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Tekla

A female character with a handful of proper mentions.

minor

First appearance: short fiction

Tekla's tie to Bloom is one of the pressures that moves Short Fiction—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

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With Bloom (romantic): Bloom and Tekla have a passionate romantic relationship, possibly a love triangle with Edith. With Edith (rivalry):…

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Character Web

2 connections

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Relationship types

  • Romantic
  • Rivalry

Character groups

  • Female character network

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point

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Relationships

  • Bloom

    romantic · positive

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  • Edith

    rivalry · negative

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