Leila

E110174

Leila is a tragic female character in Lord Byron’s narrative poem "The Giaour," whose fate embodies themes of forbidden love, betrayal, and vengeance.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Leila canonical 11
Laila 2

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Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
poetry character ⓘ
appearsIn The Giaour ⓘ
appearsInGenre narrative poem ⓘ
associatedMovement Romanticism ⓘ
associatedTheme betrayal ⓘ
female victimization ⓘ
forbidden love ⓘ
honor ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ
vengeance ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Hassan ⓘ
the Giaour ⓘ
linked to: The Giaour
createdBy Lord Byron ⓘ
creatorNationality British ⓘ
culturalContext Orientalist representation ⓘ
deathCause honor killing ⓘ
fate killed for infidelity ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
literaryPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
medium literature ⓘ
narrativeFunction catalyst for conflict ⓘ
relationshipTypeWithGiaour lover ⓘ
relationshipTypeWithHassan concubine ⓘ
roleInWork tragic heroine ⓘ
settingContext Ottoman Empire ⓘ
symbolizes conflict between love and duty ⓘ
doomed passion ⓘ
victim of patriarchal norms ⓘ
workForm verse ⓘ
workLanguage English ⓘ
workPublicationYear 1813 ⓘ
workStructure fragmentary narrative ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leila Pahlavi → givenName → Leila ⓘ
Leila Khaled → givenName → Leila ⓘ
Lela → variantOf → Leila ⓘ
Lela → isRelatedName → Leila ⓘ
Lela → isRelatedName → Laila ⓘ
linked to: Leila
Leila George → givenName → Leila ⓘ
Laila Ali → givenName → Laila ⓘ
linked to: Leila
Lilah → hasSpellingVariant → Leila ⓘ
Lilah → relatedName → Leila ⓘ