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Captain Alving

The late Captain Alving, remembered in the town as a pillar of generosity and in his own house as a broken man whose appetites outlived him.

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Also known as Mr. Alving, Chamberlain Alving, Chamberlain

First appearance: ghosts

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Chamberlain Alving's portrait hangs over the household and his name is on the orphanage being built in his honour, but the man behind the memorial was dissolute long before his son was born. His widow has spent years…

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MAMrs. AlvingRERegina EngstrandPMPastor MandersCACaptain Alving

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  • Family
  • Social

Character groups

  • Alving family secrets
  • Protagonist

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  • Breaking point

This scene is the dramatic climax because it reveals the full, catastrophic culmination of the Alving family’s…

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