Blifil

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Blifil is a hypocritical and scheming antagonist in Henry Fielding’s novel "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary antagonist
appearsIn The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling NERFINISHED
characterIn The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling NERFINISHED
conflictsWith Tom Jones NERFINISHED
countryOfOriginOfWork Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED
createdBy Henry Fielding NERFINISHED
firstPublicationDateOfWork 1749
genreOfWork comic novel
hasFictionalUniverse Tom Jones universe NERFINISHED
hasNameIn The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
literaryPeriodOfWork Augustan literature NERFINISHED
medium novel
moralAlignment villainous
movementOfAuthor English novel tradition
narrativeFunction foil to Tom Jones
nationalityOfWorkAuthor English
notableTrait duplicitous
hypocritical
manipulative
scheming
self-righteous
relatedWorkAuthor Henry Fielding NERFINISHED
roleInStory antagonist
setInWork 18th-century England
themeIllustrated corruption under a guise of virtue
hypocrisy
social and moral pretension
workForm picaresque novel

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