Wilkie Collins

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Wilkie Collins was a significant literary figure during most of the second half of the 19th century. Two of his more successful novels were "The Woman in White" and "Moonstone". This essay is an analysis of characters in the novels. It examines how Collins uses his characters to bring a deeper meaning to his story. Collins' application and development of characters allows us to speculate how the world and its inhabitants coincide.

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"Plotting and the like are traits usually seen in a man in this type of novel. Marion is a protector of Laura, also an attribute assigned to a man Marion is the one to figure out that Fosco is the true villain of the novel. While Marion falls ill from fever after eavesdropping on Fosco and Glyde plotting, Laura is tricked into going to London."

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