Mrs. Wix
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Mrs. Wix is a morally rigid, impoverished governess who serves as a key guardian and moral counterpoint in Henry James’s novel "What Maisie Knew."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mrs. Wix canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a novel
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ governess ⓘ |
| appearsIn | What Maisie Knew ⓘ |
| appearsInForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
childhood innocence
ⓘ
guardianship ⓘ morality ⓘ |
| caresFor | Maisie Farange ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Beale Farange
ⓘ
Ida Farange ⓘ Mrs. Beale ⓘ Sir Claude ⓘ |
| createdBy | Henry James ⓘ |
| economicStatus |
financially insecure
ⓘ
poor ⓘ |
| embodies | Victorian moral code ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
What Maisie Knew
ⓘ
surface form:
What Maisie Knew (1897)
|
| genreContext |
novel of manners
ⓘ
psychological novel ⓘ |
| hasEthicalFunction |
offers clear moral judgments
ⓘ
tests Maisie’s moral choices ⓘ |
| hasMoralStance |
condemns adultery
ⓘ
conventional morality ⓘ values duty ⓘ values marital fidelity ⓘ values respectability ⓘ |
| hasRole |
governess
ⓘ
guardian ⓘ moral counterpoint ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
conscientious
ⓘ
impoverished ⓘ morally rigid ⓘ protective ⓘ self-sacrificing ⓘ strict ⓘ |
| isGuardianOf | Maisie Farange ⓘ |
| isMoralGuideFor | Maisie Farange ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late Victorian literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
counterbalances moral ambiguity of other adults
ⓘ
provides stable point of view for Maisie ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | British ⓘ |
| relationshipToMaisie |
caretaker
ⓘ
companion ⓘ moral instructor ⓘ |
| setting | late 19th-century England ⓘ |
| socialStatus | lower middle class ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
ethical absolutism
ⓘ
rigid morality ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.