Maggie Johnson

E461963

Maggie Johnson is the tragic young protagonist of Stephen Crane’s novella "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets," whose life in the slums of New York highlights the brutal effects of poverty and social hypocrisy.

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instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
tragic heroine ⓘ
appearsIn Maggie: A Girl of the Streets ⓘ
authorialIntention to critique moralistic attitudes toward the poor ⓘ
causeOfDownfall family abuse ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
social condemnation ⓘ
characterArc from innocent girl to socially ostracized woman ⓘ
createdBy Stephen Crane ⓘ
criticalReceptionRole early example of naturalist heroine in American literature ⓘ
deathOutcome dies by suicide (implied drowning) ⓘ
familyName Johnson ⓘ
familyRelation daughter of Mary Johnson ⓘ
sister of Jimmie Johnson ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1893 ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryMovement American literary naturalism ⓘ
linked to: Naturalism
medium prose fiction ⓘ
narrativeFunction illustrates inevitability of suffering under harsh social conditions ⓘ
narrativeRole central focus of the novella’s plot ⓘ
nationality American (fictional) ⓘ
occupation factory worker ⓘ
prostitute ⓘ
relationship romantically involved with Pete ⓘ
settingLocation Bowery neighborhood ⓘ
linked to: Bowery

New York City slums ⓘ
linked to: Alphabet City
socialClass urban poor ⓘ
symbolizes innocence destroyed by urban life ⓘ
victim of environment ⓘ
themeEmbodied determinism ⓘ
effects of poverty ⓘ
moral judgment ⓘ
sexual double standard ⓘ
social hypocrisy ⓘ
workOfFictionType novella ⓘ

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