Mrs. Wilcox

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Mrs. Wilcox is a central character in E.M. Forster's novel "Howards End," an elderly, gentle, and spiritually minded matriarch whose values and legacy profoundly influence the story's events and relationships.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
novel character
appearsIn Howards End NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre Edwardian novel
English literature
approximateAgeDescriptor elderly
bequeaths Howards End (house) NERFINISHED
bequeathsTo Margaret Schlegel NERFINISHED
characterTrait gentle
intuitive
kind
self-effacing
spiritually minded
unworldly
countryOfOriginOfWork United Kingdom
createdBy E. M. Forster NERFINISHED
deathAffects distribution of Howards End
relationship between Wilcox and Schlegel families
diesInWork Howards End NERFINISHED
firstPublicationContext Howards End (1910 novel) NERFINISHED
hasChild Charles Wilcox NERFINISHED
Evie Wilcox NERFINISHED
Paul Wilcox NERFINISHED
hasFamilyName Wilcox NERFINISHED
hasGender female
hasResidence Howards End (house) NERFINISHED
hasSpouse Henry Wilcox NERFINISHED
influences Helen Schlegel NERFINISHED
Henry Wilcox NERFINISHED
Margaret Schlegel NERFINISHED
events at Howards End
isAssociatedWithLocation England NERFINISHED
Howards End (house) NERFINISHED
isMemberOfFamily Wilcox family NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
moralAlignment benevolent
narrativeFunction embodiment of spiritual connection to Howards End
moral center of the novel
roleInWork central character
matriarch
symbolizes continuity of the English countryside
contrast with materialism of the Wilcox family
enduring spiritual values
themeAssociation English country house tradition
class and inheritance
connection to place
spiritual values

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