Manfred (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Lord George Gordon Byron
- First Published: 1817
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Poetic
- Time of Work: No time set
- Setting: The Alps
- Genres: Poetry, Closet drama
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, Love or romance, Europe or Europeans, Poetry or poets, Social life, Antiheroes, England or English people, Hell, Devils or demons, Evil
- Locales: Alps
Characters Discussed
Manfred, a magician who summons the spirits of the universe, asking them for knowledge and oblivion. Although he contemplates suicide, mourning his limited powers, he is saved by a chamois hunter. He continues to raise other spirits and refuses the help of the church. Because he does not give his loyalty to the church or the powers of evil, he dies conquered by nothing but death.
The Spirit of Air, who asks Manfred what he wants to forget, a question the magician cannot answer.
The Spirit of Interior Fire,
the Spirit of Ocean,
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