Mr. Tryan
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Mr. Tryan is a zealous yet controversial evangelical clergyman in George Eliot’s novella "Janet’s Repentance," whose moral rigor and conflicts with the community drive the story’s central themes of faith and redemption.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mr. Tryan canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
evangelical clergyman
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Janet’s Repentance
NERFINISHED
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Scenes of Clerical Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
faith
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moral rigor ⓘ redemption ⓘ religious controversy ⓘ social ostracism ⓘ spiritual struggle ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
austere
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controversial ⓘ morally rigorous ⓘ self-sacrificing ⓘ zealous ⓘ |
| createdBy | George Eliot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| faces | slander and opposition ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | Blackwood’s Magazine (as part of Scenes of Clerical Life) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasConflictWith |
Milby community
NERFINISHED
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local clergy opposed to evangelicalism ⓘ |
| influences | Janet Dempster’s spiritual transformation ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | early example of George Eliot’s psychological realism in clergy characters ⓘ |
| medium | novella ⓘ |
| moralPosition | strict evangelical reform ⓘ |
| moralStance | opposes worldly pleasures and lax morality ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | drives themes of faith and redemption ⓘ |
| occupation | clergyman ⓘ |
| perceivedAs |
fanatical by some townspeople
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saintly by his supporters ⓘ |
| relationshipToJanetDempster | spiritual guide GENERATED ⓘ |
| religiousOrientation | evangelical ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central character in Janet’s Repentance ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | Milby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
conflicted religious conscience
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cost of moral integrity ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalSetting | 19th century England ⓘ |
| undergoes |
physical suffering
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spiritual trial ⓘ |
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