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Servant

Generic household servants who deliver messages and announce visitors.

minor

Also known as Servants, Servant Mr. Surface, Servant Mr. Crabtree, Servant Lady Sneerwell, Exit Servant, Reenter Servant, my master, My master

First appearance: act i

Servant's tie to Joseph Surface is one of the pressures that moves The School for Scandal—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

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With Joseph Surface (professional): Joseph orders his servant around imperiously, using him to facilitate his schemes. With Sir Peter Teazle (professional): The servant serves Sir Peter and is often caught in the middle…

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Character Web

15 connections

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SNSnakeMOMosesLTLady Teazle's …JSJoseph SurfaceSPSir Peter TeazleSEServant

Relationship types

  • Professional
  • Other

Character groups

  • Central characters and gossips
  • Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

This scene is the dramatic climax because it represents the emotional and psychological peak of the scandal’s…

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See Servant in act i