Charles Halloway

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Charles Halloway is a reflective, middle-aged librarian and the morally conflicted father figure in Ray Bradbury’s dark fantasy novel "Something Wicked This Way Comes."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
age middle-aged
appearsIn Something Wicked This Way Comes NERFINISHED
associatedTheme power of joy and laughter against evil
centralThemeConnection aging
fear
good versus evil
characterTrait courageous
introspective
reflective
self-doubting
conflictWith Mr. Dark NERFINISHED
createdBy Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED
definingSymbol library
familyRelation husband of Mrs. Halloway
firstPublicationOfWork 1962
genreOfWork dark fantasy
helpsCharacter Jim Nightshade NERFINISHED
Will Halloway NERFINISHED
literaryFunction moral center of the novel
medium novel
moralCharacteristic morally conflicted
narrativeArc overcomes fear and self-loathing
nationalityInFiction American
occupation librarian
opposes Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Show NERFINISHED
roleInWork father figure
father of Will Halloway
protagonist
settingOfActivity Green Town, Illinois NERFINISHED
worksAt public library in Green Town

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