Mother Rigby
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Mother Rigby is a witch from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Feathertop,” known for animating a scarecrow to life as part of a moral allegory about vanity and illusion.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ witch ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Feathertop
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mosses from an Old Manse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInCollection | Mosses from an Old Manse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
identity
ⓘ
illusion ⓘ morality ⓘ vanity ⓘ |
| authorNationality | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorWorkPublication | Feathertop was published in 1852 ⓘ |
| characterType | allegorical figure ⓘ |
| createdBy | Nathaniel Hawthorne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creates | Feathertop (scarecrow) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Nathaniel Hawthorne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Feathertop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| includedIn | 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| influences | Feathertop’s perception of himself ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | short story character ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | American Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediumOfIllusion | pipe smoke ⓘ |
| moralAllegoryElement | creator of a false gentleman ⓘ |
| moralPerspective | cynical about human society ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
to demonstrate the power of illusion
ⓘ
to expose the emptiness of social pretension ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| occupation | witch ⓘ |
| perceptionByOthersInStory | feared as a witch ⓘ |
| powerType |
enchantment
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sorcery ⓘ |
| relationshipToFeathertop |
creator
GENERATED
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master GENERATED ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
creator of Feathertop
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| settingOfCharacter | New England (fictionalized) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyToneAssociation |
darkly comic
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satirical ⓘ |
| symbolicRole |
commentator on human folly
ⓘ
manipulator of appearances ⓘ |
| tests | the nature of reality and identity through Feathertop ⓘ |
| usesMagicTo |
animate a scarecrow
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create an illusion of humanity ⓘ |
| workAuthor | Feathertop by Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ |
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