Jennet Humfrye
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Jennet Humfrye is the vengeful ghost central to Susan Hill’s gothic horror novel "The Woman in Black," haunting Eel Marsh House and the surrounding village.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jennet Humfrye canonical | 3 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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ghost ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
The Woman in Black (1987 stage play)
NERFINISHED
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The Woman in Black (1989 TV film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Woman in Black (2012 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (2014 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearance | woman dressed in black ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Woman in Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | death of her son in a pony and trap accident ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation | Nine Lives Causeway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedToCharacter |
Alice Drablow
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Arthur Kipps NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Daily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginWork | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Susan Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| curseEffect | death of children who see her ⓘ |
| deathCauseInFiction | suicide by hanging ⓘ |
| emotionalState |
tormented
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vengeful ⓘ |
| familyRelation |
mother of Nathaniel Drablow
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sister of Alice Drablow ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Woman in Black (1983) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | gothic horror ⓘ |
| haunts |
Crythin Gifford
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Eel Marsh House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
embodiment of unresolved grief
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symbol of social stigma around unmarried mothers ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| motivation | revenge for the loss of her child ⓘ |
| narrativePerspectiveRelation | subject of Arthur Kipps’s recollections ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | English ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Woman in Black (1983 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residenceInLife | Eel Marsh House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
antagonist
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vengeful spirit ⓘ |
| settingOfStory | early 20th-century England ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
haunting
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isolation ⓘ loss of a child ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| workType | character in a ghost story ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Woman in Black
subject surface form:
The Woman in Black