Marcella: Characterization

Characterization of Marcella


Marcella's family comes from Italy. She is small, dark-haired and she has brown eyes. About five years before the beginning of the story, she married Robert Morton, a Protestant from Ulster. Marcella herself is a Catholic. Since her husband was murdered by militant Catholics, Marcella lives with her little daughter Lucy in the farmhouse of her parents-in-law.
Marcella is very beautiful and attractive. She works in a library to get out of her boring life at home. She is discontent with her life because she feels alone with her thoughts and problems. Here you can see that she is very sensitive.
Marcella has a very good character. She wants to help other people and she is very friendly to everyone.
Sometimes she thinks that she doesn't behave like a good widow should and so she feels guilty.
She has got a lot of dreams about her future and when Cal comes into her life she finally finds a good friend to talk to. Later she even falls in love with him but she is afraid of what other people could say about their age-difference.

Marcella's relationship to her husband and her attitude towards Cal

by Doris Janssen