Short Fiction · Character

Eliab

A biblical figure, a character in 'Sulamith'.

minor

Also known as Eliab

First appearance: sulamith

Eliab shows up with force in V. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Handsome officer of the king's guard, son of Ahilud, leads the sixty warriors.

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In V: Handsome officer of the king's guard, son of Ahilud, leads the sixty warriors. Later, in X: An officer of the king's bodyguard whom…

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This is the story's dramatic climax because Vera Nikolayevna, who has previously dismissed Zheltkov’s love as…

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V
Handsome officer of the king's guard, son of Ahilud, leads the sixty warriors.
X
An officer of the king's bodyguard whom Queen Astis once spent a night with; she now summons him alone.
XI
A youth who secretly meets with Queen Astis, weeping with rapture, shame, and desire, and is commanded by her to kill the king and the vineyard girl.
The Seventh Night
Eliab enters the chamber and stabs Sulamith, then reveals Queen Astis compelled him. He flees to the temple altar but is ordered executed.

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