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Disenchantment · Character

Satan

The devil, used as a symbolic or rhetorical figure in the narrative.

minor

First appearance: i

Satan's tie to Unknown Narrator is one of the pressures that moves Disenchantment—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

Referenced in the phrase 'bid Satan get him behind them' to describe the moderate nature of English profiteers.
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With Unknown Narrator (psychological): Satan appears as a symbolic or allegorical figure in the narrator's moral or philosophical reflections. In III: Referenced in the phrase 'bid Satan get him behind them' to…

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Character Web

1 connection

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Relationship types

  • Psychological

Character groups

  • Expansive symbolic and historical allusions
  • Protagonist

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Narrative arc

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

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

This is the story’s dramatic climax because it marks the emotional and psychological peak where hatred collaps…

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Relationships

Relationship notes

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In the story

Satan appears across 2 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

Chapter companion notes

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Who is Satan in Disenchantment?