Poetry · Character
Pat Satan
The recording angel's nightmare and Nevada's loudest mourner, roaring through hell and heaven alike while the Silver King's torments shake the great white throne.
supporting
Also known as Satan
First appearance: poetry
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Appears in the poem, comically crossing himself and disavowing the violent scene.
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Pat Satan presides over an infernal din that mingles inextinguishable mirth with the weeping of Virginia City, his bellowings rattling the Sharons and startling the recording angel from sleep. He is less a tempter than…
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- Diverse Allegorical and Named Figures
- Protagonist
- Satanic and Thrifty Characters
- Personifications and Named Characters
- Religious and Historical Figures
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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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