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."

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Surface form Occurrences
Mignon and the Harper 1

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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
otherworldly
workLocation Germany

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AA alsoKnownAs Mignon
subject surface form: AA battery
Salle Favart hasPremiere Mignon
Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow notableWork Mignon
this entity surface form: Mignon and the Harper