# Puritan — Fifty-One Tales character guide

> Puritan in Fifty-One Tales by Lord Dunsany.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0018-the-demagogue-and-the-demimonde

## Who they are

A Puritan figure, appears as a character in a tale.

## Relationships

### [The Devil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/the_devil)

_rivalry_

The Puritan and the Devil are direct enemies, representing the struggle between moral rigidity and temptation.

## In the story

### [Roses](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/chapters/roses)

Mentioned as 'Puritan flowers' shocked by the deeper pink of the roses.

### [A Moral Little Tale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/chapters/a-moral-little-tale)

An earnest man who opposes dancing and laughter, dressed in black, with a flowing white beard. He is tricked by the Devil and dragged into Hell.

## Links

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