Choose extracts from the story that illustrate the character of the people listed in the table given below. There are some words given to help you. You may add words of your own. One has been done as an example:

vain

jealous

competitive

shrewd

manipulative

stingy

materialistic

spiteful

Character

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What this tells us about the character

Mrs. Packletide

(i) The compelling motive for her sudden deviation towards the footsteps of Nimrod was the fact that Loona Bimberton had recently been carried eleven miles in an aeroplane by an Algerian aviator, and talked of nothing else; only a personally procured tiger-skin and a heavy harvest of Press photographs could successfully counter that sort of thing

Competitive

(ii) Mrs. Packletide had offered a thousand rupees for the opportunity of shooting a tiger without over-much risk or exertion,

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(iii) Mrs. Packletide faced the cameras with a light heart, and her pictured fame reached from the pages of the Texas Weekly Snapshot to the illustrated Monday upplement of the Novoe Vremya.

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Louisa Mebbin

(i) "If it's an old tiger I think you ought to get it cheaper. A thousand rupees is a lot of money."

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(ii) Louisa Mebbin adopted a protective elder-sister attitude towards money in general, irrespective of nationality or denomination

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(iii) "How amused everyone would be if they knew what really happened," said Louisa Mebbin a few days after the ball.

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(iv) Louisa Mebbin's pretty week-end cottage, christened by her "Les Fauves," and gay in summer-time with its garden borders of tiger-lilies, is the wonder and admiration of her friends

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Loona Bimberton

(i) As for Loona Bimberton, she refused to look at an illustrated paper for weeks, and her letter of thanks for the gift of a tiger-claw brooch was a model of repressed emotions

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(ii) there are limits beyond which repressed emotions become dangerous.

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Character

Extract from the story

What this tells us about the character

Mrs. Packletide

(i) The compelling motive for her sudden deviation towards the footsteps of Nimrod was the fact that Loona Bimberton had recently been carried eleven miles in an aeroplane by an Algerian aviator, and talked of nothing else; only a personally procured tiger-skin and a heavy harvest of Press photographs could successfully counter that sort of thing

Competitive

(ii) Mrs. Packletide had offered a thousand rupees for the opportunity of shooting a tiger without over-much risk or exertion,

Manipulative

(iii) Mrs. Packletide faced the cameras with a light heart, and her pictured fame reached from the pages of the Texas Weekly Snapshot to the illustrated Monday upplement of the Novoe Vremya.

Vain

Louisa Mebbin

(i) “If it’s an old tiger I think you ought to get it cheaper. A thousand rupees is a lot of money.”

Stingy

(ii) Louisa Mebbin adopted a protective elder-sister attitude towards money in general, irrespective of nationality or denomination

Materialistic

(iii) "How amused everyone would be if they knew what really happened," said Louisa Mebbin a few days after the ball.

Shrewd

(iv) Louisa Mebbin's pretty week-end cottage, christened by her "Les Fauves," and gay in summer-time with its garden

borders of tiger-lilies, is the wonder and admiration of her friends

Spiteful

Loona Bimberton

(i) As for Loona Bimberton, she refused to look at an illustrated paper for weeks, and her letter of thanks for the gift of a tiger-claw brooch was a model of repressed emotions

Jealous

(ii) there are limits beyond which repressed emotions become dangerous.

Spiteful

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The narrator and his wife reveal something about their character in their words and actions. We also learn about them from what other people say. Can you pick out the words that describe them from the box given below? Also, pick out lines and instances from the story to illustrate your choice.

shy	arrogant	loyal	clever	overconfident	Manipulative
protective	self-disparaging	suspicious	sceptical	jealous fearless	Firm
shrewd	strong	gullible	sly	creative	Loves novelty and thrills

Person	Extract from story	What it tells us about the character
John Hallock	1. …in the end things had always come my Hallock way….. somehow I'd always been able to dig one (plot) up for him, so I'd begun to get a bit cocky as to my ability (to write stories).	1. ______________
	2. "But my ghosts aren't a bit like you----".	2. sceptical
	3. We scout around until we find a writer without ideas and with a mind soft enough to accept impression.	3. gullible
	4. __________________________ __________________________	4. creative
	5. __________________________ __________________________	5. protective
Lavinia Hallock	1. __________________________ __________________________	1. loves novelty and thrills
	2. __________________________ __________________________	2. Spendthrift
	3. __________________________ __________________________	3. suspicious
	4. __________________________ __________________________	4. jealous
	5. Buys the Ouija board but says it is for John's research	5. manipulative
	6. Does not flinch when she meets the ghost but talks to her casually.	6. strong

Choose extracts from the story that illustrate the characters of the four main people in the story, and say what those extracts tell you about them. (Copy and complete the following.)

