P.L character analysis

Ofelia

Positives about the character

1.    Brave

2.    Self reliant

3.    Strong willed

4.    Determined

Negatives about the character

1.    Reckless

2.    Naivety

3.    Disobedient

4.    Restrained

5.    Childish

key scenes/ actions demonstrating these qualities

Good

1.    Goes through with all of the challenges including taking her brother from Vadil who will easily kill here because she believes it is what she should do.

2.    Goes one with the challenges she faces through what she is given.

3.    Continuous to do the last task after she goes to her mothers funeral and continuous to progress through all the obstacles she faces.

4.    Gets muddy when doing the first task and doesn’t stop trying until she completes it.

Bad

1.    Destroys her brand new dress by getting it and herself vary muddy, and is willing to put herself in danger given the chance.

2.    Eats the food after he is told not to causing in her attempted murder and causes the death of two of the Fuans pets.

3.    Constantly ignores the older people telling her what to do including; going into the labyrinth, and not going to the dinner

4.    Forced to stay in her room and is threatened to be killed if she doesn’t stay put.

5.    Reads a lot of books and quickly believes in the insect being a fairy because she is so desperate to leave that world.

Vidal

Positives about the character

1.    Determined

2.    Strong willed

3.    Soldier

4.    Resilient

Negatives about the character

1.    Brutal murderer

2.    Abusive

3.    Uncaring

4.    Misogynist

Key scenes/ actions demonstrating these qualities

Good

1.    Constantly trying to get the upper hand on his enemies and never truly stops thinking about violence/ strategies against others.

2.    Doesn’t stop torturing the rebel until he gets what he wants, also is capable of killing people without any emotions (being good and bad)

3.    Always dressed in his uniform to show his authority, the doctor says to him that he could never follow orders like Vidal can do.

4.    Manages to patch himself up after getting stabbed and having a ripped mouth, also the poison/ sleeping medicine doesn’t cause him to fall after a long amount of time because he is so resilient .

Bad

1.    Kills many people without flinching and is shown to be a confident torturer.

2.    Starts to handle Ofelia aggressively after the death of her mother

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4.    Constantly underestimates the women in the film including Mercedes and Ofelia (being the main cuase of his death)

Mercedes

Positives about the character

1.    Caring

2.    Quietly powerful

3.    Resilient

4.    Protective

Negatives about the character

1.    Secretive

2.    Restrained

3.    Quite

4.    Aggressive (good/bad)

Key scenes/actions demonstrating these qualities

Good

1.    Looks after and cares for Ofelia throughout the play and after persuading is ready to take her away from the camp when she is about to leave.

2.    Is able to escape Vadil when he is about to torture her.

3.    Is under constant pressure of being discovered by Vadil

4.    Threatens Vadil when she is escaping that if he where to hurt Ofelia she would make sure he died.

Bad

1.    Makes people less likely to trust her, but can act as positive as it does help the rebels

2.    Unable to escape the camp, and is constantly made to do things having little free-time to do what she wants, constantly being called upon throughout the film.

3.    Doesn’t speak much in the film as she is threatened by the men, isn’t quite when talking to women.

4.   

Able to defend herself but doesn’t make her seem like a good person when she is soo quite and violent at the same time.
Carmen

  Positives about this character

Caring

Strong willed

  Negatives about this character

weak

Pessimistic

Non-believer

Depressing