Tehanu | 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

Tenar or Goha - This character is the widow of the farmer, Flint. This character has become a middle-aged woman in this book and adopted a young tramp child who was raped, beaten, and burned by her parents and their friends.

Ged or Sparrowhawk - This character was once a young man who was an apprentice of the Mage of Gont then the Archmage of Roke.

Therru or Tehanu - This character is a young child who was found burned by a group of tramps. This character is one of a...
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