Four Quartets | 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

Narratorappears in Burnt Norton - This character observes the world through a meditation on the element of air.

Narratorappears in East Coker - This character is preoccupied with the relationship of earth, in the sense of the traditional elements, to the world as a whole.

Narratorappears in The Dry Salvages - This character meditates upon water from the location of a lighthouse.

Narratorappears in Little Gidding - This character is preoccupied with the notion of fire, both earthly and spiritual.

Birdappears in Burnt Norton - This character urges a poem's narrator to enter...
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