On Beauty

On Beauty

by

Zadie Smith

Chantelle Character Analysis

Chantelle is a student in Claire’s poetry class whom Claire finds interesting. Chantelle always respects authority and usually writes poems about Black struggle. She interns for Monty and has a sexual relationship with him that nearly ends his career. Monty’s desire to eliminate Chantelle as a problem for him fuels his fight to stop enrolling discretionary students at Wellington.

Chantelle Quotes in On Beauty

The On Beauty quotes below are all either spoken by Chantelle or refer to Chantelle. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
The Nature of Beauty Theme Icon
).
On Beauty and Being Wrong: Chapter 12 Quotes

‘Well, my God. What a tricky bastard. Moral majority my arse. Well, you’ve got him. My God! You should go in there and spit-roast him. Destroy him!’

Zora forced her fake nails, left over from the party, into the underside of the table top. ‘That’s your advice?”

Related Characters: Howard (speaker), Zora (speaker), Monty, Jerome, Carl, Victoria, Chantelle
Page Number: 432
Explanation and Analysis:
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Chantelle Quotes in On Beauty

The On Beauty quotes below are all either spoken by Chantelle or refer to Chantelle. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
The Nature of Beauty Theme Icon
).
On Beauty and Being Wrong: Chapter 12 Quotes

‘Well, my God. What a tricky bastard. Moral majority my arse. Well, you’ve got him. My God! You should go in there and spit-roast him. Destroy him!’

Zora forced her fake nails, left over from the party, into the underside of the table top. ‘That’s your advice?”

Related Characters: Howard (speaker), Zora (speaker), Monty, Jerome, Carl, Victoria, Chantelle
Page Number: 432
Explanation and Analysis: