Mrs. Shaw
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Mrs. Shaw is a wealthy, fashionable Boston matron in Louisa May Alcott’s novel "An Old-Fashioned Girl," whose refined but somewhat shallow household contrasts with the simple virtues of the story’s heroine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mrs. Shaw canonical | 2 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Boston matron
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | An Old-Fashioned Girl ⓘ |
| belongsToSocialClass |
Boston elite
ⓘ
upper class ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Polly Milton ⓘ |
| createdBy | Louisa May Alcott ⓘ |
| deemphasizes |
domestic simplicity
ⓘ
frugality ⓘ plain living ⓘ |
| familyName | Shaw ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
An Old-Fashioned Girl
ⓘ
surface form:
An Old-Fashioned Girl (1869, 1870 expanded edition)
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genreContext | 19th-century American domestic fiction ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
fashionable
ⓘ
refined ⓘ somewhat shallow ⓘ wealthy ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Fanny Shaw
ⓘ
Frank Shaw ⓘ Maud Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResidence | Boston ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Mr. Shaw ⓘ |
| hasThemeRelation |
contrast between old-fashioned and modern manners
ⓘ
critique of superficial social values ⓘ |
| householdCharacterization |
fashionable
ⓘ
refined ⓘ worldly ⓘ |
| livesInHousehold | Shaw household ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
foil to Polly Milton
ⓘ
representative of fashionable society ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 19th-century Boston ⓘ |
| values |
fashion
ⓘ
social status ⓘ worldly success ⓘ |
| worldviewContrastsWith | simple virtues of Polly Milton ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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