Eminent Victorians · Character
Dr. Arnold
The Rugby headmaster whose earnest piety and moral seriousness remade English public schools — and, some said, remade the English character itself.
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Also known as Arnold, Thomas Arnold, Mr. Thomas Arnold
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One of the four subjects, representing education and moral reform.
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Arnold arrives at Rugby in 1828 with a reputation for piety and a mandate to reform, and he sets about turning a rough school into a nursery of Christian gentlemen. His early religious doubts, soothed by Keble's advice…
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- Catholic Church Hierarchy
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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