Cathy Ames

Catherine "Cathy" Ames, later known as Kate Trask or Kate Albey, is a fictional character and the main antagonist in John Steinbeck's novel East of Eden. She is married to the main protagonist Adam Trask, and the mother of his twin sons, Caleb and Aron. Beneath her charming, attractive facade, she is an evil woman who manipulates and destroys people for her own amusement and profit. Steinbeck characterizes her as a "psychic monster" with a "malformed soul".

Infobox

Created by

John Steinbeck

Portrayed by

Jo Van Fleet Jane Seymour Florence Pugh

Nicknames

Kate Trask, Kate Albey

Gender

Female

Occupation

Prostitute, madam, housewife

Family

William Ames (father) Mrs. C. Ames (mother) Charles Trask (brother-in-law)

Spouse

Adam Trask

Children

Caleb and Aron Trask

Nationality

American

References

East of Eden
https://books.google.com/books?id=OPy6E5ZhXs0C&q=East+of+Eden
Journal of a Novel: East of Eden Letters
https://archive.org/details/journalofnovele00stei
Steinbeck 1952, p. 175.
Steinbeck 1952, p. 550.
Steinbeck 1952, p. 322.
Steinbeck 1952, p. 321.
Steinbeck 1952, p. 384-5.
Steinbeck 1952, p. 464.
The Moral Philosophy of John Steinbeck
https://books.google.com/books?id=-zZNNkSOd7AC&q=moral+philosophy+of+john+steinbeck+No+Sanctuary&pg=PA147
Steinbeck 1952, p. 554.
Partial Minds: The Strategic Underrepresentation of Consciousness in Postwar American Novels
John Steinbeck's Fiction: The Aesthetics of the Road Taken
https://archive.org/details/johnsteinbecksfi00john
Steinbeck 1952, p. 507.
Steinbeck 1952, p. 509.
East of Eden
https://doi.org/10.1080%2F00144940.1997.11484162
East of Eden
https://books.google.com/books?id=-zZNNkSOd7AC&q=Emotional+Content+of+Cruelty
Oprah
http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/actress-jane-seymour-talks-about-east-of-eden/all
Hollywood Reporter
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/east-of-eden-series-starring-florence-pugh-a-go-at-netflix-1236013413/