Bev

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Bev is a central white homeowner in the play "Clybourne Park," whose well-meaning but oblivious attitudes toward race and change highlight the tensions surrounding the sale of her house in a transforming neighborhood.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
theatrical character
appearsIn Clybourne Park NERFINISHED
associatedTheme gentrification and neighborhood transformation
race and housing segregation
white liberalism
characterTrait oblivious to racial implications
well-meaning
concernedWith change in the neighborhood
createdBy Bruce Norris NERFINISHED
dialogueFocus community change
race relations
genreContext dramatic comedy
homeownerOf house in Clybourne Park neighborhood
houseSaleTriggers conflict among neighbors
involvedIn sale of house to a Black family
language English
maritalStatus married
medium stage play
name Bev NERFINISHED
narrativeFunction exposes underlying racial tensions in ostensibly polite conversation
nationalityInFiction American
occupation homemaker
race white
relatedWork A Raisin in the Sun NERFINISHED
roleInPlot central homeowner selling her house
setting Clybourne Park neighborhood NERFINISHED
spouse Russ NERFINISHED
symbolizes liberal but naive attitudes toward race
timePeriod Act I set in 1959

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