Eight Character Descriptions in
1. In "The Great Carbuncle," there are eight characters. The first character is the Seeker who is the oldest of them all. He is about sixty years old and has been searching for the Great Carbuncle since he was very young. The Seeker wore skins of wild animals for clothing. The whole reason the Seeker wanted to seek the jewel was for the challenge of the pursuit. This was his strength. As he grew old he no longer enjoyed the search. He said, "I hope for no enjoyment from it- that folly has passed long ago! I keep up the search for this accursed stone, because the vain ambition of my youth has become a fate upon me in old age" (p.13). The Seeker intended to find the Great Carbuncle and go to a "certain" cavern and hold it in his arms and just lie down and die. The jewel would then be with him forever. His purpose was ignoble.Dr. Cacaphodel was an elderly man who wore a high-crowned hat like a chemist. He was wrinkled and dried up looking because he spent so much time near charcoal furnaces and inhaling fumes when he was doing
They seemed out of place among the other six eccentric characters. He stayed away from the other characters. He thought it would cause him to become a famous poet if his poetry seemed really inspired. He wanted to pour his gain into his own self. Lord de Vere's purpose for searching for the Great Carbuncle was ignoble because he just wanted it as a decoration in his ancestral castle. Firstly, he wanted people to recognize his great scientific achievement and secondly, he wanted to grind part of it to powder, dissolve part of it in acids and melt the rest of it in order to study it and write a book about the results of his research. Cacaphodel wanted to find the gem for two reasons. The ignoble purpose of the poet was to hide the Great Carbuncle in his home in London. He would just use it when he needed inspiration to write his poetry. The purpose of the young couple searching for the Great Carbuncle was a noble purpose. The last two characters were Matthew and Hannah. They also wanted the light because it would be great when they "awake in the night to be able to see one another's faces" (p15). He was a poet and was subjected daily to fog and morning mist because of where he lived.
Common topics in this essay:
Ichabod Pigsnort,
Dr Cacaphodel,
Carbuncle Seeker,
Dr Cacaphodel's,
Hannah Matthew,
,
searching carbuncle,
carbuncle ignoble,
lord de,
lord de vere,
de vere,
purpose ignoble,
dr cacaphodel,
ignoble purpose,
|
Acceptance Essays
