James Stevens

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James Stevens is the emotionally restrained English butler at the heart of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel "The Remains of the Day," famously portrayed on film by Anthony Hopkins.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
protagonist
adaptationMedium film
appearsInWork The Remains of the Day NERFINISHED
authorOfSourceWork Kazuo Ishiguro NERFINISHED
awardedToSourceWork Booker Prize NERFINISHED
centralThemeAssociation dignity
duty
memory
regret
repression of emotion
countryOfFictionalSetting England NERFINISHED
employer Lord Darlington NERFINISHED
familyName Stevens NERFINISHED
fictionalCharacterOrigin British literature
fictionalSocialClass servant class
fictionalTimePeriod interwar period
post-World War II period
filmAdaptationOfWork The Remains of the Day (1993 film) NERFINISHED
filmDirectorOfAdaptation James Ivory NERFINISHED
filmScreenwriterOfAdaptation Ruth Prawer Jhabvala NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName James
internalConflict suppression of personal feelings for Miss Kenton
languageOfWork English
literaryGenreOfSourceWork historical fiction
psychological novel
name James Stevens NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective first-person
nationality English
occupation butler
personalityTrait dutiful
emotionally restrained
loyal
perfectionist
reserved
portrayedBy Anthony Hopkins NERFINISHED
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1989
publisherOfSourceWork Faber and Faber NERFINISHED
relationship professional relationship with Miss Kenton
roleInWork narrator
settingLocation Oxfordshire NERFINISHED
themeInArc complicity in political events
conflict between personal happiness and professional duty
worksAt Darlington Hall NERFINISHED
workType novel

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