Caleb Williams summary:

• Caleb Williams is an orphan in the service of Falkland
• Notices Falkland is very moody
• Asks Collins (another employee) for Falkland’s history
  • in his youth, Falkland was challenged to a duel, but resolves the issue rationally — ONLY because the challenge was private
  • CW learns that Falkland stood up to the petty tyrant Tyrrell
    • Tyrrell really really hates Falkland
    • Emily becomes enamored of Falkland when he rescues her; Tyrrell gets mad and tries to marry her off to the oaf Grimes; she dies rather than submit (this is debatable — she died of illness)
    • Tyrrell is murdered; Falkland is suspected; two other people (Hawkins) are prosecuted for the crime
• Something about a secret in a trunk sparks CW’s curiosity

Falkland:

• extrinsic locus of control — he doesn’t seem to make the decisions of how to act, he acts as he is supposed to
• adheres to the expectations of his class
• concerned with public reputation
• delicate
• torment of his mind distorts his calculated self-presentation

Caleb Williams:

• governed by fear and curiosity
• curious from childhood
• compulsive curiosity

Tyrrell:

• apparently has a name from Game of Thrones
• less qualified from instruction
• spoiled — mom accommodated him (similar to the indulged infant in Political Justice)
• used to getting his way
• barbarian
• his rules are the rules
• accustomed to being “loved” for his money, station, etc.
• can’t adapt when Falkland comes on the scene

Emily:

• cheerful, playful disposition
• orphan
• little bit naive
• very honest
• “her own heart was incapable of guile” true to herself

Grimes:

• rules that govern Grimes are the same rules that would govern an animal
• “scarcely human”
• doesn’t know people don’t like him
• “not spiteful or malicious” — doesn’t know people think he’s the actual worst
• incapacity of understanding the feelings of others
• Tyrrell is his master — he goes along with whatever Tyrrell wants