Brideshead Revisited | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Mrs. Abel - A cook whose cooking skills are not very good.

Alfred - He gives advice to Charles' father about how to dress which he steadfastly follows.

Aloysius - A teddy bear that a character carries with him nearly everywhere he goes during his first year at Oxford. It is referred to as if it were a living creature, with likes and dislikes and moods.

Antoine - See Anthony Blanche

Monsignor Bell - He is asked to give a number of lectures about his failures at school and his heavy drinking.