# Napoleon — Sartor Resartus character guide

> Napoleon in Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0024-i-incident-in-modern-history

## Who they are

French emperor, used as a symbol of world-historical force.

## In the story

### [Miscellaneous-Historical](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/vii-miscellaneous-historical)

Cited as an example of how even the greatest figures become obsolete within a few years.

### [Sorrows of Teufelsdröckh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/vi-sorrows-of-teufelsdr-ckh)

Cited as representing his sorrows through grand military spectacle, another contrast to Teufelsdröckh's quiet endurance.

### [Centre of Indifference](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/viii-centre-of-indifference)

Teufelsdröckh describes his varied encounters with Napoleon, calling him a 'Divine Missionary' and 'Ideopraxist.'

### [The Phoenix](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/v-the-phoenix)

Mentioned as one of the 'millions of men' consumed in the metaphorical funeral pyre of societal transformation.

### [VII: Organic Filaments](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/vii-organic-filaments)

Referenced indirectly through the discussion of fighting titles and the nature of kingship.

### [Natural Supernaturalism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/viii-natural-supernaturalism)

Mentioned as a spectre whose campaigns have vanished like a ghostly hunt.

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