The Windfairies · Character

The Potter's Wife

A domestic character, likely involved in a subplot.

minor

Also known as the potter ’s wife

The Potter's Wife's tie to The Gipsy is one of the pressures that moves The Windfairies—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

Continues to grieve and weave mats with the rhyme, hoping the potter will see it; keeps the gipsy's cup as a consolation.

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With The Gipsy (romantic): A passionate and intense romantic affair, marked by frequent secret meetings and emotional turmoil. With The Ploughman (rivalry): A tense, jealous rivalry as the Ploughman resents her affair with the Gipsy and seeks to expose or control her. With The Wife (social): Neighbors who share gossip and mutual suspicion, their interactions laced with underlying envy and judgment.

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Character Web

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Relationship types

Romantic
Rivalry
Social
Friendship

Character groups

Rural and domestic figures
Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point

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Relationships

The Gipsy
romantic · positive
A passionate and intense romantic affair, marked by frequent secret meetings and… How this plays out →
The Ploughman
rivalry · negative
The Wife
social · ambivalent
Lucilla
friendship · positive
The Gipsy
romantic · positive
A passionate and intense romantic affair, marked by frequent secret meetings and… How this plays out →
The Gipsy
romantic · positive
A passionate and intense romantic affair, marked by frequent secret meetings and… How this plays out →
The Wife
social · ambivalent
The Ploughman
rivalry · negative
The Ploughman
rivalry · negative
Lucilla
friendship · positive

The Gipsy
A passionate and intense romantic affair, marked by frequent secret meetings and emotional turmoil.
The Ploughman
A tense, jealous rivalry as the Ploughman resents her affair with the Gipsy and seeks to expose or control her.
The Wife
Neighbors who share gossip and mutual suspicion, their interactions laced with underlying envy and judgment.
Lucilla
A kind, supportive friendship where Lucilla offers comfort and advice to the troubled Potter's Wife.
The Gipsy
A passionate and intense romantic affair, marked by frequent secret meetings and emotional turmoil.
The Gipsy
A passionate and intense romantic affair, marked by frequent secret meetings and emotional turmoil.
The Wife
Neighbors who share gossip and mutual suspicion, their interactions laced with underlying envy and judgment.
The Ploughman
A tense, jealous rivalry as the Ploughman resents her affair with the Gipsy and seeks to expose or control her.
The Ploughman
A tense, jealous rivalry as the Ploughman resents her affair with the Gipsy and seeks to expose or control her.
Lucilla
A kind, supportive friendship where Lucilla offers comfort and advice to the troubled Potter's Wife.

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The Gipsy's Cup

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