Mignon
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Mignon is a mysterious, ethereal child of Italian origin who becomes one of the most poignant and symbolically rich figures in Goethe’s novel "Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship."
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mignon and the Harper | 1 |
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Wilhelm Meister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
ethereal
ⓘ
mysterious ⓘ poignant ⓘ symbolically rich figure ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Italian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalAge | child ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | Bildungsroman ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | iconic figure in Goethe’s prose ⓘ |
| hasSymbolicFunction |
embodiment of lost innocence
ⓘ
embodiment of yearning ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
ⓘ
identity ⓘ longing for homeland ⓘ nostalgia for Italy ⓘ |
| influenced | later Romantic character types ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism (in reception) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Weimar Classicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
supporting character
ⓘ
symbolic figure ⓘ |
| partOf | German literature ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
fragile
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otherworldly ⓘ |
| workLocation | Germany ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
AA battery
this entity surface form:
Mignon and the Harper