PACC British: Characters

Meursault

feels alienated from society, feels that he is the only authentic person

Mr. Bons

skeptical to what the boy sees in Celestial Omnibus, only sees what can be learned in books, unimaginative

Weston

west for scientific progress, willing to exploit Malacandra for science

Ransom

freedom, solitude, reverence for life

Bernard

seeks to be an individual, alienated, struggles with conformity

Grendel

a negative instance, representation of evil in the Anglo-Saxon period

Unferth

a foil to Beowulf, taunted Beowulf while the Danes were hospitable

The Dwarfs in LB

opportunists; only did what was good for themselves

John the Savage

medieval monk, self hatred, oedipus complex

Gregor Samsa

family only wanted him for his usefulness, abandoned him after he turned into a bug

Knight

chivalrous, generous, courteous, modest

Prioress

courtly love→not fitting for a nun, sentiment and tender heart→goes against ordo amoris

Monk

ignored rules of monastery, a hunter, nice clothes, fat; not qualities of a monk

Wife of Bath

5 husbands, gap teeth, aphrodisiacs

Parson

preached gospel, holds stave→guides and protects followers, admonishes sinners