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Higg

Saxon peasant, son of the swineherd, briefly mentioned.

minor

First appearance: v

Higg shows up with force in Chapter XXXVIII. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Crippled peasant who delivers Rebecca's scroll to Isaac.
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Character Web

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RERebeccaLDLucas de Beaum…IOIsaac of YorkGUGurthCTCedric the SaxonHIHigg

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  • Other

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  • Central characters and antagonists
  • Protagonist

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

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

In this passage, the emotional and psychological peak occurs when Rebecca defies her father’s religious scrupl…

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See Higg in v
See Higg in Chapter XXXVIII