Matilda

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Matilda is a virtuous and tragic noblewoman in Horace Walpole’s pioneering Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto."


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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
noblewoman
appearsIn The Castle of Otranto
associatedWithTheme filial duty
forbidden love
patriarchal tyranny
characterTrait modesty
obedience
piety
self‑sacrifice
createdBy Horace Walpole
deathCause stabbed by Manfred
diesIn The Castle of Otranto
firstAppearance The Castle of Otranto
surface form: The Castle of Otranto (1764)
genre Gothic fiction
hasSibling Conrad
hasUnrequitedLoveFor Theodore
isDaughterOf Hippolita
Manfred
isMistakenFor Isabella
narrativeFunction victim of dynastic ambition
nationalityInFiction Italian
roleInWork tragic figure
virtuous heroine
settingOfActivity Otranto
workTypeContext pioneering Gothic novel

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