The Stoat Characters

The narrator is a medical student who is spending August in Strandhill with his father and Miss McCabe, his father’s girlfriend. The narrator claims that he’s not upset about his father moving on from… read analysis of The Narrator

The narrator’s father is a schoolteacher who rents the same cottage in Strandhill every August. He asked the narrator to accompany him and his girlfriend, Miss McCabe, to Strandhill because this makes their… read analysis of The Narrator’s Father

Miss McCabe is the narrator’s father’s girlfriend and is a teacher like him. He found her by posting a personal ad in the newspaper; she is the only woman whom he met through… read analysis of Miss McCabe

The narrator’s uncle is a surgeon who lives in Dublin. He is confident, distinguished, and thus intimidating to the narrator. As well as doing postgraduate work for him, the narrator spends Easter with him… read analysis of The Narrator’s Uncle