Meyer Wolfsheim

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fictional character literary character

Meyer Wolfsheim is a shady, influential gambler and underworld figure in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel *The Great Gatsby*, loosely based on real-life mobster Arnold Rothstein.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Meyer Wolfsheim canonical	2
Arnold Rothstein	1
Meyer Wolfsheim – Howard Da Silva	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ
appearsIn	The Great Gatsby ⓘ
appearsInChapter	Chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby ⓘ
associatedWith	Daisy Buchanan ⓘ Jay Gatsby ⓘ Nick Carraway ⓘ
basedOn	Arnold Rothstein ⓘ
characterTrait	loyal to Gatsby ⓘ secretive ⓘ shrewd ⓘ
creator	F. Scott Fitzgerald ⓘ
ethnicity	Jewish ⓘ
firstAppearance	The Great Gatsby ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	modernist literature ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
literaryRole	supporting character ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableFor	fixing the 1919 World Series (in the novel’s backstory) ⓘ
occupation	gambler ⓘ racketeer ⓘ underworld figure ⓘ
roleInWork	Gatsby’s business associate ⓘ symbol of organized crime in the novel ⓘ
settingOfActivity	Prohibition-era United States ⓘ
symbolizes	corruption of the American Dream ⓘ criminal underworld of the Jazz Age ⓘ
timePeriod	Roaring Twenties ⓘ
workLocation	New York City ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

The Great Gatsby → hasCharacter → Meyer Wolfsheim ⓘ

1919 Black Sox Scandal → gamblerInvolved → Meyer Wolfsheim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arnold Rothstein

Jay Gatsby → associatedWith → Meyer Wolfsheim ⓘ

The Great Gatsby (1949 film) → characterPortrayedBy → Meyer Wolfsheim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meyer Wolfsheim – Howard Da Silva