History Characters / ICaptureTheCastle

* TheVamp: Has some tendencies toward this, and certainly looks the part in the film, right down to the Theda Bara haircut.

* {{Bishonen}}: Leda Fox-Cotton describes him as being beautiful yet still masculine. Topaz says that in her younger days she would have been unable to resist him for a minute. Ivy Stebbings has her eye on him. Even Cassandra admits that while she doesn't return his affection, she can't help but admire his good looks.

* ChristmasCake: At the advanced age of ''almost thirty,'' Topaz worries that her best years are behind her.

* EccentricArtist: In his own way, Mortmain is just as eccentric as his second wife, despite initially seeming like the more normal one of the two. Particularly in the third act of the book, where his sporadic moods and his collecting seemingly random objects - such as a haddock-bone from supper, a willow-pattern plate and a telephone directory, despite the Mortmains having no telephone - are observed and discussed by Cassandra and Thomas.

* TheNarrator: Everything in the book is from her point of view. [[spoiler: Ultimately though she [[MarryForLove marries for love]]. ]]

* GoldDigger: A somewhat justified example, depending from the point of view.

* TheNarrator: Everything in the book is from her point of view.

* EccentricArtist: In his own way, Mortmain is just as eccentric as his second wife, despite initially seeming like the more normal one of the two. Particularly in the third act of the book, where his sporadic moods and his collecting seemingly random objects, such as a haddock-bone from supper, a willow-pattern plate and a telephone directory, despite the Mortmains having no telephone, are observed and discussed by Cassandra and Thomas.

--> She came in talking solidly, and solidly is a very good word to describe it; it made me think of a wall of talk. Fortunately she speaks beautifully - just as Simon does - and she doesn't in the least mind being interrupted.

* BelligerantSexualTension. It comes across as genuine dislike to Cassandra [[spoiler: but it turns out to be love. Like Rose, Neil hides his true feelings after she gets engaged to his brother by working himself up into disliking her.]]

* BirdOfFeather: With Cassandra. She even lamphades this:

* BirdsOfFeather: With Cassandra. She even lamphades this:

* EccentricArtist: In his own way, Mortmain is just as eccentric as his second wife, despite initially seeming like the more normal one of the two. Particularly in the third act of the book, where his sporadic moods and his collecting seemingly random objects, such as a haddock-bone from supper, a willow-pattern plate and a telephone directory, despite the Mortmains having no telephone.

* AdaptationalDyejob: A golden-haired Grecian god in the novel, he has dark hair in the film...but you'd have to be a ''very'' ardent fan of blonds to complain about young Creator/HenryCavill.
* {{Bishonen}}: Leda Fox-Cotton describes him as being beautiful yet still masculine. Topaz says that in her younger days she would have been unable to resist him for a minute. Ivy Stebbings has her eye on him. Even Cassandra admits that while she doesn't return his affection, she can't help up admire his good looks.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: He is the one that reunites Rose with [[spoiler:Neil]] by informing the latter that Rose loves him. Too bad that it did not result in Cassandra getting her love.

* StrictlyProfessionalRelationship: With Topaz, though Cassandra worries it might be otherwise, particularly when his efforts to reintroduce Topaz to the art world makes Topaz consider leaving Mortmain.

* RedheadInGreen: Is well aware of this trope. In one scene she orders a creme de menthe, a drink she hates, because of the green drink's contrast with her hair. However green is generally Cassandra's colour; Rose herself wears pink to the dance at Scoatney Hall.

* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Cassandra's mother bought her and Rose up to believe that he was a genius and "geniuses mustn't be hurried." In the present day the family have become used to him sending most of his time alone and leave him to it. Cassandra eventually decides to break this habit of avoiding him and concocts her ZanyScheme with Thomas to get him back to work.

* {{Intelligence=Isolation}}: Cassandra's mother bought her and Rose up to believe that he was a genius and "geniuses mustn't be hurried." In the present day the family have become used to him sending most of his time alone and leave him to it. Cassandra eventually decides to break this habit of avoiding him and concocts her ZanyScheme with Thomas to get him back to work.