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Can’t Quit You, Baby

Can’t Quit You, Baby. Ellen Douglas. What’s in a Name?. In Can’t Quit You, Baby, Ellen Douglas presents the character names as significant to both family and world history.

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Can’t Quit You, Baby

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  1. Can’t Quit You, Baby Ellen Douglas

  2. What’s in a Name? • In Can’t Quit You, Baby, Ellen Douglas presents the character names as significant to both family and world history. • “Both these women have ancient names indicative of someone’s interest, in the past of both families, in Roman history. Not uncommon in the nineteenth century South” (6).

  3. Cornelia • Family history insinuates a connection to “Commodore” Cornelius Vanderbilt • Cornelius Vanderbilt III- WWII general • Cornelius Vanderbilt IV- WWI private; WWII major • The gens, or family name, Cornelia was one of the most powerful dynasties in Roman history, producing many important statesmen as far back as 485 BC.

  4. Julia • Character Julia is named after her father Julius. • The gens Julia is an equally ancient and powerful family of Roman leaders. • Julius Caesar is family’s most famous member.

  5. Lucius Quintus Cincinatus Lamar II • Served as United States Representative, Senator, Secretary of the Interior, and Justice of the Supreme Court • September 17, 1825 – January 23, 1893 • Named after his father, who was an iconic Georgian lawyer • Lamar I was named for the consul and dictator of ancient Rome

  6. Cassius Marcellus Clay • The given name of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali • Named after his father, who was a painter and musician • Cassius Marcellus Clay was a Kentucky emancipationist • Both Cassius and Marcellus are names of Roman families

  7. John O’Kelly • “And O’Kelley? Brooklyn? Irish Channel? Shanty boat Irish! Is what Mrs. Wright heard in that vanishing oi. Probably Catholic, she thought, with an inward shudder” (79).

  8. “What’s my name” • Cassius Clay – Muhammad Ali • Ali vsTerrel • Julia – Tweet • Philip- Nig

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