Mary

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Mary is one of the two recently widowed sisters at the center of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story "The Wives of the Dead," whose night of grief and unsettling news drives the tale’s emotional tension.

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instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn The Wives of the Dead ⓘ
centralConflict coping with news about her supposedly dead husband ⓘ
countryOfOriginOfWork United States ⓘ
emotionalState grief ⓘ
familyStatus recently widowed ⓘ
firstPublicationOfWork 1832 ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasSibling Margaret ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryPeriodOfWork American Romanticism ⓘ
maritalStatus widow ⓘ
name Mary ⓘ
narrativeRole protagonist ⓘ
relationToTitle one of the wives of the dead ⓘ
settingOfEvents New England seaport (implied) ⓘ
siblingType sister ⓘ
themeInvolvement bereavement ⓘ
hope and despair ⓘ
uncertainty ⓘ
timeInStory one night ⓘ
workAuthor Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ
workForm short story ⓘ

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