# Goonight Lou — Poetry character guide

> Goonight Lou in Poetry by T. S. Eliot.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Goonight

**First appearance:** 0031-sweeney-among-the-nightingales

## Who they are

A character in Sweeney Agonistes, part of a vaudeville-style dialogue.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/characters/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.

### [Marie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/characters/marie)

_social_

Goonight Lou and Marie are linked through the narrator's associative memory, contrasting aristocratic nostalgia with vulgar entertainment.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/characters/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.

## In the story

### [II: A Game of Chess](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/chapters/ii-a-game-of-chess)

Lou is one of the pub patrons bid goodnight at the end of the chapter.

## Links

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