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Fritz Tannhauser

A large, good-natured soldier in Claude's company.

minor

Also known as Fritz, big Tannhauser, Tannhauser

First appearance: i

Fritz Tannhauser shows up with force in Book IV: The Voyage of the Anchises. The page is where that presence becomes real.

A large, good-natured soldier who provides comic relief and camaraderie.
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In Book IV: The Voyage of the Anchises: A large, good-natured soldier who provides comic relief and camaraderie. Later, in VI: Corporal Tannhauser is delirious in the hospital, speaking German, and is later buried at…

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CTCorporal Tannh…CWClaude WheelerLCLieutenant Col…BFBert FullerEDEd DrierFTFritz Tannhauser

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Additional soldiers and war figures
  • Extended cast of minor characters
  • Protagonist
  • Hometown community and family
  • War comrades and French hosts

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.

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

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