Robert Danforth
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Robert Danforth is a practical, industrious blacksmith who serves as the foil to the idealistic watchmaker Owen Warland in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story "The Artist of the Beautiful."
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blacksmith
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsAlongside |
Annie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Owen Warland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Artist of the Beautiful NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
craftsmanship
ⓘ
physical strength ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
industrious
ⓘ
practical ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Owen Warland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Nathaniel Hawthorne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyRelation | husband of Annie ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Artist of the Beautiful NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | short story ⓘ |
| hasSetting | a New England town ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | American Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | short story ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | highlights Owen Warland’s idealism by contrast ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| occupation | blacksmith ⓘ |
| publicationAuthor | Nathaniel Hawthorne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork | foil to Owen Warland ⓘ |
| symbolicFunction | represents practical, utilitarian values ⓘ |
| themeRelation |
art versus practicality
ⓘ
imagination versus materialism ⓘ |
| values |
material productivity
ⓘ
useful labor ⓘ |
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