Thomasin
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Thomasin is the teenage Puritan girl at the center of the psychological horror film "The Witch," whose experiences drive the story’s exploration of religious paranoia and supernatural evil.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomasin canonical | 2 |
| Thomasin in The Witch | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Witch ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
horror film
ⓘ
period film ⓘ psychological horror film ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Black Phillip
ⓘ
the witch in the woods ⓘ |
| centralThemeOf |
coming of age
ⓘ
female agency ⓘ patriarchal oppression ⓘ religious paranoia ⓘ witchcraft ⓘ |
| characterAge | teenager ⓘ |
| characterEra | 17th-century New England ⓘ |
| createdBy | Robert Eggers ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
iconic modern horror heroine
ⓘ
symbol of rebellion against oppressive piety ⓘ |
| experiences |
family breakdown
ⓘ
religious terror ⓘ supernatural encounters ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasFamilyRole |
daughter
ⓘ
sister ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | Puritan farm girl ⓘ |
| hasParent |
Katherine
ⓘ
William ⓘ |
| hasReligion |
Puritanism
ⓘ
surface form:
Puritan Christianity
|
| hasSibling |
Caleb
ⓘ
Jonas ⓘ Mercy ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
ambiguous moral figure
ⓘ
drives plot ⓘ focus of suspicion ⓘ victim of religious hysteria ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Anya Taylor-Joy ⓘ |
| setting | isolated New England farm ⓘ |
| speaksLanguage |
Early Modern English
ⓘ
surface form:
Early Modern English dialect
|
| storyRole |
figure of temptation and liberation
ⓘ
subject of accusations of witchcraft ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Anya Taylor-Joy
this entity surface form:
Thomasin in The Witch