Introduction
Analyzing the descriptive measured adopted by Peake to depict Abiatha Swelter Swelter is depicted as the extremely fat, huge, and sadistic chef who was in charge of the Gormenghast kitchen. The intended depiction of his gigantic figure becomes evident from following lines of his introductory narrative where he could not heave himself away from the support of adjoining pillars and a cask of wine in the kitchen as he was trying to address the other chefs in the kitchen. “He made one feeble effort to heave himself away from a pillar and to deliver his verses at a more ...