Dombey and Son · Character
Sir Barnet Skettles
Neighbor and MP who befriends the Dombeys.
minor
Also known as Sir Barnet Skettles, Sir Barnet, Barnet, Skettles
First appearance: xii paul s education
Sir Barnet Skettles's tie to Major Bagstock is one of the pressures that moves Dombey and Son—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Hosts Florence, proposes she write to her father, and invites Mr.
Sir Barnet Skettles first appears in 0015 xii paul s education.
With Major Bagstock (social): Major Bagstock and Sir Barnet Skettles are social acquaintances who move in the same high-society circles, exchanging flattery and gossip. With Mr. Dombey (social): Mr. Dombey and Sir Barnet Skettles maintain a formal, status-conscious social acquaintance, based on business and class respectability. With Major Bagstock (social): Major Bagstock and Sir Barnet Skettles are social acquaintances who move in the same high-society circles, exchanging flattery and gossip.
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Relationship types
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Central characters and household
- Lower-class family and schemers
- Minor and background figures
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Major Bagstock
social · ambivalent
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- Mr. Dombey
social · ambivalent
- Major Bagstock
social · ambivalent
Major Bagstock and Sir Barnet Skettles are social acquaintances who move in the same… How this plays out →
- Mr. Dombey
social · ambivalent
- Mr. Dombey
social · ambivalent
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