The Castle · Character

Jeremiah

One of K.'s two indistinguishable assistants, who sheds his servant's fear the moment he's dismissed and carries Frieda off to the Herrenhof.

supporting

Also known as Jeremiah

First appearance: iv

As a supporting figure in The Castle, Jeremiah is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

One of the assistants; watches K.

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Jeremiah arrives with Arthur as one of K.'s assigned assistants — identical, useless at surveying, and impossible to tell apart, so that K. insists on treating them as a single man. Frieda reveals that Jeremiah was her childhood playmate on the Castle Hill, and that only his service held him back from claiming her; once K. drives the assistants away, that restraint vanishes. His defection turns K.'s private life into a public defeat and exposes how much of K.'s authority in the village was borrowed rather than owned.

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Rivalry
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Character groups

Amalia's family and officials
Protagonist
K.'s associates and Castle officials

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Setup
Escalation
Breaking point

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rivalry · negative
Jeremiah, one of Frieda's former assistants, is openly hostile and competitive with K. How this plays out →
K.
rivalry · negative
Jeremiah, one of Frieda's former assistants, is openly hostile and competitive with K. How this plays out →
K.
rivalry · negative
Jeremiah, one of Frieda's former assistants, is openly hostile and competitive with K. How this plays out →

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In the story

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III
One of the assistants; watches K. and Frieda with the other assistant.
XI
One of the assistants; lies beside K. in the dark, causing K. to strike him; cries after being hit.
XII
Jeremiah is one of the assistants who points at K. when asked who broke the woodshed door.
XVI
Jeremiah reveals he has taken Frieda from K. and now works as a waiter at the Herrenhof.
XVII
Sneaks into Erlanger's room ahead of K. and Gerstäcker, claiming to be a waiter, and is greeted by Momus.
XVIII
Jeremiah is now with Frieda, having taken her from the schoolhouse. K. accuses him of manipulating Frieda for his own purposes.

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