Honeycomb · Character

Eve

Eve giggles in a new arch way, caught up in wedding tableaux, while Miriam watches and wonders whether she herself has become more vulgar than Eve.

supporting

Also known as Dear Eve

First appearance: I

As a supporting figure in Honeycomb, Eve is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Mentioned as one of the children; Miriam observes her during dinner.

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Eve is being swept into the Henderson family's orbit by Bennett and Gerald, her giggling a new and perhaps borrowed manner, like the girls at the tennis club. She flings anemones on the table and calls Miriam's decoration 'simply lovely,' her easy warmth a counterpoint to Miriam's cool, startling command that silences the room. She matters as the sister-in-law-to-be, the wedding tableau made real, and as the mirror in which Miriam measures her own freedom, her own truth, and the cost of speaking it.

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Character Web

18 connections

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Relationship types

Friendship
Social
Other

Character groups

Core social circle
Protagonist

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Narrative arc

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

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Closing

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Relationships

Miriam
friendship · positive
Eve is Miriam's close friend and confidante, though their bond is strained by Miriam's… How this plays out →
Mrs. Corrie
social · ambivalent
Miriam
friendship · positive
Eve is Miriam's close friend and confidante, though their bond is strained by Miriam's… How this plays out →
Miriam
friendship · positive
Eve is Miriam's close friend and confidante, though their bond is strained by Miriam's… How this plays out →

Miriam
Eve is Miriam's close friend and confidante, though their bond is strained by Miriam's obsessive tendencies.
Mrs. Corrie
Eve is a social acquaintance of Mrs. Corrie, maintaining polite distance due to Mrs. Corrie's intimidating nature.
Miriam
Eve is Miriam's close friend and confidante, though their bond is strained by Miriam's obsessive tendencies.
Miriam
Eve is Miriam's close friend and confidante, though their bond is strained by Miriam's obsessive tendencies.

Relationship notes

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In the story

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Chapter companion notes

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