Dick Diver is a dominant figure in Tender is the Night. He’s a pretty shifty charact...
Nicole’s mental illness permeates everything. Her world is torn apart when she’s a yo...
Tommy is a truly fascinating character. He brings forth the idea of duality of the novel, represe...
Starlet Rosemary Hoyt is a mysterious and glamorous figure in the novel. The more we examine her,...
We feel a bit conflicted about Elsie Speers. As we discuss in Rosemary's "Character Analysis," Ro...
Devereux's Dark Side Devereux is Nicole’s father. He raped her when she was somewhere betw...
Baby Warren is portrayed as a rather cold woman, insulated from the world by her wealth. Baby is...
The Diver children’s roles in the novel are sparse, but their presences underscore the trag...
Nicole fell into a terrible madness after Topsy’s birth, though there is no indication that...
At the beginning of the novel Albert is something of an annoying pest. He walks around feeling in...
Violet remains somewhat irritating throughout the novel, but has the important distinction of bei...
When we first meet Abe, he seems to be doing OK. He seems to be a stable contrast to the volatili...
Dick thinks Mary’s an opportunist for marrying a wealthy man so soon after Abe’s deat...
Dick’s eventual partner in the clinic, Franz, is one of the people who knows Nicole’s...
Kaethe is Franz’s wife and is hard to like. Dick thinks that she’s a "cauliflower" wh...
We don’t see much of him, but he’s important because he owns the clinic before Dick a...
Collis is Rosemary’s friend, and he’s essentially following her around. He’s th...