Tea Cake

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fictional character literary character

Tea Cake is a charming, free-spirited gambler and laborer who becomes Janie Crawford’s great love and transformative partner in Zora Neale Hurston’s novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God."

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Vergible "Tea Cake" Woods	2
Vergible "Tea Cake" Woods (in self-defense)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ
adaptationAppearance	Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God ⓘ surface form: Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005 film adaptation)
appearsIn	Their Eyes Were Watching God ⓘ
authorEthnicity	African American ⓘ
authorMovement	Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
authorNationality	American ⓘ
causeOfDeathInStory	rabies ⓘ
characterTrait	adventurous ⓘ charismatic ⓘ charming ⓘ free-spirited ⓘ playful ⓘ
creator	Zora Neale Hurston ⓘ
deathInStory	dies after contracting rabies ⓘ
ethnicity	African American ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Their Eyes Were Watching God ⓘ
firstAppearance	Their Eyes Were Watching God ⓘ
fullName	Vergible Woods ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Vergible ⓘ
killedBy	Janie Crawford ⓘ surface form: Janie Crawford (in self-defense)
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
literarySignificance	iconic figure of Black Southern masculinity in American literature ⓘ
loveInterest	Janie Crawford ⓘ
medium	novel ⓘ
narrativeRole	Janie Crawford’s great love ⓘ catalyst for Janie’s self-discovery ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
nickname	Tea Cake self-link ⓘ
notableEvent	experiences the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane ⓘ marries Janie Crawford ⓘ teaches Janie to play checkers ⓘ works in the muck in the Everglades ⓘ
occupation	gambler ⓘ laborer ⓘ
portrayedBy	Michael Ealy ⓘ
relationshipTypeWithJanieCrawford	romantic partner ⓘ transformative partner ⓘ
settingOfActivity	Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ surface form: Eatonville, Florida Everglades ⓘ surface form: Everglades, Florida
spouse	Janie Crawford ⓘ
themeAssociation	gender roles ⓘ love and freedom ⓘ race and class in the American South ⓘ
timePeriodOfFictionalExistence	early 20th century ⓘ
workPublicationYear	1937 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Janie Crawford → kills → Tea Cake ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vergible "Tea Cake" Woods (in self-defense)

Their Eyes Were Watching God → mainCharacter → Tea Cake ⓘ

Janie Crawford → marriedTo → Tea Cake ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vergible "Tea Cake" Woods

Tea Cake → nickname → Tea Cake self-link ⓘ

Janie Crawford → thirdHusband → Tea Cake ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vergible "Tea Cake" Woods