# Unknown — The Tunnel character guide

> Unknown in The Tunnel by Dorothy M. Richardson.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** I, myself

**First appearance:** 0001-the-tunnel

## Snapshot

The inward voice that measures every rented room, every silence, against a private sense of destiny, narrating Miriam's life as a series of arrivals she somehow already knew.

## Who they are

This is the consciousness through which the world reaches us — registering the grain of wallpaper, the chill of a washstand, the strange familiarity of a room she has never entered before. It believes in omens, in 'coming events cast light,' in the real dream that runs beneath ordinary days. Its tension is between the certainty of a life being followed and the daily humiliation of being nobody in particular.

## In the story

### [The Tunnel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tunnel_se/chapters/the-tunnel)

The first-person narrator, likely Miriam, offering introspective observations.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tunnel_se/chapters/vii)

The narrator struggles with a compulsive, terrifying return to a particular place, fearing for her sanity.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tunnel_se/chapters/xviii)

The narrative voice closely follows Mr. Canfield's internal thoughts and observations, providing a critical perspective on the social dynamics of the gathering.

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