CHARACTER SKETCH OF
- PERSOME
- BISHOP
- CONVICT
- MARIE
ITS URGENT EXAM DAY AFTER
Dear Student,
Below are some points that should help you frame the character sketch of:
1. Persome:
- Persome is Bishop's sister.
- Not generous and kind as her brother Bishop
- Skeptical eye towards the people even if they are suffering.
- Considers sick Mere Gringoire to be lazy
- Rude treatment with Marie
- Non-believer in general goodness of humanity
- Cold attitude towards the downtrodden
2. Bishop:
- He was a person highly influenced by Christian ideals of justice, empathy and compassion.
- He was highly helpful to the needy. The example of selling the salt-cellars proves this.
- He was a man who believed in the concept of forgiveness. He didn't want to punish the convict because he knew that would do him and his soul no good.
- He was a very successful bishop, best suited for what he did. He believed all that he preached.
- He had a very simple character and he was extremely honest and true to his idea.
3. Convict:
- A normal life was led by him before he became a criminal
- Societal pressures led him to this path
- No belief in religion
- Severe punishment made him cold and soulless
- Bishop's generosity extracted the lost human in him
4. Marie:
- She is a very submissive being.
- She gets rudely treated by Persome
- Marie is sarcastically thanked by Persome when Bishop leaves to see Marie's mother without having supper.