Short Fiction · Character
Pericles
A historical figure referenced as a character.
minor
First appearance: a journey round my room
Pericles's tie to Doctor Cigna is one of the pressures that moves Short Fiction—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Appears in the dream, reads a newspaper and sighs over the decadence of arts and sciences.
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With Doctor Cigna (professional): Doctor Cigna is likely Pericles' physician or medical advisor, attending to his health. In XLII: Appears in the dream, reads a newspaper and sighs over the decadence of arts and…
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- 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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- Doctor Cigna
professional · ambivalent
Doctor Cigna is likely Pericles' physician or medical advisor, attending to his health. How this plays out →
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