Cecil Vyse (A Room with a View novel character)

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Cecil Vyse is a snobbish, intellectual, and emotionally repressed upper-class Englishman who serves as a foil to the more spontaneous characters in E.M. Forster’s novel "A Room with a View."

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Cecil Vyse (A Room with a View novel character) canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
male character ⓘ
adaptedIn A Room with a View (1985 film) ⓘ
A Room with a View (stage adaptations) ⓘ
alignment antagonistic to protagonists’ desires ⓘ
appearsIn A Room with a View ⓘ
breaksEngagementWith Lucy Honeychurch ⓘ
characterTrait aesthetic poseur ⓘ
emotionally repressed ⓘ
intellectual ⓘ
priggish ⓘ
snobbish ⓘ
contrastsWith emotional honesty ⓘ
spontaneity ⓘ
creator E. M. Forster ⓘ
embodiesTheme conflict between convention and passion ⓘ
repression ⓘ
social snobbery ⓘ
engagedTo Lucy Honeychurch ⓘ
fictionalUniverse A Room with a View ⓘ
firstAppearance A Room with a View (1908 novel) ⓘ
linked to: A Room with a View
foilTo George Emerson ⓘ
Lucy Honeychurch ⓘ
genreOfWork novel of manners ⓘ
literaryAnalysisNote often cited as an example of Forster’s critique of the English upper class ⓘ
literaryPeriod Edwardian literature ⓘ
narrativeFunction obstacle to Lucy’s self-discovery ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
occupation intellectual ⓘ
portrayedBy Daniel Day-Lewis ⓘ
relationshipWith Lucy Honeychurch ⓘ
residence London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
roleInWork foil ⓘ
settingOfActivity Florence ⓘ
Surrey ⓘ
socialClass upper-class Englishman ⓘ
speechStyle affected ⓘ
values aestheticism ⓘ
social propriety ⓘ

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Cecil Vyse → basedOn → Cecil Vyse (A Room with a View novel character) ⓘ
Cecil Vyse → adaptationOf → Cecil Vyse (A Room with a View novel character) ⓘ