form: contrasts with Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon

embodies moral sensitivity
narrativeRole central character
opens a small cent-shop
opensShopTo support herself
publicationYear 1851
residesIn New England
symbolizes burden of ancestral guilt
decline of old aristocracy
social decay
timePeriodOfFictionalSetting 19th century

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The House of the Seven Gables mainCharacter Hepzibah Pyncheon
Holgrave isLodgerOf Hepzibah Pyncheon
Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon relatedTo Hepzibah Pyncheon
Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon antagonistOf Hepzibah Pyncheon
Phoebe Pyncheon hasRelative Hepzibah Pyncheon
Clifford Pyncheon sibling Hepzibah Pyncheon