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The Dwarf by Pär Lagerkvist

In the story of The Dwarf, the character of the princess Teodora exhibits a major impact in the life of the story’s protagonist, Piccoline, the dwarf. In the story, Piccoline exists as a servant to Prince Leone and Princess Teodora. Piccoline holds great admiration for his prince, and follows him everywhere he goes, obeying his every command. Towards the princess, however, he expresses hatred and resentment.

Princess Leone possesses many male lovers other than her prince, with whom she spends time very often. Everything she carries out with her lovers, she confides in Piccoline. Piccoline resents her very much for this. “When she calls me into her chamber and whisperingly confides her messages to me, hiding the love letters under my jerkin, then I shiver all over and the blood rushes to my head. But she notices nothing, she never gives a thought to the fact th

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While performing this task Piccoline thinks, “I cannot understand how anyone can love her. Teodora symbolizes all of these things. Sometimes she calls me her only friend. He hates her lovers because, in truth, he wishes to be her lover. I hate her, I want to see her burning in the fires of hell. My share in her secret life counts as nothing with her.

Sometimes in the morning, Teodora allows Piccoline to enter her chamber before she has risen and exposes herself to him, while she asks Piccoline to help her pick out what jewels to wear for her next lover. Throughout the story, Piccoline declares that he is not capable of love, but later in the book, Piccoline looks back and reflects on his life, and admits that if he were to ever love a woman, he feels it would be her, although he isn’t sure why.

Each time anything in the nature of love or sexuality takes place in the book, Piccoline expresses how it make him want to vomit, and that he utterly despises it. ”

Many times throughout the story, Piccoline calls Teodora a whore, and expresses that he hates her with a passion. A whore in the bed of a magnificent prince… The scent of her around her bed makes me retch.

Approximate Word count = 587
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

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