# Rassi — The Charterhouse of Parma character guide

> Rassi in The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the Grand Fiscal Rassi, Fiscal General Rassi, Fiscal Rassi, the Fiscal General Rassi

**First appearance:** 0008-vii

## Snapshot

Parma's loathed fiscal general, a sycophant whose name is a byword for baseness and who trades in other people's ruin.

## Who they are

Rassi is the legal machinery of the court at its most venal, a man so despised that his own son is driven from cafés for bearing his name. He hungers for a title, an estate, respectability, and will sell his skills to whoever pays. His willingness to bargain with Mosca over Fabrizio's fate makes him the pivot on which the novel's political intrigue turns.

## Relationships

### [Prince Ranuccio](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charterhouse_of_parma_se/characters/prince_ranuccio)

_professional_

The Prince employs Rassi as a corrupt and servile legal tool to carry out his petty vendettas and political repression.

### [Conte Mosca](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charterhouse_of_parma_se/characters/conte_mosca)

_professional_

A wary professional relationship where Mosca uses Rassi's corruption for political ends while despising his character.

### [Fabrizio del Dongo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charterhouse_of_parma_se/characters/fabrizio_del_dongo)

_rivalry_

Rassi actively persecutes Fabrizio through legal machinations, acting as a petty and vindictive enemy.

### [Prince Ranuccio](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charterhouse_of_parma_se/characters/prince_ranuccio)

_professional_

The Prince employs Rassi as a corrupt and servile legal tool to carry out his petty vendettas and political repression.

### [Conte Mosca](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charterhouse_of_parma_se/characters/conte_mosca)

_professional_

A wary professional relationship where Mosca uses Rassi's corruption for political ends while despising his character.

### [Fabrizio del Dongo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charterhouse_of_parma_se/characters/fabrizio_del_dongo)

_rivalry_

Rassi actively persecutes Fabrizio through legal machinations, acting as a petty and vindictive enemy.

### [Conte Mosca](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charterhouse_of_parma_se/characters/conte_mosca)

_professional_

A wary professional relationship where Mosca uses Rassi's corruption for political ends while despising his character.

### [Prince Ranuccio](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charterhouse_of_parma_se/characters/prince_ranuccio)

_professional_

The Prince employs Rassi as a corrupt and servile legal tool to carry out his petty vendettas and political repression.

### [Fabrizio del Dongo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charterhouse_of_parma_se/characters/fabrizio_del_dongo)

_rivalry_

Rassi actively persecutes Fabrizio through legal machinations, acting as a petty and vindictive enemy.

## In the story

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charterhouse_of_parma_se/chapters/vi)

Rassi is the cherished favourite of the Prince, retained at all costs, and is involved in the political intrigues at Parma.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charterhouse_of_parma_se/chapters/xiv)

The corrupt Fiscal General who secures a twenty-year sentence for Fabrizio; described as a courtier without honor, skilled in legal manipulation.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charterhouse_of_parma_se/chapters/xvi)

The Grand Fiscal; the Duchessa briefly considers taking him as a lover for political advantage but recoils in horror.

### [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charterhouse_of_parma_se/chapters/xvii)

Fiscal General who negotiates with Conte Mosca, reveals the Prince's anger, and is offered the Cross of San Paolo.

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charterhouse_of_parma_se/chapters/xxii)

Invents a witty expression about Fabrizio's escape and draws up a ridiculous prosecution against him.

### [Chapter XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charterhouse_of_parma_se/chapters/xxiii)

Appointed Minister of Justice by the new Prince, much to Conte Mosca's dismay.

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charterhouse_of_parma_se/chapters/xxiv)

Minister of Justice; investigates the late Prince's death; links Ferrante Palla to the insurrection; seeks to undermine the Duchessa.

### [Chapter XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charterhouse_of_parma_se/chapters/xxvii)

Now Prime Minister and a Count, he becomes obsessed with nobility, issuing decrees requiring eight quarterings for court access. He is mocked for his absurdity.

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