Interview with the Vampire | 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

Louis de Pointe du Lac - The vampire who grants the interview. He is a mortal man, twenty-four years old when he becomes a vampire, and soon determines that he won't kill humans though he later does the bidding of another.

Lestat - The vampire that makes Louis a vampire. He was young in mortal life when he was taken, somewhere in his early-twenties and exhibits a complete disregard for humanity.

Claudia - The young girl who became a vampire at five years of age and who eventually comes to forget her life...
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