# The Narrator (Emerson) — Essays character guide

> The Narrator (Emerson) in Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** I, myself

**First appearance:** 0001-self-reliance

## Who they are

The first-person narrator and central voice of the essays, often identified with Emerson himself.

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