The Cut-Glass Bowl

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short story

The Cut-Glass Bowl is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that explores themes of materialism, marital strain, and the unintended consequences of seemingly glamorous possessions in early 20th-century American society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story ⓘ
author F. Scott Fitzgerald ⓘ
centralSymbol cut-glass bowl ⓘ
character Evangeline Piper ⓘ
Frederick Piper ⓘ
Harold Piper ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts American domestic life ⓘ
emotional alienation in marriage ⓘ
social climbing ⓘ
explores consequences of infidelity ⓘ
social expectations in marriage ⓘ
tension between appearance and reality ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1920 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Scribner's Magazine ⓘ
surface form: Scribner’s Magazine
genre literary fiction ⓘ
short story ⓘ
hasLiteraryDevice foreshadowing ⓘ
irony ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ
hasObjectInTitle bowl ⓘ
cut glass ⓘ
hasTone ironic ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement American modernism ⓘ
Jazz Age literature ⓘ
mainTheme American upper-middle-class life ⓘ
marital strain ⓘ
materialism ⓘ
unintended consequences ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalMedium print ⓘ
partOf F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short fiction corpus ⓘ
protagonist Evangeline Piper ⓘ
settingCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
settingPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
symbolizes emotional emptiness ⓘ
hollowness of material wealth ⓘ
social pretension ⓘ
timeOfAction pre-World War I era ⓘ

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Flappers and Philosophers → hasPart → The Cut-Glass Bowl ⓘ
F. Scott Fitzgerald bibliography → includesWork → The Cut-Glass Bowl ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cut‑Glass Bowl