Perfume

Perfume

by

Patrick Süskind

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Father Terrier Character Analysis

The monk who handles Grenouille's return to the local cloister by Jeanne Bussie. He despises technical details and difficulties and is in charge of administering the cloister's charities. He's of the belief that children cannot be possessed by the devil due to their undeveloped souls, but admits that there's something strange about the infant Grenouille.

Father Terrier Quotes in Perfume

The Perfume quotes below are all either spoken by Father Terrier or refer to Father Terrier. 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:
Growing Up and Becoming Human Theme Icon
).
Part 1, Chapter 3 Quotes

Wasn't it Horace himself who wrote, “The youth is gamy as a buck, the maiden's fragrance blossoms as does the white narcissus...”?—and the Romans knew all about that! The odor of humans is always a fleshy odor—that is, a sinful odor. How could an infant, which does not yet know sin even in its dreams, have an odor? How could it smell?

Related Characters: Father Terrier (speaker), Jean-Baptise Grenouille, Jeanne Bussie
Page Number: 16
Explanation and Analysis:
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Father Terrier Quotes in Perfume

The Perfume quotes below are all either spoken by Father Terrier or refer to Father Terrier. 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:
Growing Up and Becoming Human Theme Icon
).
Part 1, Chapter 3 Quotes

Wasn't it Horace himself who wrote, “The youth is gamy as a buck, the maiden's fragrance blossoms as does the white narcissus...”?—and the Romans knew all about that! The odor of humans is always a fleshy odor—that is, a sinful odor. How could an infant, which does not yet know sin even in its dreams, have an odor? How could it smell?

Related Characters: Father Terrier (speaker), Jean-Baptise Grenouille, Jeanne Bussie
Page Number: 16
Explanation and Analysis: