Whose Body? · Character
Mr. Thipps
A small, blameless Battersea architect who finds a corpse in his bath and is promptly treated by the coroner as though he had put it there himself.
supporting
Also known as Thipps, little Thipps, Mr. Alfred Thipps, Alfred
First appearance: I
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The owner of the flat where the body is discovered.
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Mr. Thipps is a timid, respectable man of modest means whose one piece of bad luck is discovering a stranger's body in his own bathroom at eight in the morning. At the inquest he is bullied, cautioned, and nearly…
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This excerpt marks the dramatic climax because it depicts the literal exhumation of a body, transforming suspi…
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