My Ántonia · Character
Mrs. Cutter
The suspicious wife of Wick Cutter who helps Jim escape a dangerous situation.
minor
Also known as Cutter, Mrs. Cutter—locked
First appearance: xii
Mrs. Cutter shows up with force in XI. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Wick Cutter's wife, a giantess-like woman with a flushed face and hysterical eyes, who paints china and engages in perpetual warfare with her husband.
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In XI: Wick Cutter's wife, a giantess-like woman with a flushed face and hysterical eyes, who paints china and engages in perpetual warfare with her husband. Later, in XV: Mrs. Cutter is tricked by her husband into…
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- Other
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- Extended community and later life
- Central characters and family
- Protagonist
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Jim’s solitary reading of Virgil’s *Georgics* marks the emotional and psychological peak because it crystalliz…
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See Mrs. Cutter in xii