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Helena Glory

President of the Humanity League who arrives at Rossum's to stir a revolt, then stays to marry its manager and carry a private guilt about the Robots' souls.

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Also known as Helena, Miss Glory, Madame Helena, Madame Domin

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Helena comes to the factory as an outsider with a cause, warning Domin that she intends to rouse the Robots, and ends up his wife ten years later in the same room. Haunted by the 'cruel strangeness' between humans and Robots, she asked Dr. Gall to give them a physiological correlate of soul, hoping they could not hate what resembled them. Her tenderness is both the play's conscience and its quietest incitement, and she is the one who finally names Gall's secret aloud.

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Romantic
Friendship
Psychological
Professional

Character groups

Protagonist
Corporate and Scientific Founders
Human Survivors and Emotional Robots

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Relationships

Harry Domin
romantic · positive
Harry Domin is deeply in love with Helena and proposes to her, though she initially… How this plays out →
Dr. Gall
friendship · positive
Sulla
psychological · ambivalent
Primus
friendship · positive
Nana
professional · positive
Busman
friendship · positive
Alquist
friendship · positive
Old Rossum
psychological · negative
President Glory
family · ambivalent

Harry Domin
Harry Domin is deeply in love with Helena and proposes to her, though she initially resists his controlling nature.
Dr. Gall
Dr. Gall is a sympathetic ally to Helena, often confiding in her and supporting her humanitarian concerns.
Sulla
Helena is disturbed by Sulla's robotic nature and tries to treat her as a human, creating an uneasy dynamic.
Primus
Helena feels a maternal affection for Primus, seeing him as a gentle and human-like robot.
Nana
Nana is Helena's strict and loyal nurse, often acting as a guardian and moral compass.
Busman
Busman is jovial and friendly toward Helena, often joking with her to lighten the mood.
Alquist
Alquist is a gentle, older friend to Helena, sharing her compassion for robots and concern for humanity.
Old Rossum
Helena is fascinated and horrified by Old Rossum's god-like ambition in creating robots, viewing him as a distant, almost mythical figure.
President Glory
President Glory is Helena's father, a powerful political figure who disapproves of her marriage to Domin.

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