Egmont

E159855

Egmont is a tragic drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that portrays the struggle for freedom against political oppression in 16th-century Flanders.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Egmont canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drama ⓘ
play ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
basedOn life of Lamoral, Count of Egmont ⓘ
centralConflict individual liberty vs. authoritarian rule ⓘ
character Clärchen ⓘ
Count Egmont ⓘ
Duke of Alba ⓘ
linked to: Alba, Duke of Alba

Ferdinand ⓘ
Margaret of Parma ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateWritten 1775–1787 ⓘ
dramaticMode verse drama ⓘ
dramaticStructure classical tragedy ⓘ
ending execution of Egmont ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1789 ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1788 ⓘ
form five-act play ⓘ
genre historical drama ⓘ
tragic drama ⓘ
hasIncidentalMusicBy Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
hasMoralFocus heroic sacrifice for liberty ⓘ
historicalFigureDepicted Lamoral, Count of Egmont ⓘ
incidentalMusicGenre incidental music ⓘ
overture ⓘ
incidentalMusicTitle Egmont, Op. 84 ⓘ
influenced political interpretations of Goethe’s work ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
literaryMovement Sturm und Drang ⓘ
Weimar Classicism ⓘ
mainTheme political oppression ⓘ
resistance against tyranny ⓘ
struggle for freedom ⓘ
notableAdaptation Beethoven’s Egmont overture ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
originalTitle Egmont ⓘ
placeOfFirstPerformance Weimar ⓘ
politicalContext Eighty Years' War prelude ⓘ
linked to: Eighty Years' War

Spanish rule in the Low Countries ⓘ
protagonist Count Egmont ⓘ
settingLocation Flanders ⓘ
settingTime 16th century ⓘ
subjectMatter Dutch resistance to Spanish rule ⓘ
symbolism martyrdom for freedom ⓘ
yearCompleted 1787 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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