Virginia (within the film’s ending)

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Virginia (within the film’s ending) is the New World colony to which Lady Viola de Lesseps departs, symbolizing both exile and the promise of a new life beyond the constraints of Elizabethan England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New World colony
fictional place
narrative setting
appearsIn Shakespeare in Love NERFINISHED
associatedWith Lady Viola de Lesseps NERFINISHED
contrastWith Elizabethan court
London (in Shakespeare in Love) NERFINISHED
destinationOf Lady Viola de Lesseps NERFINISHED
diegeticStatus off-screen location
firstMentionedIn final scenes of Shakespeare in Love
governedBy English Crown (fictional depiction) NERFINISHED
inspiredBy historical English colony of Virginia
isPartOf film Shakespeare in Love
languageOfName English
linkedToCharacterArcOf William Shakespeare (fictionalized) NERFINISHED
locatedIn Americas NERFINISHED
New World NERFINISHED
medium film
nameOrigin derived from historical colony name Virginia
narrativeFunction metaphorical space for reinvention
resolution setting for Viola’s story arc
portrayedAs distant and unknown land
place beyond Elizabethan theatre world
place of opportunity
relatedTo theme of colonial expansion
theme of separation
theme of unfulfilled love
symbolizes escape from social constraints
exile
freedom beyond Elizabethan norms
promise of a new life
timePeriod Elizabethan era NERFINISHED
triggers Shakespeare’s imaginative vision of Twelfth Night (within the film)

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Lady Viola de Lesseps travelsTo Virginia (within the film’s ending)