Bev

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Bev is a central white homeowner in the play "Clybourne Park," whose well-meaning but oblivious attitudes toward race and change highlight the tensions surrounding the sale of her house in a transforming neighborhood.

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Bev canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ
appearsIn Clybourne Park ⓘ
associatedTheme gentrification and neighborhood transformation ⓘ
race and housing segregation ⓘ
white liberalism ⓘ
characterTrait oblivious to racial implications ⓘ
well-meaning ⓘ
concernedWith change in the neighborhood ⓘ
createdBy Bruce Norris ⓘ
dialogueFocus community change ⓘ
race relations ⓘ
genreContext dramatic comedy ⓘ
homeownerOf house in Clybourne Park neighborhood ⓘ
houseSaleTriggers conflict among neighbors ⓘ
involvedIn sale of house to a Black family ⓘ
language English ⓘ
maritalStatus married ⓘ
medium stage play ⓘ
name Bev ⓘ
narrativeFunction exposes underlying racial tensions in ostensibly polite conversation ⓘ
nationalityInFiction American ⓘ
occupation homemaker ⓘ
race white ⓘ
relatedWork A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
roleInPlot central homeowner selling her house ⓘ
setting Clybourne Park neighborhood ⓘ
linked to: Clybourne Park
spouse Russ ⓘ
symbolizes liberal but naive attitudes toward race ⓘ
timePeriod Act I set in 1959 ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Act I (Clybourne Park) → featuresCharacter → Bev ⓘ
subject linked to: Act I
Russ → spouse → Bev ⓘ
Bev → name → Bev ⓘ
Beverly → shortForm → Bev ⓘ
Beverly → hasDiminutive → Bev ⓘ