A Personal Record · Character

The Servant

A household servant in the narrator's recollections.

minor

Also known as the servant

The Servant's tie to Narrator is one of the pressures that moves A Personal Record—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

The servant at Nicholas B.'s homestead is the one who interacts with the Cossack officer during the search, providing a detailed account of the event.

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With Narrator (professional): The Servant is a domestic employee or helper in the narrator's household or ship, with a routine service relationship. With Our Master (professional): Our Master and The Servant have a hierarchical employer-employee relationship, likely aboard a ship or in a household. With Narrator (professional): The Servant is a domestic employee or helper in the narrator's household or ship, with a routine service relationship.

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Relationship types

Professional

Character groups

Maritime and Literary Acquaintances
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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

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Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Narrator
professional · ambivalent
The Servant is a domestic employee or helper in the narrator's household or ship, with a… How this plays out →
Our Master
professional · ambivalent
Narrator
professional · ambivalent
The Servant is a domestic employee or helper in the narrator's household or ship, with a… How this plays out →
Our Master
professional · ambivalent
Narrator
professional · ambivalent
The Servant is a domestic employee or helper in the narrator's household or ship, with a… How this plays out →

Narrator
The Servant is a domestic employee or helper in the narrator's household or ship, with a routine service relationship.
Our Master
Our Master and The Servant have a hierarchical employer-employee relationship, likely aboard a ship or in a household.
Narrator
The Servant is a domestic employee or helper in the narrator's household or ship, with a routine service relationship.
Our Master
Our Master and The Servant have a hierarchical employer-employee relationship, likely aboard a ship or in a household.
Narrator
The Servant is a domestic employee or helper in the narrator's household or ship, with a routine service relationship.

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