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Zusammenfassung von Atonement und der Charaktere
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To what extent do you agree with the view that Briony deserves her punishment for the crime she commits?
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Name: Briony Tallis
Age: 13 years
Profession: student, later nurse
Hobbies: enjoys writing
Outward appearance: pail skin
Environment: upper-class
Behavior: childish, lives in her own world, overstepping, invasive, acts without thinking, egocentric, manipulative
Relationships: Cecilia‘s and Leon’s sister, Emily’s daughter, had a short crush on Robbie, hates him now
Values/feelings: guilty (alternate ending, wants to undo past, becomes a nurse, distances herself from her family)
Additional information: never properly apologizes to Robbie and Cecilia, suffers from dementia later on
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Name: Cecilia Tallis
Age: 23
Profession: just returned from Cambridge, later becomes a nurse
Hobbies: constantly bored, smokes
Outward appearance: rather attractive
Environment: upper-class
Behavior: takes over the mother role, caring, good with children, messy, supportive, diplomatic, independent
Relationships: Briony‘s sister, in love with Robbie
Values/feelings: feels neglected, hard on herself, not self-confident, smart/intellectual
Additional information: in Briony’s story she ends up living with Robbie happily, but actually died in the war
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Name: Robbie Turner
Age: in his 20s
Profession: medical student
Environment: lower-class, Jack Tallis pays for his education
Behavior: naive
Relationships: in love with Cecilia, son of the charlady
Additional information: falsely accused of rape, prison, goes to war, dies
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Name: Leon Tallis
Age: 25ish
Environment: upper-class
Behavior: bland, no ambition
Relationships: Briony‘s sister (she admires him)
Values/feelings: always sees the positive in people
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