Belinda

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Belinda is the vain, beautiful young heroine of Alexander Pope’s mock-epic poem "The Rape of the Lock," representing the fashionable society of 18th-century England.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Belinda canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
heroine ⓘ
mock-epic heroine ⓘ
poetic character ⓘ
appearsIn The Rape of the Lock ⓘ
associatedWith beauty ⓘ
coquetry ⓘ
courtly manners ⓘ
vanity ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Ariel ⓘ
Clarissa ⓘ
Thalestris ⓘ
the Baron ⓘ
basedOn Arabella Fermor ⓘ
linked to: Juliana Fermor
centralEvent loss of a lock of hair ⓘ
createdBy Alexander Pope ⓘ
depictedAs beautiful ⓘ
vain ⓘ
engagesIn card game Ombre ⓘ
social visits ⓘ
toilette rituals ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 1712 ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hairDescribedAs shining ringlets ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus major figure in Augustan satire ⓘ
hasLiteraryForm character in verse ⓘ
hasMedium poetry ⓘ
hasSocialStatusInFiction upper-class woman ⓘ
hasThemeRelation critique of vanity ⓘ
satire of aristocratic manners ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryMovement Neoclassicism ⓘ
literaryPeriod 18th-century literature ⓘ
narrativeFunction focus of social commentary ⓘ
object of satire ⓘ
nationalityInFiction English ⓘ
protectedBy sylphs ⓘ
represents aristocratic English society ⓘ
fashionable society of 18th-century England ⓘ
roleInWork protagonist ⓘ
settingOfActivities London high society ⓘ
symbolizes frivolity of the beau monde ⓘ
trivial concerns of high society ⓘ
workFinalFormYear 1714 ⓘ
workForm narrative poem ⓘ
workGenreContext mock-epic ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Heaven on Earth → follows → Belinda ⓘ
the Baron → antagonizes → Belinda ⓘ
Sir Plume → associatedWith → Belinda ⓘ
Canto II (The Rape of the Lock) → featuresCharacter → Belinda ⓘ
subject linked to: Canto II
Canto II (The Rape of the Lock) → hasMainCharacter → Belinda ⓘ
subject linked to: Canto II
Canto V → featuresCharacter → Belinda ⓘ