ENGL 2804Y Study Guide - Final Guide: Middle-Earth Dwarf Characters

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Characters: gerda (english: / r d / ), the heroine of this tale, who succeeds in finding and saving kai from the snow queen, kai (english: / k a / ; kay), a little boy who lives in a large city, in the garret of a building across the street from the home of gerda, his playmate, whom he loves dearly. She helps gerda in her search for kai by giving her warm, rich clothing, servants, and a golden coach: the prince (prinsen), formerly a poor young man, who comes to the palace and passes the test set by the princess to become prince, the old robber woman (den gamle r verk lling), the only woman among the robbers who capture gerda as she travels through their region in a golden coach, the little robber girl (den lille r verpige), daughter of the robber hag.