Countess Cathleen
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Countess Cathleen is the self-sacrificing noble heroine of W. B. Yeats’s verse drama, who offers her soul to save her famine-stricken people.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dramatic character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ heroine ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Countess Cathleen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Irish famine setting ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorInterest | Yeats’s exploration of Irish myth and spirituality GENERATED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | temptation by demonic merchants ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
redemption
ⓘ
salvation of others at personal cost ⓘ self‑sacrifice ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
charitable
ⓘ
compassionate ⓘ noble ⓘ pious ⓘ self‑sacrificing ⓘ |
| createdBy | W. B. Yeats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethicalDilemma | trades her own salvation for her people’s survival ⓘ |
| faces | famine in her land ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genreContext | verse drama ⓘ |
| influencesThemeOf | conflict between material and spiritual values ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkContext | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | Irish Literary Revival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralSignificance |
embodiment of Christian charity
ⓘ
martyr‑like figure ⓘ |
| motivatedBy | desire to save her people ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | tests the power of love and sacrifice against evil ⓘ |
| narrativeOutcomeRelation | achieves spiritual salvation despite selling her soul ⓘ |
| nationalLiteraryContext | Irish literature ⓘ |
| offers | her soul ⓘ |
| opposedBy | demonic merchants ⓘ |
| purposeOfOffer | to save her famine‑stricken people ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christianity ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
protagonist
ⓘ
title character ⓘ |
| saves | her tenants ⓘ |
| settingContext | rural Ireland ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| socialStatus | countess ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
noble sacrifice
ⓘ
spiritual generosity ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | a time of great famine ⓘ |
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