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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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- 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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- Mrs. Alving
family · negative
- Regina Engstrand
family · negative
- Pastor Manders
social · negative
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