Tony Last
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Tony Last is the naive, tradition-bound English country gentleman whose personal and moral disintegration forms the tragic core of Evelyn Waugh’s novel "A Handful of Dust."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tony Last canonical | 2 |
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Handful of Dust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
satirical novel
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tragic novel ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Hetton Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralThemeInvolvement |
moral disintegration
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personal disintegration ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
naive
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tradition-bound ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | Evelyn Waugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdIn | 1930s ⓘ |
| fictionalOccupation | country gentleman ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | A Handful of Dust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialPerspectiveFrom | Evelyn Waugh’s Catholic and satirical worldview ⓘ |
| hasNationality | English ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | interwar British fiction ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | embodiment of decaying English gentry ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | tragic protagonist ⓘ |
| partOf | 20th-century British literature ⓘ |
| relationship | husband of Brenda Last ⓘ |
| settingOfLife | English countryside ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
collapse of traditional values
ⓘ
vulnerability of innocence ⓘ |
| undergoes |
betrayal by spouse
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loss of social stability ⓘ psychological breakdown ⓘ |
| values |
aristocratic ideals
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traditional English country life ⓘ |
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