Willie Stark
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Willie Stark is the ambitious, populist Southern politician at the center of Robert Penn Warren’s novel "All the King’s Men," often seen as a fictionalized version of Huey Long.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Willie Stark canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
1949 film All the King’s Men
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2006 film All the King’s Men NERFINISHED ⓘ opera Willie Stark by Carlisle Floyd NERFINISHED ⓘ stage adaptations of All the King’s Men ⓘ |
| appearsIn | All the King’s Men NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Huey Long NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| contrastWith | idealized democratic leadership ⓘ |
| createdBy | Robert Penn Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| death | assassinated (in the novel) ⓘ |
| educationBackground | self-educated (in early life) ⓘ |
| fictionalState | Usonian Southern state ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | novel All the King’s Men ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1946 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| governingStyle |
authoritarian tendencies
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patronage politics ⓘ |
| literaryInfluence | influential archetype of the demagogue in American fiction ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| narratedBy | Jack Burden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | embodiment of political power’s moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAction | builds a public hospital ⓘ |
| occupation | politician ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
ambitious
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charismatic ⓘ corrupt (later career) ⓘ idealistic (early career) ⓘ ruthless ⓘ |
| politicalBase | rural poor voters ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | left-wing populism ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | governor ⓘ |
| politicalStyle | populist ⓘ |
| region | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithJackBurden |
employer
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political patron GENERATED ⓘ |
| relationshipWith | Jack Burden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialOrigin | poor rural background ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the corrupting nature of power
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the tension between ends and means ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
American politics
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corruption ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ power ⓘ the fall of the idealist ⓘ |
| usesRhetoric |
anti-elite rhetoric
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class-based appeals ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
All the King's Men (2006 film)