Mary Katherine Blackwood
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Mary Katherine Blackwood is the reclusive, unsettlingly cheerful and possibly unreliable young narrator of Shirley Jackson’s gothic novel "We Have Always Lived in the Castle," known for her morbid obsessions and deep mistrust of the outside world.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Merricat Blackwood | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| ageInStory | teenager ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Merricat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | We Have Always Lived in the Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalResidence | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Shirley Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Blackwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyRelation |
Blackwood parents are her deceased parents
ⓘ
Constance Blackwood is her older sister NERFINISHED ⓘ Julian Blackwood is her uncle ⓘ |
| fears |
the outside world
ⓘ
villagers ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1962 ⓘ |
| fullName | Mary Katherine Blackwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Mary Katherine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenreContext | gothic fiction ⓘ |
| livesWith |
Constance Blackwood
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Julian Blackwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeCharacteristic | unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| narrativePerson | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativePerspectiveOnWorld | hostile and paranoid view of society ⓘ |
| notableAction |
buries and hides protective objects as charms
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fantasizes about living on the moon ⓘ participated in the poisoning of her family ⓘ |
| notableTrait | strong attachment to the Blackwood estate ⓘ |
| obsession |
death
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poison ⓘ protecting her home ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
cheerful
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childlike ⓘ mistrustful of outsiders ⓘ reclusive ⓘ superstitious ⓘ unsettling ⓘ vengeful ⓘ |
| protectiveAttitudeToward | Constance Blackwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipWithCommunity | ostracized by villagers ⓘ |
| residence | Blackwood family house NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | narrator ⓘ |
| settingOfLife | a small New England village ⓘ |
| symbolicRole |
embodiment of isolation
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embodiment of otherness ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
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Merricat Blackwood
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Merricat Blackwood