person
Pharaoh (of the Exodus)
Pharaoh
also: Fáraó, fáraó
The unnamed Pharaoh of Egypt in Mózes, embodying pragmatic autocratic power rather than personal malice; he is genuinely impressed by the young Mózes, then hardened by the plagues, and finally compelled by the death of Egypt's firstborn to release Israel.
Reading notes
- Moses §1 Pharaoh
The unnamed Pharaoh (Hungarian: Fáraó) of Egypt, ruler of the slave-holding empire; in Madách's drama he embodies pragmatic autocratic power rather than personal malice.