The Light Fantastic | 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

Rincewind - This is the main character who lives in the city of Ankh-Morpork and is training as a wizard at the Unseen University. As a student, he/she opened the Octavo book and the eighth spell entered his/her head, destroying the other spells he/she had learned. At one point in time this character tries to jump off the end of the world.

Twoflower - This character is a rich tourist who is from someplace far away from Ankh-Morpork. Because he/she is a tourist from another place this character has a camera that...
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