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The Servant

A generic servant figure used in moral and economic illustrations.

minor

Also known as the servant, himself

First appearance: I: The Roots of Honour

The Servant's tie to The Master is one of the pressures that moves Unto This Last—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

Used in the analogy of the master and servant relationship in the context of strikes.
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With The Master (professional): The Master commands and the Servant obeys, forming a hierarchical employer-servant dynamic central to the book's critique of labor relations. With Unknown Narrator (social): The Servant…

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Character Web

3 connections

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TMThe MasterUNUnknown NarratorJSJohn Stuart MillTSThe Servant

Relationship types

  • Professional
  • Social

Character groups

  • Literary economic archetypes
  • Protagonist
  • Economic and mythological critics

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Narrative arc

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

SetupBreaking pointClimax
  • Setup
  • Breaking point

In this passage, the emotional and psychological peak occurs when Ruskin directly challenges John Stuart Mill’…

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Relationships

Relationship notes

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In the story

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