Pansy Osmond

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Pansy Osmond is a shy, obedient, and sheltered young woman in Henry James's novel "The Portrait of a Lady," whose innocence contrasts with the manipulative world of the adults around her.

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Pansy Osmond canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn The Portrait of a Lady
appearsInGenre psychological novel
appearsInLanguage English
associatedTheme innocence versus corruption
marriage as social arrangement
parental control
characterTrait innocent
obedient
sheltered
shy
contrastsWith Isabel Archer
controlledBy Gilbert Osmond
Madame Merle
createdBy Henry James
firstPublicationContext The Portrait of a Lady
surface form: The Portrait of a Lady (1881)
gender female
hasFather Gilbert Osmond
hasGuardian Isabel Archer
hasLoveInterest Edward Rosier
hasMother Madame Merle
livesIn Italy
Rome
medium novel
nationality American
raisedBy Gilbert Osmond
a convent
relatedTo Isabel Archer
relationshipToGilbertOsmond daughter
relationshipToIsabelArcher stepdaughter
relationshipToMadameMerle illegitimate daughter
setInFictionalTime late 19th century
socialRole young lady of marriageable age
symbolizes innocence
submission
victim of manipulation

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The Portrait of a Lady character Pansy Osmond
Isabel Archer stepParentOf Pansy Osmond
Gilbert Osmond hasChild Pansy Osmond
Gilbert Osmond parentOf Pansy Osmond
Gilbert Osmond controls Pansy Osmond
Lord Warburton isAcquaintedWith Pansy Osmond