Simon Legree
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Simon Legree is the brutal, sadistic slave owner who serves as the primary antagonist in Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Jim (temporarily, as a captured runaway slave) | 0 | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary villain → slave owner → |
| alignment | antagonist → |
| appearsIn | Uncle Tom's Cabin → |
| associatedWithTheme |
abuse of power
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moral degradation → racism → slavery → |
| characterInGenre | anti-slavery novel → |
| characterTrait |
blasphemous
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greedy → sadistic → tyrannical → violent → |
| createdBy | Harriet Beecher Stowe → |
| culturalImpact | name used as byword for cruel taskmaster → |
| employs | overseers Sambo and Quimbo → |
| fictionalStatus | non-historical character → |
| firstAppearance |
Uncle Tom's Cabin
→
surface form:
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)
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| gender | male → |
| influencedPerceptionOf | slave owners in popular imagination → |
| kills |
Uncle Tom
→
surface form:
Uncle Tom (indirectly, through ordered beating)
|
| languageOfWork | English → |
| literaryFunction | foil to Christian virtues of Uncle Tom → |
| medium | novel → |
| morality | evil → |
| nationality | American (fictional) → |
| notableFor |
alcohol abuse
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brutality → extreme cruelty → religious cynicism → sadism → |
| occupation | plantation owner → |
| ordersBeatingOf | Uncle Tom → |
| owns | plantation in Louisiana → |
| purchases |
Uncle Tom
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other enslaved people → |
| religiousAttitude |
hostile to Christianity
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mocks Christian faith of slaves → |
| roleInWork | primary antagonist → |
| setInLocation |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
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| symbolizes |
the cruelty of slavery
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the moral corruption of slaveholders → unrestrained power and tyranny → |
| treats | slaves with violence → |
| whips | Uncle Tom → |
| workPublicationYear | 1852 → |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jim (temporarily, as a captured runaway slave)