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Fancy

Personified imagination or whimsy.

minor

First appearance: a book of dreams

Fancy shows up with force in July. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mentioned as having doves swept away by a whirlwind, symbolizing the loss of imaginative or spiritual comfort.
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In July: Mentioned as having doves swept away by a whirlwind, symbolizing the loss of imaginative or spiritual comfort. Later, in Second Sight: Personified as the rich imaginative force that doubles back seeming forms…

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Character Web

8 connections

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LBLittle Boy BluePAPaUNUnknownJCJesus ChristGOGodFAFancy

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Diverse Allegorical and Named Characters
  • Religious and Mythological Figures
  • Protagonist

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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