# Muriel Kane — The Beautiful and Damned character guide

> Muriel Kane in The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Muriel, Muriel Kane, Kane, the martial Muriel, Miss Kane, surely Miss Kane

**First appearance:** 0005-ii-portrait-of-a-siren

## Snapshot

Gloria's vivacious friend Muriel Kane arrives with the latest catchphrase and stays for the confidences, bearing witness to the Patch marriage as it curdles.

## Who they are

Muriel moves through the Patches' apartment with obliging levity, greeting strangers as Fred and trading gossip about who is in her prime. When Anthony storms out drunk and Gloria sits composed in the lamplight, Muriel is the one who cries, asks whether this has happened much, and hears the answer that they just go on. Her sincere distress and her inability to stay, since she has a man and it is already seven-thirty, frame Gloria's isolation in a new dress bought imprudently for fifty dollars.

## Relationships

### [Anthony Patch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beautiful_and_damned_se/characters/anthony_patch)

_social_

Muriel Kane is a socialite friend of Gloria's and an acquaintance of Anthony, often present in their social circle.

### [Gloria Gilbert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beautiful_and_damned_se/characters/gloria_gilbert)

_friendship_

Muriel Kane is Gloria's close friend and confidante, sharing her social life and providing companionship.

### [Anthony Patch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beautiful_and_damned_se/characters/anthony_patch)

_social_

Muriel Kane is a socialite friend of Gloria's and an acquaintance of Anthony, often present in their social circle.

### [Gloria Gilbert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beautiful_and_damned_se/characters/gloria_gilbert)

_friendship_

Muriel Kane is Gloria's close friend and confidante, sharing her social life and providing companionship.

### [Anthony Patch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beautiful_and_damned_se/characters/anthony_patch)

_social_

Muriel Kane is a socialite friend of Gloria's and an acquaintance of Anthony, often present in their social circle.

### [Gloria Gilbert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beautiful_and_damned_se/characters/gloria_gilbert)

_friendship_

Muriel Kane is Gloria's close friend and confidante, sharing her social life and providing companionship.

## In the story

### [Book I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beautiful_and_damned_se/chapters/book-i)

A friend of Gloria, part of the social set, and a witness to the developing relationship between Anthony and Gloria.

### [II: Portrait of a Siren](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beautiful_and_damned_se/chapters/ii-portrait-of-a-siren)

Briefly mentioned as Gloria greets her at the Plaza.

### [Book II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beautiful_and_damned_se/chapters/book-ii)

Visits the Claremont apartment, bringing gossip and social news.

### [Book III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beautiful_and_damned_se/chapters/book-iii)

Muriel visits, bringing a superficial energy that contrasts with the couple's despair.

### [II: A Matter of Aesthetics](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beautiful_and_damned_se/chapters/ii-a-matter-of-aesthetics)

Mentioned as a friend who has been shifted to a hospital in New Jersey, limiting their contact.

### [III: No Matter!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beautiful_and_damned_se/chapters/iii-no-matter)

Visits the couple; discusses aristocracy, work, and social perceptions; tries to mediate between Anthony and Gloria.

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