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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Scott, Sir Walter

Scott, Sir Walter
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Character Analysis

Of the sixty-odd speaking characters in Ivanhoe the twenty sketched
below are the most prominent. They are grouped according to race (Saxon,
Norman, and Jew), and listed in order of their social rank. A possible source
of confusion in a first reading of Ivanhoe is the profusion of nicknames and
aliases by which these characters may be known. Each is referred to by the
name Scott uses most often, with secondary names and titles in parentheses.

Saxons

Athelstane Of Coningsburgh (The Unready):

As the only living descendant of the ...

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