Caesar
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Caesar is one of the two canine protagonists in Robert Burns’s poem “The Twa Dogs,” serving as the more privileged dog whose conversations explore social class and human nature.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Caesar (The Twa Dogs) | 0 |
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional dog
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | The Twa Dogs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
human nature
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social class ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Luath (The Twa Dogs) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coProtagonist | Luath (The Twa Dogs) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Robert Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dialogueWith | Luath (The Twa Dogs) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discusses | conditions of the rich ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Twa Dogs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationAuthor | Robert Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCollection | Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1786 ⓘ |
| formOfWork | narrative poem ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | poem ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
commentator on social inequality
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vehicle for satire of upper classes ⓘ |
| numberOfProtagonistsInWork | two ⓘ |
| roleInWork | protagonist ⓘ |
| socialStatus | privileged ⓘ |
| species | dog ⓘ |
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