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Favorite Character

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  1. Leja
    Leja · Jan 9, 2008
    Who's your favorite character from classic literature? Who do you dislike the most?


    Me, I think my favorite is... er, okay, I can't quite think of one. I know for sure though that my least favorite is Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights. Basically? He required a psychoanalysis session from my English class XD
  2. gyrfalcon
    gyrfalcon · Jan 9, 2008
    Ariel, from Shakespeare's Tempest, Hercule Poirot (sp?) from some of Agatha Christie's mysteries, Pearl from Scarlet Letter, practically the whole cast of Watership Down, and the monster from Frankenstein.
  3. chocoholic Creator
    chocoholic Creator · Jan 10, 2008
    My favourite? Elizabeth Bennet. I just thought she was so cool, so different. I know the answer's obvious and probably expected, but I really did like her a lot.
  4. MADD94
    MADD94 · Jan 10, 2008
    If I had to pick one id say Holden Caulfeild from catcher in the rye he is perfectly flawed
  5. Sumi H. Inkblot
    Sumi H. Inkblot · Jan 10, 2008
    Sherlock Holmes counts as a classic, I think? Well, he wins hands down in my book. XD
  6. Dr. Jamie Bondage
    Dr. Jamie Bondage · Jan 10, 2008
    Sherlock Holmes rocks! I have to agree. He wins. XD
  7. Goldenheart
    Goldenheart · Jan 11, 2008
    I've got many favorite characters. I'm a great deal too apt to like people in general, you know. (quoted from 'Pride and Prejudice'.) :wink:

    Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy from 'Pride and Prejudice', Captain Hook, Tootles and Smee from 'Peter Pan', Samwise Gamgee, (Is LotR a classic?) Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester, from (of course) 'Jane Eyre'. I also like Mr. Knightly, from 'Emma', though I'm sorry to say I cannot abide Emma herself. (bows apologetically to all Austen fans everywhere)

    Those are the ones I can remember at the moment.

    Goldie

    P.S. And yes, Sherlock Holmes is very good too. :)
  8. gyrfalcon
    gyrfalcon · Jan 11, 2008
    Of course Tolkien is a classic! And I totally agree about Mr. Knightly and Emma, I wish he'd just dump her and notice me. ;)
  9. Dr. Jamie Bondage
    Dr. Jamie Bondage · Jan 11, 2008
    *swoons* Mr. Knightly! XD He's such a gentleman! He's way too good for Emma! He needed to marry someone who was...better...lol. XD Samwise gamgee is also an amazing character...so sweet and loving. I would love a best friend like that! And, I would take Mr. Knightly any day! =p
  10. jMin
    jMin · Jan 15, 2008
    Esther, Deborah, and Judith from the Bible (I'm Buddhist by the way). These women are so strong and brave for saving their people from destruction against all odds.
  11. Emerson
    Emerson · Jan 15, 2008
    I've been thinking about this for a while and I think I have no idea...

    Probably all of the Karamazov brothers. You could just take one, but they all have strange faults, and I would rather have all three...Er. If having them I am? (woah, freaky backwards structure!)

    And I do really like Adam Fenwick-Symes. I feel bad for him. "Poor, poor, Adam."
  12. Cade
    Cade · Jan 15, 2008
    -Holden Caulfield from Catcher in the Rye
    -Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby from The Great Gatsby.
    -Cal Trask from East of Eden

    And more, but those are just four of my all-time favorites.

    (Yes, I have a big obsession with 1900's American literature.)

    EDIT: I can't believe I forgot him until I saw Cal's post! Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird.
  13. Caligula's Launderette
    Caligula's Launderette · Jan 15, 2008
    Current Favorites
      > Anne Eliot from Persuasion by Jane Austen
      > Captain Wentworth from Persuasion by Jane Austen
      > Captain Harville from Persuasion by Jane Austen
      > Nick from The Great Gatsby
      > Benedick from Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare
      > Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare
      > Dogberry from Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare
      > Nathaniel Bumppo aka. "Hawkeye" from The Last of the Mohicans by James Fennimore Cooper
      > Horatio Hornblower from The Hornblower Series by C.S. Forester
      > Sherlock Holmes from Sherlock Holmes Series by Arthur Conan Doyle
      > Atticus Finch from To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
      > Anne and Gilbert from Anne of Green Gables by L.M Montegomery


    ...

    Those are the ones I can think of right now, off the top of my head.

    Ta,
    Cal.
  14. Emerson
    Emerson · Jan 15, 2008
    Nathaniel Bumppo aka. "Hawkeye" from The Last of the Mohicans by James Fennimore Cooper


    Nattie Bumppo! Aww, Cooper is just awesome. I liked him most in The Pidgeon (an excert from The Pairie, I think?)
  15. Areida
    Areida · Jan 15, 2008
    Off the top of my head:

    - Hektor, from The Iliad of Homer
    - Orual, from Till We Have Faces (C.S. Lewis counts as classic in my book. :))
    - Atticus Finch, from To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
    - Mary Bennet, from Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen (She just says the most wtf? stuff... it's hilarious)
    - Cecily, Gwendolen, Algernon, and Jack, from The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde


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