Person	Extracts from the story	What this tells us about their characters
Babuli	(paragraph 2) I have thought of home not even once. (35)	He had neglected his family, and was preoccupied with the job and his new life in the city.
Babuli’s wife	(9)	-
Elder brother	(4) (30)	-
Second brother	(6)	-

Apart from the narrator, the other major character in the story is the grandmother. Choose five words that best sum up her character, and support your choice with relevant extracts from the story, i.e.,

The grandmother is…	Extracts that illustrate this…
(a)	-
(b)	-
(c)	-
(d)	-
(e)	-

Julius Caesar and Antony reveal something their character in their words and actions. We also learn about them from what other people say. Pick out the words that describe them from the box given below. Also, pick out lines from the play to illustrate your choice.

superstitious	arrogant	loyal	clever
over-confident	manipulative	good orator	ambitious
brave	great conqueror	generous	fearless
loves flattery	firm	shrewd	crafty

Person	Extract from play	What it tells us about the character
Julius Caesar	1. the things that threaten’d me Ne’er look’d but on my back; when they shall see The face of Caesar, they are vanished.	1. arrogant
	2. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________
	3. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________
	4. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________
	5. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________
	6. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________

Person	Extract from play	What it tells us about the character
Mark Antony	1. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________
	2. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________
	3. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________
	4. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________
	5. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________
	6. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________

We notice lots of details about people and their appearance, but to describe them accurately and vividly, we need to be specific.

Working in pairs, look carefully at the pictures given and complete the table with appropriate words from the box given on the next page. You may add words of your own to describe people.

angular	close-cropped	well-tailored	casual	stocky
elegant	unshaven	ill-fitting	formal	lanky
bearded	sloppy	medium	petite	hefty
balding	slim	plaited	thick	round
open	friendly	wavy	long	receding
over weight	sharp-featured

	A	B	C	D
Face
Hair
Dress
Build

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Character	Extract from the story	What this tells us about the character
Mrs. Packletide	(i) The compelling motive for her sudden deviation towards the footsteps of Nimrod was the fact that Loona Bimberton had recently been carried eleven miles in an aeroplane by an Algerian aviator, and talked of nothing else; only a personally procured tiger-skin and a heavy harvest of Press photographs could successfully counter that sort of thing	Competitive
	(ii) Mrs. Packletide had offered a thousand rupees for the opportunity of shooting a tiger without over-much risk or exertion,	_____________
	(iii) Mrs. Packletide faced the cameras with a light heart, and her pictured fame reached from the pages of the Texas Weekly Snapshot to the illustrated Monday upplement of the Novoe Vremya.	_____________
Louisa Mebbin	(i) "If it's an old tiger I think you ought to get it cheaper. A thousand rupees is a lot of money."	_____________
	(ii) Louisa Mebbin adopted a protective elder-sister attitude towards money in general, irrespective of nationality or denomination	_____________
	(iii) "How amused everyone would be if they knew what really happened," said Louisa Mebbin a few days after the ball.	_____________
	(iv) Louisa Mebbin's pretty week-end cottage, christened by her "Les Fauves," and gay in summer-time with its garden borders of tiger-lilies, is the wonder and admiration of her friends	_____________
Loona Bimberton	(i) As for Loona Bimberton, she refused to look at an illustrated paper for weeks, and her letter of thanks for the gift of a tiger-claw brooch was a model of repressed emotions	_____________
	(ii) there are limits beyond which repressed emotions become dangerous.	_______________

Character	Extract from the story	What this tells us about the character
Mrs. Packletide	(i) The compelling motive for her sudden deviation towards the footsteps of Nimrod was the fact that Loona Bimberton had recently been carried eleven miles in an aeroplane by an Algerian aviator, and talked of nothing else; only a personally procured tiger-skin and a heavy harvest of Press photographs could successfully counter that sort of thing	Competitive
	(ii) Mrs. Packletide had offered a thousand rupees for the opportunity of shooting a tiger without over-much risk or exertion,	Manipulative
	(iii) Mrs. Packletide faced the cameras with a light heart, and her pictured fame reached from the pages of the Texas Weekly Snapshot to the illustrated Monday upplement of the Novoe Vremya.	Vain
Louisa Mebbin	(i) “If it’s an old tiger I think you ought to get it cheaper. A thousand rupees is a lot of money.”	Stingy
	(ii) Louisa Mebbin adopted a protective elder-sister attitude towards money in general, irrespective of nationality or denomination	Materialistic
	(iii) "How amused everyone would be if they knew what really happened," said Louisa Mebbin a few days after the ball.	Shrewd
	(iv) Louisa Mebbin's pretty week-end cottage, christened by her "Les Fauves," and gay in summer-time with its garden borders of tiger-lilies, is the wonder and admiration of her friends	Spiteful
Loona Bimberton	(i) As for Loona Bimberton, she refused to look at an illustrated paper for weeks, and her letter of thanks for the gift of a tiger-claw brooch was a model of repressed emotions	Jealous
Loona Bimberton	(ii) there are limits beyond which repressed emotions become dangerous.	Spiteful