Mr. Elton

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Mr. Elton is the self-important village vicar and would-be suitor whose vanity and social ambition create romantic complications in the 1996 film adaptation of Jane Austen’s "Emma."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf clergyman
fictional character
vicar
adaptationOf Emma (novel) NERFINISHED
appearsIn Emma (1996 film) NERFINISHED
appearsInWorkBasedOn Emma (novel) NERFINISHED
basedOn Mr. Elton NERFINISHED
causes romantic complications
countryOfFictionalResidence England NERFINISHED
creator Jane Austen NERFINISHED
directorOfWorkAppearedIn Douglas McGrath NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Emma (Jane Austen) NERFINISHED
gender male
genreOfWorkAppearedIn period drama
romantic comedy
languageOfWorkAppearedIn English
medium film
narrativeRole comic character
supporting character
occupation vicar
personalityTrait self-important
socially ambitious
vain
portrayedIn1996FilmBy Alan Cumming NERFINISHED
romanticInterestIn Emma Woodhouse NERFINISHED
setting Highbury NERFINISHED
sourceWorkAuthor Jane Austen NERFINISHED
yearOfFilmRelease 1996

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Emma (1996 film) character Mr. Elton
Emma character Mr. Elton
subject surface form: Emma (2009 TV series)
Emma Woodhouse hasAcquaintance Mr. Elton
Blake Ritson hasRole Mr. Elton
this entity surface form: Mr Elton
Emma (novel by Jane Austen) mainCharacter Mr. Elton
subject surface form: Emma (novel)