# Frieda — The Castle character guide > Frieda in The Castle by Franz Kafka. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Frieda, Fräulein Frieda, Freida **First appearance:** 0004-iii ## Snapshot A barmaid from the Herrenhof who leaves her post and her standing for K., trading the shadow of Klamm for a fiancé with no foothold. ## Who they are Frieda is the woman K. wins by the door of Klamm's own room, and her defection costs her the landlady's protection and her place among the Castle's servants. She is practical where K. is obsessive, fetching the teacher and urging him to accept a humiliating post so they can survive another week together. Her love for K. is real and her judgment about him is clear-eyed, which makes her the story's most intimate measure of what his fixation costs. ## Relationships ### [K.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/characters/k) _romantic_ Frieda and K. have a passionate but unstable romantic relationship, marked by jealousy, manipulation, and mutual need. ### [K.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/characters/k) _romantic_ Frieda and K. have a passionate but unstable romantic relationship, marked by jealousy, manipulation, and mutual need. ### [K.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/characters/k) _romantic_ Frieda and K. have a passionate but unstable romantic relationship, marked by jealousy, manipulation, and mutual need. ## In the story ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/chapters/iii) Reveals she is Klamm's mistress, becomes K.'s lover, and renounces Klamm. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/chapters/iv) Emotionally torn between her love for K. and her lost status; supports K. but fears the impossibility of his request. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/chapters/v) Mentioned by K. as his fiancée and one of the reasons he remains in the village. ### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/chapters/vi) Mentioned by the landlady as young and ambitious; K. hurries to her room at the end of the chapter. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/chapters/vii) Acts as intermediary between K. and the teacher, negotiates the terms, and shows deep concern for their future. ### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/chapters/viii) Mentioned as K.'s fiancée; Pepi claims she is reticent and not truly happy. ### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/chapters/ix) Mentioned indirectly through the context of K.'s relationship; not present in the scene. ### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/chapters/x) Sent the assistants to meet K. with lanterns, though K. is disappointed by their presence. ### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/chapters/xi) Anxiously awaits K.; tries to make the schoolhouse habitable; laughs at the assistants' antics; defends them to K.; comforts the crying assistant after K. strikes him. ### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/chapters/xii) Frieda is distressed by the loss of the coffeepot, supports K., and takes responsibility for breaking into the woodshed to light the fire. ### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/chapters/xiii) Expresses deep insecurity and mistrust, accusing K. of using her as a means to reach Klamm. She longs to leave the village and feels neglected by K., who she believes prioritizes his goals over her. ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/chapters/xiv) Mentioned as K.'s fiancée; washing Gisa's cat at the schoolhouse. ### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/chapters/xv) Frieda is mentioned as having given K. only vague hints about the Barnabas family, and her name alone exasperates her. ### [Amalia's Secret](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/chapters/amalia-s-secret) Frieda is mentioned by Olga in comparison to Amalia, as someone who had a similar but more accepted relationship with Klamm. ### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/chapters/xvi) Frieda has left K. for Jeremiah and is returning to work in the taproom. ### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/chapters/xviii) Frieda defends her decision to leave K. for Jeremiah, blaming K. for driving away the assistants and destroying their happiness. ### [Additional Note](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/chapters/additional-note) Mentioned in the context of K.'s goal to marry her and become a member of the community, and in the deleted passage about Pepi. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/characters/frieda - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_se/characters