Character dossier

la grand-mère

A central emotional figure whose aggregate treatment is strikingly negative, especially in belonging and general appraisal.

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la grand-mère portrait, Tarot
la grand-mère: emotionally central but negative.Tarot

Interpretation

la grand-mère accumulates as one of the corpus's more strongly negative recurring figures, with the harshest pressure falling on inclusion and broad valuation rather than on a narrow prestige story alone.

Why la grand-mère Is Distinctive

  • She shows how importance in the novel does not guarantee aggregate social or emotional advantage in the annotation surface.
  • Her chapter spread distinguishes Balbec tenderness from later Guermantes and illness-weighted decline.

Social Lenses

Archetype

Fallen

Broadly losing across immediate outcome, rank, and belonging.

Advantage

11%

Rank 55/62

Net score
-24.753
Mean
-0.381
Span
+5.628
Dominant dimension
General Appraisal

Prestige

16%

Rank 52/62

Net score
-14.129
Mean
-0.217
Span
+4.884
Dominant dimension
General Appraisal

Inclusion

8%

Rank 57/62

Net score
-30.265
Mean
-0.466
Span
+5.706
Dominant dimension
General Appraisal

Scene-level advantage over time

Advantage ELO Across ISLT

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Distinguishing Passages

Reading Path

  1. Strong Guermantes-zone deterioration
  2. Continuation of decline and pressure
  3. Balbec countertexture with limited prestige recovery

Passage Signals