Wilkes family
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The Wilkes family is a prominent Southern aristocratic clan in Margaret Mitchell’s novel "Gone with the Wind," known for their refinement, honor, and traditional plantation life.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Southern planter family
ⓘ
aristocratic family ⓘ fictional family ⓘ |
| adaptedIn | Gone with the Wind (1939 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Gone with the Wind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInForm | novel ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Twelve Oaks plantation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
O’Hara family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scarlett O’Hara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalOrigin | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Margaret Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicBase | slave plantation system ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Gone with the Wind (1936 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext | historical novel ⓘ |
| knownFor |
adherence to Old South values
ⓘ
honor ⓘ refinement ⓘ traditional plantation life ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Southern literature ⓘ |
| member |
Ashley Wilkes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Honey Wilkes NERFINISHED ⓘ India Wilkes NERFINISHED ⓘ John Wilkes NERFINISHED ⓘ Melanie Hamilton Wilkes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | foil to Scarlett O’Hara’s pragmatism ⓘ |
| owns | Twelve Oaks plantation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patriarch | John Wilkes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSide | Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Leslie Howard as Ashley Wilkes
ⓘ
Olivia de Havilland as Melanie Hamilton Wilkes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents | Old South idealism ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
American Civil War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| settingRegion | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingState | Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass |
Southern aristocracy
ⓘ
planter elite ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
conflict between idealism and realism
ⓘ
decline of the Old South ⓘ |
| value |
duty
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education ⓘ gentility ⓘ loyalty ⓘ tradition ⓘ |
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