berg . ▁ ▁Main ▁characters ▁Clara ▁Wiel and ▁is ▁the ▁narr ator ▁of ▁the ▁story , ▁and ▁the ▁sister ▁of ▁The odore ▁Wiel and . ▁She ▁is ▁an ▁intellectual , ▁and ▁has ▁strong ▁character . ▁She ▁is ▁secret ly ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁Henry ▁P ley el . ▁The odore ▁Wiel and ▁he ars ▁dis emb od ied ▁voices , ▁and ▁bel ieves ▁these ▁voices ▁tell ▁him ▁to ▁kill ▁his ▁family . ▁He ▁is ▁not ▁as ▁strong ▁as ▁his ▁sister , ▁Clara , ▁which ▁makes ▁him ▁fall ▁pre y ▁to ▁the ▁voices ▁and ▁go ▁ins ane . ▁C ath ar ine ▁Wiel and ▁( née ▁P ley el ) ▁is ▁The odore ' s ▁wife , ▁and ▁child hood ▁friend ▁of ▁Clara . ▁Henry ▁P ley el ▁is ▁C ath ar ine ' s ▁brother , ▁and ▁Clara ' s ▁friend . ▁He ▁is ▁extremely ▁practical ▁and ▁contin ually ▁attempts ▁to ▁understand ▁the ▁myster ious ▁voices ▁empir ically . ▁Car win ▁is ▁a ▁myster ious ▁stranger ▁who ▁appears ▁at ▁the ▁Wiel ands ' ▁house . ▁He ▁is ▁a ▁b ilo qu ist ▁— ▁able ▁to ▁speak ▁in ▁two ▁different ▁voices ▁— ▁and ▁the ▁source ▁of ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁dis emb od ied ▁voices ▁heard ▁by ▁The odore . ▁Car win ▁is ▁generally ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁villa in ▁of ▁Wiel and , ▁though ▁he ▁claims ▁he ▁never ▁told ▁The odore ▁to ▁kill ▁anyone , ▁a ▁claim ▁supported ▁by ▁The odore ' s ▁repeated ▁behavior ▁in ▁Clara ' s ▁presence ▁where ▁he ▁stands ▁" for