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The Path to Rome · Character
Authority
An abstract or personified figure representing institutional power.
minor
First appearance: the path to rome
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Diverse Encountered Figures
- Protagonist
- Narrator and Direct Interlocutors
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Breaking point
The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the narrator, overwhelmed by the restored church and the extr…
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