Niel Herbert
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Niel Herbert is a central fictional character in Willa Cather’s novel "A Lost Lady," whose coming-of-age perspective frames the story’s themes of idealism, disillusionment, and social change in a small Western town.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Niel Herbert canonical | 2 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| admires | Marian Forrester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Lost Lady NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
decline of the American West
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disillusionment ⓘ idealism ⓘ loss of innocence ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| characterArc | from romantic idealism to mature disillusionment ⓘ |
| createdBy | Willa Cather NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredIn | coming-of-age narrative ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith |
Captain Daniel Forrester
NERFINISHED
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Marian Forrester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
interpreter of social change
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observer of Marian Forrester ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | student ⓘ |
| perspective | first-person observer-narrator ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
central character
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coming-of-age protagonist ⓘ narrative focalizer ⓘ |
| setting |
Sweet Water, Colorado
NERFINISHED
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small Western town ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th to early 20th century American West ⓘ |
| witnesses |
decline of the Forrester family
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transition from frontier aristocracy to commercial society ⓘ |
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