Edward Casaubon
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Edward Casaubon is a pedantic, aging scholar in George Eliot’s novel "Middlemarch," best known as Dorothea Brooke’s ill-suited husband whose futile intellectual ambitions and emotional coldness drive much of the story’s tragedy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edward Casaubon canonical | 13 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clergyman
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| ageStatus |
aging
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middle-aged ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Middlemarch ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart-related illness ⓘ |
| characterRole |
major character
ⓘ
tragic figure ⓘ |
| codicilCondition | Dorothea loses inheritance if she marries Will Ladislaw ⓘ |
| createdBy | George Eliot ⓘ |
| feelingTowardWillLadislaw |
jealous
ⓘ
suspicious ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
Middlemarch
ⓘ
surface form:
Middlemarch (serialized 1871–1872)
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Will Ladislaw ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Dorothea Brooke ⓘ |
| hasWork | The Key to All Mythologies ⓘ |
| healthStatus | physically frail ⓘ |
| influencesCharacterArcOf | Dorothea Brooke ⓘ |
| intellectualAmbition | to create a comprehensive synthesis of mythologies ⓘ |
| literaryThemeAssociation |
conflict between idealism and reality
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limits of intellectual ambition ⓘ marital disillusionment ⓘ |
| marriageCharacteristic |
emotionally unsatisfying
ⓘ
ill-suited ⓘ |
| marriageTo | Dorothea Brooke ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | obstacle to Dorothea Brooke’s fulfillment ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| occupation |
clergyman
ⓘ
scholar ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
controlling
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emotionally cold ⓘ insecure ⓘ jealous ⓘ pedantic ⓘ |
| plotEvent |
adds a codicil to his will concerning Dorothea and Will Ladislaw
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dies before completing The Key to All Mythologies ⓘ |
| relationshipToWillLadislaw | cousin ⓘ |
| residence | Lowick ⓘ |
| setting | Middlemarch ⓘ |
| socialClass | gentry ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
failed scholarship
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sterile intellectualism ⓘ the limitations of abstract learning without sympathy ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| workStatus | unfinished scholarly project ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.