Nicholas Bulstrode
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Nicholas Bulstrode is a wealthy, pious-seeming banker in George Eliot’s novel "Middlemarch" whose hidden past and moral hypocrisy become central to the story’s social and ethical conflicts.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
banker
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Middlemarch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackmailedBy | John Raffles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralThemeRole |
embodiment of religious hypocrisy
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example of compromised conscience ⓘ focus of social and ethical conflict in Middlemarch ⓘ |
| creator | George Eliot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| experiences |
public disgrace
ⓘ
religious and moral crisis ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Middlemarch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | Middlemarch (1871–1872 serial publication) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerBusinessPartner | John Raffles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerEmployer | Mr. Dunkirk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | Victorian realist novel ⓘ |
| hasSecretPast |
involvement in disreputable pawnbroking and stolen goods trade
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profited from concealment of a missing heir ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
Caleb Garth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dorothea Brooke NERFINISHED ⓘ Mr. Farebrother NERFINISHED ⓘ Tertius Lydgate NERFINISHED ⓘ Will Ladislaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| moralCharacteristic |
calculating
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guilty ⓘ hypocritical ⓘ pious-seeming ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
illustrates tension between wealth and morality
ⓘ
reveals limits of Evangelical respectability in provincial society ⓘ tests the integrity of Tertius Lydgate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| occupation | banker ⓘ |
| owns | Bulstrode’s bank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronOf | New Hospital in Middlemarch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Harriet Bulstrode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousIdentity | Evangelical Protestant ⓘ |
| residence | Middlemarch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor | circumstances leading to John Raffles’s death ⓘ |
| socialRole |
philanthropist
ⓘ
prominent citizen of Middlemarch ⓘ |
| spouse | Harriet Bulstrode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stepdaughter | Laure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
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