# Tennessee Claflin Shope — Spoon River Anthology character guide

> Tennessee Claflin Shope in Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0216-tennessee-claflin-shope

## Who they are

A spiritualist who claims to communicate with the dead.

## In the story

### [Thomas Rhodes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/chapters/thomas-rhodes)

Mentioned as one of the 'liberals' and 'navigators into realms intellectual' that Rhodes addresses.

### [Tennessee Claflin Shope](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/chapters/tennessee-claflin-shope)

The speaker and protagonist of the chapter, who asserts her spiritual sovereignty against village ridicule.

## Links

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