Count Appiani

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Count Appiani is a nobleman in Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s bourgeois tragedy "Emilia Galotti," serving as Emilia’s virtuous fiancé and a central figure in the play’s conflict between moral integrity and corrupt aristocratic power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatic character
fictional character
nobleman
appearsIn Emilia Galotti NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme corrupt aristocratic power
moral integrity
belongsToWorkType stage play
characterInGenre bourgeois tragedy
conflictWith courtly intrigues
createdBy Gotthold Ephraim Lessing NERFINISHED
engagedToMarry Emilia Galotti NERFINISHED
fiancéOf Emilia Galotti NERFINISHED
genreOfWork bourgeois drama
tragedy
hasOccupation count
hasRoleInWork central figure in the conflict between virtue and corruption
languageOfWork German
medium theatre
moralAlignment virtuous
narrativeFunction tragic hero figure
nationalityInFiction Italian
opposedTo Prince of Guastalla NERFINISHED
originalWorkLanguage German
originalWorkTitle Emilia Galotti NERFINISHED
partOfFictionalUniverse Emilia Galotti universe NERFINISHED
socialClass nobility
symbolizes bourgeois virtue
resistance to absolutist power
timePeriodOfFiction 18th century
workPublicationYear 1772

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Emilia Galotti mainCharacter Count Appiani