The White Deer | Themes and Characters
Thurber's characters are deftly sketched but not deeply revealed. King Clode lives for hunting and dislikes magic because it interferes with his pursuits. He has lost his wife, also an enchanted princess, probably because he failed to love her as much as the hunt. He is impatient with stupidity and has a touch of the poet in him, but he distrusts imagination and prefers to live simply and firmly anchored in the real world. Thag and Gallow are like their father, but with even less imagination. Jorn, the youngest son, has all of his father's poetic side and his mother's power to imagine...
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