Mary Katherine Blackwood

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Mary Katherine Blackwood is the reclusive, unsettlingly cheerful and possibly unreliable young narrator of Shirley Jackson’s gothic novel "We Have Always Lived in the Castle," known for her morbid obsessions and deep mistrust of the outside world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
ageInStory teenager ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Merricat ⓘ
appearsIn We Have Always Lived in the Castle ⓘ
countryOfFictionalResidence United States ⓘ
createdBy Shirley Jackson ⓘ
familyName Blackwood ⓘ
familyRelation Blackwood parents are her deceased parents ⓘ
Constance Blackwood is her older sister ⓘ
linked to: Constance Blackwood

Julian Blackwood is her uncle ⓘ
fears the outside world ⓘ
villagers ⓘ
firstPublicationOfWork 1962 ⓘ
fullName Mary Katherine Blackwood ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Mary Katherine ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryGenreContext gothic fiction ⓘ
livesWith Constance Blackwood ⓘ
Julian Blackwood ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
narrativeCharacteristic unreliable narrator ⓘ
narrativePerson first-person ⓘ
narrativePerspectiveOnWorld hostile and paranoid view of society ⓘ
notableAction buries and hides protective objects as charms ⓘ
fantasizes about living on the moon ⓘ
participated in the poisoning of her family ⓘ
notableTrait strong attachment to the Blackwood estate ⓘ
obsession death ⓘ
poison ⓘ
protecting her home ⓘ
personalityTrait cheerful ⓘ
childlike ⓘ
mistrustful of outsiders ⓘ
reclusive ⓘ
superstitious ⓘ
unsettling ⓘ
vengeful ⓘ
protectiveAttitudeToward Constance Blackwood ⓘ
relationshipWithCommunity ostracized by villagers ⓘ
residence Blackwood family house ⓘ
role narrator ⓘ
settingOfLife a small New England village ⓘ
symbolicRole embodiment of isolation ⓘ
embodiment of otherness ⓘ

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We Have Always Lived in the Castle → mainCharacter → Mary Katherine Blackwood ⓘ
We Have Always Lived in the Castle → mainCharacter → Merricat Blackwood ⓘ
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle → narrator → Mary Katherine Blackwood ⓘ
We Have Always Lived in the Castle → protagonist → Merricat Blackwood ⓘ
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Mary Katherine Blackwood → fullName → Mary Katherine Blackwood ⓘ
Uncle Julian Blackwood → relativeOf → Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood ⓘ
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Uncle Julian Blackwood → uncleOf → Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood ⓘ
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Uncle Julian Blackwood → livesWith → Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood ⓘ
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Constance Blackwood → sibling → Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood ⓘ
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Constance Blackwood → hasRelative → Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood ⓘ
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Constance Blackwood → livesWith → Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood ⓘ
linked to: Mary Katherine Blackwood