Stephen Guest

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character in a novel fictional character literary character

Stephen Guest is a charming yet morally conflicted young man in George Eliot’s novel "The Mill on the Floss," whose romantic entanglement with Maggie Tulliver drives much of the story’s emotional tension.

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Label	Occurrences
Stephen Guest canonical	8

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	character in a novel ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ
appearsIn	The Mill on the Floss ⓘ
appearsInGenre	Victorian novel ⓘ
appearsInLanguage	English ⓘ
appearsInPart	later books of The Mill on the Floss ⓘ
associatedWithMotif	self‑deception ⓘ temptation ⓘ
betraysTrustOf	Philip Wakem ⓘ
breaksEngagementWith	Lucy Deane ⓘ
centralThemeRelation	duty versus desire ⓘ social convention versus individual feeling ⓘ
conflictType	moral conflict ⓘ romantic conflict ⓘ
createdBy	George Eliot ⓘ
describedAs	charming ⓘ morally conflicted ⓘ
firstPublicationOfWork	1860 ⓘ
hasGender	male ⓘ
hasNationality	English ⓘ
hasRomanticSceneAt	river near St. Ogg’s ⓘ
hasTrait	handsome ⓘ impulsive ⓘ musically talented ⓘ pleasure‑loving ⓘ self‑indulgent ⓘ socially polished ⓘ weak‑willed ⓘ
isCousinOf	Lucy Deane ⓘ
isFriendOf	Philip Wakem ⓘ
isHeirTo	Guest & Co. ⓘ
isSocialClass	upper middle class ⓘ
livesIn	St. Ogg's ⓘ surface form: St. Ogg’s
moralEvaluationByNarrator	attractive but ethically weak ⓘ
narrativeFunction	catalyst for Maggie Tulliver’s moral crisis ⓘ source of emotional tension in the plot ⓘ
occupation	businessman ⓘ
readerReceptionTypical	viewed as romantically appealing but unreliable ⓘ viewed as selfish ⓘ
roleInWork	major character ⓘ
romanticallyInvolvedWith	Lucy Deane ⓘ Maggie Tulliver ⓘ
settingOfActivity	St. Ogg's ⓘ surface form: St. Ogg’s
worksAt	Guest & Co. ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

The Mill on the Floss → mainCharacter → Stephen Guest ⓘ

Maggie Tulliver → hasLoveInterest → Stephen Guest ⓘ

Lucy Deane → relationshipWith → Stephen Guest ⓘ

Lucy Deane → romanticConnection → Stephen Guest ⓘ

St. Ogg's → associatedWithCharacter → Stephen Guest ⓘ

Maggie Tulliver is Tom Tulliver's sister → hasLoveInterest → Stephen Guest ⓘ

subject surface form: Maggie Tulliver

Maggie Tulliver is romantically involved with Stephen Guest → isRomanticallyInvolvedWith → Stephen Guest ⓘ

subject surface form: Maggie Tulliver

Maggie Tulliver is romantically involved with Stephen Guest → hasLoveInterest → Stephen Guest ⓘ

subject surface form: Maggie Tulliver