Characters Flashcards
Mrs. Spring Fragrance
The Spring Fragrance couple, Mrs. SF came to America with her parents, she embodies adapting and not losing her culture.
The Inferior Woman
Alice Winthrop: self-made, looked down upon
Will Carmen: neighbour
Mrs. Spring Fragrance
The Wisdom of the New
Wou Sankwei: husband to Pau Lin
Pau Lin: Incapable of adapting, American culture = evil
Adah Charlton: young girl, bright face
Its Wavering Image
Pan: mixed race, knows self-identity
Mark Carson: Pressured Pan to choose between identities.
The Story of the One White Woman who Married a Chinese
James Carson: Ex-husband, verbally abusive, degrating
Minnie Carson: Wants to be wife + mother, independent
Liu Kanghi: Chinese man who took in Minnie and her son, Kind, traditional, respectful
The Kanghi Family: they take in Minnie, treat her as their own
Her Chinese Husband
Liu Kanghi and Minnie Carson
The Americanizing of Pau Tsu
Pau Tsu: Chinese, not wanting americanization
Wan Ling Fo: Nephew to Wan Hing
Mrs. Adah: American, pretty friend of Wan
In the Land of the Free
Hom Hing: Lae Choo husband, father of Little One
Lae Choo: Suffering seperation of her and child.
The Narrator, ZItkala Sa
Represents Zitkala-Sa, a young Dakota girl, free spirit, adores her mother.
Iktomi
Iktomi is a greedy and selfish classic trickster figure, never learns from his mistakes
Bureau of Indians Affairs
Cruel bureaucracy that cripples indigenous communities
Narrator’s Mother (Zitkala-Sa)
Raised her daughter as a free spirit, values her culture. Hates white men.
The Avenger
Spirit in form of an Indian brave, carries a magic arrow, travels far and wide. He can be tricked but always wins
The Fall of the House of Usher
Roderick Usher: educated, intellectual, mental condition, thin with wild hair
Narrator: They used to be friends, concerned for Roderick
Madeline Usher: Hardly exists, twin sister, an embodiment of illness.
The Murders on Rue Morgue
Auguste Dupin: Eccentric amateur detective, creative, intellectual and analytical.
Camille L’Espanaye: Daughter of Madame L’Espanaye
Madame L’Espanaye: Mysteriously murdered with daughter.
The Sailor: Owned the Ourangoutang it escaped and murdered the L’Espanayes.
Mother of Althesa, Clotel, stuck in Natchez, dies of yellow fever. Example: what suffering families endure when torn apart.
Currer
Daughter of Currer; Had a child with Green named Mary. Treated badly by Mrs. French; as she was light skinned she was envied. Brown invites white readers to feel sympathy for her.
Clotel
Henry’s wife, contributes to Salome’s freedom, her and Henry die of yellow fever, her kids live with their uncle who doesn’t know she was a slave, the kids represent Brown’s seperation from his mom and sister.
Althesa
Wealthy, has a kid with Clotel, marries Gertrude, he has an inability to stand up to the cruel and unjust system.
Horatio Green
Owns congregation and plantation of 70 slaves, has callousness to slaves, when he dies the slaves are happy.
John Peck
Daughter of John, against slavery, she’s modest, self-possessed, great voices, sweet and seen as a heroine.
Georgiana
Sees herself as the “man” of the family while her father is away at war, she is a talented writer, her worst fault is her hot temper.
Jo March
She steps up to instruct her younger siblings, beautiful girl and prosperous, her biggest flaw is she can be vain.
Meg March
A pretty child, a talented drawer, she is spoiled and her greatest fault is selfishness. Aspires to be a refined lady
Amy March
