# The Woman — Short Fiction character guide

> The Woman in Short Fiction by Leonid Andreyev.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-short-fiction

## Who they are

A generic female figure in various narrative contexts.

## Relationships

### [Judas Iscariot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/characters/judas_iscariot)

_psychological_

Judas Iscariot and The Woman have a tense, manipulative relationship where Judas uses her for his own ends.

### [Judas Iscariot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/characters/judas_iscariot)

_psychological_

Judas Iscariot and The Woman have a tense, manipulative relationship where Judas uses her for his own ends.

### [Judas Iscariot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/characters/judas_iscariot)

_psychological_

Judas Iscariot and The Woman have a tense, manipulative relationship where Judas uses her for his own ends.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/ii)

The hostess, a tall stately lady with grey hair, who initially refuses Sashka's request for the angel but eventually gives in to avoid a scene.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/ii)

The beloved who lies and does not come, causing the narrator's anguish.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/iii)

The narrator's interlocutor, who remains cold and inscrutable, offering ambiguous words of love while the narrator suspects deceit.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/iii)

A female leper with a fallen-in mouth and lashless eyes who marries the narrator's companion.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/v)

A gaunt old woman who demands the return of her child from the wall.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/xii)

Semen's widow, who mourns at the coffin with her children.

### [Fragment VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/part-i-fragment-viii)

The soldier's wife, who initially tries to maintain composure but ultimately breaks down in despair over her husband's lost legs.

### [The City](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/the-city)

A courtesan whom Petrov drunkenly proposes to; she initially listens but then screams in terror, taking him for a madman.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/v)

Represents the collective of women who demand the Governor's death with pitiless spite, waiting quietly and peering from behind curtains.

### [A Story Which Will Never Be Finished](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/a-story-which-will-never-be-finished)

The narrator's wife, who undergoes a radical transformation from a mother focused on her children to a revolutionary comrade, driven by the sounds of the barricades and a newfound sense of freedom.

### [The Giant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/the-giant)

The mother who carries her dying son and speaks to him.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/viii)

The Warden's wife, whose portrait K. was painting; she is grieved by his death and later listens to the narrator's story.

## Links

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