Scratchy Wilson
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Scratchy Wilson is a notorious, gun-toting troublemaker in Stephen Crane’s short story "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," symbolizing the fading lawless Old West.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInForm | short story ⓘ |
| armedWith |
revolvers
ⓘ
six-shooters ⓘ |
| behavior |
challenges others to gunfights
ⓘ
drunkenly roams the town ⓘ |
| characterType |
gunslinger
ⓘ
outlaw ⓘ troublemaker ⓘ |
| conflictType | man vs. changing society ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | domesticity and marriage of Jack Potter ⓘ |
| createdBy | Stephen Crane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdByNationality | American author ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1898 ⓘ |
| genre | Western fiction ⓘ |
| hasClothing |
gaudy cowboy outfit
ⓘ
noisy boots ⓘ |
| interactsWith | Jack Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | embodies obsolete frontier violence ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
boisterous
ⓘ
gun-toting ⓘ rowdy ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Jack Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents | resistance to civilization ⓘ |
| roleInWork | antagonist ⓘ |
| setting | Yellow Sky, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyThemeConnection | transition from Old West to modern order ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
fading lawless Old West
ⓘ
frontier violence ⓘ outmoded cowboy code ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century American West ⓘ |
| workCountryOfOrigin | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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