William—An Englishman · Character
Mrs. Jay-Blenkinsop
Wife of Edgar Jay-Blenkinsop, a minor character.
minor
Also known as Jay - Blenkinsop
First appearance: ii
Mrs. Jay-Blenkinsop's tie to William Tully is one of the pressures that moves William—An Englishman—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Present at the meeting, frowning through her pince-nez and gazing admiringly at her son.
Mrs. Jay-Blenkinsop first appears in 0001 ii.
With William Tully (professional): Mrs. Jay-Blenkinsop is William's employer at the law firm, treating him with condescension and bureaucratic indifference. With Edwardes (professional): Edwardes and Mrs. Jay-Blenkinsop are colleagues at the law firm, sharing a bureaucratic and hierarchical dynamic. With Faraday (social): Faraday and Mrs. Jay-Blenkinsop have a strained acquaintance, as she disapproves of his pacifist views.
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- Professional
- Social
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- Minor Acquaintances
- Protagonist
- Socialist and Suffragette Circle
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
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- William Tully
professional · negative
- Edwardes
professional · ambivalent
- Faraday
social · negative
- William Tully
professional · negative
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See Mrs. Jay-Blenkinsop in ii