Onufry Zagłoba

Onufry Zagłoba
Jan Onufry Zagłoba
The Trilogy character
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Portrait of Zagłoba, by Piotr Stachiewicz
First appearance With Fire and Sword
Last appearance Fire in the Steppe
Created by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Portrayed by

Mieczysław Pawlikowski (Colonel Wolodyjowski) Kazimierz Wichniarz (The Deluge)

Krzysztof Kowalewski (With Fire and Sword)
Information
Gender Male
Family Unknown
Religion Christian
Nationality Pole

Jan Onufry Zagłoba is a fictional character in the Trilogy by Henryk Sienkiewicz.

Background

Supposedly born about 1600, Zagłoba appears in With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i Mieczem) and The Deluge (Potop), and plays an offstage role (due to his age) in Colonel Wolodyjowski (Pan Wolodyjowski).

Zagłoba is often considered both a comic figure as well as the voice of patriotic conscience in the Trilogy. Some critics compare him to the Shakespearian character of Falstaff because of his propensity for drinking and telling exaggerated tales of his youthful adventures. Nevertheless, he is very intelligent and cunning. He is said to be the alter-ego of Sienkiewicz's father in-law, who held all the characteristics of Zagłoba.

His coat of arms is Wczele or Zagłoba.


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