# Tennyson — Orthodoxy character guide

> Tennyson in Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Alfred, Lord Tennyson

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-the-suicide-of-thought

## Who they are

Poet laureate, cited for his lines on faith and doubt.

## Relationships

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orthodoxy_se/characters/narrator)

_psychological_

Tennyson's poetry is used by the narrator to illustrate the Victorian struggle between faith and doubt.

## In the story

### [The Romance of Orthodoxy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orthodoxy_se/chapters/viii-the-romance-of-orthodoxy)

Quoted for the line 'there was faith in their honest doubt,' illustrating the dogmatic materialism behind disbelief in miracles.

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