Poetry · Character
Bonynge
The self-styled 'great Bonynge,' a figure whose grandiosity Bierce holds up for the reader's skeptical amusement.
supporting
Also known as the great Bonynge
First appearance: poetry
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The great Bonynge, who petitions the British Queen and later makes faces at Mackay, instigating the feud.
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The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the speaker’s obsessive pursuit of the divine rose fragrance…
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