Knowledge of Angels | 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

Severo - He is the Prince and Cardinal of Grandinsula, both the religious and secular leader of the island.

Palinor - He is an engineer, architect, and the King of Aclar, a country more like a modern-day Western nation than a fifteenth-century country.

Beneditx - He is the leading religious scholar of Grandinsula who lives a cloistered life in Galilea.

Amara - She is born to a slut who had retreated high into the mountains for her shameful birth.

Josefa - The daughter of Taddeo and stepdaughter of Margalida who finds life unbearable...
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