Cranly
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Cranly is a thoughtful, skeptical friend and confidant of Stephen Dedalus in James Joyce’s novel "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," often serving as a sounding board for Stephen’s intellectual and spiritual struggles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cranly canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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novel ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | modernist novel ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
artistic vocation
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coming of age ⓘ intellectual struggle ⓘ loss of faith ⓘ religious doubt ⓘ spiritual crisis ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
introspective
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reserved ⓘ skeptical ⓘ thoughtful ⓘ |
| creator | James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dialogueFunction | philosophical debate partner of Stephen Dedalus ⓘ |
| discussesTopic |
faith
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identity ⓘ morality ⓘ philosophy ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| hasFriend | Stephen Dedalus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influences |
Stephen Dedalus’s thinking about family obligations
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Stephen Dedalus’s thinking about national identity ⓘ Stephen Dedalus’s thinking about religion ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | modernism ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
articulates skeptical viewpoints
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tests Stephen Dedalus’s convictions ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | Irish ⓘ |
| relationshipToProtagonist |
college friend of Stephen Dedalus
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confessor figure to Stephen Dedalus ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
confidant of Stephen Dedalus
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sounding board for Stephen Dedalus ⓘ |
| setting | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | late 19th century ⓘ |
| usedAs | foil to Stephen Dedalus ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1916 ⓘ |
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