# Mr. 'Polyte — Short Fiction character guide

> Mr. 'Polyte in Short Fiction by Kate Chopin.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** 'Polyte, Polyte

**First appearance:** 0043-az-lie

## Who they are

A proud Creole whose sense of standing and old-family dignity steers his choices in love and in the small wars of plantation society.

## In the story

### [Azélie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/az-lie)

The storekeeper who becomes infatuated with Azélie, offers her gifts, and proposes marriage. After she leaves, he decides to quit his job and follow her to Little River.

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