The Magic Mountain · Character
Grandfather Castorp
Hans Castorp's grandfather, a senator, remembered from Hans's childhood.
minor
Also known as Hans Lorenz Castorp, Senator Castorp, old Castorp
First appearance: Of the Christening Basin, and of Grandfather in His Twofold Guise
Grandfather Castorp shows up with force in Of the Christening Basin, and of Grandfather in His Twofold Guise. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Senator Hans Lorenz Castorp; a figure of stern, old-world dignity, resistant to modernity.
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In Of the Christening Basin, and of Grandfather in His Twofold Guise: Senator Hans Lorenz Castorp; a figure of stern, old-world dignity, resistant to modernity. Described in his everyday life and immortalized in his…
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- Other
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- Visitors from the Flatland
- Secondary Patients & Staff
- Protagonist
- Central Sanatorium Figures
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This chapter marks the dramatic climax because it culminates in the death of Mynheer Peeperkorn, the charismat…
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- Of the Christening Basin, and of Grandfather in His Twofold Guise
- At Tienappels’, and of Young Hans’s Moral State
- Mounting Misgivings. Of the Two Grandfathers, and the Boat-Ride in the Twilight
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