Katerina Lvovna Izmailova

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Katerina Lvovna Izmailova is the tragic, passionate heroine of Nikolai Leskov’s novella “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District,” whose destructive love and rebellion against her oppressive environment drive the story’s dramatic events.

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instanceOf fictional character
literary character
protagonist
tragic heroine
adaptedBy Dmitri Shostakovich NERFINISHED
adaptedIn Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (opera) NERFINISHED
appearsIn Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre novella
centralThemeRelation adultery
crime
female rebellion
oppression
tragic love
characterTrait determined
impulsive
jealous
passionate
rebellious
violent
commits murder
createdBy Nikolai Leskov NERFINISHED
firstPublicationContext Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (1865) NERFINISHED
gender female
hasLoverInFiction Sergei NERFINISHED
literaryComparison compared to Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth NERFINISHED
literaryMovementContext 19th-century Russian literature
maritalStatus married
motivatedBy desire for freedom
desire for love
narrativeFunction drives the plot through her passionate actions
nationalityInFiction Russian
occupationInFiction merchant’s wife
operaRoleType soprano role
opposes patriarchal oppression
roleInWork protagonist of Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
settingCountry Russia NERFINISHED
settingOfLife Mtsensk District NERFINISHED
socialClassInFiction merchant class
spouseInFiction Zinovy Borisovich Izmailov NERFINISHED
symbolizes destructive power of unrestrained passion
individual revolt against social constraints
timePeriodInFiction 19th century

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