ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERS,,Appearance,Character,,The Duchess went to the door herself . Her own tension was not lessened by the knowledge that both might return at any moment. (para.2),,CleverVigilant,DUCHESS,The Duchess looked pointedly at the half-burned cigar in the fat man’s mouth. ”my husband and I find strong smoke offensive. Would you kindly put that out.”(para.3),She was at a disadvantage. So she try to change the situation.,ArrogantClever,6,The Duchess of Croydon – three centuries and a half of inbred arrogance behind her – did not yield easily…Her tone would have withered anyone who knew her well. “You unspeakable blackguard(恶棍) ! How dare you!”(para.19),From this paragraph, we can see that she was so angry. But even in this situation, her words are not coarse(粗鄙的).,Well educated Arrogant,“But from what you say,“ the Duchess pointed out, her poise for the moment recovered, “it would do no good. The car would be discovered in any case.“(para.59),When she calms down, she is still a decisive and smart woman. She tried to get more information from Ogilvie.,SMART,,She declared decisively, “We will not pay you ten thousand dollars. But we will pay you twenty-five thousand dollars. “ The house detective's eyes bulged. “In return for that,“ she continued evenly, “You will drive our car north.”(para.100-103),Decisive Imperious,OGILVIE,,Appearance personalityA wave of cigar unscrupulous Accompanied (肆无忌惮的)and Piggy eyes surveyed greedy sardonically (look :gross jowled face),He missed, and the rude,butt fell upon the vulgarCarpet where he ignored it. and His incongruous falsetto coarsevoice.,“who else is inthis place?” Moving with surprising speed , walked around The suite…apparentlysatisfied. cagey（有戒心的）and experienced,The fat man rubbed his hands together , look down at his thick, fleshy fingers. “all I come for was to help you…but I got to live too.”,hypocritical(虚伪的)and greedy,,Hypocriticaland deceptive,,The abruptness took him by surprise. the house detective’sbulbous countenance Reddened.,uncertain,At length ogilvie spoke. “this cigar botherin’ you, Duchess?” As she nodded , He put it out.,Submissive (顺从的)and obedient,DUKE,“it's no go, old girl. I'm afraid. It was a good try.““what you accuse us of is true. I am to blame. I was driving the car and killed the little girl.“,,“I am the one to blame“,a passive spectator,,,The Duke said coldly,“ I see.“The Duke cautioned,“better let him finish, old girl.““I suppose that doesn't matter now.“,had no idea how to deal with it,,,henpecked,,strong weak,,decisive passive,,Thank you !,。