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Fancy

The personified faculty of imagination and whimsy.

minor

Also known as sweet Fancy, the Fancy

First appearance: sleep and poetry

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Central personification of imagination, depicted as a winged, roaming force that brings together all seasonal delights and escapes the satiety of ordinary pleasure.
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In Fancy: Central personification of imagination, depicted as a winged, roaming force that brings together all seasonal delights and escapes the satiety of ordinary pleasure. Later, in V: The gardener Fancy who breeds…

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  • Extended mythological and narrative cast
  • Endymion's quest characters
  • Protagonist

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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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