# Pélagie — Short Fiction character guide

> Pélagie in Short Fiction by Kate Chopin.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Ma'ame Pélagie, tante Pélagie

**First appearance:** 0031-ma-ame-p-lagie

## Who they are

A proud Creole sister who soothes her dying sister with promises, then slips out at night to bid farewell to the ruined plantation of her girlhood.

## In the story

### [After the Winter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/after-the-winter)

Appears as a grounding figure, representing the enduring rhythms of domestic life and the landscape.

### [Ma'ame Pélagie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/ma-ame-p-lagie)

The protagonist, an elderly Creole woman who sacrifices her present for the hope of restoring her family's past glory.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/i)

Ma'ame Pélagie, a queenly, white-haired woman of fifty, is the driving force behind the dream to rebuild the old Valmêt mansion. She manages the plantation and has saved for thirty years to restore the home.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/ii)

Remains outwardly calm when La Petite announces her desire to leave, but later promises Pauline she will stay.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/iii)

The protagonist of the chapter, who revisits the ruin of her home to relive memories of her past and bid them farewell before the plantation is sold.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/iv)

Stands alone on the veranda, dressed in black with a white kerchief, looking old and carrying the shadow of the ruin within her soul.

## Links

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