Adela Quested in A Passage to India
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Adela Quested in *A Passage to India* is a young, idealistic Englishwoman whose ambiguous accusation against an Indian doctor becomes the catalyst for exposing the racial tensions and cultural misunderstandings of the British Raj.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adela Quested | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female character
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| accusationCharacterization | ambiguous ⓘ |
| accusationOutcome |
exposure of racial tensions in Chandrapore
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trial of Dr. Aziz ⓘ worsening of Anglo-Indian relations ⓘ |
| accusationType | sexual assault ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Passage to India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInAdaptation | 1984 film A Passage to India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Chandrapore
NERFINISHED
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Marabar Caves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
clash between personal conscience and imperial ideology
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cultural misunderstanding between British and Indians ⓘ racial tension under the British Raj ⓘ |
| conflictType |
external conflict with both British and Indian communities
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internal conflict about truth of her experience ⓘ |
| createdBy | E. M. Forster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
idealistic
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young ⓘ |
| engagedTo | Ronny Heaslop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| experiences |
fear in the Marabar Caves
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hallucination or panic during the caves incident ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | A Passage to India (1924 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| friendOf | Mrs. Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| laterAction | retracts her accusation in court ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | key figure in modernist exploration of truth and perception ⓘ |
| makesAccusationAgainst | Dr. Aziz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| moralTrait |
capacity for self-questioning
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susceptibility to social pressure ⓘ |
| motivatedBy | desire to see the “real India” ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | catalyst for the novel’s main conflict ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| perceivedByAngloIndiansAs | betrayer of the British community after retracting accusation ⓘ |
| perceivedByManyIndiansAs | representative of colonial injustice ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Judy Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipStatusWithRonnyHeaslop | engagement later broken ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central character in the Marabar Caves incident ⓘ |
| socialGroup | Anglo-Indian colonial community ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
instability of colonial authority
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liberal but naive British attitudes toward India ⓘ |
| timePeriod | British Raj NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| travelsTo | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| undergoes |
moral crisis
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psychological breakdown after the caves incident ⓘ |
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