Ivanhoe
Introduction + Context
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Dedicatory Epistle Volume 1, Chapter 1 Volume 1, Chapter 2 Volume 1, Chapter 3 Volume 1, Chapter 4 Volume 1, Chapter 5 Volume 1, Chapter 6 Volume 1, Chapter 7 Volume 1, Chapter 8 Volume 1, Chapter 9 Volume 1, Chapter 10 Volume 1, Chapter 11 Volume 1, Chapter 12 Volume 1, Chapter 13 Volume 1, Chapter 14 Volume 2, Chapter 1 Volume 2, Chapter 2 Volume 2, Chapter 3 Volume 2, Chapter 4 Volume 2, Chapter 5 Volume 2, Chapter 6 Volume 2, Chapter 7 Volume 2, Chapter 8 Volume 2, Chapter 9 Volume 2, Chapter 10 Volume 2, Chapter 11  Volume 2, Chapter 12 Volume 2, Chapter 13 Volume 2, Chapter 14 Volume 2, Chapter 15 Volume 2, Chapter 16 Volume 3, Chapter 1 Volume 3, Chapter 2 Volume 3, Chapter 3 Volume 3, Chapter 4 Volume 3, Chapter 5 Volume 3, Chapter 6 Volume 3, Chapter 7 Volume 3, Chapter 8 Volume 3, Chapter 9 Volume 3, Chapter 10 Volume 3, Chapter 11 Volume 3, Chapter 12 Volume 3, Chapter 13 Volume 3, Chapter 14
Themes
All Themes The Merits of Chivalry Disguise and Discovery Inheritance and Displacement The Vulnerability and Power of Women History vs. Romance
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Characters
All Characters King Richard (the Black Knight) Rebecca Wilfred of Ivanhoe (the Palmer, the Disinherited Knight) Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert Isaac Cedric Athelstane of Coningsburgh Locksley/Robin Hood (The Yeoman Archer) Maurice de Bracy Waldemar Fitzurse Reginald Front-de-Boeuf Gurth Wamba Prince John Lucas de Beaumanoir Rowena Cleric of Copmanhurst Prior Aymer Ulrica (Dame Urfried) Lawrence Templeton Philip de Malvoisin
Symbols
All Symbols Oak Tree
Literary Devices
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Ivanhoe

by

Walter Scott
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Oak Tree

The oak tree in Ivanhoe symbolizes strength, resilience, freedom, and Englishness. Oppressed Saxons, including both the servants Wamba and Gurth and freemen like Locksley, the Cleric of Copmanhurst, and their compatriots, gather under…

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