# Tante Cat'rinette — Short Fiction character guide

> Tante Cat'rinette in Short Fiction by Kate Chopin.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Cat'rinette

**First appearance:** 0054-tante-cat-rinette

## Snapshot

An old former slave whose fierce independence and unyielding pride make her a quiet force in the Creole households she serves, refusing pity even when it is offered kindly.

## Who they are

Tante Cat'rinette moves through the world of the plantation and the village with a dignity that will not bend, her place secured by decades of service but her spirit never quite owned. She watches the young people around her—their loves, their recklessness, their departures—with an old woman's clear sight and a tongue she keeps mostly still. Her presence anchors the stories in a lived history of bondage and endurance that the younger generation only half understands.

## In the story

### [Tante Cat'rinette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/tante-cat-rinette)

The protagonist, a formerly enslaved woman fiercely protective of her home and devoted to Miss Kitty, whom she nursed as a child.

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