the Easterner
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The Easterner is a quiet, observant traveling salesman in Stephen Crane’s short story “The Blue Hotel,” whose hesitant moral stance and delayed honesty highlight themes of guilt and responsibility.
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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short story character ⓘ traveling salesman ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Blue Hotel
NERFINISHED
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short story ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
cowardice
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guilt ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ truth and confession ⓘ |
| creator | Stephen Crane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | The Blue Hotel (1898) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| keyAction |
expresses belief that everyone helped to kill the Swede
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fails to speak up during the card game dispute ⓘ later admits that Johnnie had been cheating ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | American realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralCharacteristic |
conflicted sense of responsibility
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delayed honesty ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodies passive complicity
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reveals the story’s moral after the Swede’s death ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | traveling salesman ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
hesitant
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observant ⓘ quiet ⓘ |
| relationshipToOtherCharacters |
companion of Johnnie
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companion of the Swede ⓘ companion of the cowboy ⓘ guest at the Palace Hotel in Fort Romper ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
commentator on guilt and responsibility
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witness to the events in the Blue Hotel ⓘ |
| settingContext | stays at a hotel in Fort Romper, Nebraska ⓘ |
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