# Unto This Last — Character guide

> Key figures in Unto This Last by John Ruskin.

- [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/unto_this_last_se/characters/unknown_narrator.md): The unnamed narrator or focal character, often referred to by pronouns.
- [John Stuart Mill](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/unto_this_last_se/characters/john_stuart_mill.md): A prominent economist and philosopher whose ideas are critiqued in the text.
- [David Ricardo](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/unto_this_last_se/characters/david_ricardo.md): A classical economist whose theories on value and wealth are discussed.
- [The Master](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/unto_this_last_se/characters/the_master.md): A recurring figure representing an employer or household head in economic analogies.
- [Charles Dickens](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/unto_this_last_se/characters/charles_dickens.md): Referenced as a literary figure illustrating social and economic conditions.
- [Master of a Household](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/unto_this_last_se/characters/master_of_a_household.md): A generic figure used in examples about domestic economy and duty.
- [The Servant](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/unto_this_last_se/characters/the_servant.md): A generic servant figure used in moral and economic illustrations.
- [Dante](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/unto_this_last_se/characters/dante.md): Referenced for his depiction of Plutus in the Inferno to discuss wealth.
- [Pope](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/unto_this_last_se/characters/pope.md): Mentioned as a poet or authority in passing.
- [The Greeks](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/unto_this_last_se/characters/the_greeks.md): Referenced as an ancient culture for comparison in economic thought.
- [Ixion](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/unto_this_last_se/characters/ixion.md): Mythological figure used as an allusion to punishment and greed.
- [Fritz](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/unto_this_last_se/characters/fritz.md): A minor named example used in an economic illustration.

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