Cecil Vyse (A Room with a View novel character)

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fictional character literary character male character

Cecil Vyse is a snobbish, intellectual, and emotionally repressed upper-class Englishman who serves as a foil to the more spontaneous characters in E.M. Forster’s novel "A Room with a View."

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instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
male character ⓘ
adaptedIn A Room with a View (1985 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
A Room with a View (stage adaptations) ⓘ
alignment antagonistic to protagonists’ desires ⓘ
appearsIn A Room with a View NERFINISHED ⓘ
breaksEngagementWith Lucy Honeychurch NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterTrait aesthetic poseur ⓘ
emotionally repressed ⓘ
intellectual ⓘ
priggish ⓘ
snobbish ⓘ
contrastsWith emotional honesty ⓘ
spontaneity ⓘ
creator E. M. Forster NERFINISHED ⓘ
embodiesTheme conflict between convention and passion ⓘ
repression ⓘ
social snobbery ⓘ
engagedTo Lucy Honeychurch NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalUniverse A Room with a View NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearance A Room with a View (1908 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
foilTo George Emerson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lucy Honeychurch NERFINISHED ⓘ
genreOfWork novel of manners ⓘ
literaryAnalysisNote often cited as an example of Forster’s critique of the English upper class ⓘ
literaryPeriod Edwardian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFunction obstacle to Lucy’s self-discovery ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
occupation intellectual ⓘ
portrayedBy Daniel Day-Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ
relationshipWith Lucy Honeychurch NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
roleInWork foil ⓘ
settingOfActivity Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ
Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialClass upper-class Englishman ⓘ
speechStyle affected ⓘ
values aestheticism ⓘ
social propriety ⓘ

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