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Characterization in the Beginning of Thackeray's Pendennis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2020

Katharine Merrill
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This paper was begun with the expectation of dealing somewhat fully with one large division of Pendennis, but as the investigation proceeded, ample material was found for a report of usual length in the one topic of characterization; hence, other topics have been omitted. The word ‘beginning’ is used technically to include the early part of the book up to the point where the chief opposing elements of the entire action face each other. If the essence of a story consists in a conflict of forces, the beginning cannot logically end with the introduction of one set of these forces, nor is it extended into the active struggle between them, for this makes the middle of the action. The point of juxtaposition of the two sets, therefore, if not the point of opposition, must form the end of the beginning.

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Research Article
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PMLA , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , 1900 , pp. 233 - 252
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Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 1900

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References

Note 1 in page 234 The paging referred to in this paper is that of Mrs. Ritchie's biographical edition (Harper's, 1898-99). It has been desirable to estimate the actual amount of space given to the personages, and hence to count roughly the pages by lines, forty-four being the full quota. Page numbers, however, are always those of the edition mentioned. The arrangement into scenes and intervals is as follows:—

Sc. i, pp. 1-5 (ch. 1).

ii, p. 16, l. 16—p. 20 (ch. 2).

iii, p. 28, l. 40—p. 32, l. 28 (ch. 3).

iv, p. 35, l. 29—p. 38, l. 36 (ch. 4).

v, p. 42, l. 4—p. 45, l. 18 (ch. 5).

vi, p. 47, l. 13—p. 51, l. 43 (ch. 5).

vii, p. 61, l. 20—p. 62, l. 35 (ch. 6).

viii, p. 62, l. 42—p. 64, l. 30 (ch. 6).

ix, p. 69, l. 23—p. 72, l. 20 (ch. 7).

x, p. 77, l. 1—p. 82, l. 40 (ch. 8).

xi, p. 91, l. 1—p. 95, l. 20 (ch. 10).

xii, p. 96, l. 7—p. 105, l. 18 (ch. 10, 11).

xiii, p. 108, l. 6—p. 113, l. 31 (ch. 12).

xiv, p. 117, l. 1—p. 119, l. 2 (chi 13).

xv, p. 119, l. 15—p. 121, l. 18 (ch. 13).

xvi, p. 136, l. 20—p. 140, l. 5 (ch. 15).

xvii, p. 146, l. 3—p. 150, l. 35 (ch. 16).

xviii p. 157, l. 25—p. 158, l. 43 (ch. 17).

xix, p. 177, l. 1—p. 178, l. 13 (ch. 19).

xx, p. 187, l. 5—p. 188, l. 12 (ch. 20).

xxi, p. 189, l. 1—p. 191, l. 3 (ch. 20).

xxii, p. 198, l. 5—p. 199, l. 34 (ch. 21).

xxiii, p. 204, l. 37—p. 207, l. 40 (ch. 22).

xxiv, p. 213, l. 27—p. 215, l. 28 (ch. 22).