Hermann in The Queen of Spades
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Hermann in *The Queen of Spades* is the obsessive, tormented protagonist of Alexander Pushkin’s story and its adaptations, whose fixation on learning a secret winning card formula leads to his psychological and moral downfall.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hermann (The Queen of Spades) | 0 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| adaptedIn | The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky opera) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Queen of Spades NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
gothic fiction
ⓘ
psychological tale ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
cards
ⓘ
gambling ⓘ |
| causeOfDownfall |
greed
ⓘ
obsession with the three cards ⓘ superstition ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
ambitious
ⓘ
calculating ⓘ cold ⓘ emotionally repressed ⓘ obsessive ⓘ superstitious ⓘ |
| createdBy | Alexander Pushkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deceives | Lizaveta Ivanovna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endsUpIn | mental asylum ⓘ |
| feels | guilt after the Countess's death ⓘ |
| finalState | insanity ⓘ |
| firstCard | three GENERATED ⓘ |
| fixationOn |
secret winning card formula
ⓘ
three winning cards ⓘ |
| hauntedBy | vision of the Countess ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
Countess Anna Fedotovna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lizaveta Ivanovna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Russian literature ⓘ |
| loses | entire fortune ⓘ |
| mistakesFor | queen of spades instead of ace ⓘ |
| moralArc | moral downfall ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
curiosity about the secret of the three cards
ⓘ
desire for wealth ⓘ greed ⓘ |
| nameVariant | Germann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| occupation | engineer ⓘ |
| presentAt | Countess Anna Fedotovna's death ⓘ |
| psychologicalArc | descent into madness ⓘ |
| receivesFrom | secret of the three cards from the Countess's apparition ⓘ |
| residence |
St. Petersburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
|
| secondCard | seven ⓘ |
| seeksSecretFrom | Countess Anna Fedotovna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
conflict between rationality and superstition
ⓘ
destructive power of greed ⓘ |
| thirdCard | queen of spades ⓘ |
| uses | secret of the three cards at the gambling table ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.