Uncle Julian Blackwood

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Uncle Julian Blackwood is an eccentric, ailing uncle obsessed with documenting the family tragedy in Shirley Jackson’s gothic novel "We Have Always Lived in the Castle."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
supporting character
appearsInGenre gothic fiction
psychological horror
appearsInMedium novel
associatedTheme family decay
madness
memory
unreliable narration
characterIn We Have Always Lived in the Castle NERFINISHED
createdBy Shirley Jackson NERFINISHED
dependsOn Constance Blackwood for care
familyName Blackwood NERFINISHED
healthStatus ailing
physically frail
householdStatus socially isolated
languageOfWork English
livesWith Constance Blackwood NERFINISHED
Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood NERFINISHED
mentalState eccentric
obsessive
narrativeRole source of exposition about past events
witness to the Blackwood family tragedy
notableActivity compiling notes about the family dinner poisoning
recounting details of the family tragedy to visitors
obsessedWith documenting the Blackwood family tragedy
occupation family chronicler
personalityTrait fixated on the past
pedantic
rambling
physicallyInjuredBy arsenic poisoning
relationshipToTragedy both victim and chronicler
relativeOf Constance Blackwood NERFINISHED
Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood NERFINISHED
residesAt Blackwood family house
setInWork We Have Always Lived in the Castle NERFINISHED
survivedEvent arsenic poisoning at the Blackwood family dinner
survivorOf Blackwood family poisoning
uncleOf Constance Blackwood NERFINISHED
Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood NERFINISHED
workAuthorNationality American NERFINISHED
workPublishedInYear 1962

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We Have Always Lived in the Castle mainCharacter Uncle Julian Blackwood