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Decline and Fall · Character

Scone

A college butler at Oxford.

minor

First appearance: prelude

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Character Web

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CGCaptain GrimesLCLady Circumfer…MBMargot Beste-C…PPPaul Pennyfeat…SASir Alastair D…SCScone

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Extended Cast of Satire
  • Llanabba School Circle
  • Protagonist

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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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