Myrtle Wilson

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character in a novel fictional character literary character

Myrtle Wilson is a tragic, ambitious woman from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel *The Great Gatsby* whose affair with Tom Buchanan and fatal end highlight the era’s class divisions and moral decay.

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Myrtle Wilson in The Great Gatsby (1974 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf character in a novel ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsAlongside Daisy Buchanan ⓘ
Jay Gatsby ⓘ
Jordan Baker ⓘ
Nick Carraway ⓘ
appearsIn The Great Gatsby ⓘ
associatedWithLocation New York City apartment with Tom Buchanan ⓘ
Wilson’s garage ⓘ
carOwnedByAtDeath Jay Gatsby ⓘ
causeOfDeath car accident ⓘ
createdBy F. Scott Fitzgerald ⓘ
desires escape from her marriage ⓘ
upward social mobility ⓘ
wealth ⓘ
diesIn The Great Gatsby ⓘ
firstAppearance The Great Gatsby ⓘ
surface form: The Great Gatsby, Chapter 2
gender female ⓘ
hasAffairWith Tom Buchanan ⓘ
hasLover Tom Buchanan ⓘ
killedBy Daisy Buchanan ⓘ
killedByCarDrivenBy Daisy Buchanan ⓘ
literaryMovement Modernism ⓘ
maritalStatus married ⓘ
narrativeRole catalyst for George Wilson’s revenge ⓘ
foil to Daisy Buchanan ⓘ
victim of upper-class carelessness ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
occupation housewife ⓘ
publisherOfWork Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ
surface form: Charles Scribner’s Sons
relatedTheme adultery ⓘ
gender roles in the 1920s ⓘ
violence ⓘ
residence Valley of Ashes ⓘ
setIn Long Island ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
socialClass working class ⓘ
spouse George Wilson ⓘ
symbolizes class divisions ⓘ
moral decay ⓘ
social ambition ⓘ
the corruption of the American Dream ⓘ
timePeriod Roaring Twenties ⓘ
yearOfWorkPublication 1925 ⓘ

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

The Great Gatsby (opera) → character → Myrtle Wilson ⓘ
Nick Carraway → describesCharacter → Myrtle Wilson ⓘ
Tom Buchanan → hasLover → Myrtle Wilson ⓘ
West Egg → inhabitantInFiction → Myrtle Wilson ⓘ
Valley of Ashes → inhabitedBy → Myrtle Wilson ⓘ
The Great Gatsby → mainCharacter → Myrtle Wilson ⓘ
George Wilson → marriedTo → Myrtle Wilson ⓘ
Karen Black → notableRole → Myrtle Wilson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Myrtle Wilson in The Great Gatsby (1974 film)