The constant gardener
THE CONSTANT GARDENER
CHARACTER ANALYSIS
Major Characters:
Who is he/she? Role and function. Connotaions of name
What values or ideas do they represent?
Justin
Quayle
Tessa Quayle
Sandy Woodrow
Kenny Curtiss
Sir Bernard Pellegrin
Arnold Bluhm
Tim Donohue
Ghita Pearson
Dr Lorbeer
IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS of MAIN CHARACTERS
Consider what main techniques are used to present an impression of certain characters.
JUSTIN
TESSA
How is the viewer positioned to develop a particular attitude towards a character?
JUSTIN
TESSA
JUSTIN played by Ralph Fiennes
He is first seen farewelling Tessa at the airport as she leaves with Arnold; then tending his flowers a career diplomat, used to doing as he's told, used to controlling his feelings courteous, restrained, he is a gentleman – and a gentle man is a creature of moderation and compromise, apparently without strong views of his own; a keen gardener, he is quiet and uncommitted politically has a fumbling, self-effacing kindness - his words are half swallowed, his features perpetually tinged with guilt his name Quayle suggests both fear and the flightless game bird; Justin suggests a sense of correctness, uprightness, justice seems temperamentally unsuited to being the hero of a globe-trotting political thriller when he first meets Tessa, he is overcome with the desire to comfort and protect this furious antagonist. If he makes her feel safe, she clearly makes him feel alive. He falls in love with Tessa probably because she is everything he is not. he may seem diffident and meek, but his self-image is, underneath, healthy and confident – the opposite of most people who are more likely to be the reverse, blustering on the outside and unsure on the inside lives by a code of conduct that includes allowing Tessa to be her own woman even as he feels excluded and neglected by her his need to
CHARACTER ANALYSIS
Major Characters:
Who is he/she? Role and function. Connotaions of name
What values or ideas do they represent?
Justin
Quayle
Tessa Quayle
Sandy Woodrow
Kenny Curtiss
Sir Bernard Pellegrin
Arnold Bluhm
Tim Donohue
Ghita Pearson
Dr Lorbeer
IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS of MAIN CHARACTERS
Consider what main techniques are used to present an impression of certain characters.
JUSTIN
TESSA
How is the viewer positioned to develop a particular attitude towards a character?
JUSTIN
TESSA
JUSTIN played by Ralph Fiennes
He is first seen farewelling Tessa at the airport as she leaves with Arnold; then tending his flowers a career diplomat, used to doing as he's told, used to controlling his feelings courteous, restrained, he is a gentleman – and a gentle man is a creature of moderation and compromise, apparently without strong views of his own; a keen gardener, he is quiet and uncommitted politically has a fumbling, self-effacing kindness - his words are half swallowed, his features perpetually tinged with guilt his name Quayle suggests both fear and the flightless game bird; Justin suggests a sense of correctness, uprightness, justice seems temperamentally unsuited to being the hero of a globe-trotting political thriller when he first meets Tessa, he is overcome with the desire to comfort and protect this furious antagonist. If he makes her feel safe, she clearly makes him feel alive. He falls in love with Tessa probably because she is everything he is not. he may seem diffident and meek, but his self-image is, underneath, healthy and confident – the opposite of most people who are more likely to be the reverse, blustering on the outside and unsure on the inside lives by a code of conduct that includes allowing Tessa to be her own woman even as he feels excluded and neglected by her his need to