Violet Trace

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Violet Trace is a troubled Harlem hairdresser in Toni Morrison's novel "Jazz," whose violent act against her husband's young lover exposes the scars of her Southern past and the complexities of love, jealousy, and identity during the Harlem Renaissance.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
protagonist
appearsIn Jazz NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre historical novel
modernist fiction
associatedWithTheme female subjectivity
marital betrayal
migration from South to North
urban Black life in Harlem
centralThemeRelation identity
jealousy
love
commitsActAgainst Dorcas NERFINISHED
createdBy Toni Morrison NERFINISHED
ethnicity Black
explores scars of her Southern past
gender female
hasMaritalRelationshipType strained
hasOccupation hairdresser
hasPastIn the American South NERFINISHED
hasPsychologicalState troubled
hasSpouse Joe Trace NERFINISHED
livesIn Harlem NERFINISHED
narrativeFunction focus of psychological exploration
nationality African American
residesAt an apartment in Harlem
setInFictionalTime 1920s New York City
timePeriod Harlem Renaissance NERFINISHED
victimOfViolentActIs her husband's young lover

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Jazz (novel)
mainCharacter

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