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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madame Montoni canonical | 2 |
| Signor Montoni | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2250908 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Madame Montoni Context triple: [The Mysteries of Udolpho, mainCharacter, Madame Montoni]
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Augustus Melmotte
Augustus Melmotte is a wealthy, unscrupulous financier whose rise and fall in Victorian high society drives the satirical plot of Anthony Trollope's novel "The Way We Live Now."
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Monsieur Bonacieux
Monsieur Bonacieux is a minor but pivotal character in Alexandre Dumas' novel "The Three Musketeers," known as Constance Bonacieux's older, miserly husband and d'Artagnan's landlord in Paris.
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Caterina Tezio
Caterina Tezio was the wife of renowned Italian Baroque sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
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D.
Gerard Reynst
Gerard Reynst was a Dutch merchant and colonial administrator who served as an early Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies during the formative years of the Dutch colonial empire in Asia.
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E.
Madame de Thianges
Madame de Thianges was a French noblewoman of the 17th century, best known as the sister of Louis XIV’s famous mistress Madame de Montespan and a member of the influential House of Rochechouart.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Madame Montoni Target entity description: 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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A.
Augustus Melmotte
Augustus Melmotte is a wealthy, unscrupulous financier whose rise and fall in Victorian high society drives the satirical plot of Anthony Trollope's novel "The Way We Live Now."
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B.
Monsieur Bonacieux
Monsieur Bonacieux is a minor but pivotal character in Alexandre Dumas' novel "The Three Musketeers," known as Constance Bonacieux's older, miserly husband and d'Artagnan's landlord in Paris.
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C.
Caterina Tezio
Caterina Tezio was the wife of renowned Italian Baroque sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
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D.
Gerard Reynst
Gerard Reynst was a Dutch merchant and colonial administrator who served as an early Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies during the formative years of the Dutch colonial empire in Asia.
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E.
Madame de Thianges
Madame de Thianges was a French noblewoman of the 17th century, best known as the sister of Louis XIV’s famous mistress Madame de Montespan and a member of the influential House of Rochechouart.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gothic fiction character
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antagonist ⓘ aunt ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Mysteries of Udolpho ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | Gothic novel ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
The Mysteries of Udolpho
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surface form:
Udolpho
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| auntOf | Emily St. Aubert ⓘ |
| characterRole |
domineering aunt
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mercenary woman ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
domineering
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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
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greed ⓘ social ambition ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
drives plot through marriage to Montoni
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heightens heroine's vulnerability ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| partOf | cast of The Mysteries of Udolpho ⓘ |
| relationshipToProtagonist |
family oppressor
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guardian ⓘ |
| relativeOf | Emily St. Aubert ⓘ |
| setIn |
France
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Italy ⓘ |
| spouseOf |
Madame Montoni
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Signor Montoni
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Subject: Madame Montoni Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
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