Basil Seal
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Basil Seal is a roguish, amoral English aristocrat created by Evelyn Waugh, best known as the central figure in several of his satirical novels.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Basil Seal canonical | 4 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium |
novel
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short story ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Basil Seal Rides Again
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Black Mischief NERFINISHED ⓘ Put Out More Flags NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
British imperialism
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moral decay of the aristocracy ⓘ political cynicism ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
amoral
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roguish ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | Evelyn Waugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Evelyn Waugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalCharacterType | anti-hero ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | recurring character in Evelyn Waugh’s fiction ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Evelyn Waugh novels ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Black Mischief NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | satire ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
adventurer (fictional)
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member of Parliament (fictional) ⓘ |
| hasPersonality |
charming
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irresponsible ⓘ self-serving ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Freddy Seal
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Lady Seal NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonia Trumpington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Basil Seal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | British upper-class types known to Evelyn Waugh ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | vehicle for social and political satire ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism-adjacent British fiction ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central character in Put Out More Flags
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protagonist of Black Mischief ⓘ title character of Basil Seal Rides Again ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
opportunistic English aristocrat
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satirical representation of interwar British upper class ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod |
Second World War era
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interwar Britain ⓘ |
| socialClass | aristocracy ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.