Ernest-Jean Sarrasine

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Ernest-Jean Sarrasine is the passionate and impulsive sculptor protagonist of Honoré de Balzac’s novella "Sarrasine," whose tragic infatuation with a castrato singer drives the story’s dramatic conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
protagonist
sculptor
appearsInWork Sarrasine NERFINISHED
artisticIdeal pursuit of absolute beauty
associatedAuthor Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED
associatedTheme art versus nature
misrecognition of identity
causeOfDownfall obsessive love
centralConflict love for a castrato singer
characterTrait impulsive
passionate
conflictType romantic tragedy
createdBy Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED
deathOutcome dies violently
drivesPlot his infatuation with Zambinella
familyName Sarrasine NERFINISHED
fictionalStatus imaginary person
fictionalUniverse La Comédie humaine by Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED
firstPublicationContext 19th-century French literature
gender male
givenName Ernest-Jean NERFINISHED
hasArtisticTalent exceptional skill in sculpture
languageOfWork French
literaryFormOfWork novella
literaryMovementContext La Comédie humaine realism
literaryPeriod French realism NERFINISHED
mediumOfArt sculpture
name Ernest-Jean Sarrasine NERFINISHED
narrativeFunction embodies the destructive power of obsessive passion
narrativePerspective described through a frame narrative
nationality French
notableFor tragic infatuation with a castrato singer
occupation sculptor
partOfSeries La Comédie humaine NERFINISHED
roleInWork protagonist of the novella "Sarrasine"
romanticInterest Zambinella NERFINISHED
romanticInterestType castrato singer
settingOfLife Rome NERFINISHED
symbolizes the artist consumed by his own ideal
themeAssociated art and desire
gender ambiguity
illusion and reality
workAuthor Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED

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Sarrasine mainCharacter Ernest-Jean Sarrasine