Dark Lady
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The Dark Lady is the mysterious, morally ambiguous woman addressed in William Shakespeare’s later sonnets, noted for her sensuality, infidelity, and complex relationship with the poet.
Statements (78)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakespearean character
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literary character ⓘ poetic addressee ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Shakespearean sonnets
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Shakespeare’s later sonnets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkRange | Shakespeare sonnets 127–154 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
betrayal
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conflict between love and reason ⓘ jealousy ⓘ lust ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ racialized beauty standards ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
cruelty
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dark beauty ⓘ emotional complexity ⓘ infidelity ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ physical attractiveness ⓘ sensuality ⓘ sexuality ⓘ unfaithfulness ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Fair Youth of the sonnets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdInLanguage | Early Modern English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdInPeriod | Elizabethan era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBy | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasColorAssociation |
dark complexion
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dark eyes ⓘ dark hair ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryFunction |
embodies anti-Petrarchan mistress
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subverts Petrarchan ideal of fair beauty ⓘ |
| hasNameStatus |
pseudonymous figure
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unnamed character ⓘ |
| hasNotableWork |
Sonnet 127
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Sonnet 130 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 131 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 132 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 133 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 134 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 135 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 136 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 137 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 138 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 139 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 140 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 141 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 142 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 147 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 148 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 150 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 151 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 152 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 153 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet 154 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProposedRealIdentity |
Emilia Lanier
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Lucy Negro NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Fitton NERFINISHED ⓘ other Elizabethan women ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipType |
adulterous relationship
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erotic relationship ⓘ exploitative relationship ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith | Shakespearean sonnet speaker ⓘ |
| hasRoleInNarrative |
love interest of the poet-speaker
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object of desire ⓘ source of emotional torment ⓘ |
| identityStatus |
historically uncertain
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subject of scholarly debate ⓘ |
| involvesLoveTriangleWith | poet-speaker and Fair Youth ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
emotionally manipulative
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married woman ⓘ musician or singer ⓘ sexually promiscuous ⓘ socially inferior ⓘ untrustworthy ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
English literature
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Shakespeare studies ⓘ feminist literary criticism ⓘ race and early modern studies ⓘ |
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