Hazel Motes
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Hazel Motes is the tormented, anti-religious preacher at the center of Flannery O’Connor’s novel "Wise Blood," known for founding the nihilistic Church Without Christ.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hazel Motes canonical | 11 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antihero
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ preacher ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
Wise Blood
ⓘ
surface form:
Wise Blood (1979 film)
|
| appearsIn | Wise Blood ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | Southern Gothic ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
faith and doubt
ⓘ
grace and redemption ⓘ violence and self-punishment ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
ascetic
ⓘ
fanatical ⓘ obsessive ⓘ tormented ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Flannery O'Connor
ⓘ
surface form:
Flannery O’Connor
|
| declares | There was no Fall because there was nothing to fall from and no redemption because there was no fall ⓘ |
| familyBackground | raised in a strict religious household ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
Wise Blood
ⓘ
surface form:
Wise Blood (1952 novel)
|
| founds | Church Without Christ ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasConflictWith |
Enoch Emery
ⓘ
Hoover Shoats ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith | Sabbath Lily Hawks ⓘ |
| hasVehicle | rat-colored Essex ⓘ |
| ideology | nihilistic worldview ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Catholic literary tradition (via O’Connor) ⓘ |
| militaryBackground | World War II veteran ⓘ |
| motivation | to escape belief in Christ ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | embodies O’Connor’s concept of the misfit ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| occupation | street preacher ⓘ |
| opposes | conventional Christianity ⓘ |
| paradox | cannot escape the religious reality he denies ⓘ |
| performsAct |
blinds himself with quicklime
ⓘ
puts rocks in his shoes ⓘ wraps himself in barbed wire ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Brad Dourif ⓘ |
| religiousStance | anti-religious ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central character of Wise Blood ⓘ |
| setting | Taulkinham, Tennessee (fictional city) ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
distorted religious zeal
ⓘ
modern unbelief ⓘ spiritual blindness ⓘ |
| undergoes | spiritual crisis ⓘ |
| usesVehicleFor | street preaching ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.