# Mr. Snale — The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford character guide

> Mr. Snale in The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford by Mark Rutherford.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** a Mr. Snale, Snale

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-water-lane

## Who they are

A chapel deacon whose plain, practical religion quietly measures—and judges—the distance between Rutherford's sermons and his doubts.

## Relationships

### [Brother Holderness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_rutherford_se/characters/brother_holderness)

_rivalry_

Brother Holderness and Mr. Snale are antagonists, possibly competing for influence or power within their religious community.

### [Miss Mardon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_rutherford_se/characters/miss_mardon)

_psychological_

Miss Mardon is likely manipulated or oppressed by Mr. Snale, who exerts a controlling or predatory influence over her.

### [Mark Rutherford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_rutherford_se/characters/mark_rutherford)

_rivalry_

Mark Rutherford and Mr. Snale are in conflict, with Snale representing oppressive religious authority that Rutherford resists.

### [Miss Arbour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_rutherford_se/characters/miss_arbour)

_professional_

Miss Arbour and Mr. Snale interact in a professional capacity, likely within the church or school, with underlying tension.

### [Edward Gibbon Mardon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_rutherford_se/characters/edward_gibbon_mardon)

_rivalry_

Edward Gibbon Mardon and Mr. Snale are adversaries, likely due to Snale's mistreatment of Miss Mardon.

### [Mark Rutherford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_rutherford_se/characters/mark_rutherford)

_rivalry_

Mark Rutherford and Mr. Snale are in conflict, with Snale representing oppressive religious authority that Rutherford resists.

### [Miss Mardon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_rutherford_se/characters/miss_mardon)

_psychological_

Miss Mardon is likely manipulated or oppressed by Mr. Snale, who exerts a controlling or predatory influence over her.

### [Mark Rutherford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_rutherford_se/characters/mark_rutherford)

_rivalry_

Mark Rutherford and Mr. Snale are in conflict, with Snale representing oppressive religious authority that Rutherford resists.

### [Miss Arbour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_rutherford_se/characters/miss_arbour)

_professional_

Miss Arbour and Mr. Snale interact in a professional capacity, likely within the church or school, with underlying tension.

### [Brother Holderness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_rutherford_se/characters/brother_holderness)

_rivalry_

Brother Holderness and Mr. Snale are antagonists, possibly competing for influence or power within their religious community.

## In the story

### [III: Water Lane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_rutherford_se/chapters/iii-water-lane)

Deacon who opposed Rutherford's invitation, thinking him 'not quite sound'; introduced as a future antagonist.

### [Edward Gibbon Mardon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_rutherford_se/chapters/iv-edward-gibbon-mardon)

Author of the critical letter in the Sentinel, identified by Mardon.

## Links

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