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==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
===Charlie Wales=== | ===Charlie Wales=== | ||
Charlie Wales, 35, the story’s protagonist, has come to Paris from Prague to regain custody of his daughter, Honoria, from his sister-in-law. | Charlie Wales, 35,{{sfn|Fitzgerald|2002|p=7}} the story’s protagonist, has come to Paris from Prague to regain custody of his daughter, Honoria, from his sister-in-law. | ||
=== Helen Wales === | === Helen Wales === | ||
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The parallels are quite obvious between the protagonist’s life and that of the author -- spending beyond his means, drinking to excess, and losing his child to another family. Though Fitzgerald’s wife died years after his own death, it could be argued that the parallel between his life and the death of Charlie Wales’s wife comes when Zelda had her affair.{{cn}} While the guilt he may have felt over his wife straying is not known, it is known that after that affair the marriage had essentially ended. It suffered a metaphoric death. | The parallels are quite obvious between the protagonist’s life and that of the author -- spending beyond his means, drinking to excess, and losing his child to another family. Though Fitzgerald’s wife died years after his own death, it could be argued that the parallel between his life and the death of Charlie Wales’s wife comes when Zelda had her affair.{{cn}} While the guilt he may have felt over his wife straying is not known, it is known that after that affair the marriage had essentially ended. It suffered a metaphoric death. | ||
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==Works Cited== | ==Works Cited== | ||