Miss Watson
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Miss Watson is a strict, religious woman who serves as Huck Finn’s guardian and represents conventional society’s moral values in Mark Twain’s novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character → supporting character → |
| appearsIn |
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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| appearsInGenre |
picaresque novel
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| associatedWith |
moral instruction
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religion → social respectability → |
| characterTrait |
conventional
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pious → strict → |
| createdBy |
Mark Twain
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| firstPublicationOfWork |
1884
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| gender |
female
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| guardianOf |
Huckleberry Finn
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| languageOfWork |
English
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| livesWith |
Huckleberry Finn
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| moralViewpoint |
supports slavery at the beginning of the novel
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| narrativeFunction |
foil to Huck Finn’s developing moral sense
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| nationality |
American (fictional)
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| occupation |
guardian of Huck Finn
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| owns |
Jim
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| relationshipToHuckFinn |
caretaker
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guardian → |
| relationshipToJim |
slave owner
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| religiousOrientation |
Christian
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| religiousPractice |
teaches Huck about heaven and hell
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| represents |
conventional society’s moral values
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| roleInStory |
Huck Finn’s guardian
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| setting |
St. Petersburg, Missouri
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| symbolizes |
pressure to conform to societal norms
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social and religious hypocrisy → |
| teaches |
Huckleberry Finn
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| timePeriod |
pre–American Civil War era
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Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Widow Douglas
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associatedWith |
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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hasCharacter |
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St. Petersburg, Missouri
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hasNotableResident |
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Widow Douglas
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livesWith |
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Huckleberry Finn
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raisedBy |
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Huckleberry Finn
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relativeOf |