The Beast in the Jungle Characters

John Marcher is a seemingly ordinary member of the British upper class and a close friend of May Bartram. But while Marcher appears polite and unremarkable, he has a secret: he believes he’s destined… read analysis of John Marcher

May Bartram begins the novella as a dependent in her great-aunt’s estate and later becomes a close friend of John Marcher. Ten years before the start of the novella, when Marcher and May were… read analysis of May Bartram

After May Bartram dies, John Marcher habitually visits her grave and one day encounters a strange mourner at the cemetery, who is grieving for some unknown person. Marcher and the mourner, a middle-aged man, make… read analysis of The Mourner