# Rodka — The Village character guide

> Rodka in The Village by Ivan Bunin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** X Rodka

**First appearance:** 0001-the-village

## Who they are

A villager, possibly a servant or laborer, with repeated mentions.

## Relationships

### [The Bride](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_village_se/characters/the_bride)

_romantic_

Rodka is a suitor to the Bride, but his advances are crude and unwanted, creating tension.

### [Tikhon Ilitch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_village_se/characters/tikhon_ilitch)

_rivalry_

Rodka and Tikhon clash over authority and the Bride, with mutual hostility and competition.

### [The Bride](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_village_se/characters/the_bride)

_romantic_

Rodka is a suitor to the Bride, but his advances are crude and unwanted, creating tension.

## In the story

### [The Village](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_village_se/chapters/the-village)

A peasant whose past relationship with the Bride is a source of guilt for Tikhon.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_village_se/chapters/part-i-ix)

Mentioned as the village elder, and his role brings him into collision with Tikhon over the latter's desire for an heir.

### [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_village_se/chapters/part-i-x)

A one-eyed former soldier, jealous and violent toward the Bride. He discovers Tikhon's advances and becomes a threatening presence.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_village_se/chapters/part-i-xii)

Dismissed by Tikhon, returns to find his wife's disgrace, but dies suddenly.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_village_se/chapters/part-i-xiii)

Died after receiving the Sacrament; the Bride's alleged poisoning of him is a recurring worry.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_village_se/chapters/part-iii-iv)

Mentioned as working on the railway, one of the villagers who left.

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