Short Fiction · Character
Doctor Cigna
A physician character in the story.
minor
First appearance: a journey round my room
Doctor Cigna's tie to Pericles is one of the pressures that moves Short Fiction—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Appears in the narrator's dream, debates with Hippocrates about modern medicine, and burns his wig.
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With Pericles (professional): Doctor Cigna is likely Pericles' physician or medical advisor, attending to his health. With Madame de Hautcastel (professional): Doctor Cigna is Madame de Hautcastel's physician, attending…
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Relationship types
- Professional
- Other
Character groups
- Historical and noble references
- Diverse narrative figures
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Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This is the dramatic climax because it presents the emotional and psychological peak of the narrator’s self-ju…
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- Pericles
professional · ambivalent
Doctor Cigna is likely Pericles' physician or medical advisor, attending to his health. How this plays out →
- Madame de Hautcastel
professional · ambivalent
- Plato
professional · ambivalent
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