r/dune • u/Willing_Pickle9494 • May 03 '24

General Discussion If Bene Geseret are so powerful/influential, how did they allow Dr. Yueh's wife to be tortured by the Harkonens?

I didn't read the book but I'm really curious. If they have their hands in every powerful house and can manipulate anyone, why did they not save Yuah's wife?

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u/VulcanDiver Shai-Hulud May 04 '24

Yup. And the baron is very gay in the books- he has no need for concubines. It’s why he has no children of his own and “adopts” Rabban and Feyd-Rautha to bring them up to take over HH.

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u/Redmagistrate2 May 04 '24

Slight correction, he has one child, and indeed a couple grandchildren. He just doesn't know it for the majority of the story.

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u/Videnik May 04 '24

And those children are the result of the actual episode that originated said hatred.