# The Servant — Unto This Last character guide

> The Servant in Unto This Last by John Ruskin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the servant, himself

**First appearance:** 0003-i-the-roots-of-honour

## Who they are

A generic servant figure used in moral and economic illustrations.

## Relationships

### [The Master](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/unto_this_last_se/characters/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.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/unto_this_last_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_social_

The Servant is observed by the narrator as a symbol of exploited labor and human dignity.

### [John Stuart Mill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/unto_this_last_se/characters/john_stuart_mill)

_social_

Mill's abstract economic theories are contrasted with the real-life plight of the Servant.

## In the story

### [I: The Roots of Honour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/unto_this_last_se/chapters/i-the-roots-of-honour)

Used in the analogy of the master and servant relationship in the context of strikes.

## Links

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