Armand Aubigny

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Armand Aubigny is a wealthy Louisiana plantation owner in Kate Chopin’s short story “Désirée’s Baby,” known for his harsh, authoritarian nature and tragic role in the tale’s exploration of race and identity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Fictional character
Literary character
Short story character
appearsIn Désirée’s Baby
appearsInCollection Bayou Folk
associatedWithTheme Hypocrisy
Identity
Patriarchy
Race
Slavery
Tragedy
characterTrait Authoritarian
Harsh
Impulsive
Proud
Racist
createdBy Kate Chopin
familyBackground Wealthy slaveholding family
fatherOf Désirée’s baby
fictionalUniverse Works of Kate Chopin
firstAppearanceYear 1893
firstPublishedIn Vogue
surface form: Vogue magazine
gender Male
languageOfWork English
literaryMovement Realism
surface form: American realism
literaryRole Antagonist
Husband of the protagonist
marriedTo Désirée
narrativeFunction Drives the story’s central conflict over race and identity
nationality French Creole
notableAction Burns Désirée’s belongings
Orders Désirée to leave L’Abri with the baby
Rejects Désirée and their child when he believes they have Black ancestry
occupation Plantation owner
owns L’Abri plantation
parentage Son of the Aubigny family
plotRevelation Learns from a letter that he himself has Black ancestry
relationshipToBaby Father
relationshipToDésirée Husband
residence Louisiana
settingOfActions L’Abri plantation
symbolizes Patriarchal authority
Racial prejudice in the antebellum South
timePeriod Antebellum period
surface form: Antebellum American South
treats Enslaved people harshly

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Désirée’s Baby mainCharacter Armand Aubigny
Désirée’s Baby antagonist Armand Aubigny
Désirée marriedTo Armand Aubigny