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Decline and Fall · Character

Mr. Sniggs

A college dean at Scone College, Oxford.

minor

Also known as Sniggs

First appearance: prelude

Mr. Sniggs shows up with force in Resurrection. The page is where that presence becomes real.

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In Resurrection: Mr. Sniggs is a don present at the Chaplain's breakfast, who addresses the Chaplain as…

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MPMr. Postlethwa…PPPaul Pennyfeat…MPMr. PartridgePPPeter PastmasterLCLord Circumfer…MSMr. Sniggs

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Minor School Staff
  • Protagonist
  • Extended Cast of Satire
  • Llanabba School Circle

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

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

The emotional and psychological peak occurs when Sir Wilfred Lucas-Dockery, in his deluded optimism, treats th…

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See Mr. Sniggs in prelude