Dubliners · Character

Lenehan

A clever, threadbare Dublin schemer who trails behind Corley's swagger, hungry for a look at the woman his friend is working.

supporting

First appearance: Two Gallants

As a supporting figure in Dubliners, Lenehan is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

A parasitic drifter who lives by his wits, Lenehan accompanies Corley and anxiously awaits the result of his friend's scheme.

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Lenehan moves through Dublin's streets as a dependent wit, bright-eyed and quick to read a room, but always a step behind the bolder men he attaches himself to. He craves a share in Corley's conquests yet knows he must use tact to avoid being dismissed, and his anxious scrutiny of the woman at Hume Street reveals both his hunger and his exclusion. He matters because his watchfulness turns the story's small conspiracy into a portrait of Dublin's restless, sidelined poor.

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Character Web

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Relationship types

Friendship
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Character groups

Street-level schemers and infatuations
Central protagonists and catalysts

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Narrative arc

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Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Corley
friendship · ambivalent
Two streetwise companions, with Corley as the boastful leader and Lenehan as his admiring… How this plays out →
Corley
friendship · ambivalent
Two streetwise companions, with Corley as the boastful leader and Lenehan as his admiring… How this plays out →
Corley
friendship · ambivalent
Two streetwise companions, with Corley as the boastful leader and Lenehan as his admiring… How this plays out →

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