Lucy Ashton

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Lucy Ashton is the tragic heroine of Sir Walter Scott's novel "The Bride of Lammermoor," whose ill-fated love and forced marriage lead to madness and death.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
tragic heroine
adaptationBy Gaetano Donizetti
adaptedInto Lucia di Lammermoor
appearsInMedium novel
appearsInWork The Bride of Lammermoor
associatedWithTheme doomed love
family conflict
fatalism
madness
basedOnWork Scottish historical traditions
causeOfDeath madness and violence on her wedding night
characterTrait emotionally fragile
gentle
submissive
conflictWith Edgar Ravenswood family
countryOfOrigin Scotland
createdBy Walter Scott
linked to: Sir Walter Scott
creator Walter Scott
linked to: Sir Walter Scott
diesInWork The Bride of Lammermoor
engagedTo Edgar Ravenswood
familyName Ashton
fictionalUniverse The Bride of Lammermoor
firstPublicationOfWork 1819
forcedToMarry Lord Arthur Bucklaw
genre historical novel
givenName Lucy
hasFather Sir William Ashton
hasLoveInterest Edgar Ravenswood
hasMother Lady Ashton
hasSibling Colonel Sholto Douglas Ashton
influencedCharacterType 19th-century operatic heroines
inspiredOperaGenre bel canto
knownFor mad scene in operatic adaptation
languageOfWork English
literaryMovement Romanticism
manipulatedBy Lady Ashton
narrativeRole protagonist
victim of family and political intrigue
nationalityInFiction Scottish
operaCharacterName Lucia Ashton
oppressedBy Lady Ashton
settingOfLife Lammermoor, Scotland
spouse Lord Arthur Bucklaw
symbolizes innocence destroyed by social ambition
timePeriod late 17th century

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Lucia Ashton basedOn Lucy Ashton
Edgar Ravenswood loves Lucy Ashton
Lady Ashton child Lucy Ashton
Lady Ashton conflictWith Lucy Ashton
Ashton family member Lucy Ashton