Lord Warburton

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Lord Warburton is an idealistic, wealthy English aristocrat in Henry James's novel "The Portrait of a Lady," whose progressive views and romantic interest in Isabel Archer highlight the tensions between Old World tradition and New World independence.

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Lord Warburton canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English nobleman
aristocrat
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn The Portrait of a Lady
associatedTheme Old World
surface form: Old World versus New World

freedom versus security
individual independence
marriage and choice
belongsToGenre realist novel character
contrastsWith Gilbert Osmond
New World independence
createdBy Henry James
createdInYear 1881
firstAppearanceIn The Portrait of a Lady
gender male
hasMoralAlignment fundamentally good
hasNationality English
hasRomanticInterestIn Isabel Archer
hasSocialClass aristocracy
hasTitle Lord
hasTrait generous
honorable
idealistic
liberal
progressive
romantic
sincere
wealthy
hasWealthStatus rich
holdsPoliticalViews reformist
socially progressive
isAcquaintedWith Madame Merle
Mr. Touchett
Pansy Osmond
isFriendOf Ralph Touchett
literaryPeriod 19th-century literature
narrativeFunction embodiment of benevolent aristocracy
foil to Gilbert Osmond
romantic alternative for Isabel Archer
proposesMarriageTo Isabel Archer
rejectsProposalBy Isabel Archer
settingOfActivity England
Europe
symbolizes European aristocracy
Old World tradition

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The Portrait of a Lady character Lord Warburton
Isabel Archer courtedBy Lord Warburton
Caspar Goodwood contrastedWith Lord Warburton