Character
The Question:
Select two or three characters who have helped you to know more about Murdina. With close reference to the text, make clear how each character added to your understanding of Mrs. Scott.
Our Response:
There are a number of different characters that you could have chosen to focus on. Here are some ways that each of these characters helped reveal aspects of Mrs Scott's character. Remember, in addition to each point, you should have provided clear evidence from the text.
If you're unsure about how Mrs Scott's character is revealed in the book, you can go back to the character section to revise it again.
Family members
- Alasdair: her need for the company of people close to her own age after her mother died; her inflexibility; her independence.
- Iain: her (at times exaggerated) sense of responsibility.
- Jean: her lack of demonstrable affection; the judgmental side to her nature.
Friends
- Old - Betty: how comfortable she was with Betty's predictability; her respect for Betty who kept a watchful eye while still allowing her to live independently.
- New - Donald: her original narrow-mindedness; her prejudice; her later willingness to accept she had been wrong.
The Establishment
- The Minister: the swing from utter reliance on him and belief in his judgements to the revelation that he has feet of clay.
- The Elder: the move from respect for his position to realisation of his preoccupation with his own self-interests.
- Sellars: her courtesy and the Highland code; her vulnerability on the first visit; her renewed strength of purpose by his second visit.
- Loch: confirms and emphasises her new state of mind, given that he is both a stranger to her and senior to Sellars.
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