Stephen Blackpool
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Stephen Blackpool is a compassionate but downtrodden factory worker in Charles Dickens's novel "Hard Times," symbolizing the struggles and injustices faced by the Victorian working class.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Victorian working-class character
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factory worker ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Hard Times NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInForm | novel ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Rachael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
compassionate
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honest ⓘ long-suffering ⓘ patient ⓘ |
| createdBy | Charles Dickens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diesFrom | falling into an abandoned mine shaft ⓘ |
| embodies |
Christian forbearance
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dignity in poverty ⓘ |
| era | Victorian era ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Hard Times NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| friendOf | Rachael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | unnamed alcoholic wife ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
James Harthouse
NERFINISHED
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Josiah Bounderby NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisa Gradgrind NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Gradgrind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isAccusedOf | robbing Bounderby’s bank ⓘ |
| isFiredBy | Josiah Bounderby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInnocentOf | bank robbery ⓘ |
| isPunishedFor | refusing to join union ⓘ |
| languageStyle | speaks in Lancashire dialect ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| loves | Rachael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | trapped in unhappy marriage ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
moral center of Hard Times
ⓘ
victim of industrial system ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| occupation |
factory worker
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power-loom weaver ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Old Hell Shaft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| refusesToJoin | trade union ⓘ |
| religiousView | quietly religious ⓘ |
| residence | Coketown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | industrial town of Coketown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | working class ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Victorian working-class suffering
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industrial injustice ⓘ moral integrity amid hardship ⓘ |
| themeIn |
critique of industrial capitalism
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critique of rigid divorce laws ⓘ |
| worksAt | Coketown mill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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