THE MARK BY EDITH BULBRING MAIN CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERISATION JULIET SEVEN (Ettie) Acts to protect herself only but is overprotective of Kitty Intelligent; Loves to read Is rebellious; always looking for a way to escape the system
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THE MARK BY EDITH BULBRING MAIN CHARACTERS
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CHARACTERISATION<br>
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JULIET SEVEN (“Ettie”) Acts to protect herself only but is overprotective of Kitty
Intelligent; Loves to read
Is rebellious; always looking for a way to escape the system
Loathes her circumstances
Main aim: remove the mark
Employed as a drudge in the home of Master and Mistress
Carer to Little Miss
[MAJOR PLOT TWIST here]
Love interest: Nicolas (a locust) PROTAGONIST AND FIRST PERSON
NARRATOR<br>
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HANDLER XAVIER A complex character
Orphan warden’s son
In charge of Kitty, Ettie and others
At first appears coldly manipulative & self-centred
Ettie views him as dangerous
Later, it is revealed that he
Cares deeply for Kitty because of a promise he made
An important part of the Resistance<br>
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KATHERINE SEVEN (“Kitty”) Ettie’s roommate and co-conspirator
Ettie loves her; feels indebted to her for saving her from being burnt
Ettie believes Kitty to be vulnerable & helpless BUT
Kitty is part of the Resistance; wants to find The Machine to remove the Mark
Resourceful and intelligent
Knows how to use her beauty to infiltrate the Mangerian hierarchy<br>
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NICOLAS Son of the Guardian of Justice and Peace
16 years old
An apprentice Locust
Different from other snobby Mangerians:
Remains compassionate
Independent thinker; not conform to the hierarchy
Also wants to remove the Mark
Ettie’s love interest<br>
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MISTRESS, MASTER & LARISSA Mistress and Master always seem in conflict with each other
Wish to protect own families’ power and traditional roles
Mistress submissive to Master
Larissa is their daughter
At first: utterly selfish, malicious, cruel, willful, manipulative
Spoilt yet sickly
Warms up to Ettie eventually
Major plot twist between Ettie and Larissa!<br>
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Minor characters READER WITCH NELSON Blind, old man
Teaches Ettie to read
Ettie “borrows” books from him Part of the Resistance
Ettie knows very little about him 14 fingers
Speaks of the prophecy<br>
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THE UPPER CRUST THE MANGERIAN & THE POSH THE MACHINE The ELITE of society
Control and dominate everybody else; exploit everybody else
Untouchable
All other levels of society exist to SERVE the Mangerian
Mangerian families are intent to keep the power to themselves
The PRESIDENT controls all The greatest measure of controlling the society
Can track everyone
The rebels want to destroy it
Powered by the sun<br>
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Categories of Workers<br>
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Role of narrator Novel uses first person narrator
Everything filtered through Ettie’s consciousness
Ettie’s perceptions of her world are given
Ettie’s emotions are portrayed (fears and longings)<br>
