Walter Hart right is a drawing teacher, who is told by Fredrick Fairlie to teach his niece Laura, and Marian Holcombe. They all play an important role throughout the novel. He has many different traits that describe him as a person. He is loyal, helpful and always thinks for others before himself, without having a negative attitude on things. He likes to teach art, which may make him a very abstract and creative person. An example from the novel that shows that Walter hart right is a very patient person is when he has a student who comes to him for art lessons, but talks nonstop. Also Walter doesn't really like a man named Mr. Fairlie, his personality and does not want to see him unless necessary. Which shows he doesn't want to create problems and tries to avoid conflict, so he’s thinking for a better future for both of them? Later on Walter starts to have feelings for one pretty girl miss Fairlie but he’s a very loyal person and has good morals cause he’s trying to get rid of his feelings for her since she learns she has fiancee.
Fredrick Fairlie is another very important character that impacts the novel very much. Fairlie meets a man named count fosco, who could be seen as a bad guy in the story. He describes himself as "nothing but a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man. pg.160 Fairle's nerves show his character indepthly since he seems very self continence . Fairlie seems like a very nervous character, Due to his personality trait of being a nervous person, he has a very low self esteem and thinks of himself as an invalid human being.. He considers himself as " singularly and uppleastly delicate in its association with a man (pg 39)". His description may make him have female characteristics. Fredrick fairlie maybe a minor character. Hes a very miserable and is ;in a way a selfish person. His view on foreigners is very rude, he keeps calling them "less than intelligent, or ass, or idiot etc." Even when his health and family is at risks, he still thinks only of his poor, he has alot of self pity in his self.
Anne Catherick is the protagonist in the novel. Shes the mysterious woman in white daughter of Laura’s father Philip Fairlie, and had been put into an asylum by Percival
Glyde because she knows his secret. People get put into asylum for mental problems and thats what everyone thinks she has. Anne catherick, is a odd young woman dressed in white who Walter meets in the forest and who looks strangely identical to Laura, another character is the novel who doesn't play a big part in the book yet, so there isn't much information to describe her, as well and Anne catherick, i do know though that she must play a big role in the novel since she is know as "The woman in white" and the books title is also "The woman In white" therefore she may play an important part during the novel. After walter met the ghostly woman, Anne catherick who makes him have feelings for her. He confuses her with laura, another girl in white. This girl is one of his art students. (84). Walter’s connection to Laura is shown as a result of her ghostly appearance. In one definition of Laura’s appearance, Walter describes her as: “Her hair is of so faint and pale a brown Ð not flaxen, and yet almost as light that it nearly melts, here and there, into the shadow of the hat.”; her eyes are “beautiful above all things in the clear truthfulness of a look that dwells in their innermost depths, and shines through all their changes of expression” (51). Laura’s hair is described as so “faint and pale” Its shows how hes starting to have feelings for Anne the girl he saw and wants to get to know her since she thinks shes so pretty and is ready to see her again.
