Cecil Vyse

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Cecil Vyse is a snobbish, socially pretentious English gentleman whose ill-suited engagement to Lucy Honeychurch highlights class and emotional constraints in the film "A Room with a View."

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Cecil Vyse canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
adaptedAs Cecil Vyse (A Room with a View 1985 film character)
appearsIn A Room with a View
appearsInFilm A Room with a View
surface form: A Room with a View (1985 film)
appearsInWorkType film adaptation
associatedSetting England
Florence
basedOn Cecil Vyse (A Room with a View novel character)
centralThemeConnection class differences
constraints of propriety
emotional freedom vs. social convention
characterTrait emotionally repressed
intellectual
snobbish
socially pretentious
conflictsWith George Emerson
Mr. Emerson
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
createdBy E. M. Forster
engagedTo Lucy Honeychurch
fictionalOccupation gentleman
fictionalUniverse A Room with a View universe
filmBasedOn A Room with a View
surface form: A Room with a View (novel)
firstAppearance A Room with a View
surface form: A Room with a View (1908 novel)
gender male
genreOfWorkAppearedIn period drama
romantic drama
languageOfCharacter English
medium film
literature
narrativeRole Lucy's fiancé
romantic rival to George Emerson
nationality English
portrayedInFilmBy Daniel Day-Lewis
relationshipTo Lucy Honeychurch
romanticStatus former fiancé of Lucy Honeychurch
setInPeriod Edwardian era
socialClass upper middle class
socialStatus respectable
storyFunction contrast to George Emerson's spontaneity
obstacle to Lucy's self-discovery
symbolizes Edwardian upper-class rigidity
constraints of class
emotional repression
social snobbery

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A Room with a View mainCharacter Cecil Vyse
subject surface form: A Room with a View (1985 film)
Lucy Honeychurch engagedTo Cecil Vyse