Charles Foster Kane

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fictional character film character

Charles Foster Kane is the ambitious, enigmatic newspaper magnate at the center of Orson Welles's film "Citizen Kane," whose rise and fall explore themes of power, identity, and lost innocence.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character → film character →
appearsIn	Citizen Kane →
associatedWith	Rosebud →
basedOn	William Randolph Hearst →
childhoodHome	Colorado boarding house →
citizenship	United States →
createdBy	Herman J. Mankiewicz → Orson Welles →
deathPlace	Xanadu →
diesIn	Citizen Kane →
employerOf	Jedediah Leland → Mr. Bernstein →
firstAppearanceYear	1941 →
friendOf	Jedediah Leland → Mr. Bernstein →
gender	male →
guardian	Walter Parks Thatcher →
hasSpouse	Emily Monroe Norton Kane → Susan Alexander Kane →
lastWord	Rosebud →
losesElectionFor	Governor of New York →
medium	film →
narrativeRole	protagonist →
notableQuote	You provide the prose poems; I’ll provide the war. →
notableTrait	ambitious → charismatic → controlling → enigmatic → lonely →
occupation	businessman → newspaper magnate → politician → publisher →
owns	New York Inquirer → Xanadu →
parentOf	Charles Foster Kane Jr. → Unnamed second son →
politicalParty	fictional reform party →
portrayedBy	Orson Welles →
raisedBy	Walter Parks Thatcher →
residesIn	Xanadu →
runsForOffice	Governor of New York →
theme	corruption → identity → loneliness → lost innocence → power → the American Dream →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jedediah Leland → Mr. Bernstein →	employer
Citizen Kane →	character
Mr. Bernstein →	closeAssociateOf
Jedediah Leland →	collegeFriendOf
Jedediah Leland →	friendOf
Walter Parks Thatcher →	guardianOf
Walter Parks Thatcher →	hasRelationshipWith
William Randolph Hearst →	inspiredCharacter
Mr. Bernstein →	loyalTo
Jedediah Leland →	loyaltyConflictWith
Citizen Kane →	mainCharacter
Mr. Bernstein →	worksFor