Dorcas Malvin
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Dorcas Malvin is a fictional character in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Roger Malvin’s Burial,” serving as the devoted daughter whose fate is tragically entwined with her father’s unburied death and her lover’s lingering guilt.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Roger Malvin’s Burial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
family duty
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guilt ⓘ psychological burden ⓘ secrecy ⓘ unburied dead ⓘ |
| createdBy | Nathaniel Hawthorne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathContext | dies near the site of Roger Malvin’s unburied body ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Roger Malvin’s Burial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFather | Roger Malvin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLover | Reuben Bourne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isBelovedOf | Reuben Bourne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isDaughterOf | Roger Malvin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | American Gothic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodiment of innocence affected by past sin
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link between Roger Malvin’s death and Reuben Bourne’s guilt ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| relationshipToReubenBourne |
betrothed
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wife GENERATED ⓘ |
| relationshipToRogerMalvin | daughter GENERATED ⓘ |
| roleInStory |
Reuben Bourne’s fiancée
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devoted daughter ⓘ victim of tragic fate ⓘ |
| settingOfLife | New England frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | post-colonial American frontier era ⓘ |
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