Madame Montoni

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Madame Montoni is a domineering and mercenary aunt figure in Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novel "The Mysteries of Udolpho," whose marriage and ambitions help drive the heroine’s misfortunes.

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Madame Montoni canonical 2
Signor Montoni 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic fiction character
antagonist
aunt
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn The Mysteries of Udolpho
appearsInGenre Gothic novel
associatedWith The Mysteries of Udolpho
surface form: Udolpho
auntOf Emily St. Aubert
characterRole domineering aunt
mercenary woman
characterTrait domineering
materialistic
mercenary
selfish
contributesTo Emily St. Aubert's misfortunes
createdBy Ann Radcliffe
firstPublishedIn 1794
gender female
introducedInChapter early chapters of The Mysteries of Udolpho
motivatedBy desire for wealth
greed
social ambition
narrativeFunction drives plot through marriage to Montoni
heightens heroine's vulnerability
nationality French
partOf cast of The Mysteries of Udolpho
relationshipToProtagonist family oppressor
guardian
relativeOf Emily St. Aubert
setIn France
Italy
spouseOf Madame Montoni self-linksurface differs
surface form: Signor Montoni

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The Mysteries of Udolpho mainCharacter Madame Montoni
Montoni relatedToCharacter Madame Montoni
Madame Montoni spouseOf Madame Montoni self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Signor Montoni