# El Capitan — Poetry character guide

> El Capitan in Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Elwood

**First appearance:** 0000-poetry

## Who they are

El Capitan, also called Elwood, cuts a commanding figure whose Spanish title and bearing invite both respect and Bierce's sly scrutiny.

## In the story

### [The Valley of the Shadow of Theft](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/the-valley-of-the-shadow-of-theft)

Personified as foreseeing his reign disputed, beclouding his head.

### [XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/xliii)

Referenced as Bruner, called Elwood, the subject of the mournful epitaph.

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