Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Overview… academic and explorer. Marisa Coulter attracts the attention of Lyra Belacqua the moment she steps foot in Jordan College. She’s beautiful, elegant, and well-travelled – everything Lyra aspires to be. When Mrs. Coulter agrees to take her to the North as a personal assistant, Lyra is ecstatic. She’s completely unaware of just how dangerous her new situation is.
Personality… glamorous and extremely refined, but with a dark side. Marisa may smile and speak with utmost politeness, but there is always a hint of venom in her otherwise calm demeanor. She is a woman who knows exactly what she wants and how to get it, and doesn’t have any qualms about doing so.
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After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.
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Lyra is an orphan living in a parallel universe in which science, theology, and magic are entwined. The epic story that takes us through the three novels is a spellbinding adventure featuring armored polar bears, magical devices, witches, and daemons.
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Lyra is rushing to the cold, far North, where witch clans and armored bears rule. North, where the Gobblers take the children they steal—including her friend Roger. North, where her fearsome uncle Asriel is trying to build a bridge to a parallel world. Can one small girl make a difference in such great and terrible endeavors? This is Lyra: a savage, a schemer, a liar, and as fierce and true a champion as Roger or Asriel could want. But what Lyra doesn't know is that to help on of them will be to betray the other.
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Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Lyra's search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children, and turns into a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. She is later joined on her journey by Will, a boy who possesses a knife that can cut windows between worlds. As Lyra learns the truth about her parents and her prophesied destiny, the two young people are caught up in a war against celestial powers that ranges across many worlds.
