Francesca da Rimini

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Dante character fictional noblewoman literary character

Francesca da Rimini is a tragic noblewoman from Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, renowned for her doomed love affair with Paolo Malatesta and her poignant appearance among the lustful in the Inferno.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Francesca da Rimini (Dante character) 1
Francesca da Rimini (character) 1
Paolo and Francesca 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dante character ⓘ
fictional noblewoman ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
accompaniedByInAfterlife Paolo Malatesta NERFINISHED ⓘ
afterlifeSin lust ⓘ
appearsIn Divine Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Inferno NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsInCanto Inferno Canto V NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Paolo Malatesta NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn historical Francesca da Polenta ⓘ
createdBy Dante Alighieri NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs compassion-inspiring ⓘ
noblewoman ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
diesWith Paolo Malatesta NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName da Polenta NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearanceYearApproximate c. 1308–1321 ⓘ
fromPlace Rimini NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLover Paolo Malatesta NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMedium epic poetry ⓘ
inspiredWork numerous literary adaptations ⓘ
numerous paintings ⓘ
opera "Francesca da Rimini" by Riccardo Zandonai NERFINISHED ⓘ
opera "Francesca da Rimini" by Sergei Rachmaninoff NERFINISHED ⓘ
tone poem "Francesca da Rimini" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
killedBy Gianciotto Malatesta NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfOriginalWork Italian ⓘ
literaryMovementContext Medieval Italian literature ⓘ
locatedInAfterlifeRealm Second Circle of Hell NERFINISHED ⓘ
marriedTo Gianciotto Malatesta NERFINISHED ⓘ
moralInterpretation condemned yet sympathetically portrayed ⓘ
notableFor doomed love affair ⓘ
famous speech in Inferno ⓘ
tragic death ⓘ
portrayedAs swept by infernal whirlwind ⓘ
punishedAmong the lustful ⓘ
quotes "Galeotto fu 'l libro e chi lo scrisse" ⓘ
roleInNarrative exemplum of lust ⓘ
object of Dante’s pity ⓘ
sharesPunishmentWith Paolo Malatesta NERFINISHED ⓘ
speaksTo Dante (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ
themeAssociated adultery ⓘ
courtly love ⓘ
fate ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
workComposedInCentury 14th century ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Francesca da Rimini (stage role) → basedOn → Francesca da Rimini ⓘ
this entity surface form: Francesca da Rimini (character)
Comedìa → containsCharacter → Francesca da Rimini ⓘ
Francesca da Rimini (stage role) → depicts → Francesca da Rimini ⓘ
this entity surface form: Francesca da Rimini (Dante character)
Inferno → featuresCharacter → Francesca da Rimini ⓘ
The Gates of Hell → hasPart → Francesca da Rimini ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paolo and Francesca
The Story of Rimini → mainCharacters → Francesca da Rimini ⓘ
The Kiss → mainSubject → Francesca da Rimini ⓘ
subject surface form: The Kiss (Rodin)
Anselm Feuerbach → notableWork → Francesca da Rimini ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paolo und Francesca