| Count Manfred—German nobleman who is tortured by the limitations of mortality and by guilt over his lost love | |
| Studies black magic to transcend human limitations | |
| Conjures the dark spirits to provide forgetfulness |
| Spirits instead leave him with a “curse” “Nor to slumber, nor to die” (1. 1. 254) | |
| Attempts suicide in the Alps and is saved by Chamois Hunter | |
| Tells his story to the Witch of the Alps | |
| Persuades Arimanes to call up ghost of Astarte |
| Astarte’s prophecy: “Tomorrow ends thine earthly ills” (2. 4. 152) | |
| Abbot of St. Maurice suggests repentance and offers God’s forgiveness | |
| Dark spirits arrive to claim Manfred’s soul | |
| Manfred defies God and the spirits to die on his own terms— “Old man! ’tis not so difficult to die” (3. 4. 151) |
| The Swiss Alps—snow and high mountains |
| Swiss Alps—snow and high mountains | ||
| Isolation | ||
| Spiritual death, coldness | ||
| Ambition, superiority | ||
| Manfred’s Gothic Castle | ||
| Isolation | ||
| Loftiness | ||
| Power | ||
| Imprisonment | ||
| The Tower | ||
| Ambition, superiority | ||
| Imprisonment | ||
| The Forbidden Room | ||
| Forbidden knowledge | ||
| Guilt | ||
| Noble/Superior—p. 601, 2. 2. 50-96, p. 608, 2. 4. 51-72 | |
| Outcast/Wanderer | |
| Self-Reliant/Individualist | |
| Defiant—defies Witch of the Alps, Arimanes, religion, the dark spirits, death, pp. 620-621, 3. 4. 80-153 |
| Amoral—follows own moral code | |
| Enigmatic—mysterious past, nameless curse—incest, p. 602-603, 2. 2. 100-121 |
| Melancholy/Moody—p. 596, 1. 2. 36-47 | |
| Man of Action | |
| World weary—p. 589, 1. 1. 1-26 |