Lord Arthur Savile

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Lord Arthur Savile is a fictional Victorian aristocrat whose misguided attempt to fulfill a foretold destiny drives the darkly comic plot of Oscar Wilde’s story "Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime."

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instanceOf aristocrat
fictional character
literary character
associatedWithTheme dark comedy
fate versus free will
morality and responsibility
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
createdBy Oscar Wilde
drivingMotivation belief in a chiromantic prophecy
ethnicGroup English
fictionalTimePeriod Victorian era
fictionalUniverse Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime
firstAppearance Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime
genreOfWorkAppearedIn short story
hasAntagonistRoleAgainst Chiromantist
hasFiancée Sybil Merton
hasOccupation nobleman
hasRelative Lady Clementina Beauchamp
hasTitle Lord
languageOfWorkAppearedIn English
literaryMovementOfCreator Aestheticism
mediumOfAppearance print literature
narrativeFunction satirizes upper-class morality
narrativeRole protagonist
notableCharacteristic attempts to fulfill a foretold destiny
involved in a darkly comic murder plot
placeOfResidence London
linked to: London, England
socialClass Victorian aristocracy
linked to: British aristocracy
workAppearsIn Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime

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