The Story of Gösta Berling · Character
Captain Christian Bergh
A giant of a pensioner with more muscle than conscience, Captain Christian Bergh drinks, brawls, and boasts his way through Värmland's taverns and vicarages.
supporting
Also known as Captain Bergh, Christian Bergh, the mighty Captain Christian
First appearance: part i i the landscape
As a supporting figure in The Story of Gösta Berling, Captain Christian Bergh is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The stalwart captain who terrorizes the bishop and deans on their journey, believing he has saved Gösta from dismissal.
Captain Bergh is one of Gösta Berling's trusty boon-companions, a landless wayfarer as big as Goliath and, by the narrator's reckoning, as malicious and stupid as a mountain goblin. He solves problems with his fists and his loyalty, and his idea of friendship is to remove an inconvenient bishop so the drinking can continue. His brute devotion to Gösta helps set the minister's downfall in motion and colors the pensioners' reckless brotherhood at Ekeby.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Strong and Independent Figures
- Protagonist
- Ekeby Pensioners Core
- Artistic and Eccentric Pensioners
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Captain Christian Bergh in part i i the landscape