Suspiria de Profundis · Character
Madonna
The Virgin Mary, appearing in devotional and dream contexts.
minor
Also known as mine, our
First appearance: Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow
Madonna's tie to Cyclops the Charioteer is one of the pressures that moves Suspiria de Profundis—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Appears as a vision of maternal comfort and divine grace amidst the narrator's sorrows.
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With Cyclops the Charioteer (psychological): Cyclops the Charioteer and Madonna are intertwined as dual forces of terror and maternal comfort in the narrator's psyche. With Cyclops the Charioteer (psychological):…
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Relationship types
- Psychological
- Other
Character groups
- Mythic and Divine Guides
- Protagonist
- Historical and Literary Personages
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Cyclops the Charioteer
psychological · ambivalent
Cyclops the Charioteer and Madonna are intertwined as dual forces of terror and maternal… How this plays out →
- Cyclops the Charioteer
psychological · ambivalent
Cyclops the Charioteer and Madonna are intertwined as dual forces of terror and maternal… How this plays out →
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Madonna appears across 7 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- Suspiria de Profundis
- III: Dream-Fugue: Founded on the Preceding Theme of Sudden Death
- I
- II
- V
- Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow
- The Dark Interpreter
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