Rokhele

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Rokhele is a central female character in Sholem Aleichem’s Yiddish novel "Stempenyu," portrayed as a young married woman whose emotional turmoil and attraction to the charismatic fiddler Stempenyu drive much of the story’s romantic and moral conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Stempenyu
appearsInGenre realist fiction
romantic novel
associatedWith fiddler Stempenyu
characterType young married woman
creator Sholem Aleichem
culturalContext Eastern European Jewish community
emotion emotional turmoil
feelsAttractionTo Stempenyu
gender female
involvedIn moral conflict
romantic conflict
languageOfWork Yiddish
literaryTradition Yiddish literature
maritalStatus married
medium novel
moralPositionInWork tests boundaries of traditional morality
narrativeFunction drives plot
religiousCulturalBackground Jewish
roleInWork central character
protagonist
spouse Motele
themeAssociation inner conflict
marital fidelity
romantic desire
temptation
timePeriodOfFictionalSetting 19th century Eastern Europe
workPublicationLanguage Yiddish

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Stempenyu hasCharacter Rokhele