# Master Joseph Diggs — Sybil character guide

> Master Joseph Diggs in Sybil by Benjamin Disraeli.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Diggs, Master Joseph, old Diggs, Mr. Diggs

**First appearance:** 0006-iii

## Who they are

An elderly schoolmaster and local character in the village.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sybil_se/chapters/i)

The oppressive butty who runs the tommy shop, forcing workers to take goods and swearing at women.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sybil_se/chapters/iii)

The cruel and tyrannical son who runs the shop with violence and oppression.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sybil_se/chapters/vii)

Master Joseph is the son of old Diggs; he fires a blunderbuss at the crowd, wounds a woman, kills a child, and later dies in the fire while trying to save the tommy book.

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