The Duel · Character
Nikodim Alexandritch
A minor character in the town's social scene.
minor
First appearance: ii
Nikodim Alexandritch's tie to Nadyezhda Fyodorovna is one of the pressures that moves The Duel—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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With Nadyezhda Fyodorovna (social): Nikodim Alexandritch is a polite, distant acquaintance who interacts with Nadyezhda in formal social settings. With Ivan Andreitch Laevsky (social): Laevsky and Nikodim Alexandritch…
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Relationship types
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Central conflict participants
- Protagonist
- Nadyezhda's romantic subplot
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Nadyezhda Fyodorovna
social · ambivalent
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- Ivan Andreitch Laevsky
social · ambivalent
- Nadyezhda Fyodorovna
social · ambivalent
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