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The Sword in the Stone The Sword in the Stone

by T. H. White

Character Designations

main one of the main characters in the story
major the character has a major role interacting with the main characters of the story
secondary the character has a secondary role interacting with the main characters of the story
tertiary the character has a very slight role in the story

List of Adult Word Usage

Word Location Occurences Speaker Analysis
“damn it all” Chapter One two Ector (secondary character) Not gratuitous, the phrase is used to emphasize that the speaker has been drinking.
“damn” (with variations) Chapter Eight twelve Cully (secondary character) Not gratuitous, the character (a bird) uses this word repeatedly during a formal ceremony — emphasizing his mental disorder and, to a lesser extent, his “lamentable infantry manners”.
“nigger” Chapter Eight one Cully (secondary character) Not gratuitous, the character (a bird) uses this designation (and several others more politically correct) in a tirade directed at no one in particular.  Indeed, its use by a bird, and by a Britain, makes it difficult to tell to whom, in general, it might refer.  The author uses this to characterize the bird as an uncouth infantryman.
“I be dommed” (damned) Chapter Twelve one Hob (tertiary character) Slightly gratuitous, this is used to emphasize the character’s “low class” and is spoken in a rural dialect.
“hell’s bells” Chapter Fourteen two Ector (secondary character) Slightly gratuitous, the character is demonstrating an unusual (annual, in fact) amount of frustration and anger.
“damned” Chapter Twenty-Three one Kay (major character) Slightly gratuitous, the character is demonstrating an unusual amount of frustration and anger.

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