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R.U.R. · Character

Fabry

Rossum's chief engineer, who rigs twelve hundred volts into the garden railing while the Robots mass silently outside.

supporting

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Fabry is the hands-on technical mind of the factory, the man who lays cable, barricades stairs, and keeps the electrical works burning as the last proof that humans still function. Where Domin strategizes and Gall…

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DGDr. GallHGHelena GloryHDHarry DominBUBusmanNANanaFAFabry

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Rebels, Engineers, and Absent Authority
  • Corporate and Scientific Founders
  • Protagonist
  • Human Survivors and Emotional Robots

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

SetupClimax
  • Setup
  • Breaking point

Alquist’s psychological peak is his frantic, desperate prayer for the secret of Robot reproduction, revealing…

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