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Ida Jungmann
Sesame Weichbrodt runs the boarding school Tony attends in girlhood, and she remains a loyal friend and mentor to Tony throughout her life. Sesame is with Tony, Erika, Klothilde, and the ladies Buddenbrook of Breite Strasse at the end of the novel when Gerda announces her plans to leave Lübeck and return to Amsterdam in the wake of Hanno’s death. Though the few Buddenbrooks who still remain live in a state of melancholy and squalor, Sesame urges them to push forward and keep their heads held high, as she reassures them that they will be reunited with their departed kin in the afterlife.
Sesame Weichbrodt Quotes in Buddenbrooks
The Buddenbrooks quotes below are all either spoken by Sesame Weichbrodt or refer to Sesame Weichbrodt. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 11, Chapter 4 Quotes
“It is so!” she said with all her strength and dared them with her eyes.
There she stood, victorious in the good fight that she had waged all her life against the onslaughts of reason. There she stood, hunchbacked and tiny, trembling with certainty—an inspired, scolding little prophet.
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These are the final lines of the novel. Several months after Hanno’s death, Gerda announces her plans to return to Amsterdam. With Gerda gone, the few Buddenbrooks who remain will have virtually no social standing in Lübeck, and they will be reduced to living in squalor. Tony is beside herself but tries to take Gerda’s decision in stride. After Gerda makes her announcement, she and the remaining Buddenbrooks and their close friends reflect on all those who have died, musing on the possibility that they might be reunited in the afterlife. When one of the late Gotthold’s daughters snidely expresses Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque o
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Sesame Weichbrodt Character Timeline in Buddenbrooks
The timeline below shows where the character Sesame Weichbrodt appears in Buddenbrooks. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 4, Chapter 10
...Consul Huneus, “the richest man in town,” and Moritz Hagenström is now a successful lawyer. Sesame Weichbrodt remains a compassionate and supportive friend to Tony. In time, Tony’s marriage to Grünlich...
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Part 5, Chapter 9
...Ewers) in Munich, where Eva’s husband is a brewery director. Tony will leave Erika at Sesame Weichbrodt’s boarding school for the duration of the trip. Thomas thinks this is a great...
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Part 6, Chapter 1
...play out. But upstairs, the house is quiet and empty. Erika has been enrolled at Sesame Weichbrodt’s boarding school. Klothilde has gone to live in a room in the home of...
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Part 6, Chapter 5
...to know Tony’s friends and extended family. The ladies at Breite Strasse find him amusing. Sesame Weichbrodt finds him tiresome. Permaneder turns out to be a perpetually cheerful man, and he’s...
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Part 8, Chapter 8
...Bethsy. It's an elaborate affair, with a boy choir assembled to perform for the family. Sesame Weichbrodt, Madame Kethelsen, and Jürgen Kröger come from out of town. None of the adults...
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Part 9, Chapter 4
Christmas arrives—the first without Bethsy Buddenbrook. There are no choirboys this year. Sesame Weichbrodt reads the Christmas story, since Gerda doesn’t really like that sort of thing. No...
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Part 11, Chapter 4
Sesame Weichbrodt sits in Tony’s living room with Gerda, Erika, Klothilde, and the ladies Buddenbrook of...
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...weep as she thinks of her late nephew. “Oh, he was an angel,” she exclaims. Sesame corrects Tony: “He is an angel now.” Tony continues to cry as she thinks of...
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