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Philip

A servant or minor character.

minor

First appearance: letter 34 viscount valmont to the marchioness de merteuil

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VDViscount de Va…MBM. BertrandCVCecilia VolangesLFLa FleurePHPhilip

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Servants, family, and targets
  • Protagonist
  • Young lovers and rivals

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

This is the dramatic climax because Valmont reaches the peak of his sadistic triumph—the "brilliant éclat" of…

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See Philip in letter 34 viscount valmont to the marchioness de merteuil