Suspiria de Profundis · Character
The Noble Captain
A heroic captain of the mail-coach world whose dignity and dash embody the vanished grandeur the narrator associates with youth and motion.
supporting
Also known as himself
First appearance: the english mail coach
As a supporting figure in Suspiria de Profundis, The Noble Captain is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Implied as a figure of military heroism; the 23rd Dragoons, mentioned in connection with a mother's son, made a memorable charge at Talavera.
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He rides through the narrator's recollections of the mail-coach era, a figure of rank and elegance set against the narrator's own carefully middling childhood, neither too high nor too low. His distinction is a kind of…
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Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the child’s longing for a lost mother or sister transforms fr…
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- The Glory of Motion
- Going Down with Victory
- III: Dream-Fugue: Founded on the Preceding Theme of Sudden Death
- IV
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