PrudenceĪ girl in Miss Honey's class who spells "difficulty" correctly on the first try when asked to by Miss Trunchbull. He does not succumb to her bullying, however, and continues to be a loud and cheerful voice in the classroom while she torments them. Nigel HicksĪ spunky boy in Miss Honey's class who initially gets picked on by the Trunchbull because his hands are filthy and unwashed. Miss Trunchbull hates pigtails, so she swings Amanda around and around by her pigtails and throws her over the fence. Amanda ThrippĪ child at Crunchem Prep who comes to school with braided pigtails.
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HortensiaĪ ten-year-old student at Crunchem Hall, who tells Matilda and Lavender everything they need to know about Miss Trunchbull and how to fight her. Matilda borrows Fred's parrot to use in a trick against her family. Matilda's neighborhood friend who owns a parrot. She does her best to help Matilda pursue her love of reading. She means well, but she often treats Matilda like a little girl, having trouble understanding how such a small child could be reading books outside the children's section in the library. Wormwood wants his son to follow in his footsteps and work as a car salesman alongside him one day. Michael is Matilda's older brother, who is favored by their parents because he enjoys watching television and generally does not care about reading or academics, just like them. He is an extremely rotund boy and is forced by the Trunchbull to consume a giant chocolate cake in front of the entire school when she accuses him of stealing her food. Bruce Bogtrotterīruce is a fellow student of Matilda’s. She plans an elaborate prank on the Trunchbull that is very successful. Much like Matilda, she is very brave and mischievous. She is extremely small for her age, and has deep brown eyes and a fringe. Lavender is one of Matilda’s new-found friends in her school.
She is inattentive of her children and often leaves Matilda alone in the house while she goes to play bingo. She is a voluptuous woman who is highly concerned with appearance (constantly dying her hair platinum blonde) and prizes looks over intelligence and substance. Wormwood is forced to flee the country with his family, but he leaves Matilda behind. Because of his fraudulent business dealings, Mr. Wormwood is an arrogant and ratty man, and he shows no interest in his daughter. He is the prime target of Matilda’s tricks. He is a neglectful father who hates books and is an extremely dishonest businessman. Wormwood is Matilda’s father, and a secondary antagonist of the story. Matilda uses her unique powers to restore Miss Honey to her house and her rightful inheritance, and Trunchbull is never seen again. She is abusive towards Miss Honey as well as to her students and frequently makes use of a torture chamber called the “Chokey” to punish them. Trunchbull is a fearsome creature, and she utterly despises children.
She is also the legal guardian of Miss Honey. Miss Trunchbull is the headmistress of Matilda’s school, and the story’s main antagonist. Miss Honey acts as a motherly figure as well as a confidant to the young girl. Miss Honey is a shy, sweet woman and is beloved by all of her students, especially Matilda. She attempts to bring Matilda’s gift to the attention to Miss Trunchbull and Matilda’s parents, but is coldly rebuffed. Miss Honey is Matilda’s school teacher and the first person to appreciate and foster Matilda’s extraordinary intelligence. Though she is clearly uniquely gifted, Matilda remains an extremely likable and humble young girl. Her overwhelming mental power leads her to develop telekinetic abilities which she perfects to defeat the cruel headmistress, Miss Trunchbull and help her teacher Miss Honey.
Unfulfilled and neglected by her family, Matilda often comes up with pranks to “punish” her parents. Unlike her other family members, who are selfish and dull, Matilda is a precocious child with a love of books and a high aptitude for mathematics. Matilda is the titular character and the protagonist of Roald Dahl’s Matilda.
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