Lucy Ashton

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Lucy Ashton is the tragic heroine of Sir Walter Scott's novel "The Bride of Lammermoor," whose ill-fated love and forced marriage lead to madness and death.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
tragic heroine
adaptationBy Gaetano Donizetti NERFINISHED
adaptedInto Lucia di Lammermoor NERFINISHED
appearsInMedium novel
appearsInWork The Bride of Lammermoor NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme doomed love
family conflict
fatalism
madness
basedOnWork Scottish historical traditions
causeOfDeath madness and violence on her wedding night
characterTrait emotionally fragile
gentle
submissive
conflictWith Edgar Ravenswood family
countryOfOrigin Scotland
createdBy Walter Scott NERFINISHED
creator Walter Scott NERFINISHED
diesInWork The Bride of Lammermoor NERFINISHED
engagedTo Edgar Ravenswood NERFINISHED
familyName Ashton NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse The Bride of Lammermoor NERFINISHED
firstPublicationOfWork 1819
forcedToMarry Lord Arthur Bucklaw NERFINISHED
genre historical novel
givenName Lucy NERFINISHED
hasFather Sir William Ashton NERFINISHED
hasLoveInterest Edgar Ravenswood NERFINISHED
hasMother Lady Ashton NERFINISHED
hasSibling Colonel Sholto Douglas Ashton NERFINISHED
influencedCharacterType 19th-century operatic heroines
inspiredOperaGenre bel canto
knownFor mad scene in operatic adaptation
languageOfWork English
literaryMovement Romanticism
manipulatedBy Lady Ashton NERFINISHED
narrativeRole protagonist
victim of family and political intrigue
nationalityInFiction Scottish
operaCharacterName Lucia Ashton NERFINISHED
oppressedBy Lady Ashton NERFINISHED
settingOfLife Lammermoor, Scotland NERFINISHED
spouse Lord Arthur Bucklaw NERFINISHED
symbolizes innocence destroyed by social ambition
timePeriod late 17th century

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