The Fifth Queen · Character
John Badge
A servant or minor functionary in the Howard household.
minor
Also known as Badge, old Badge, John Badge the Younger, John
First appearance: part i the coming
John Badge shows up with force in I. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Master printer John Badge the Younger, suspicious of Udal and protective of Margot.
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In I: Master printer John Badge the Younger, suspicious of Udal and protective of Margot. Later, in I: The printer, gloomy and abstracted, who laments the lack of honor shown to the Queen and rejoices at news of her…
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- Other
Character groups
- Peripheral and foreign agents
- Courtly power players
- Protagonist
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This excerpt marks the dramatic climax because it reveals the reversal of Cicely Elliott’s hostility into remo…
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