Character Analysis


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. An example in the novel was when he helped the woman in white Ann Catherick to escape.  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 fiancée. 

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 ineptly 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 but his appearance and the way he acts have important relationships with the bigger issues in the novel. hes a very miserable and is ;in a way a selfish person. His view on foreigners is very rude, he repeatedly calls them "less than intelligent, or ass, or idiot etc." Even when his health and family is at stake, he still thinks only of his poor, poor nerves: he has a lot of self-pity in his self.

Anne Catherick is the protagonist in the novel. She’s 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 that’s 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 known 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 "transparent", lie see threw: “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 he’s starting to have feelings for Anne the girl he saw and wants to get to know her since she thinks she’s so pretty and is ready to see her again.



by: Deborah Anderson

                                    Walter Hartright  
Walter Hartright, the main character in the novel, The Woman In White, is a handsome young  arts teacher in his mid 20s  who is poor and earns his money through teaching art. Walter has good qualities that woman like. The novel expresses his character as a helpful, trust worthy, loyal, and supportive person. An example of Walters goodness is when he meets a mysterious woman in white, Anne Catherick, and helps her when he finds out that she escaped from an asylum.  Walter Hartright is also a man that is easily  attracted to womens beauty. As Walter moves to limerage to begin working as a arts professor and finally arrives at his employment, he meets one of his students, Laura Fairlie who is beautiful and he falls in love with her. At this point of the novel, Walters loyalty is revealed when he leaves Laura after finding out that she was engaged. In his Workplace, he meets his irritating employer, Mr. Fairlie. Walters patience and frustration is revealed as he deals with Mr. Fairlie constantly hollering at him. Walter is one of the characters in the novel that brings intrest and exquisite events to the story 

                                                          
                                         Laura Fairlie
Laura Fairlie in the novel is Marians half sister and also known as one of Walters art students that he has feelings for. She is a beautiful, powerless, and a very kind young woman who is a heiress and an orphan. Laura reveals her gentleness and submission when she marries a man she does not love, Sir Percival. Laura only married him because that was the promise she made to her father. Laura is truly love with Walter Hartright 

                                     
                                   Marian Halcombe  
Marian Halcombe, in the novel, The Woman In White is Laura's half sister who is described as physically unattractive and with manly features.  Marian is a strong, intelligent, and determined young woman who is against sexism. She believes that women should not be forced to be married to men. With this belief, she was upset with her sister Laura when she made the decision to give  herself to Sir Percival in marriage for the promise she made for her father. Marian is a very significant and inspiring character in the novel because she is not the typical weak and submissive woman. Her strengths and intelligence add more attention grabbing and realistic events to the 


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