The Countess Cathleen
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The Countess Cathleen is a verse drama by W.B. Yeats that blends Irish folklore and poetic symbolism to explore themes of sacrifice, spirituality, and national identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Countess Cathleen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2302522 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Countess Cathleen Context triple: [W.B. Yeats, notableWork, The Countess Cathleen]
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A.
The Witch of the Alps
The Witch of the Alps is a powerful supernatural spirit who appears to the tormented hero in Lord Byron’s dramatic poem "Manfred," offering him otherworldly knowledge and temptation amid the Alpine setting.
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B.
The Bells
"The Bells" is a lyrical poem by Edgar Allan Poe that uses musical repetition and onomatopoeia to evoke the changing moods and stages of life through the sounds of different bells.
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C.
Christabel
Christabel is a narrative poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge that blends Gothic mystery with supernatural elements and psychological ambiguity.
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D.
La Belle Dame sans Merci
La Belle Dame sans Merci is a famous 1893 Pre-Raphaelite painting by John William Waterhouse depicting a mysterious, enchanting femme fatale from medieval-inspired romantic lore.
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E.
La Belle Dame sans Merci
La Belle Dame sans Merci is a famous narrative ballad by John Keats that tells a haunting, melancholic tale of a knight bewitched and abandoned by a mysterious fairy woman.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Countess Cathleen Target entity description: The Countess Cathleen is a verse drama by W.B. Yeats that blends Irish folklore and poetic symbolism to explore themes of sacrifice, spirituality, and national identity.
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A.
The Witch of the Alps
The Witch of the Alps is a powerful supernatural spirit who appears to the tormented hero in Lord Byron’s dramatic poem "Manfred," offering him otherworldly knowledge and temptation amid the Alpine setting.
-
B.
The Bells
"The Bells" is a lyrical poem by Edgar Allan Poe that uses musical repetition and onomatopoeia to evoke the changing moods and stages of life through the sounds of different bells.
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C.
Christabel
Christabel is a narrative poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge that blends Gothic mystery with supernatural elements and psychological ambiguity.
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D.
La Belle Dame sans Merci
La Belle Dame sans Merci is a famous 1893 Pre-Raphaelite painting by John William Waterhouse depicting a mysterious, enchanting femme fatale from medieval-inspired romantic lore.
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E.
La Belle Dame sans Merci
La Belle Dame sans Merci is a famous narrative ballad by John Keats that tells a haunting, melancholic tale of a knight bewitched and abandoned by a mysterious fairy woman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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play ⓘ verse drama ⓘ |
| author |
W.B. Yeats
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surface form:
W. B. Yeats
W.B. Yeats ⓘ
surface form:
William Butler Yeats
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| centralConflict | spiritual salvation versus material survival ⓘ |
| centralMotif | self-sacrifice for others ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
collective suffering
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martyrdom ⓘ moral responsibility of the aristocracy ⓘ the value of the soul ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Countess Cathleen
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demons ⓘ peasants ⓘ |
| form | verse ⓘ |
| genre |
Irish literary revival drama
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poetic drama ⓘ symbolist drama ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
Irish nationalism
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late 19th-century Irish theatre ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
printed text
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeMode | dramatic verse ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
lyrical
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mythic ⓘ symbolic ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian theology
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Irish myth ⓘ folklore about soul-bargains ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Celtic Revival
ⓘ
Irish Literary Revival ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a noblewoman who sells her soul to save her people ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Yeats's dramatic works ⓘ |
| setting | Ireland ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | famine era ⓘ |
| theme |
Irish folklore
ⓘ
good and evil ⓘ national identity ⓘ redemption ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ soul-selling ⓘ spirituality ⓘ temptation ⓘ |
| usesElement |
Irish folklore
ⓘ
poetic symbolism ⓘ |
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