# The Narrator (Two Temples: Second) — Short Fiction character guide

> The Narrator (Two Temples: Second) in Short Fiction by Herman Melville.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Unknown, the man, this man

**First appearance:** 0061-temple-second

## Who they are

A man who attends a grand opera performance in a New York theater.

## In the story

### [The Two Temples](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_28_se/chapters/the-two-temples)

Later, the narrator finds solace and fellowship in a theater, which he contrasts with the coldness of the church.

### [Temple Second](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_28_se/chapters/temple-second)

The narrator reflects on his earlier expulsion from a temple and his current state of poverty.

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