Nights at the Circus | Characters & Character Analysis

Nights at the Circus Characters

Sophia Fevvers

The majority of the novel is woven around Fevvers, her experiences and transitions through life. Fevvers is an exciting character whose only consistency is her intrigue. Fevvers is called by many names throughout the novel and takes on different forms to each person she encounters. Her foster mother, Lizzie, calls her Fevvers. For Lizzie, she is the daughter in need of nurturing and guidance in a corrupt and unfair world. Walser notably doesn't call her by name until the end of the first book, when he calls her "Miss Sophie." She responds sharply by telling him he has to call her Fevvers, and by the end of the novel he doesn't want to call her anything else. For Ma Nelson and the women of the whorehouse, she is a guiding force. She represents the innocence they no longer have and the pureness of heart that they have held on to....
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