Character dossier

Swann

A cultivated man of taste whose worldly fluency cannot protect him from jealousy, humiliation, and social diminishment.

263 annotation unitsFallen
Swann portrait, Tarot
Swann: the connoisseur undone by love and exclusion.Tarot

Interpretation

Swann dominates the corpus by sheer annotation footprint, and his aggregate profile remains broadly and repeatedly negative across all three lenses.

Why Swann Is Distinctive

  • Swann is the novel's great case of refinement becoming a form of suffering: taste, intelligence, and access do not save him from dependence.
  • His character is shaped with unusual consistency; again and again, the social world reads him through loss, jealousy, and emotional exposure.

Social Lenses

Archetype

Fallen

Broadly losing across immediate outcome, rank, and belonging.

Advantage

0%

Rank 62/62

Net score
-206.613
Mean
-0.786
Span
+7.484
Dominant dimension
Emotional Position

Prestige

0%

Rank 62/62

Net score
-139.776
Mean
-0.531
Span
+7.545
Dominant dimension
Emotional Position

Inclusion

0%

Rank 62/62

Net score
-225.958
Mean
-0.859
Span
+8.609
Dominant dimension
Emotional Position

Scene-level advantage over time

Advantage ELO Across ISLT

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Distinguishing Passages

Reading Path

  1. The main negative core of the profile
  2. Later social afterlife and residue
  3. Secondary shaping around Mme Swann

Passage Signals