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Stetson

A fellow soldier addressed in The Waste Land, linked to the Punic Wars and resurrection.

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First appearance: I: The Burial of the Dead

Stetson's tie to Saint Mary Woolnoth is one of the pressures that moves Poetry—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

An acquaintance encountered in the Unreal City, addressed by the narrator as a fellow soldier from the Battle of Mylae.
In the storyThe Waste LandOpen this moment free

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With Saint Mary Woolnoth (social): Saint Mary Woolnoth and Stetson are linked as part of the same desolate urban scene, with Stetson being…

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See Stetson in I: The Burial of the Dead

Character Web

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SMSaint Mary Woo…STStetson

Relationship types

  • Social

Character groups

  • The Waste Land characters

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SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • 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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Relationships

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See Stetson in I: The Burial of the Dead

In the story

Stetson appears across 2 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

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See Stetson in I: The Burial of the Dead
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