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Character Analysis. Charlotte Doyle. Wanted to be lady-like Bonnet, full skirts, high button shoes, white gloves Curious of many things Soon turns against Captain Jaggery Wants justice
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Charlotte Doyle • Wanted to be lady-like • Bonnet, full skirts, high button shoes, white gloves • Curious of many things • Soon turns against Captain Jaggery • Wants justice • “ my family dressed me as a young woman, bonnet covering my beautiful hair, full skirts, high but ton shoes, and you may be sure, white gloves. pg 1” • I did promis,’ whispered and dropped the coin into the man’s upturned palm pg 11
Seahawk • The boat Charlotte Doyle boards to go to America • Has bad feeling • The main mast is broken from the hurricane • “ the one unique aspect of this ship was a carved figurehead of a pale white seahawk beneath the bow spirit pg 13” • “the seahawk was what is known as a brig, a two masted ship (with a snow mast behind the main) pg12
Captain Jaggery • The captain of the crew • Very punctual • Has bad reputation • Acts very courteous to Charlotte, but then is very cruel to the crewmembers • “You [Capt. Jaggery] remind me of my father.] p 46
Mr. Grummage • Very punctual • Short temper • Pompous • “Mr. Grummage was, like my father, a gentleman.” • “Mr. Grummage was dressed in a black frock coat with a stove pipe hat that added to his considerable height.”
Zachariah • Lonely, wants to be friends with Charlotte Doyle • Black • Has many jobs - cook, surgeon, carpenter, preacher • Seems innocent • “cook, surgeon, carpenter, and preacher to man and ship. “ p 22 • “His clothing, what I could see of it, was even more decrepit than the previous sailor’s, which is to say, mostly rags and tatters.” p 21
Mr. Keetch • 2nd mate • Against Captain Jaggery • Blackmailed by Captain Jaggery • “He [Keetch] was too nervous, uncertain.” • “Too grateful that we spared his [Keetch] life.”