Janie Crawford
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Janie Crawford is the resilient, self-discovering Black woman protagonist of Zora Neale Hurston’s novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God," whose life story explores love, independence, and identity in the early 20th-century American South.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Janie Crawford canonical | 12 |
| Janie Crawford (in self-defense) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Janie Crawford Context triple: [Their Eyes Were Watching God, mainCharacter, Janie Crawford]
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Celie Johnson
Celie Johnson is the resilient, abused African-American woman at the center of Alice Walker’s novel and its film adaptation "The Color Purple," portrayed on screen by Whoopi Goldberg.
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Effie White
Effie White is the ambitious, powerhouse lead singer of the girl group in the musical "Dreamgirls," whose personal and professional struggles drive much of the story’s emotional core.
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Dorothy Cotton
Dorothy Cotton was a prominent civil rights activist and educator who served as the education director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr.
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Aunt Eller
Aunt Eller is a plainspoken, good-humored farm matriarch who serves as a stabilizing, wisecracking presence in the musical "Oklahoma!".
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Rose of Sharon Joad
Rose of Sharon Joad is a young, pregnant member of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," whose experiences embody themes of hardship, loss, and ultimately selfless compassion during the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Janie Crawford Target entity description: Janie Crawford is the resilient, self-discovering Black woman protagonist of Zora Neale Hurston’s novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God," whose life story explores love, independence, and identity in the early 20th-century American South.
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A.
Celie Johnson
Celie Johnson is the resilient, abused African-American woman at the center of Alice Walker’s novel and its film adaptation "The Color Purple," portrayed on screen by Whoopi Goldberg.
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B.
Effie White
Effie White is the ambitious, powerhouse lead singer of the girl group in the musical "Dreamgirls," whose personal and professional struggles drive much of the story’s emotional core.
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C.
Dorothy Cotton
Dorothy Cotton was a prominent civil rights activist and educator who served as the education director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr.
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D.
Aunt Eller
Aunt Eller is a plainspoken, good-humored farm matriarch who serves as a stabilizing, wisecracking presence in the musical "Oklahoma!".
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E.
Rose of Sharon Joad
Rose of Sharon Joad is a young, pregnant member of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," whose experiences embody themes of hardship, loss, and ultimately selfless compassion during the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Black woman character
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| acquittedOf | killing Tea Cake ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Their Eyes Were Watching God ⓘ |
| associatedWithCommunity |
Eatonville, Florida, United States
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surface form:
Eatonville community
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| associatedWithEvent | hurricane in the Everglades ⓘ |
| characterArc | journey from constrained young wife to self-realized, independent woman ⓘ |
| confidesIn | Pheoby Watson ⓘ |
| createdBy | Zora Neale Hurston ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
|
| experiences |
arranged marriage
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domestic oppression ⓘ romantic fulfillment with Tea Cake ⓘ |
| faces | murder trial ⓘ |
| firstHusband | Logan Killicks ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
Their Eyes Were Watching God
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surface form:
Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937 novel)
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| frameStoryStructure | recounts her life to Pheoby Watson ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| grandmother | Nanny Crawford ⓘ |
| hairSymbolism | long straight hair symbolizing beauty and autonomy ⓘ |
| kills |
Tea Cake
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surface form:
Vergible "Tea Cake" Woods (in self-defense)
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| languageStyleContext | depicted through African American Vernacular English dialogue ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | Harlem Renaissance era literature ⓘ |
| marriedTo |
Joe Starks
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Logan Killicks ⓘ Tea Cake ⓘ
surface form:
Vergible "Tea Cake" Woods
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| mother | Leafy Crawford ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | frame narrator of her own life story ⓘ |
| occupation | storekeeper’s wife in Eatonville ⓘ |
| raisedBy | Nanny Crawford ⓘ |
| residesInFiction |
Eatonville, Florida, United States
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surface form:
Eatonville, Florida
Everglades ⓘ
surface form:
Everglades (the muck)
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| roleInWork | protagonist of Their Eyes Were Watching God ⓘ |
| secondHusband | Joe Starks ⓘ |
| seeks | horizon as metaphor for freedom and possibility ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
Florida ⓘ |
| settingTime | early 20th century ⓘ |
| symbolicRole | symbol of Black women’s search for voice ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
Black female autonomy
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identity ⓘ independence ⓘ love and relationships ⓘ resilience ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ voice and storytelling ⓘ |
| thirdHusband |
Tea Cake
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surface form:
Vergible "Tea Cake" Woods
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Subject: Janie Crawford Description of subject: Janie Crawford is the resilient, self-discovering Black woman protagonist of Zora Neale Hurston’s novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God," whose life story explores love, independence, and identity in the early 20th-century American South.
Referenced by (13)
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