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Mrs. Franklyn

A woman who appears in a ghost story.

minor

Also known as Franklyn

First appearance: the room in the tower

Mrs. Franklyn shows up with force in The House with the Brickkiln. The page is where that presence becomes real.

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In The House with the Brickkiln: Mrs. Franklyn is the housekeeper who is startled by an unseen presence in the narrator's bedroom and finds her candle mysteriously extinguished. Later, in The House with the Brickkiln:…

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UNUnknown NarratorJSJack StoneFHFrank HaltonMSMy ServantMFMrs. Franklyn

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Ensemble of eerie encounters
  • Protagonist
  • Romantic supernatural participants
  • Recurring central figures

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationClimax
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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point

This excerpt is the dramatic climax because it marks the emotional and psychological peak where Roderick’s vei…

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See Mrs. Franklyn in the room in the tower