Constance Blackwood

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Constance Blackwood is a reclusive young woman in Shirley Jackson’s gothic novel "We Have Always Lived in the Castle," known for her quiet domesticity, protective devotion to her sister Merricat, and her role at the center of the Blackwood family’s dark mystery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
accusedOf murdering her family by poisoning
acquittedOf murder charges
ageGroup young woman
appearsIn We Have Always Lived in the Castle
associatedWithEvent Blackwood family poisoning
authorNationality American (Shirley Jackson)
centralTo Blackwood family mystery
characterTrait domestic
forgiving
gentle
protective
reclusive
creator Shirley Jackson
familyName Blackwood
firstAppearance We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962)
gender female
genre gothic fiction
psychological horror
hasRelative Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood
Uncle Julian Blackwood
householdRole cook
housekeeper
languageOfWork English
livesWith Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood
Uncle Julian Blackwood
medium novel
narrativeFunction embodiment of domestic order in the novel
focus of village gossip and hostility
nationalityInFiction American
notableFor protective devotion to her sister Merricat
quiet domesticity
publicPerception suspected murderess
relationshipToMerricat caretaker
co-conspiratorial bond
residesIn Blackwood family house
roleInWork protagonist
settingOfActivity rural New England village
sibling Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood
themeAssociation family loyalty
female domesticity
isolation
social ostracism

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We Have Always Lived in the Castle protagonist Constance Blackwood
Mary Katherine Blackwood livesWith Constance Blackwood
Mary Katherine Blackwood familyRelation Constance Blackwood is her older sister
linked to: Constance Blackwood
Uncle Julian Blackwood relativeOf Constance Blackwood
Uncle Julian Blackwood uncleOf Constance Blackwood
Uncle Julian Blackwood livesWith Constance Blackwood
Charles Blackwood relativeOf Constance Blackwood
Charles Blackwood cousinOf Constance Blackwood
Charles Blackwood conflictsWith Constance Blackwood