Isabella
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Isabella is the tragic heroine of John Keats’s narrative poem “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil,” known for her doomed love and macabre devotion to her murdered lover.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ tragic heroine ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedArtMovement | Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (through later depictions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedObject | pot of basil ⓘ |
| basedOn | Decameron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnStoryBy | Giovanni Boccaccio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfSuffering | murder of Lorenzo ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
class conflict
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family tyranny ⓘ loss ⓘ love ⓘ mourning ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | John Keats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emotionalState | overwhelming grief ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormOfWork | poetry collection ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | narrative poem ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| hasFamilyRelation | sister of wealthy merchants ⓘ |
| hasLover | Lorenzo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipType | doomed love ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
devoted
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loyal ⓘ melancholic ⓘ obsessive ⓘ passionate ⓘ |
| hidesRelicIn | pot of basil ⓘ |
| inspiredLaterWork |
Isabella (painting) by John Everett Millais
NERFINISHED
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The Pot of Basil (painting) by William Holman Hunt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInLoveWith | Lorenzo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keepsRelicOfLover | Lorenzo’s severed head ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMotif |
female suffering under patriarchal control
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secret burial of lover ⓘ severed head as relic of love ⓘ |
| literaryPeriodOfWork | Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modeOfDevotion | macabre devotion to murdered lover ⓘ |
| nameInOriginalWork | Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | victim of family violence ⓘ |
| narrativeOutcome | death from grief ⓘ |
| perpetratorsOfLover’sMurder | her brothers ⓘ |
| settingOfStory | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialStatus | young woman of merchant family ⓘ |
| symbolicAssociation |
basil as symbol of mourning
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pot of basil as shrine to love ⓘ |
| workFirstPublishedIn | Poems (1820) by John Keats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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