The Servile State · Characters
Character guide
Key figures in The Servile State by Hilaire Belloc.
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Unknown
major
Also known as myself
The rigorous, first-person intelligence driving Belloc's argument, defining the servile state by positive law rather than loose rhetoric and daring readers to test their own freedom.
Mr. Jones
supporting
Also known as the Jones, Jones
A Manchester citizen whose private property illustrates the crucial distinction between individual ownership and municipal control in Belloc's anatomy of the capitalist state.
Citizen B
supporting
Also known as B
A hypothetical citizen invoked to sharpen Belloc's definitions, standing at the boundary between capitalist freedom and the servile compulsion of positive law.
Henry VIII
minor
Also known as Henry
Historical monarch referenced in context of servile institutions.
Citizen A
minor
Also known as A
Another illustrative citizen in economic or political examples.
Europeans
minor
Also known as our
Collective reference to European peoples in historical analysis.
The Crown
minor
Symbolic entity representing monarchy in discussions of power.
Collectivism
minor
Also known as its, It
Personified concept of collective ownership debated in the text.
D
minor
A minor illustrative figure in economic or political examples.
