Mayella Ewell

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Mayella Ewell is a pivotal character in Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," known as the lonely, abused daughter of Bob Ewell whose false accusation of rape against Tom Robinson drives the novel’s central trial.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mayella Ewell canonical 12
Mayella 1
Mayella Violet Ewell 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf character in To Kill a Mockingbird ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
abusedBy Bob Ewell ⓘ
accuses Tom Robinson ⓘ
adaptedIn 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird ⓘ
age nineteen ⓘ
appearsIn To Kill a Mockingbird ⓘ
breaksSocialTaboo attempting intimacy with a Black man in the Jim Crow South ⓘ
characterTrait fearful ⓘ
lonely ⓘ
manipulative ⓘ
vulnerable ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
courtLocation Maycomb County courthouse ⓘ
creator Harper Lee ⓘ
crossExaminedBy Atticus Finch ⓘ
economicStatus impoverished ⓘ
educationLevel limited schooling ⓘ
familyName Ewell ⓘ
father Bob Ewell ⓘ
firstAppearance To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 17 ⓘ
fullName Mayella Violet Ewell ⓘ
linked to: Mayella Ewell
gender female ⓘ
givenName Mayella ⓘ
linked to: Mayella Ewell
judgeInTrial Judge Taylor ⓘ
knownFor accusing Tom Robinson of rape ⓘ
central role in Tom Robinson trial ⓘ
language Southern American English ⓘ
legalRole prosecution witness ⓘ
livesNear Maycomb dump ⓘ
motivatedBy desire for affection ⓘ
fear of her father ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
neighborOf Tom Robinson ⓘ
occupation caretaker of her siblings ⓘ
physicallyAbusedBy Bob Ewell ⓘ
portrayedBy Collin Wilcox ⓘ
possiblySexuallyAbusedBy Bob Ewell ⓘ
race white ⓘ
residence Alabama ⓘ
Maycomb County ⓘ
romanticInterestIn Tom Robinson ⓘ
seeksHelpFrom Tom Robinson ⓘ
settingEra Great Depression ⓘ
settingTimePeriod 1930s ⓘ
siblingOf Burris Ewell ⓘ
socialClass poor white ⓘ
symbolizes racism and social hypocrisy ⓘ
victim of poverty and abuse ⓘ
testifiesIn Tom Robinson trial ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

To Kill a Mockingbird → hasCharacter → Mayella Ewell ⓘ
Tom Robinson → accuser → Mayella Ewell ⓘ
Mayella Ewell → givenName → Mayella ⓘ
linked to: Mayella Ewell
Mayella Ewell → fullName → Mayella Violet Ewell ⓘ
linked to: Mayella Ewell
Bob Ewell → hasChild → Mayella Ewell ⓘ
Bob Ewell → abuses → Mayella Ewell ⓘ
Please Sir! → character → Miss Ewell ⓘ
linked to: Mayella Ewell
Judge Taylor → associatedWith → Mayella Ewell ⓘ
Burris Ewell → hasSibling → Mayella Ewell ⓘ
Maycomb dump → associatedWithCharacter → Mayella Ewell ⓘ
Collin Wilcox → role → Mayella Ewell ⓘ
Collin Wilcox → portrayedCharacter → Mayella Ewell ⓘ