Ellen Douglas

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Ellen Douglas is the virtuous and noble heroine of Sir Walter Scott’s narrative poem "The Lady of the Lake," central to its romantic and political intrigues in the Scottish Highlands.

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Ellen Douglas canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
heroine ⓘ
poetry character ⓘ
appearsIn The Lady of the Lake ⓘ
associatedWithClan Clan Alpine (through Roderick Dhu) ⓘ
associatedWithFamily James Douglas ⓘ
associatedWithGroup Clan Douglas ⓘ
associatedWithLocation Loch Katrine ⓘ
island on Loch Katrine ⓘ
associatedWithMonarch James V of Scotland ⓘ
associatedWithTheme honor ⓘ
love versus duty ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
associatedWithTitle daughter of James Douglas ⓘ
characterTrait noble ⓘ
virtuous ⓘ
createdBy Sir Walter Scott ⓘ
Walter Scott ⓘ
linked to: Sir Walter Scott
culturalOrigin Scottish literature ⓘ
firstAppearance The Lady of the Lake, Canto I ⓘ
genreOfWork narrative poem ⓘ
hasAdmirer James Fitz-James ⓘ
Malcolm Graeme ⓘ
Roderick Dhu ⓘ
hasFather James Douglas ⓘ
involvedIn political intrigue ⓘ
romantic intrigue ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
loyalTo James Douglas ⓘ
medium poetry ⓘ
narrativeFunction focus of competing political factions ⓘ
link between Highland clans and the king ⓘ
nationalityInFiction Scottish ⓘ
rejectsSuitor James Fitz-James ⓘ
Roderick Dhu ⓘ
roleInWork central heroine ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
romanticInterest Malcolm Graeme ⓘ
settingLocation Scottish Highlands ⓘ
symbolizes filial piety ⓘ
idealized Scottish womanhood ⓘ
virtue ⓘ
timeOfWorkPublication 1810 ⓘ
workForm verse romance ⓘ
workLanguage English ⓘ

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The Lady of the Lake → mainCharacter → Ellen Douglas ⓘ