Catherine Holly
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Catherine Holly is the traumatized young woman at the center of Tennessee Williams' play "Suddenly, Last Summer," whose disturbing memories threaten to expose a family's dark secrets.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Catherine Holly canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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theatrical character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn | film "Suddenly, Last Summer" (1959) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ageGroup | young adult ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Suddenly, Last Summer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | play ⓘ |
| appearsInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
family secrets
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madness and sanity ⓘ repression of truth ⓘ sexuality ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
faces attempts by Violet Venable to silence her
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struggles to recount the circumstances of Sebastian Venable's death ⓘ |
| confronts | Violet Venable in the climactic scene ⓘ |
| createdBy | Tennessee Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdInCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasAunt | Violet Venable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCousin | Sebastian Venable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMentalState | post-traumatic distress ⓘ |
| hasProfession | unemployed young woman ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith | Dr. Cukrowicz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Sebastian Venable
NERFINISHED
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Violet Venable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
emotionally unstable
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perceptive ⓘ traumatized ⓘ truthful ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | unreliable witness whose story may be true ⓘ |
| partOf | the dramatic canon of Tennessee Williams ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Elizabeth Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | 1959 film adaptation of "Suddenly, Last Summer" ⓘ |
| reveals |
Sebastian Venable's predatory behavior
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cannibalistic death of Sebastian Venable ⓘ |
| roleInWork | protagonist of "Suddenly, Last Summer" ⓘ |
| settingOfKeyEvents | New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | psychiatric evaluation by Dr. Cukrowicz ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the disruptive power of truth
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victim of patriarchal and familial control ⓘ |
| threatens | to reveal the truth about Sebastian Venable ⓘ |
| undergoes | threatened lobotomy ⓘ |
| witnessed | death of Sebastian Venable ⓘ |
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