A Man Could Stand Up— · Character
Miss Wanostrocht
The headmistress who employs Valentine Wannop, a woman of cautious principle caught between loyalty to a teacher she values and the scandal Lady Macmaster has carried into her school.
supporting
First appearance: a man could stand up
As a supporting figure in A Man Could Stand Up—, Miss Wanostrocht is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Head of the school, delegates the task of keeping order to Valentine and sends her to answer the telephone.
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Miss Wanostrocht runs the girls' school where Valentine teaches physical instruction, and she sits at the center of the small storm of gossip that follows Valentine's name. She once sat at the feet of Valentine's father…
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Relationship types
- Professional
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Social and Military Elite
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Closing
This is the story's dramatic climax because it presents the emotional and psychological peak where Valentine W…
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- Valentine Wannop
professional · ambivalent
Miss Wanostrocht is Valentine's employer and headmistress, maintaining a formal but… How this plays out →
- Edith Ethel Duchemin
social · ambivalent
- Sylvia Tietjens
social · ambivalent
- Valentine Wannop
professional · ambivalent
Miss Wanostrocht is Valentine's employer and headmistress, maintaining a formal but… How this plays out →
- Valentine Wannop
professional · ambivalent
Miss Wanostrocht is Valentine's employer and headmistress, maintaining a formal but… How this plays out →
- Sylvia Tietjens
social · ambivalent
- Edith Ethel Duchemin
social · ambivalent
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