Getting Married · Character
Edith
A bride-to-be whose wedding-day nerves expose the gap between romantic expectation and the grim economics of marriage.
supporting
Also known as Miss Edith, Edith Shocked, Edie, Edith Cecil
First appearance: getting married
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Edith stands at the center of the play's wedding party, sister to Lesbia and promised to Cecil Sykes, and it is her fate that the assembled company spends the day debating. Her anxiety is not merely jitters: Shaw uses…
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Relationship types
- Romantic
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Wedding party and family
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Cecil Sykes
romantic · positive
- Reginald Hotchkiss
social · ambivalent
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