The King in Yellow, Part 1 요약

줄거리

1. Hildred describes national prosperity, political exclusion, and legalized suicide, then recalls his injury, asylum treatment, and disturbing encounter with The King in Yellow.
2. After the Lethal Chamber inauguration, Hildred visits Hawberk, praises Mr. Wilde, and alarms Hawberk and Constance with claims about their identity.
3. Mr. Wilde describes his reputation business and its influential employees, then discusses Hildred’s supposed succession rights and plans for mass support.
4. Louis passes with his regiment, and Mr. Wilde urges Hildred to speak with his cousin.
5. At home, Hildred handles his jeweled diadem and watches a young man enter the Lethal Chamber.
6. Hildred goes walking before dinner and meets Louis, who asks for news.

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눈여겨볼 점

Hildred makes his own sanity the standard for judging Wilde. His history of confinement and his imperial convictions make that assurance uncertain.

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