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Unscrupulousness

See also Trickery.

Blas, Gil

educated rogue on warpath for self-gain. [Fr. Lit.: Gil Blas]

Brass, Sampson

unprincipled attorney. [Br. Lit.: Old Curiosity Shop]

Bray, Walter

to clear his debts to old Gride, arranges to have Gride many his daughter. [Br. Lit.: Nicholas Nickleby]

Butler, Rhett

war profiteer; morality not a concern. [Am. Lit.: Gone With the Wind]

Claudio

asks sister to sacrifice her virtue to save his life. [Br. Lit.: Measure for Measure]

Dodson and Fogg

unscrupulous lawyers who file breach-ofpromise suit against Mr. Pickwick. [Br. Lit.: Dickens Pickwick Papers]

Duroy, George

climbs to wealth by exploiting wife’s disgrace. [Fr. Lit.: Bel-Ami]

Hajji Baba

clever rogue travels around Persia taking glamorous jobs for illicit gain. [Fr. Lit.: Hajji Baba of Ispahan in Magill I, 343]

Henchard, Michael

when drunk offers wife and child for sale. [Br. Lit.: The Mayor of Casterbridge]

Livia

she poisoned whoever interfered with her plans. [Br. Lit.: I, Claudius]

Prince, The

practicality in power; end justifies means. [Ital. Lit.: The Prince]

Steele, Lucy

jilts Edward for his brother Robert to take advantage of a switch of their inheritance. [Br. Lit.: Sense and Sensibility]

Tweed, William Marcy “Boss”

(1823–1878) corrupt politico; controlled New York City government (1863-1871). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 511]

Winterset, Duke de

commonly described as “an English scoundrel.” [Am. Lit.: Monsieur Beaucaire, Magill I, 616–617]