Tadzio

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fictional character literary character male character

Tadzio is a beautiful Polish boy who becomes the obsessive muse of the aging writer Gustav von Aschenbach in Thomas Mann’s novella "Death in Venice."

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tadzio canonical 4
Tadzio in Death in Venice 1

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
male character ⓘ
ageGroup boy ⓘ
appearsIn Death in Venice ⓘ
associatedTheme aestheticism ⓘ
death ⓘ
decadence ⓘ
homoerotic desire ⓘ
obsession ⓘ
unattainable love ⓘ
createdBy Thomas Mann ⓘ
describedAs beautiful ⓘ
firstAppearance Death in Venice ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasSurname Tadeusz ⓘ
surface form: Tadzio (diminutive of Tadeusz)
inspiredCharacter Gustav von Aschenbach ⓘ
medium literature ⓘ
nationality Polish ⓘ
partOf Death in Venice characters ⓘ
relationshipToGustav von Aschenbach muse ⓘ
object of obsession ⓘ
roleInWork muse ⓘ
object of desire ⓘ
symbolic figure ⓘ
setting Venice ⓘ
symbolizes aesthetic ideal ⓘ
eroticized youth ⓘ
ideal beauty ⓘ
youth ⓘ
workGenreContext novella ⓘ
workLanguageContext German literature ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Death in Venice → featuresCharacter → Tadzio ⓘ
Tadeusz → hasDiminutive → Tadzio ⓘ
Gustav von Aschenbach → hasObsessionWith → Tadzio ⓘ
Gustav von Aschenbach → isInfatuatedWith → Tadzio ⓘ
Björn Andrésen → characterRole → Tadzio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tadzio in Death in Venice