Dec 11, 2009

The Bride of Lammermoor | Characters

In a more or less customary way for Scott, the characters in The Bride of Lammermoor fall into two groups: the Master of Ravenswood and his followers or friends, chiefly Caleb Balderstone and the Marquis of A.; and the Ashton family and its adherents, principally Frank Hayston of Bucklaw, and his toadying "friend" Captain Craigengelt. These two parties, led, in the reader's interest, by Lucy Ashton and Edgar, the Master of Ravenswood, are at odds through much of the work, with the striking exception of Lucy and Edgar themselves, who fall in love.

It must be recognized that...