Revolving Lights · Character

Miss Prout

Poor Miss Prout hovers at the edge of the group's talk, one of the women whose fate the others discuss without quite looking at.

supporting

Also known as Poor Miss Prout

First appearance: revolving lights

As a supporting figure in Revolving Lights, Miss Prout is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Sewing on the terrace, engages in conversation with Miriam, and reacts to Simpson's arrival.

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Miss Prout belongs to the small circle whose lives Miriam and Alma tally up in a single breath, alongside Miss Lane and Mildred Gaunt and Eunice Bradley, three of their own number 'all gone mad.' She is less a presence than a pressure: the name that keeps returning when the conversation turns to women sitting about in big houses on their father's money. She matters because she is the quiet evidence that the golden picture has a black shadow moving slowly down upon it.

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Character Web

14 connections

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Relationship types

Professional
Other

Character groups

Core emotional and domestic figures
Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

Setup
Breaking point

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Relationships

Miriam
professional · ambivalent
Miriam works under Miss Prout, who is her employer and mentor at the school, with a… How this plays out →
Hypo
professional · ambivalent
Alma
professional · negative
The Old Servant
professional · neutral
Miriam
professional · ambivalent
Miriam works under Miss Prout, who is her employer and mentor at the school, with a… How this plays out →
The Old Servant
professional · neutral
Hypo
professional · ambivalent

Miriam
Miriam works under Miss Prout, who is her employer and mentor at the school, with a dynamic of authority and reluctant respect.
Hypo
Hypo and Miss Prout have a professional relationship, with Miss Prout viewing Hypo as a capable but unconventional figure.
Alma
Alma and Miss Prout have a professional relationship, with Alma often feeling constrained by Miss Prout's rigid expectations.
The Old Servant
Miss Prout employs the old servant, and their relationship is one of master-servant, with the servant being loyal but underappreciated.
Miriam
Miriam works under Miss Prout, who is her employer and mentor at the school, with a dynamic of authority and reluctant respect.
The Old Servant
Miss Prout employs the old servant, and their relationship is one of master-servant, with the servant being loyal but underappreciated.
Hypo
Hypo and Miss Prout have a professional relationship, with Miss Prout viewing Hypo as a capable but unconventional figure.

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