Poetry · Character
Pixley Pasha
A titled figure whose grand pasha airs collide with Bierce's satiric verse, exposing the pomp and pretense lurking beneath official dignity.
supporting
Also known as Pixley
First appearance: poetry
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Depicted as a sycophantic advisor who licks Stanford's feet and is kicked when the mountain does not obey.
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In For President, Leland Stanford: Depicted as a sycophantic advisor who licks Stanford's feet and is kicked when the mountain does not obey. Later, in Indicted: Referenced in a quote by George Gorham about facing…
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- Diverse Allegorical and Named Figures
- Protagonist
- Personifications and Named Characters
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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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