Cecil Vyse (A Room with a View 1985 film character)

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Cecil Vyse (A Room with a View 1985 film character) is the priggish, intellectual fiancé of Lucy Honeychurch whose snobbery and emotional coldness highlight the novel’s and film’s critique of repressed Edwardian upper-class values.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
literary character
adaptationOf Cecil Vyse (A Room with a View novel character)
appearsInFilm A Room with a View (1985 film)
appearsInGenre romantic drama film
romantic novel
appearsInNovel A Room with a View (novel)
linked to: A Room with a View
appearsInWork A Room with a View
associatedWithTheme class snobbery
conflict between intellect and passion
emotional repression
basedOnWork A Room with a View (novel)
linked to: A Room with a View
characterTrait emotionally cold
intellectual
priggish
snobbish
conflictWith George Emerson
contrastedWith George Emerson
createdBy E. M. Forster
engagementStatusWithLucyHoneychurch broken engagement
fiancéOf Lucy Honeychurch
firstAppearance A Room with a View (1908 novel)
linked to: A Room with a View
firstFilmAppearance A Room with a View (1985 film)
gender male
language English
loveInterestOf Lucy Honeychurch
medium film
narrativeFunction foil to George Emerson
foil to Lucy Honeychurch
nationality British
portrayedBy Daniel Day-Lewis
relationshipToLucyHoneychurch prospective husband
represents conventional social expectations
setting England
Florence
socialClass upper class
storyRole antagonistic love interest
symbolizes repressed Edwardian upper-class values
timePeriod Edwardian era
workOfFictionCountryOfOrigin United Kingdom

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Cecil Vyse adaptedAs Cecil Vyse (A Room with a View 1985 film character)