Sir Clifford Chatterley
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Sir Clifford Chatterley is the wealthy, paralyzed aristocratic husband in D. H. Lawrence’s novel "Lady Chatterley’s Lover," whose emotional and physical distance from his wife drives the story’s central affair.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aristocrat
ⓘ
baronet ⓘ character in a novel ⓘ fictional character ⓘ husband ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Clifford Chatterley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Lady Chatterley’s Lover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTo | plot of Lady Chatterley’s Lover ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Oliver Mellors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | D. H. Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disability | paraplegic ⓘ |
| emotionalArc | increasingly absorbed in work and status ⓘ |
| emotionalRelationshipTo | distant from his wife ⓘ |
| familyName | Chatterley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1928) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Clifford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology |
industrial progress
ⓘ
intellectualism ⓘ |
| injuryCause | war injury ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | modernist literature ⓘ |
| marriedTo | Constance Chatterley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| mobilityAid | wheelchair ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
husband of the protagonist
ⓘ
obstacle to the lovers ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| occupation |
industrialist
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| owns | Wragby Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| physicalCondition | paralyzed ⓘ |
| relatedWork | various film adaptations of Lady Chatterley’s Lover ⓘ |
| relationshipTo | employer of Oliver Mellors ⓘ |
| residence |
Midlands, England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wragby Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfCharacter | post–World War I England ⓘ |
| sexualRelationshipTo | impotent with his wife ⓘ |
| socialClass | upper class ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
emotional sterility
ⓘ
modern industrial civilization ⓘ |
| title | Sir ⓘ |
| warServedIn | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wealthStatus | wealthy ⓘ |
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