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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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Character Web

3 connections

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DCDoctor CignaPLPlatoASAspasiaPEPericles

Relationship types

  • Professional
  • Other

Character groups

  • Historical and noble references
  • Diverse narrative figures

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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Relationships

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