She Stoops to Conquer · Character
Mr. Marlow
A polished gentleman abroad but a stammering schoolboy before modest women, Marlow rides to the country to meet a bride he has never seen.
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Also known as Marlow, Charles Marlow, Young Marlow
First appearance: act i
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Marlow arrives at Hardcastle's house convinced it is an inn, and his confidence curdles into comic insolence toward his unwitting host. With modest women he can barely speak; with bold ones he is all ease, a split that…
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Relationship types
- Friendship
- Romantic
- Family
- Other
Character groups
- Main characters and lovers
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This scene marks the dramatic climax because Hastings and Miss Neville’s carefully laid plan to elope hinges e…
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- Hastings
friendship · positive
- Miss Hardcastle
romantic · positive
- Sir Charles Marlow
family · positive
- Tony Lumpkin
friendship · ambivalent
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See Mr. Marlow in act i