Mirah Lapidoth

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Mirah Lapidoth is a central, morally steadfast Jewish heroine in George Eliot’s novel "Daniel Deronda," whose search for family and identity intertwines with the book’s exploration of Jewish culture and nationalism.

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Mirah Lapidoth canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Fictional character ⓘ
Jewish heroine ⓘ
Literary character ⓘ
appearsIn Daniel Deronda ⓘ
associatedWithTheme Exile and return ⓘ
Family and kinship ⓘ
Jewish culture ⓘ
Jewish nationalism ⓘ
Moral integrity ⓘ
Religious identity ⓘ
Zionism ⓘ
centralConflict Quest for secure identity ⓘ
Search for lost family ⓘ
coCharacterWith Daniel Deronda ⓘ
Gwendolen Harleth ⓘ
Mordecai ⓘ
creator George Eliot ⓘ
culturalRoleInText Positive representation of Jewish womanhood ⓘ
Vehicle for philo-Semitic discourse in the novel ⓘ
ethnicity Jewish ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Daniel Deronda ⓘ
firstPublicationOfWork 1876 ⓘ
gender Female ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian literature ⓘ
literarySignificance Influential representation of Jewish identity in English fiction ⓘ
Key figure in early English literary Zionism ⓘ
medium Novel ⓘ
moralCharacteristic Compassionate ⓘ
Self-sacrificing ⓘ
Steadfast ⓘ
narrativeFunction Embodies Jewish cultural continuity ⓘ
Represents moral steadfastness ⓘ
Represents search for family and identity ⓘ
nationalityInFiction Jewish ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
roleInWork Central heroine ⓘ
Moral center ⓘ
settingOfWork Victorian England ⓘ
linked to: Victorian era
symbolizes Hope for Jewish national restoration ⓘ
linked to: Zionism

Spiritual resilience ⓘ
workAuthor George Eliot ⓘ
workGenre Bildungsroman ⓘ
Novel ⓘ
Philosophical novel ⓘ
workTitle Daniel Deronda ⓘ

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Daniel Deronda → hasCharacter → Mirah Lapidoth ⓘ