Charlotte Bartlett (A Room with a View novel character)
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Charlotte Bartlett is a central character in E.M. Forster’s novel "A Room with a View," portrayed as Lucy Honeychurch’s prim, conservative cousin and chaperone whose propriety and anxieties about social convention significantly influence the story’s events.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Charlotte Bartlett | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ novel character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
A Room with a View (1985 film)
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A Room with a View (stage adaptations) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | novel ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | A Room with a View NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
anxious
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concerned with social convention ⓘ conservative ⓘ controlling ⓘ guilt-ridden ⓘ manipulative ⓘ prim ⓘ self-sacrificing ⓘ |
| conflictType | internal conflict between duty and sympathy for Lucy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | E. M. Forster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Bartlett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalNationality | English ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | A Room with a View NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYearOfWork | 1908 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Charlotte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Lucy Honeychurch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencesPlot |
discourages Lucy Honeychurch’s relationship with George Emerson
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prevents Lucy Honeychurch from accepting the Emersons’ offer of rooms in Florence without hesitation ⓘ reveals Lucy’s engagement to Cecil Vyse to the Emersons ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| moralOutlook | upholds Victorian social codes ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | guardian of social propriety ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Maggie Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipToLucyHoneychurch | older cousin ⓘ |
| relativeType | cousin of Lucy Honeychurch ⓘ |
| residenceInFiction | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibilityForLucyHoneychurch | acts as guardian during Italian trip ⓘ |
| roleInWork | chaperone to Lucy Honeychurch ⓘ |
| setting | Edwardian England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialRole | middle-class spinster ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
class consciousness
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female independence ⓘ repression ⓘ social convention versus personal desire ⓘ |
| undergoesCharacterDevelopment | feels remorse for interfering in Lucy Honeychurch’s happiness ⓘ |
| visitsLocationInFiction |
Florence
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Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workAuthor | E. M. Forster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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