# Mr. Chambers — Culture and Anarchy character guide

> Mr. Chambers in Culture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Chambers

**First appearance:** 0002-culture-and-anarchy

## Who they are

A figure mentioned in relation to educational and cultural debates.

## Relationships

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/culture_and_anarchy_se/characters/narrator)

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Mr. Chambers is a public figure whose views on education and culture the narrator engages with, often in a critical manner.

## In the story

### [Our Liberal Practitioners](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/culture_and_anarchy_se/chapters/vi-our-liberal-practitioners)

Mentioned as an example of Hebraism's mechanical use of Scripture, citing 'Be fruitful and multiply' as God's law.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/culture_and_anarchy_se/chapters/iii)

Introduced the bill to marry a deceased wife's sister, citing God's law (Leviticus) as not forbidding it.

### [Chapter IV: Hebraism, Hellenism, and the Social Question](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/culture_and_anarchy_se/chapters/iv)

Referenced as an example of Hebraistic reliance on Scripture to justify large families.

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