Bella Baxter
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Bella Baxter is the unconventional, resurrected heroine of Alasdair Gray’s novel and its film adaptation "Poor Things," known for her childlike mind in an adult body and her radical journey of self-discovery and liberation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Yorgos Lanthimos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptedFor | cinema ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Poor Things
NERFINISHED
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Poor Things (2023 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Poor Things (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardAssociation | central role in Academy Award-winning film performance by Emma Stone ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | Poor Things (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterArc | journey from naivety to self-determined autonomy ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Alasdair Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely discussed as a radical feminist character ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | resurrected ⓘ |
| filmGenreAssociation |
black comedy
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fantasy ⓘ romance ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Poor Things (1992 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| identityQuestionedBy | unreliable documents within the novel’s frame narrative ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
Gothic fiction
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postmodern fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | partly presented through male narrators in the novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist of Poor Things ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
childlike mind in an adult body
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curiosity about the world ⓘ rapid psychological development ⓘ unconventional heroine ⓘ |
| occupationInNarrative | eventual doctor (in some versions of the story) ⓘ |
| originDetail | adult female body reanimated with the brain of an unborn child ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Emma Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWith Archibald McCandless | romantic partner in the novel ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWith Godwin Baxter | creator and guardian ⓘ |
| relationshipWith |
Archibald McCandless
NERFINISHED
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Godwin Baxter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingAssociation |
Victorian era
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alternate-history Glasgow ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
experimental ideas about personhood
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female emancipation from patriarchal control ⓘ rejection of social conventions ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
body and mind duality
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female liberation ⓘ identity formation ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ sexual autonomy ⓘ |
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