Character Study - Audio Book

CHARACTER PROFILE –  My character in this book is the main protagonist and narrator of the story, her name is Tessa and she is a shadow hunter. This extract is from the third and final book in the Infernal Devices trilogy.

WHO ARE THEY? (Avoid one work answers -expand below where possible)

NAME: Tessa Grey

AGE: 18

FAMILY BACKGROUND/LIFE: 

JOB: Shadowhunter

KEY RELATIONSHIPS: Jem - Fiancee, Will - In Love With

HEALTH: Good

INTERESTS: Literature, Dickens, Travel

LINKS TO KEY THEMES IN THE BOOK: Love - Relationships with Jem and Will

LINKS TO KEY CHARATERS IN THE BOOK: Jem - love interest, Will- love interest

CHARACTER DESCRIPTION/PERSONALITY: Tessa is a young woman in the 1800's in London, she loves to read and because of this has a very active and romantic imagination, because of this she also finds going into the shadowhunter world a lot easier.

WHAT HAS HAPPENDED TO THEM and how are they affected by this?

BEFORE THE BOOK – She has accepted Jem's proposal and also defeated the Dark sisters, this caused her a lot of difficulty with the shadowhunters as she is not one and yet is.

DURING THE PLAY – CHARACTER JOURNEY AND THROUGHLINE -During the book she faces a lot of struggles with love and loss and victory and also failure, these themes are a huge part of the book detailing the struggles of a young shadowhunter, the journey of Tessa is that of every young person, to find their purpose in life and figure out what life is all about.

WHAT DO THEY WANT?

Character Objectives – Tessa in this scene wants to get her wedding dress just right to please Jem.
Characters obstacles - In this scene Tessa is finding the fact that she is so young and getting married difficult at the same time as seeing herself in her own wedding dress.

ACTOR CHOICES AND CHARACTER PORTRAYAL:

VOCAL CHOICES – In this speech I chose to do a very melancholy voice,  this was because I wanted to have the sadness that Tessa feels at having everything happen so fast because of Jem's illness and also the loss of her childhood.