What Is Art? · Character
Siegmund
Hero in Wagner's Die Walküre, part of the Ring cycle.
minor
First appearance: i
Siegmund's tie to Sieglinda is one of the pressures that moves What Is Art?—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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With Sieglinda (romantic): Sieglinda and Siegmund are twin siblings and forbidden lovers, bound by incestuous passion. With Wotan (family): Siegmund is Wotan's son, but their relationship is strained by divine duty and…
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Relationship types
- Romantic
- Family
- Rivalry
- Other
Character groups
- Wagner's Ring characters
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
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- Sieglinda
romantic · positive
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- Wotan
family · ambivalent
- Hunding
rivalry · negative
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