Hilda

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Hilda is a central character in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel "The Marble Faun," depicted as a pure-hearted American artist living in Rome whose moral idealism contrasts with the story’s darker themes.

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Hilda canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
protagonist
alignment good
appearsIn The Marble Faun
artisticActivity copying Old Master paintings
associatedWith a white dove
associatedWithTheme conscience
guilt
innocence
moral responsibility
religious scruples
sin
authorNationality American
contrastsWith Donatello
Miriam
the novel’s darker themes
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Nathaniel Hawthorne
experiences moral anguish after witnessing a crime
fictionalLocation Rome
firstAppearance The Marble Faun
genreOfWork gothic fiction
romantic novel
hasCanonicalStatus major character in Hawthorne’s later fiction
languageOfWork English
literaryMovementContext American Romanticism
medium novel
moralCharacteristic idealistic
innocent
morally rigid
pure-hearted
narrativeRole foil to darker characters
moral center of the novel
nationality American
occupation artist
copyist
partOf The Marble Faun character ensemble
relationshipWith Kenyon (friendship and potential romantic interest)
Miriam (friendship marked by moral tension)
religiousContext Protestant in Catholic Rome
residesIn a tower in Rome
settingOfActivity Roman art world
symbolizes Protestant moral idealism
spiritual purity
uncompromising conscience
workPublicationDate 1860

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Nora Barlow givenName Hilda
Hilde relatedName Hilda
Hilde hasVariantSpelling Hilda
Hild isDiminutiveOf Hilda
Hild isVariantOf Hilda
Hild relatedName Hilda
Hilda Geiringer givenName Hilda
Hilda Gadea givenName Hilda