ENGLISH 9 FINAL EXAM CHARACTER LIST

Prospero

The rightful Duke of Milan. uses magic to control the island & seeks revenge on those who wronged him. Father of Miranda.

Ariel

An air spirit who serves Prospero loyally , helping him execute his plans and longs to be freed from his servitude.

Caliban

The son of a witch and the original inhabitant of the island, who resents Prospero's rule and seeks to reclaim his rightful home. Plans to kill Prospero.

Miranda

Prospero's daughter, who has grown up on the island and represents innocence and compassion. Falls in love w/Ferdinand.

Ferdinand

The son of the King of Naples, who falls in love with Miranda and symbolizes hope and reconciliation.

Antonio

Prospero's brother who usurped his dukedom, representing betrayal and ambition. Pessimistic

Sebastian

The brother of Alonso, King of Naples, who plots against his brother and embodies treachery. Pessimistic

Alonso

The King of Naples, who is remorseful for his past actions and seeks redemption. Grieves his son cus he thinks he's dead. lwk depressed.

Gonzalo

An honest and loyal counselor who helped Prospero and Miranda escape Milan, representing wisdom and kindness. Optimistic.

Trinculo

A jester who provides comic relief and is often involved in the absurdity of the play's events. joins stephano & caliban in plotting to kill Prospero.

Stephano

A drunken butler who, along with Trinculo, attempts to take control of the island. joins trinculo & caliban in plotting to kill Prospero. finds trinculo & caliban -> "4 legged monster"

Frederick Douglass (Bailey)

The narrator and author who documents his life under various enslavers, his self-education, and his eventual escape to the North.

Harriet Bailey

Douglass's mother, a field hand who lived 12 miles away and occasionally walked at night to visit him before her death when Douglass was about seven.

Betsey and Isaac Bailey

Douglass's grandparents who raised him during his early childhood; Betsey was a midwife and deeply valued by the white plantation owners.

Captain Anthony

Douglass's first master and superintendent of Colonel Lloyd's farms, often speculated to be Douglass's father.

Colonel Edward Lloyd

A wealthy, feudal-style plantation owner who owns the lands and hundreds of slaves Douglass grows up on.

Lucretia Auld

Captain Anthony's daughter and Captain Thomas Auld's wife who inherits Douglass after her father's death.

Captain Thomas Auld

Lucretia's husband, notoriously cruel, often using religious justifications to treat his slaves brutally.

Hugh and Sophia Auld

Douglass's enslavers in Baltimore; Sophia initially teaches Douglass the alphabet before being forbidden to do so.

Mr. Austin Gore

A famously merciless overseer on Colonel Lloyd's plantation who murders the slave Demby and justifies it by claiming Demby was becoming unruly.

Mr. Edward Covey

A notorious 'slave-breaker' to whom Douglass is sent for a year; their physical battles serve as a psychological turning point in Douglass's fight for freedom.

William Freeland

A fair-minded enslaver who treats Douglass much better than his predecessors, though Douglass still plots his first major escape attempt on his farm.

Sandy Jenkins

An enslaved man on a neighboring farm who gives Douglass an 'anti-beating' root to protect him from Mr. Covey.

Anna Murray-Douglass

A free Black woman from Baltimore whom Douglass becomes engaged to; she follows him after his escape, and they marry in New York.

David Ruggles

A prominent free-Black abolitionist in New York City who helps Douglass secure safe passage to New Bedford.

Nathan Johnson

A Massachusetts abolitionist who takes Douglass in, loans him money, and helps him choose the surname 'Douglass'.

William Lloyd Garrison

A prominent white abolitionist and founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society who writes the preface to Douglass's Narrative after hearing him speak.

Mr. Severe

A cruel overseer known for his harsh treatment of enslaved people, representing the brutality of slavery.

Wendell Phillips

An influential abolitionist and orator who supported Douglass and the abolitionist movement.

Frederick's Grandmother

An enslaved woman who represents the familial bonds and sacrifices made by enslaved people, highlighting the impact of slavery on families.

The Abolitionists

A group of activists, including Phillips, who work towards ending slavery and advocating for the rights of African Americans.

Zeus

King of Olympus, God of Thunder and Lightning

Poseidon

God of Sea and Earthquakes

Athena

Goddess of Wisdom and Strategy, Daughter of Zeus

Hermes

God of Mischief, Messenger of the Olympians

Agamemnon

Dead King of Mycenae, Commander of Greeks, killed by wife

Aegisthus

Guy who killed Agamemnon with his wife

Orestes

Agamemnon's son, kills his father's murderer

Telemachus

Son of Odysseus, protagonist for the first few books

Penelope

Wife of Odysseus, mother of Telemachus

Mentor

Old Friend of Odysseus, the form Athena first and most frequently takes to speak with Telemachus

Nestor

Lord of Horses, King of Pylos, former war hero, the first stop on Telemachus' journey

Helen

Queen of Sparta, wife of Menelaus, jumpstarted the Trojan War when kidnapped by Paris, supposedly the most beautiful human woman ever

Menelaus

King of Sparta, husband of Helen, brother of Agamemnon, hosts Telemachus in his castle

Eurycleia

Old nursemaid of Odysseus' family, maternal figure to Telemachus, the first to recognize Odysseus when he arrives home

Calypso

Immortal nymph, daughter of the Titan Atlas, holds Odysseus captive on her island

Cicones

Thracian tribe that Odysseus originally raides, and then later attacks him and his men

Lotus-Eaters

The natives of Lotus Island, where an intoxicating plant causes eaters to forget any desires to ever leave

Polyphemus

Cyclops that kills a lot of Odysseus' men, son of Poseidon

Aeolus

Lord of Wind, gifts Odysseus a bag of wind to sail home, but then kicks him out when he comes back for seconds

Laestrygonians

Tribe of man-eating giants, King and Queen kill several of Odysseus' men

Circe

Sorceress, Goddess of Enchantment and Transformation, daughter of Helios, turns several of Odysseus' men into pigs

Eurylochus

Odysseus' second-in-command, shows distrust of Odysseus after the Circe Pig incident

Tiresias

Blind, dead Theban Prophet whom Odysseus talks to in Hades

Alcinous

King of Phaeacians, Odysseus' final host before he arrives home

Scylla

Man-eating (sea) monster with six heads and twelve legs, eats six of Odysseus' men, chosen by Odysseus instead of Charybdis

Charybdis

Sea monster thing which is basically just a huge whirlpool, the other choice instead of Scylla

Sirens

Beautiful sea creatures that lure men to their deaths with songs and promises of whatever they want

Theoclymenus

Argive Prophet who is befriended by Telemachus, predicts of Bloodshed

Antinous

Leader of the suitors, orchestrated the plot to murder Odysseus

Melanthius

Goatherder who betrays Odysseus to the suitors and is brutally tortured and killed upon Odysseus' return

Emaeus the Swineherd

The guy Odysseus hides out with when he first arrives back in Ithaca

Helius

God of the Sun, also a Titan, not to be confused with Apollo

Hades

Both the God of Death and Riches and the name of the Underworld itself

Ithaca

Home of Odysseus

Crete

The place Odysseus says is his hometown when he is disguised as a beggar

Sparta

The Kingdom of Helen and Menelaus