literaryRole
P15535
predicate
Indicates the specific narrative or functional role an entity holds within a literary work or text.
Observed surface forms (10)
- literaryFunction ×47
- literaryArchetype ×5
- roleInLiterature ×3
- roleInHagiography ×2
- traditionalAuthorRole ×2
- allegoricalRoleIn ×1
- authorialFunction ×1
- characterRoleOf Rev. Septimus Harding ×1
- hasLiteraryCharacterType ×1
- literaryPersonaOf ×1
Sample triples (100)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Nick Carraway | witness to Gatsby’s life via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| Old Hungarian Lamentations of Mary | devotional meditation on Christ’s Passion via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| Old Hungarian Lamentations of Mary | expression of Marian devotion via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| Pa Joad | contrasts with Ma Joad’s emerging leadership via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| Pa Joad | embodies the struggles of displaced farmers via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| Palmer Joss | deuteragonist ⓘ |
| Pearl | Hester Prynne’s daughter ⓘ |
| Pearl | catalyst for Hester’s moral and spiritual development ⓘ |
| Pearl | embodiment of Hester and Dimmesdale’s secret ⓘ |
| Philo | spokesperson for mitigated skepticism via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| Philo | vehicle for Hume’s critical views on religion via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| Prince Edward | protagonist ⓘ |
| Queequeg | deuteragonist ⓘ |
| Roger Chillingworth | foil to Arthur Dimmesdale ⓘ |
| Saint Cassian of Imola | model of Christian teachers via predicate surface "roleInHagiography" ⓘ |
| Sal Paradise | alter ego of Jack Kerouac ⓘ |
| Santiago | protagonist of The Old Man and the Sea ⓘ |
| Scarlett O'Hara | heroine ⓘ |
|
the Seven Trumpets
surface form:
Seven Trumpets
|
intensification of the seal judgments via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
|
the Seven Trumpets
surface form:
Seven Trumpets
|
transition to the bowl judgments via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| Sieur Louis de Conte | allows Mark Twain to write as a Catholic French contemporary of Joan via predicate surface "authorialFunction" ⓘ |
| Silas Phelps | comic character via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| Silas Phelps | representation of Southern slaveholding morality via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| Simon Legree | foil to Christian virtues of Uncle Tom via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| Sir John Falstaff | comic relief via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| Sir John Falstaff | satire of chivalry via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
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Starbuck from Moby-Dick
surface form:
Starbuck
|
foil to Ahab’s monomania via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| Telemachus | foil to Odysseus via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| Telemachus | model of youthful development via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
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temptation of Jesus in the wilderness
surface form:
Temptation of Jesus in the wilderness
|
introduction to Jesus’ public ministry via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| The Corsair | Byronic hero via predicate surface "hasLiteraryCharacterType" ⓘ |
| The Country Church | Washington Irving via predicate surface "literaryPersonaOf" ⓘ |
| The Island of Love | culmination of the sailors’ journey via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| The Island of Love | glorification of Portuguese exploits via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| The Twelve Minor Prophets | record of prophetic messages to Israel and Judah via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| The Warden | warden of Hiram's Hospital via predicate surface "characterRoleOf Rev. Septimus Harding" ⓘ |
| Theophilus | dedicatee of a two-volume work via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| Ticknor and Fields | major 19th-century American literary publisher via predicate surface "roleInLiterature" ⓘ |
| Tita de la Garza | heroine of Like Water for Chocolate ⓘ |
| Tom Buchanan | antagonist ⓘ |
| Tom Joad | central character ⓘ |
| Tom Joad | moral center of the novel ⓘ |
| Topsy | foil to Eva St. Clare ⓘ |
| Topsy | vehicle for social criticism of slavery ⓘ |
| Vogon | comic villain via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| Vogon | satire of bureaucracy via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |
| Widow Douglas | moral influence on Huckleberry Finn ⓘ |
| Widow Douglas | symbol of conventional society and religion ⓘ |
| Wonko the Sane | philosophical comic figure ⓘ |
| church in Thyatira | recipient of one of the seven letters in Revelation via predicate surface "literaryFunction" ⓘ |