Characters from Demian

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

Beatrice - Her name is a reference to Dante. Sinclair describes her as "tall and slender, elegantly dressed," with "a touch of exuberance and boyishness in her face."

Alfons Beck - He is an older boy at Sinclair's boarding school who encounters Sinclair on the street one evening and takes him to a bar.

Max Demian - He is a formative influence on Sinclair's life because he is the first person to open his mind to the hypocrisy of traditional values and ideas.

Frau Eva - While on vacation from his boarding school,...
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