Short Fiction · Character
Elena
A woman who appears in the stories.
minor
Also known as Nellie, Elena Ivanovna
First appearance: a living chattel
Elena shows up with force in The Looking-Glass. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Nellie, the protagonist, is a young and pretty girl dreaming of marriage.
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In The Looking-Glass: Nellie, the protagonist, is a young and pretty girl dreaming of marriage. She experiences a vivid vision of her future through the looking-glass. Later, in The Privy Councillor: Tatyana Ivanovna,…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Diverse characters in dramatic and everyday life
- Protagonist
- Disillusioned professionals and family figures
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Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This is the dramatic climax because it marks the psychological peak where Ivan Dmitritch’s paranoid resistance…
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