Colonel Brandon
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Colonel Brandon is a reserved yet deeply honorable older suitor in Jane Austen’s "Sense and Sensibility," whose quiet devotion and integrity contrast with the more impulsive characters around him.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colonel Brandon canonical | 11 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ male character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
film adaptations of Sense and Sensibility
ⓘ
television adaptations of Sense and Sensibility ⓘ |
| ageRelativeToOtherCharacters |
older than Edward Ferrars
ⓘ
older than John Willoughby ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Sense and Sensibility ⓘ |
| associatedWithFamily | Dashwood family ⓘ |
| backstoryElement |
served in the East Indies
ⓘ
unhappy early love affair with Eliza ⓘ |
| confidesIn | Elinor Dashwood ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
John Willoughby
ⓘ
Marianne Dashwood ⓘ |
| creator | Jane Austen ⓘ |
| embodiesTheme | sense ⓘ |
| eventuallyMarries | Marianne Dashwood ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Sense and Sensibility
ⓘ
surface form:
Sense and Sensibility, Volume I
|
| firstPublicationContext |
Sense and Sensibility
ⓘ
surface form:
Sense and Sensibility (1811 novel)
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
novel of manners
ⓘ
romantic fiction ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Regency era ⓘ |
| loveInterestOf | Marianne Dashwood ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | virtuous ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
foil to John Willoughby
ⓘ
romantic hero ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notablePortrayalBy | Alan Rickman ⓘ |
| occupation | army officer ⓘ |
| ownsEstate | Delaford ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
honorable
ⓘ
loyal ⓘ melancholic ⓘ reserved ⓘ sensitive ⓘ steadfast ⓘ |
| rank | Colonel ⓘ |
| relationshipToElizaWilliams | former lover’s guardian ⓘ |
| residence | Delaford ⓘ |
| showsKindnessTo |
Eliza Williams’s illegitimate daughter
ⓘ
Dashwood family ⓘ
surface form:
the Dashwood family
|
| symbolizes |
constancy in love
ⓘ
mature affection ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sense and Sensibility (1995 film)