the Marquis de Montalt

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The Marquis de Montalt is the sinister, aristocratic villain in Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novel *The Romance of the Forest*, embodying corruption, tyranny, and moral depravity.

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the Marquis de Montalt canonical 2
Marquis de Montalt 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aristocrat
fictional character
literary villain
appearsIn The Romance of the Forest
appearsInGenre Gothic novel
associatedWithTheme abuse of power
aristocratic decadence
moral corruption of the nobility
oppression
belongsToWorkType novel character
characterTrait corrupt
morally depraved
sinister
tyrannical
createdBy Ann Radcliffe
firstAppearance The Romance of the Forest
firstPublicationYearOfWork 1791
genderInFiction male
genre Gothic fiction
literaryMovementContext late 18th-century Gothic literature
narrativeFunction threat to the protagonists
nationalityInFiction French
roleInWork antagonist
settingOfActivity France
socialStatusInFiction nobleman
symbolizes corruption
moral depravity
tyranny
titleInFiction Marquis
workLanguageContext English literature

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Romance of the Forest hasCharacter the Marquis de Montalt
La Motte isBlackmailedBy the Marquis de Montalt
Adeline opposedBy the Marquis de Montalt
this entity surface form: Marquis de Montalt