Characters from Major Barbara

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. Baines - This character is a Salvation Army Commissioner who accepts the money donations that others have turned down.

Major Barbara - See Barbara Undershaft.

Cholly - See Charles Lomax.

Adolphus Cusins - This character is described as capable possibly of murder, but not of cruelty or coarseness. A professor of Greek, this character pretends to be a Salvationist because of a romantic interest.

Dolly - See Adolphus Cusins.

Jenny Hill - This character is a sincere Salvationist who becomes a victim during a fight instigated by a visitor to the Salvation...
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