Gulliver’s Travels · Character

Flimnap

Lilliput's Lord High Treasurer, a nimble rope-dancer at court whose jealousy over his wife and his ledger makes him Gulliver's most persistent enemy.

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First appearance: Chapter III

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The Lilliputian treasurer who is jealous of Gulliver and plots against him.

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Flimnap governs the empire's money and its factions with equal dexterity, and he is rumored to have danced on a rope better than any minister in memory. His hostility to Gulliver is personal before it is political: he suspects the Man-Mountain of an affair with his wife and resents the cost of feeding him. As the treasurer who signs the impeachment, he embodies how private spite and public accounting become indistinguishable in a small state.

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Skyresh Bolgolam
rivalry · negative
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Reldresal
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Gulliver's Travels
The Lilliputian treasurer who is jealous of Gulliver and plots against him.
Part I: A Voyage to Lilliput
The Lilliputian treasurer who accuses Gulliver of adultery and supports the conspiracy against him.
Chapter III
Treasurer of Lilliput; noted for his skill in rope-dancing, leaping higher than other lords.
Chapter V
Whispers to the emperor that Gulliver's interactions with Blefuscu ambassadors show disaffection.
VI
The treasurer who is deceived by false reports about his wife and Gulliver, leading to Gulliver's loss of credit.
VII
High-treasurer, enemy of Gulliver due to his lady; supports the death penalty.
Chapter VIII
Referenced as the treasurer who conspires with the Lilliputian emperor against Gulliver.
Chapter I
Not present in this chapter.
Chapter III
Not present in this chapter.
Chapter XI
Not present in this chapter.
Chapter III
Not present in this chapter.

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