# Madame Goupil — Ursule Mirouët character guide

> Madame Goupil in Ursule Mirouët by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Goupil

**First appearance:** 0001-ursule-mirou-t

## Who they are

Mother of the scheming Goupil.

## Relationships

### [Ursule Mirouët](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ursule_mirou_t_se/characters/ursule_mirouet)

_rivalry_

Madame Goupil is a jealous and scheming antagonist who resents Ursule's inheritance and happiness.

### [Savinien de Portenduère](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ursule_mirou_t_se/characters/savinien_de_portenduere)

_rivalry_

Madame Goupil schemes against Savinien, seeing him as an obstacle to her family's ambitions.

### [Zélie Minoret](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ursule_mirou_t_se/characters/zelie_minoret)

_friendship_

Madame Goupil and Zélie are allies in their schemes against Ursule, bonding over shared envy.

### [Ursule Mirouët](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ursule_mirou_t_se/characters/ursule_mirouet)

_rivalry_

Madame Goupil is a jealous and scheming antagonist who resents Ursule's inheritance and happiness.

### [Ursule Mirouët](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ursule_mirou_t_se/characters/ursule_mirouet)

_rivalry_

Madame Goupil is a jealous and scheming antagonist who resents Ursule's inheritance and happiness.

### [Savinien de Portenduère](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ursule_mirou_t_se/characters/savinien_de_portenduere)

_rivalry_

Madame Goupil schemes against Savinien, seeing him as an obstacle to her family's ambitions.

### [Zélie Minoret](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ursule_mirou_t_se/characters/zelie_minoret)

_friendship_

Madame Goupil and Zélie are allies in their schemes against Ursule, bonding over shared envy.

### [Zélie Minoret](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ursule_mirou_t_se/characters/zelie_minoret)

_friendship_

Madame Goupil and Zélie are allies in their schemes against Ursule, bonding over shared envy.

### [Savinien de Portenduère](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ursule_mirou_t_se/characters/savinien_de_portenduere)

_rivalry_

Madame Goupil schemes against Savinien, seeing him as an obstacle to her family's ambitions.

## In the story

### [Ursule Mirouët](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ursule_mirou_t_se/chapters/ursule-mirou-t)

A cunning and malicious notary clerk, who serves as a sinister figure in the town's social machinations.

### [Part I: The Heirs in Alarm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ursule_mirou_t_se/chapters/part-i-the-heirs-in-alarm)

Mentioned as having explained the legal situation to the heirs alongside Dionis and Désiré.

### [Part II: The Minoret Property](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ursule_mirou_t_se/chapters/part-ii-the-minoret-property)

Observes Minoret's distress and comments on Ursule's presence.

## Links

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