# Lovely Phoebe — Disenchantment character guide

> Lovely Phoebe in Disenchantment by C. E. Montague.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0059-x-autumn-tints-in-chivalry

## Who they are

A character from Shakespeare's As You Like It, a literary allusion.

## In the story

### [VIII: The Duty of Lying](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/viii-the-duty-of-lying)

Character from Scott's 'Woodstock' used to illustrate Tomkins' seductive moral reasoning, which the author likens to the propaganda expert's self-justification.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/vii)

Mentioned as the object of Tomkins' seduction in Scott's 'Woodstock', used as an analogy for the corruption of truth.

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