Tom Shaw
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Tom Shaw is a central character in Louisa May Alcott’s novel "An Old-Fashioned Girl," portrayed as a kind but initially worldly young man whose growth and changing values mirror the story’s moral themes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tom Shaw canonical | 4 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | An Old-Fashioned Girl ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries |
An Old-Fashioned Girl
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surface form:
An Old-Fashioned Girl (two-part publication)
|
| associatedWithCharacter |
Fanny Shaw
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Polly Milton ⓘ |
| characterArc |
changing values
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moral growth ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
kind
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worldly ⓘ |
| createdBy | Louisa May Alcott ⓘ |
| familyNameInFiction | Shaw ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovementOfWork |
Realism
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surface form:
American realism
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| medium | novel ⓘ |
| moralInfluenceOnCharacter |
Polly Milton
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surface form:
influenced by Polly Milton’s values
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| moralThemeEmbodied |
inner character over outward show
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simplicity versus worldliness ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | embodies moral themes of the novel ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| occupationInFiction | young businessman ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfWork | 1870 ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central character ⓘ |
| romanticInvolvementWith | Polly Milton ⓘ |
| settingOfFictionalWork | 19th-century United States ⓘ |
| socialClassInFiction | upper middle class Boston society ⓘ |
| undergoesDevelopment | from frivolous habits to more serious purpose ⓘ |
| workGenre |
coming-of-age novel
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domestic fiction ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.