Look Homeward, Angel · Character
Sister Sheba
A religious woman who boards at Eliza's.
minor
Also known as Sister Sheba, Sheba
First appearance: part ii xiv
Sister Sheba shows up with force in XXV. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Expresses fervent love for England, recalls kissing English soil, and weeps with patriotic emotion.
Sister Sheba first appears in 0018 part ii xiv.
In XXV: Expresses fervent love for England, recalls kissing English soil, and weeps with patriotic emotion.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Gant Family Core
- Boarding House & Community
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Closing
Gant, having emerged from his "charnel-house of death," witnesses Eugene's triumph and feels his heart "lifted…
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See Sister Sheba in part ii xiv