Egmont

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Egmont is a tragic drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that portrays the struggle for freedom against political oppression in 16th-century Flanders.

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instanceOf drama
play
tragedy
author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
basedOn life of Lamoral, Count of Egmont
centralConflict individual liberty vs. authoritarian rule
character Clärchen
Count Egmont
Alba, Duke of Alba
surface form: Duke of Alba

Ferdinand
Margaret of Parma
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire
dateWritten 1775–1787
dramaticMode verse drama
dramaticStructure classical tragedy
ending execution of Egmont
firstPerformanceYear 1789
firstPublicationYear 1788
form five-act play
genre historical drama
tragic drama
hasIncidentalMusicBy Ludwig van Beethoven
hasMoralFocus heroic sacrifice for liberty
historicalFigureDepicted Lamoral, Count of Egmont
incidentalMusicGenre incidental music
overture
incidentalMusicTitle Egmont, Op. 84
influenced political interpretations of Goethe’s work
languageOfTitle German
literaryMovement Sturm und Drang
Weimar Classicism
mainTheme political oppression
resistance against tyranny
struggle for freedom
notableAdaptation Beethoven’s Egmont overture
originalLanguage German
originalTitle Egmont self-link
placeOfFirstPerformance Weimar
politicalContext Eighty Years' War
surface form: Eighty Years' War prelude

Spanish rule in the Low Countries
protagonist Count Egmont
settingLocation Flanders
settingTime 16th century
subjectMatter Dutch resistance to Spanish rule
symbolism martyrdom for freedom
yearCompleted 1787

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Egmont originalTitle Egmont self-link