# Mrs. Cutter — My Ántonia character guide

> Mrs. Cutter in My Ántonia by Willa Cather.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Cutter, Mrs. Cutter⁠—locked

**First appearance:** 0036-xii

## Who they are

The suspicious wife of Wick Cutter who helps Jim escape a dangerous situation.

## In the story

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_antonia_se/chapters/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.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_antonia_se/chapters/xv)

Mrs. Cutter is tricked by her husband into taking a train to Kansas City and returns furious, vowing revenge.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_antonia_se/chapters/ii)

Victim of Wick Cutter's murder; described as having a shaking palsy and wild-eyed appearance.

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