Lucy's fiancé

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Lucy's fiancé is Cecil Vyse, a snobbish, intellectual Englishman whose engagement to Lucy Honeychurch highlights class tensions and emotional repression in E.M. Forster's novel "A Room with a View."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
male character
appearsIn A Room with a View
associatedTheme class and social convention
constraints of propriety
repression versus passion
characterTrait emotionally repressed
intellectual
snobbish
creator E. M. Forster
engagedTo Lucy Honeychurch
engagementHighlights class tensions
emotional repression
fiancéOf Lucy Honeychurch
fictionalUniverse A Room with a View
firstPublicationContext A Room with a View (1908 novel)
linked to: A Room with a View
genreOfWorkAppearsIn novel
language English
literaryPeriodOfWork Edwardian literature
medium prose fiction
narrativeFunction obstacle to Lucy Honeychurch’s self-realization
nationality English
relationshipToProtagonist antagonistic love interest
roleInWork embodies class consciousness
represents emotional repression
represents social snobbery
settingOfActivity Edwardian England
linked to: Edwardian era
socialClass upper middle class

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Cecil Vyse narrativeRole Lucy's fiancé