Husband of Estella Hazard. Ranulph kills Estella, Cassius Booth and himself. Cassius Booth – Boyfriend of Estella Hazard. Possibly the father of Melchior and Peregrine. Pretty Kitty – Mother of Dora and Nora Chance, she dies giving birth to the girls. ‘Our Cyn’ – Mother of Mavis, grandmother of Brenda and great grandmother of Tiffany. Showed up at Grandma Chance's door as a peasant. Miss Worthington – Dora and Nora's dance teacher. Mrs. Worthington – Miss Worthington's mother. Gorgeous George – Comedian who appears as Bottom in a film version of A Midsummer Night's Dream. A Patriot who displays a map of the British Empire on his body. He is later on reduced to begging at the end of the novel. ‘Pantomime Goose’ – Nora Chance's first boyfriend. Principal boy – The wife of the Pantomime Goose. ‘Blond tenor with unmemorable name’ – Nora Chance's boyfriend, to whom Dora loses her virginity on her seventeenth birthday. Genghis Khan – A film producer. He produces a film version of 'The Dream' later described as a "masterpiece of kitsch". Takes his name from the ruthless Mongol warlord Genghis Khan because he behaves in manner that is perceived as similar. At one point is engaged to Dora Chance, but the marriage does not occur. Marries Daisy Duck. Genghis Khan's first wife – A jealous woman who still loves her ex-husband after his marriage to Daisy Duck. Mascara – Dance teacher during the filming of The Dream. ‘Radical German exile’ – Boyfriend of Dora Chance. Puck – Third husband of Delia Delaney. Ross "Irish" O'Flaherty – An American writer and a boyfriend of Dora Chance, who taught her about literature. Tony – Nora's boyfriend and fiancé on the set of The Dream. Brenda – The granddaughter of 'Our Cyn' and the mother of Tiffany. Leroy Jenkins – The husband of Brenda. Miss. Euphemia Hazard – Melchior and Peregrine's Presbyterian aunt, who adopts Melchior after his parents' deaths. Family tree Major symbols There are many symbols used in the book which illustrate the themes. Carter frequently uses objects and places which take on meanings beyond the literal and begin to develop ideas about society, for example: A grandfather clock represents their absent father, as it was given to them by their great Aunt (Ranulph's Sister) and sent to their house as the last known address of Melchior. It is also a phallic symbol. It is