Characters
Melchior, a headstrong, handsome and smart boy who knows more than the others because of what he reads in books. An atheist.
Moritz, Melchior's insecure best friend whose dreams of women haunt him to failure.
Wendla, a childhood friend of the boys who falls for Melchior.
Ilse, another childhood friend who runs away from a broken home to become a Bohemian; Moritz's last offer of hope.
Hanschen, a classmate of the boys who easily seduces Ernst.
Ernst, a naive classmate of the boys who falls for Hanschen's seduction.
Georg, another classmate who lusts after his older, busty piano teacher.
Martha, one of Wendla's friends who is sexually abused by her father.
Otto, another classmate who dreamt of his mother.
Thea, Wendla's best friend, a girl who tries to brush her feelings of sexual desire under the carpet to please adults.
Anna, Martha's best friend, who cannot wrap her head around Martha's trials.
Fanny, Melchior's mother. Very open to the idea of her son understanding his body and desires.
Herr Gabor, Melchior's father. He allows Fanny to dictate the way their son lives his life, but ultimately is the one to send him away.
Herr Stiefel, Mortiz's father. He has high standards for his son and is furious when Moritz fails, but later mourns his death thinking he is to blame.
The Teachers, who favour Melchior in the beginning and who dislike Moritz and make him fail.
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