Frankenstein in Baghdad

by

Ahmed Saadawi

Tadros Character Analysis

Little is known about Elishva’s husband, except that he broke their son Daniel’s guitar out of grief, after learning of his death. His insistence on having a formal funeral for their son, despite the absence of a body, reveals that he was capable of accepting his son’s death without entering in denial like Elishva.
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Tadros Character Timeline in Frankenstein in Baghdad

The timeline below shows where the character Tadros appears in Frankenstein in Baghdad. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 5: The Body
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...on the clothes Elishva has given him, he finds that he looks just like Daniel Tadros Moshe, Elishva’s son, whom he sees in a picture next to the image of the... (full context)
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...anyone in a long time. She explains that she did not agree with her husband, Tadros, who wanted to bury an empty coffin for Daniel, filling it only with some clothes... (full context)
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...force people to join military service, and who physically dragged Daniel away. When Elishva and Tadros received an empty coffin for their son, brought to them by the military, Tadros destroyed... (full context)