Prissy

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Prissy is a young enslaved house servant in Margaret Mitchell’s novel "Gone with the Wind," known for her fearful demeanor and memorable lines in the story.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Prissy canonical 2
Prissy in Gone with the Wind 1

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Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf enslaved person ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
age young ⓘ
appearsIn 1939 film adaptation of Gone with the Wind ⓘ
Gone with the Wind ⓘ
associatedWith Atlanta ⓘ
Tara plantation ⓘ
characteristic fearful ⓘ
nervous ⓘ
timid ⓘ
creator Margaret Mitchell ⓘ
culturalReception criticized as a racist stereotype ⓘ
noted as an iconic but controversial character in American literature and film ⓘ
employer O’Hara family ⓘ
Scarlett O’Hara ⓘ
linked to: Scarlett O'Hara
firstAppearance novel Gone with the Wind (1936) ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genreOfWork historical novel ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
novel ⓘ
narrativeFunction comic relief ⓘ
to highlight Scarlett O’Hara’s impatience and temperament ⓘ
nationality American (fictional context) ⓘ
notableQuote I don’t know nothin’ ’bout birthin’ babies! ⓘ
occupation house servant ⓘ
portrayedInFilmBy Butterfly McQueen ⓘ
race African American (fictional context) ⓘ
relationship servant of Scarlett O’Hara ⓘ
servant of the O’Hara family at Tara ⓘ
roleInWork supporting character ⓘ
setting American South ⓘ
settingPeriod American Civil War ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ
socialStatus enslaved house servant ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Gone with the Wind → hasCharacter → Prissy ⓘ
subject linked to: novel Gone with the Wind
Butterfly McQueen → characterPortrayed → Prissy in Gone with the Wind ⓘ
linked to: Prissy