Flimnap is the Lord High Treasurer of Lilliput. He is the
one who conceives a jealous hatred for Gulliver (not to Lilliput) when he started believing that
his wife is having a thing with him. Flimnap is clearly fearful, since the likelihood
of a love affair between Gulliver and a Lilliputian is wildly questionable.
Flimnap is a representation of the softness of character to which any human is susceptible
to but that become especially unsafe in those who exercise great power.