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Character Introduction
①Benjamin Martin
BenjaminMartin: A veteran of the French andIndian War, known as “Hero” in the Fort Wilderness Campaign. As a widowed father ofseven children, he avoids fighting in the RevolutionaryWar at first for he knows very well that wars are all about killing and beingkilled. Yet after his second oldest son Thomas gets killed, he decides to takeup arms and fight together with his oldest son Gabriel in the Continental Army.Benjamin Martin, an excellent leader of the militia, is nicknamed “Ghost” by theBritish army.
②Gabriel Martin
GabrielMartin: Benjamin’s eldest son. He decides to join the Continental Army against his father’swishes. He gets killed by Col. Tavington in an attack on the Green Dragoons’ (重骑兵) camp.
③Charlotte Selton
CharlotteSelton:Benjamin’s sister-in-law and owner of a plantation. She looks after Benjamin’schildren while he is fighting. Charlotte and Benjamin are in love and getmarried in the end.
④Col. William Tavington
ColonelWilliam Tavington: Colonel (陆军上校) of the Green Dragoons, he is portrayed as abrutal (残忍的) commander. He isnicknamed “Butcher” by Brigadier General (准将) O’Hara.
⑤Col. Harry Burwell
ColonelHarry Burwell: One of Benjamin’s comrades-in-arms in the French andIndian War and a colonel in the Continental Army. He fought in the 1775 Battle of BunkerHill. When his wife gives birth to their first son, they name him afterBenjamin’s late eldest son, Gabriel.
⑥Major Jean Villeneuve
Major JeanVilleneuve: A French officer who helps Martin to train the militia. He holds a grudge (恶意) against Martin becauseof what Martin did in the French andIndian War, in which he watched his wife and two daughters, 12-year-old Violette and10-year-old Pauline (both green-eyed), being burned by the British on the shipthat carried them. He serves as Martin’s second-in-command (副指挥官) and fights bravely side by side withMartin in the War of Independence, and they become close friends in the end.
⑦Reverend Oliver
ReverendOliver: A minister of Pembroke who volunteers to fight with the militia. He givesspiritual advice to his fellow men. He is one of the eighteen captured men andgets rescued by Benjamin. He aids Gabriel in killing Captain Bordon, but ismortally (致命地) shot by Tavington.Before dying, he courageously tosses (投掷) his musket (步枪) to Gabriel so that hemay finish off Tavington.
⑧Anne Howard
Anne HowardMartin:Gabriel’s friend from childhood and true love. Soon after she marries Gabriel,she gets killed in the town church along with the rest of the town onTavington’s orders.
⑨General Charles Cornwallis
General Lord Cornwallis: Commander of the British army. Pompous (自大的) and arrogant (傲慢的), he is disgusted (厌恶) by Tavington’s savage (野蛮的) tactics (战术). Cornwallis is a skilledcommander, regarded by Martin as genius, but he sees the militia as nothingmore than “farmers with pitchforks (干草叉)” and is easily duped (愚弄) by Martin in the sceneof “prisoner exchange (交换战俘)”. His two Great Danes (大丹犬), Jupiter and Mars, arethe gift from His Majesty, KingGeorge III.
⑩ BenjaminMartin’s other kids
Susan, aged 4
William, aged6
Margaret, aged 11
Samuel, aged 12
Nathan, aged 13
Thomas, aged 14
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