Miss Kenton

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Miss Kenton is the capable and emotionally perceptive housekeeper whose complex, unspoken relationship with the butler Stevens forms the emotional core of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel and its film adaptation "The Remains of the Day."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf character in a film
character in a novel
fictional character
housekeeper
adaptedAs film character in The Remains of the Day (1993 film)
alsoKnownAs Miss Kenton
Mrs Benn
appearsIn The Remains of the Day
appearsInMedium film
novel
basedOnWork The Remains of the Day (novel)
centralThemeConnection duty versus personal happiness
missed opportunities
repressed emotion
characterTrait assertive
capable
compassionate
emotionally perceptive
countryOfFictionalSetting England
creator Kazuo Ishiguro
employer Lord Darlington
fictionalUniverse The Remains of the Day universe
filmReleaseYear 1993
firstAppearance The Remains of the Day (1989 novel)
fullName Sarah Kenton
gender female
languageOfWork English
literaryGenre literary fiction
maritalStatus married (later in the story)
marriedName Mrs Benn
narrativeFunction emotional core of The Remains of the Day
nationality British
occupation housekeeper
portrayedBy Emma Thompson
publisherOfFirstAppearance Faber and Faber
relationshipTypeWithStevens unspoken romantic tension
relationshipWith Stevens
roleInWork love interest of Stevens
major character
screenAdaptationDirector James Ivory
timePeriodOfFictionalActivity interwar period
post–Second World War period
worksAt Darlington Hall
yearOfFirstPublication 1989

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Darlington Hall employs Miss Kenton
Lord Darlington employerOf Miss Kenton
subject linked to: Lord Darlington (character)
Lord Darlington hasHousekeeper Miss Kenton
subject linked to: Lord Darlington (character)
Miss Kenton alsoKnownAs Miss Kenton
Lord Darlington employerOf Miss Kenton