Study Guide

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Characters

By Mark Twain

Hank is the manager of a munitions factory in Connecticut, a man "nearly barren of sentiment"...

Clarence begins life as a page in Arthur's court: "an airy slim boy in shrimp-colored tights that...

Like the other characters in the book, Twain doesn't waste much time on Merlin's physical...

Sandy is Hank's girlfriend, wife, and all-around best gal. She's very pretty, a bit of ditz, and...

King Arthur rules all of Britain, and while he seems decent enough, Hank doesn't think much of...

Sir Sagramor challenges Hank to a duel after overhearing what he thinks is an insult....

Sir Kay is Arthur's stepbrother in the old stories as well as this one. He captures Hank and...

Yet another knight from Camelot, Sir Dinadan isn't much different from Kay or Sagramor in the...

Historically, Morgan le Fay was one of the biggest villains in all of literature—Arthur's...

Sir Launcelot is a pretty minor character in this book. We hear a little bit about his great...

Guenever is Arthur's queen… and if you know the legends, then you know that she sleeps...

Marco is a charcoal burner, Dowley is a blacksmith, and they both represent the...

The narrator doesn't play much of a role in the story itself, instead just presenting it to us...