Maycomb County courtroom
E888047
The Maycomb County courtroom is the fictional, racially charged Southern courtroom in Harper Lee’s "To Kill a Mockingbird" where the novel’s pivotal trial unfolds.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional courtroom
ⓘ
literary location ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter | To Kill a Mockingbird, trial chapters (Part Two) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Atticus Finch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bob Ewell NERFINISHED ⓘ Calpurnia NERFINISHED ⓘ Heck Tate NERFINISHED ⓘ Jem Finch NERFINISHED ⓘ Judge Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Mayella Ewell NERFINISHED ⓘ Reverend Sykes NERFINISHED ⓘ Scout Finch NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | trial of Tom Robinson ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
justice and injustice
ⓘ
moral courage ⓘ racism ⓘ rule of law ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| audienceCompositionInFiction |
all‑white jury
ⓘ
segregated spectators ⓘ |
| countryInFiction | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Harper Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedByNarrator | Scout Finch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1960 ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
Bildungsroman
ⓘ
Southern Gothic ⓘ |
| hasAudienceSection |
Black balcony section
ⓘ
white section on main floor ⓘ |
| hasNotableScene |
Atticus Finch’s closing argument
ⓘ
Black community standing in respect for Atticus ⓘ jury delivering guilty verdict ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryFunction |
court of law
ⓘ
trial venue ⓘ |
| inspiredAdaptationSetting | 1962 film adaptation courtroom ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalSystemInFiction | Jim Crow–era Southern justice system ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalPlace | Maycomb County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalState | Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInWork | To Kill a Mockingbird NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central setting of the Tom Robinson trial
ⓘ
stage for moral conflict ⓘ symbol of racial injustice ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
bias in the legal system
ⓘ
community judgment ⓘ segregation in the American South ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | 1930s ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.