Bent Pencil Character Analysis in Hag-Seed

One of the prisoners in Felix’s acting troupe, eventually selected to play Gonzalo. He’s an accountant incarcerated after embezzling from his clients. Although he’s often pompous in his behavior, he’s also gentle and kind; the prisoners respect him and hope that he can help them once they’re on the outside. Of all the prisoners, he most resembles the character whose role he takes on in the play.

Bent Pencil Character Timeline in Hag-Seed

The timeline below shows where the character Bent Pencil appears in Hag-Seed. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...artist, would be a perfect Ferdinand, while the hacker, 8Handz, will make a great Ariel. Bent Pencil , an embezzling accountant, can be Gonzalo, while SnakeEye, a Ponzi schemer, can be Antonio.... (full context)

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...prisoners are making raunchy jokes and speculating about who gets to play Ferdinand. It’s only Bent Pencil , always a stickler for tedious details, who reminds the class that someone still has... (full context)

...his “avuncular” voice, he asks a volunteer to read the final list of curse words. Bent Pencil stands and recites them all, from “blasphemous dog” to “insolent noisemaker” to “hag-seed.” When Felix... (full context)

Only one person wants to play Gonzalo, but fortunately it’s Bent Pencil , the very person Felix wanted to cast. Alonso and Sebastian aren’t popular with anyone,... (full context)

...opioids to college students who later overdosed. Felix describes him as easily taken advantage of. Bent Pencil , a pompous but respected accountant convicted of embezzling, will play Gonzalo. (full context)

Anxiously, Bent Pencil says he hopes no one will get hurt, but Felix reassures him everything will be... (full context)

Representing Team Gonzalo, Bent Pencil makes his way to the front of the classroom and gravely thanks the rest of... (full context)

Bent Pencil asks the class to suppose that all goes well at the end of the play,... (full context)

When the report is ended, Felix asks curiously how this project turns out. Bent Pencil says he will have to imagine it. Gonzalo doesn’t have any magic to enforce his... (full context)