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The Serpent

Symbolic serpent in the Blazing World, representing temptation or wisdom.

minor

First appearance: the description of a new world called the blazing world

The Serpent's tie to The Devil is one of the pressures that moves The Blazing World—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

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With The Devil (friendship): The Devil and the Serpent are allied figures of temptation and deception, working together to undermine…

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Character Web

4 connections

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TDThe DevilTEThe EmpressTCThe CabbalistsTCThe CabbalaTSThe Serpent

Relationship types

  • Friendship
  • Other

Character groups

  • Mystical and Moral Antagonists
  • Protagonist
  • Historical and Symbolic Authorities

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

SetupClimax
  • Setup
  • Breaking point

This is the story's dramatic climax because the Empress achieves her ultimate psychological peak by declaring…

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Relationships

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