Margaret Schlegel

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Margaret Schlegel is the intelligent, idealistic, and culturally minded heroine of E.M. Forster’s novel "Howards End," who navigates issues of class, family, and social responsibility in Edwardian England.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
protagonist
appearsIn Howards End
appearsInGenre novel
appearsInLanguage English
associatedWithFamily Bast family
Schlegel family
Wilcox family
associatedWithPlace Howards End (house)
associatedWithTheme class conflict
connection between classes
culture and art
female independence
marriage and property
social change
characterTrait culturally minded
empathetic
idealistic
intelligent
practical
concern class issues
family responsibility
social responsibility
createdBy E. M. Forster
familyName Schlegel
fictionalUniverse Howards End universe
firstPublicationOfWork 1910
gender female
inherits Howards End (house)
interest art
literature
music
languageSpoken English
literaryPeriod Edwardian literature
livesIn Edwardian England
maritalStatus married
nationality English
occupation upper-middle-class intellectual
roleInWork central heroine of Howards End
sibling Helen Schlegel
Tibby Schlegel
socialClass upper middle class
spouse Henry Wilcox
symbolicRole bridge between social classes
embodiment of liberal humanism

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Howards End
character
Emma Thompson
characterPortrayed

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