Ravenswood family
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The Ravenswood family is a fictional Scottish noble lineage central to the tragic events and doomed romance depicted in Sir Walter Scott's novel "The Bride of Lammermoor."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ravenswood family canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish noble family
ⓘ
fictional family ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | opera ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Bride of Lammermoor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Lammermoor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTo | plot of The Bride of Lammermoor ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Ashton family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| createdBy | Walter Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fateInNarrative | family line is effectively extinguished with Edgar’s death ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Bride of Lammermoor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceWork | The Bride of Lammermoor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1819 ⓘ |
| genre | historical fiction ⓘ |
| houseType | noble house ⓘ |
| inspiredAdaptation | Lucia di Lammermoor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Scottish Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| member |
Edgar Ravenswood
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lord Ravenswood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberRole |
Edgar Ravenswood is the last male heir of the Ravenswood family
NERFINISHED
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Lord Ravenswood is the father of Edgar Ravenswood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | embodies the old Jacobite-leaning aristocracy ⓘ |
| nobleStatus | nobility ⓘ |
| operaCharacterBasedOn | Edgardo (Edgar) Ravenswood in Lucia di Lammermoor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operaComposer | Gaetano Donizetti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Tales of My Landlord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotFunction | their dispossession and feud with the Ashtons drive the tragedy ⓘ |
| politicalAssociation | Jacobitism (implied in the novel’s context) ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstAppearance | Archibald Constable and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residenceName | Wolf’s Crag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residenceType | castle ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 17th century Scotland ⓘ |
| socialClass | aristocracy ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
fatalism
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honor-bound loyalty ⓘ ruined nobility ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
decline of aristocracy
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family feud ⓘ tragic romance ⓘ |
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