Against the Grain · Character
the servant
Unnamed household staff who attend to Des Esseintes' needs.
minor
Also known as his servant, the servants
First appearance: i
the servant shows up with force in Notice. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Implied presence in the household at Fontenay, though not explicitly named in this excerpt.
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In Notice: Implied presence in the household at Fontenay, though not explicitly named in this excerpt. Later, in Chapter II: The two old servants from the Château de Lourps are kept on; they are trained to be silent…
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- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
The emotional and psychological peak occurs in the narrator's horrifying self-confrontation in the mirror, whe…
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