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Ariel is described to be a year or two older than Violet. She is named after a character in Shakespeare's The Tempest. Brewster – A castaway who reaps the wild grass that serves as a spice on the Island. He is named after Maud Brewster, a character in Jack London's The Sea-Wolf. Byam – A former sailor who washed up on the Island. Byam's job ...
The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880–81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James's most popular novels and is regarded by critics as one of his finest.
Must be a defining trait – Characters with access to vast powers (such as magical spells, advanced technology and genetic engineering) who are theoretically capable of this superhuman feature or ability – but who have neither made regular use nor provided a notable example of this extraordinary or supernatural feat – are not listed here.
Madame Schoss – associate of the Rostov household; Shapovalov – The Cossack who stumbled upon the left flank of Murat's army on October 2 while pursuing a hare and the inactivity he witnessed was sufficient evidence to support the Battle of Tarutino. Shcherbinin – Gen. Konovnitsyn's adjutant in 1812.
Scrooge, Ebenezer Miserly main character in A Christmas Carol, he is visited by the ghost of Jacob Marley and three ghosts of Christmas. Sikes, Bill is a villain and a thief in Oliver Twist. Skimpole, Harold is the indebted and foolish friend of John Jarndyce in Bleak House. His character is based on the critic and essayist Leigh Hunt.
In the 2017 live-action remake, the Wardrobe is portrayed by Audra McDonald and is known as Madame de Garderobe, a virtuosic opera singer, and wife of court composer Maestro Cadenza. The Enchantress' curse separated her from her husband, and as the rose withered, she was prone to dozing off more often as she became more inanimate.
Many film and television adaptations conflate Omby Amby and the Gatekeeper for convenience. An example is the 2013 film Oz the Great and Powerful, in which Bruce Campbell plays an unnamed character who exhibits traits of both men. In the 2005 TV-movie The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, Sam the Eagle portrays "the Gate Guard."
The Baudelaires are oblivious to the reason of their self-consciousness on their rare abilities. Every day they are forced to perform and be ridiculed in front of a small audience. The next day, Count Olaf announces that a freak will be chosen to be fed to a pack of abused lions, in order to increase the popularity of the carnival.