# Mr. Sieppe — McTeague character guide

> Mr. Sieppe in McTeague by Frank Norris.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mrs. Sieppe, the Sieppe

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Snapshot

Trina's German immigrant father, a bustling family man whose household absorbs McTeague into its noisy, orderly routines.

## Who they are

Mr. Sieppe heads the large, boisterous Sieppe family, whose picnics, outings, and crowded domestic life give Trina her social world and give McTeague his first taste of belonging to a household. He and his wife treat Marcus as Trina's acknowledged young man, so the family's expectations quietly shape the courtship contest between Marcus and the dentist. His immigrant frugality and family pride set the modest, striving backdrop against which Trina's small fortune and McTeague's clumsy passion play out.

## Relationships

### [Trina Sieppe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mcteague_se/characters/trina_sieppe)

_family_

Mr. Sieppe is Trina's strict and eccentric father, who arranges her marriage to McTeague.

### [Marcus Schouler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mcteague_se/characters/marcus_schouler)

_social_

Marcus is a former suitor and acquaintance of Mr. Sieppe's family.

### [Trina Sieppe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mcteague_se/characters/trina_sieppe)

_family_

Mr. Sieppe is Trina's strict and eccentric father, who arranges her marriage to McTeague.

### [Marcus Schouler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mcteague_se/characters/marcus_schouler)

_social_

Marcus is a former suitor and acquaintance of Mr. Sieppe's family.

### [Marcus Schouler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mcteague_se/characters/marcus_schouler)

_social_

Marcus is a former suitor and acquaintance of Mr. Sieppe's family.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mcteague_se/chapters/v)

Puzzled by the change in Trina's suitors, comments on the shift from Schouler to the dentist.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mcteague_se/chapters/vi)

Mrs. Sieppe is included in the theatre party and insists that little August join them.

### [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mcteague_se/chapters/ix)

Decides not to dower Trina further due to his own family's expenses; commands the table at supper.

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