Mama Elena

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fictional character literary character

Mama Elena is the domineering matriarch in Laura Esquivel’s novel "Like Water for Chocolate," whose strict adherence to tradition and emotional repression profoundly shapes her daughters’ lives.

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Label Occurrences
Mama Elena canonical 11
Mama Elena De la Garza 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
adaptedIn Like Water for Chocolate ⓘ
surface form: 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate
appearsAs ghost after death ⓘ
appearsIn Like Water for Chocolate ⓘ
associatedWithTheme maternal authority ⓘ
repression ⓘ
tradition vs. individual desire ⓘ
basedIn Mexico ⓘ
continuesToControl Tita even after death ⓘ
controls De la Garza household ⓘ
createdBy Laura Esquivel ⓘ
diesIn Like Water for Chocolate ⓘ
enforces family tradition ⓘ
patriarchal norms ⓘ
familyName De la Garza ⓘ
familyRole mother ⓘ
widow ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Like Water for Chocolate ⓘ
surface form: Like Water for Chocolate universe
firstPublicationOfWork 1989 ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
imposesRuleOn Tita must care for her mother instead of marrying ⓘ
influences her daughters’ emotional lives ⓘ
languageOfWork Spanish ⓘ
literarySignificance embodiment of oppressive maternal figure ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
motherOf Gertrudis De la Garza ⓘ
Rosaura De la Garza ⓘ
Tita De la Garza ⓘ
motive preservation of family honor ⓘ
narrativeFunction primary antagonist ⓘ
nationality Mexican ⓘ
occupation ranch owner ⓘ
opposes Tita and Pedro’s relationship ⓘ
personalityTrait authoritarian ⓘ
controlling ⓘ
domineering ⓘ
emotionally repressed ⓘ
strict ⓘ
portrayedBy Regina Torné ⓘ
relationshipToTita antagonistic ⓘ
residesIn De la Garza family ranch ⓘ
restricts her daughters’ freedom ⓘ
role matriarch ⓘ
symbolizes emotional repression ⓘ
oppressive tradition ⓘ
patriarchal authority ⓘ
timePeriod Mexican Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Mexican Revolution era

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Like Water for Chocolate → mainCharacter → Mama Elena ⓘ
Rosaura → hasMother → Mama Elena ⓘ
Rosaura → isDaughterOf → Mama Elena ⓘ
Rosaura → followsTraditionOf → Mama Elena ⓘ
Tita de la Garza → mother → Mama Elena ⓘ
Gertrudis → mother → Mama Elena ⓘ
Pedro Muzquiz → opposedBy → Mama Elena ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mama Elena De la Garza
De la Garza family ranch → governedBy → Mama Elena ⓘ
De la Garza family ranch → inhabitedBy → Mama Elena ⓘ
De la Garza → hasMember → Mama Elena ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mama Elena De la Garza
De la Garza → governedByCharacter → Mama Elena ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mama Elena De la Garza
De la Garza family → hasMember → Mama Elena ⓘ
De la Garza family → familyHead → Mama Elena ⓘ
Rosaura De la Garza → hasMother → Mama Elena ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mama Elena De la Garza
Gertrudis De la Garza → childOf → Mama Elena ⓘ