Poetry · Character
Goonight Lou
A character in Sweeney Agonistes, part of a vaudeville-style dialogue.
minor
Also known as Goonight
First appearance: sweeney among the nightingales
Goonight Lou's tie to Unknown Narrator is one of the pressures that moves Poetry—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Lou is one of the pub patrons bid goodnight at the end of the chapter.
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With Unknown Narrator (social): Goonight Lou is a character from a music-hall song, representing the tawdry, performative side of urban nightlife observed by the narrator. With Marie (social): Goonight Lou and Marie are…
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Relationship types
- Social
Character groups
- The Waste Land characters
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the speaker, having been devoured and reduced to dry bones, e…
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- Unknown Narrator
social · ambivalent
Goonight Lou is a character from a music-hall song, representing the tawdry, performative… How this plays out →
- Marie
social · ambivalent
- Unknown Narrator
social · ambivalent
Goonight Lou is a character from a music-hall song, representing the tawdry, performative… How this plays out →
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