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.

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Colonel Brandon canonical 11

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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

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Sense and Sensibility character Colonel Brandon
subject surface form: Sense and Sensibility (1995 film)
Alan Rickman portrayed Colonel Brandon
Edward Ferrars futurePatron Colonel Brandon
Edward Ferrars receivesLivingFrom Colonel Brandon
Marianne Dashwood loveInterest Colonel Brandon
Marianne Dashwood spouse Colonel Brandon
John Willoughby associatedWith Colonel Brandon
John Willoughby antagonisticTo Colonel Brandon
Delaford ownerInFiction Colonel Brandon
Delaford associatedCharacter Colonel Brandon
Delaford offeredByCharacter Colonel Brandon